Chapter 1 aka The Curse is Broken
~Near Cains Town~
In the human world, someone in rusted armor with a purple cape walked across the land. The figure looked to the west to see the sun rising. 'I hope my mission is successful. For the sake of everyone.' A bright light flashes in the distance. 'What was that?'
~Boar Hat~
In a tavern on the top of a hill, a boy who wore a white shirt, black vest, red tie and a sword handle on his back in the shape of a dragon, was hard at work serving people. This seemingly ordinary looking boy was Meliodas, son of Demon King Kieron. He placed a tray with three cups of ale onto the table, "Alright drink up. Thanks for waiting." he said to the three men sitting at the table.
The tavern door opened, "Hey, is there any more room?" said one of the men at the door.
"Right over here." Meliodas pointed to another table beside him, "Hey you think you can move over a little?" he said to a man sitting at the table as he picked up their empty mugs.
"For such a little fella, he's one hard working waiter." said one of the men at the table he gave cups of ale to.
Meliodas paused. "Oh I'm not a waiter buddy; I'm the owner of this place."
"Huh? He's the owner? A young kid like that?" said the same man confused.
Meliodas walked back to the same table as he carried a tray with a meat pie on it. "Alright here you go." he put a tray on the table, "It's the meat pie that made the Boar Hat famous."
"Wow this looks good." said one of the men. All three of them got a fork and took a piece out of the meat pie.
"Let's eat some pie." the three of them said. They all took a bite, and then they had a look of disgust on their faces as they spat it out.
"You should have known our reputation is for having really good booze, but our food, not that great." said Meliodas, not surprised.
"YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THAT!" the three of them shouted at him standing up.
"You trying to mess with us you little-" said one of the men but then another one said, "Hold up, this guy is carrying a sword." They all started looking at the dragon hilt on Meliodas back.
"Well guys, looks like we have a problem. Now let's fix it!" Meliodas snapped his fingers.
"Oh, what is it now," said a voice. A pig walked over to where Meliodas and the three men stood, "Seriously what do you need me for?" the pig said.
"Wait! That pig he's talking to us guys!" said one of the men.
"That's right I'm a talking pig." said the pig bored. 'What a bunch of hillbillies.'
"Hawk we need to get this floor cleaned up." Meliodas pointed to the mess of food the three men left on the ground.
"Alright." said Hawk who started to eat the food on the ground, "Scraps disposal is a tough business." he said while eating. There was then a clean spot on the floor where the food had been. "Next time there better be some decent sized scraps around here." Hawk started to walk away.
"You know I got a family recipe for whole roasted hog if any of you guys are interested." said Meliodas while he looked annoyed to the three men.
Hawk had quickly turned around raising his head in the air, "Wow! I'm so full, those were some of the best scraps I've ever had!" he said happily while acting innocent.
Some of the people in the tavern laughed at their antics. Then the tavern door quickly opened to show a man who looked exhausted, "I saw it!"
~Little bit later~
The man was now sitting at a table with a mug of ale, "I saw it out there, I swear by all that's holy it was the Wandering Rust Knight I saw out there."
"C'mon, that's just some made up story to scare their kids into behaving." said one of the men who were drunk, "If you don't do what I tell you, one of the Seven Deadly Sins will come after you in blood rusted armor." he said trying to sound scary. This caught Meliodas' attention.
"The Seven Deadly Sins?" asked Meliodas, who was standing at the counter, acting confused.
"What you haven't heard of them, young tavern owner?" said the man. "Their wanted posters are everywhere. Like those over there." he said looking at the noticeboard that was on the wall, it had seven posters on it, with the picture of someone on it and their name. "When was it... about ten years ago?"
Another man picked up the story, "Dozens of Holy Knights from all across the land were butchered so fast that they didn't even have time to defend themselves and they say The Seven Deadly Sins were the ones who were responsible for it."
"From what I heard, the way the Holy Knights Grand Master was murdered it was too gruesome for anyone to look at." added another man. "They say their captain, Meliodas, is the strongest one of them all, they say he's even brought down entire countries before."
"None of them have been caught yet have they?" A man a table away questioned.
"Nope, not a single one." said the first man.
Another said, "Well I heard rumors that they had been dead for years now."
"Of course they are! The new Holy Knights will never let them live after what they've done." someone else said.
Another guy said, "You've got a point there."
"With the king sick in bed I bet the Holy Knights are gonna make sure the kingdom will stay safe for all their people." said the first guy confident that he would never have run into one of The Sins.
"But those notices get updated every single year doesn't that mean those seven criminals are still out there somewhere." The man who started the conversation is worried.
A random guy brings up, "Well some spooky Knight walking around in rusty armor sounds pretty ridiculous to me."
The men looked worried, "I guess you're right." said one of the men, but then there was the sound of moving armor from outside. All of the people in the tavern were now looking at the door.
Hawk who was at the counter with Meliodas sniffed the air, "That smells an awful lot like rust to me."
The door to the tavern opened revealing the person with armor and purple cape, "The Seven Deadly Sins..." came a metallic voice from inside the helmet with its hands raised.
"IT'S HERE!" shouted all the men in the tavern running out. The only two left were Hawk who shook and Meliodas who jumped over the counter and stood in front of the armored person.
"Now who are you?" The person fell back and caused the helmet to fall off.
Meliodas looked surprised; it was a much older Elizabeth. The last time he saw the princess she was six years old and he was saving her from an attack on the castle. She was taller, her hair had grown longer, and some of her hair covered her right eye. Meliodas noticed she looked just like when they first met, but without the wings. This was the closest lookalike to her original persona to date. He decided not to tell Hawk he knew her. He wouldn't risk her regaining her memories of her past lives and activating the three day countdown to her death. He would try to prevent that for as long as possible. 'As much as it pains me to be aloof around her.'
~Upstairs in Meliodas' room~
"It's a girl..." said Hawk next to Meliodas. Meliodas wondered why Elizabeth was all the way out here and not at the capital of Liones where she should be.
Elizabeth was on the bed, her armor removed and she was now only wearing a skintight black suit that didn't cover her shoulders, long gloves, and thigh high socks.
'She's beautiful as always. How does she always stay so damn gorgeous?' Meliodas thought lovingly, while maintaining a straight face.
"It's a girl, no doubt about it." said Hawk.
"Better make sure." said Meliodas and Hawk looked surprised.
Meliodas then was walking around the bed and started examining her. "That gentle face, those buck some curves." He then stood at her right side squeezing her breast, "Yep she's a girl alright." he said still squeezing.
"You already knew that!" said Hawk looking annoyed.
Elizabeth's eyes then opened and she sat up while Meliodas was still squeezing her breast. She moved a bit of her hair that was covering her right eye looking at Meliodas. Meliodas looked at her eyes noticing they were still a stunning blue.
"Hey is everything-" he was then interrupted by Elizabeth kissing him. Meliodas was surprised at first, but then instinct kicked in and he was kissing back passionately while wrapping an arm around her. They were both so wrapped up in the kiss and each other that they didn't feel the magic occurring. There was a bright glowing light, a wind picked up out of nowhere, and a warmth that began to emanate from the two of them.
Hawk covered his eyes with one of his ears, trying to cover himself from the light and bracing himself from the wind, "What's going on?" The light and wind stopped, and the warmth dissipated after the now panting Meliodas and Elizabeth gradually stopped kissing.
After the kiss Meliodas slowly opened his eyes to see the goddess symbol in Elizabeth's eyes, she was smiling as tears started to come out of her eyes, "Meliodas my love, our curse has been broken." She tried not to cry.
"What!?... Are you sure?" he asked her hopeful.
"Yes! For some reason our curse has been broken."
Meliodas put both his hands on her shoulders, with tears in his eyes he asked, "So you're not going to die in three days?"
Elizabeth who realized what this meant for the two of them smiled, with tears in her eyes as she nodded. The two of them hugged, both of them shedded tears, happy that they would never have to lose each other ever again to some stupid curse.
"I love you Elizabeth."
"And I love you Meliodas." She pulled his face closer and kissed him.
"Umm excuse me." The two of them stopped to look at Hawk.
"Is that a talking pig?"
"Yeah. Elizabeth this is Hawk, Hawk meet the Goddess Elizabeth." Meliodas gestured to his silver haired beauty.
Elizabeth walked over to Hawk and started petting him, "You know a long time ago I asked my father, in this life, for a talking pig."
"Did you enjoy having one?" Meliodas asked her.
"I didn't get one." said Elizabeth a little sad.
"Wait! Meliodas said you're a goddess right?" Hawk said while staring at Elizabeth who nodded in response. "Then that would explain those things on your back."
Meliodas then noticed what Hawk was talking about. There were four white wings coming out of Elizabeth's back. She also looked at them in shock.
"Wait... if I have these? Then that must mean you have...," Elizabeth looked at Meliodas.
Meliodas then closed his eyes, when he opened them his eyes had gone dark, there was a big dark circle on his head and in the middle of the circle on his forehead was a dot. The crest of the demon realm. He had his full demon power back, but this time he gets to keep and control his emotions.
"What are you?" asked Hawk a little afraid.
"Easy Hawk, he's not like the other demons." Elizabeth tried to calm down the nervous piggy.
"What!" Hawk responded to what Elizabeth said, "You're a demon! I thought they never existed!" Hawk looked at Meliodas who was still in demon form.
"Meliodas is different; he betrayed the other demons for me." Elizabeth looked at Hawk hoping for understanding.
"Wait...so what happened to you two?" Hawk asked the two of them.
Meliodas' demon symbol went away, and his eyes went back to their normal green as he and Elizabeth looked at each other, "Why don't we talk about it downstairs? Are you hungry?" he asked Elizabeth.
She nodded; "Yeah, hopefully your cooking has improved over the years." she smiled.
"Prepare to be disappointed." Hawk said deadpan.
Down in the tavern, Elizabeth looked around at the walls when she noticed the wanted posters for the Seven Deadly Sins on a board. 'Are these the Seven Deadly Sins? My father never mentioned their names in his stories. I should properly know them, if I'm going to look for them. Let's see; Ban, King, Diane, Escanor, Gowther, Merlin, and Mel-'
"Alright foods ready!" said Meliodas, which shocked Elizabeth out of her train of thought.
Elizabeth sat at the counter and looked at the food, "This looks delicious! Thank you." she smiled.
"Might want to wait to say thanks till after you eat it." said Hawk.
Elizabeth picked up the fork and took the first bite, "Terrible isn't it." said Meliodas, Elizabeth nodded.
"But it's still good… I would say your cooking has gotten better over the years, but I would be lying." she teased him. "It's still better than mine."
"Your cooking was the only cooking worse than mine." Meliodas said while smirking. "Remember when we would set up camp with Gloxinia and Drole? They would never let us cook. Even if it meant going hungry for the night." They both started laughing. Hawk just looks at them like they're crazy. (Which they kind of are if you think about it.)
"So what's the deal with you two?" said Hawk.
They looked at each other and Meliodas grabbed Elizabeth's hand. "Well...it all started over 3,000 years ago."
Meliodas took a deep breath and kept going.
"During the midst of the Holy War, Elizabeth and I were punished by both of our gods. I was punished for being one of the demon clan and taking the hand of one from the goddess clan and furthermore, the sin of betraying my own comrades and killing them."
Elizabeth interrupted briefly, "And I was punished as one of the goddess clan for uniting with one from the demon clan and saving even the enemy, the Ten Commandments the handpicked elite soldiers of the Demon King."
Meliodas picks back up. "In the face of their overwhelming power, there was nothing we could do. Our lives were lost." Hawk gasps and Meliodas continued like nothing happened. "… At least… They should've been. I don't know how much time passed… whether it was one day or a few days… But I woke up *sigh* and my wounded body had been completely restored to normal. *deep breath* Elizabeth lay dead beside me." Meliodas stopped for a moment as Elizabeth squeezed his hand to remind him she was still there and they were together.
He continued, "Without any idea what had happened to us… all I could do was hold onto Elizabeth's body and cry… The only thing I did know… was that while I was unconscious the Holy War had ended. And then I realized that for some reason I wasn't aging at all. Well, I figured out the reason later on anyways. While I was aimlessly wandering alone through the battle torn Britannia ravaged by the Holy War... we met once again." Meliodas smiled at Elizabeth. "After we got to know each other and I told her our story, her powers came back and she remembered. She told me we were under a curse." Meliodas stopped again and after she saw he needed a moment Elizabeth tells the rest of the story.
"I told him. Your father, the Demon King Kieron and my mother, the Supreme Deity Arula placed this curse upon us. Eternal life… and perpetual reincarnation. You will never again age, and even if you should die, you will be revived. I will continue to live out short lifespans as a human, and each time I will forget all the memories of my previous lives… If by some chance I should regain all my memories of my previous lives… Then no matter what happens or how much you try to protect me… After three days, I will unavoidably die. And that isn't all. Every time I am reborn, I will inevitably meet and fall in love with you and then just as inevitably, I will lose my life before your very eyes." Elizabeth looked at Meliodas who still hadn't fully recovered from before and just continued to hold his hand.
"That's awful." said Hawk depressed.
Meliodas pulled his hands away from hers and then put them together in front of him while he looked down at the counter, "I've had to watch her die 106 times."
Elizabeth smiled as she reached over with her right hand, tilted his head and then put her left over his hands, "It doesn't have to be a 107 now."
Meliodas smiled back at her, leaned into the hand on his face and held onto her other hand.
"That only leaves one thing. Why are you all the way out here Elizabeth?" asked Hawk.
"In this life, I'm Princess Elizabeth of Liones-" she said while she pulled her right hand down to join with Meliodas'.
"Wait! You're really Princess Elizabeth, you're the third princess in the royal family." interrupted Hawk. "Sorry. Continue."
"I'm on a personal quest to find the Seven Deadly Sins."
Meliodas looked surprised. 'Doesn't she know I'm one of them?'
Hawk spoke, "Wait those guys are criminals. Why would you need their help?"
There was then a banging sound at the door and the three of them looked at it.
"Open up there! The villagers told us who was in there. We are the Knights garrisoned at the base of the mountain, Wandering Rust Knight, a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, come out." came a male voice.
~Outside~
"I don't think they're coming out." Knight 1 said curiously.
Knight 2, "This is kind of strange when did someone put a tavern up on the top of this hill?"
Knight 3, "You know now that you mention it I don't even remember seeing this place a few days ago."
Allioni was tired of their nonchalance, "Be on your guard because we're about to go up against a holy knight who went up against the king ten years ago."
Knight 1, "Come on, there's nothing to worry about Allioni I'm sure he's old by now."
Knight 2, "That's right; he's no match for fighters like us who were trained by Sir Twigo himself."
Allioni was frustrated, "I told you don't underestimate them when the uprising happened in Liones dozens of holy knights were butchered in an instant."
Knight 1, "About that…?"
"What is it?"
"I have to wonder if things weren't exaggerated a little bit."
"And what are you trying to say!"
"Well people say that a Holy Knight is as powerful as a hundred ordinary soldiers so dozens of them butchered…seems a bit fantastical?" Knight 2 says doubtful.
"I saw their bodies with my own eyes. They were everywhere and all of them were torn apart."
Knight 1 tried to dissolve the tension. "Everybody calm down. For now just stand back Allioni, I think we can handle one old man. Hey get out here!"
~In the Bar~
"Elizabeth go wait out back." Meliodas pointed at the back door. Elizabeth went out the back and hid behind the door. Meliodas then walked to the front, opened it and he came face to face with five knights, "Yes can I help you?"
The one who banged on the door spoke, "Wait who are you little kid?"
"Well, I'm the owner of this place." said Meliodas.
"Huh you're the owner?" said one of the other Knights.
"Bring out the Wandering Rust Knight, we know he's in there." said Allioni.
Meliodas looked behind him, "Okay you better come out."
Hawk started to walk to the front door with the rusty helmet on his back and two of the knee parts on his two front legs, "Who is calling for me? I am Sir Hawk the Rusty Knight."
"What is this?" said Allioni.
"So this pig is one of the Seven Deadly Sins." said one of the other men.
"Of course not." said Allioni annoyed.
"Who do you think you're talking to? I'm Captain of the Order of Scraps Disposal."
"There is no such order!" said the Allioni.
"If this pig is what you're after you can grill him if you want." said Meliodas, who pointed at Hawk.
Hawk looked at him annoyed, "Give it a rest will ya!"
"You punk! You've got some nerve." said the first man picking up Meliodas by the front of his shirt.
Elizabeth saw the man pick up Meliodas. She didn't want him hurt so she ran into the forest, hoping to get the knights away from him. 'Meliodas... always trying to protect me.'
One of the Knights noticed her, "Allioni look! A girl went out the back."
The man who held onto Meliodas let go of him and Meliodas landed on the ground as the five knights ran towards the forest where Elizabeth went, "After her!"
Meliodas and Hawk looked at the direction where the knights and Elizabeth went, "Oh no." said Hawk.
'Elizabeth...*sigh* Always trying to protect me.' Meliodas thought while he ran after her.
~Forest Chase~
The five Knights chased Elizabeth through the forest, while some of the Knights wondered, 'Why were wings coming out of her back?'
"I can't let her escape. If I capture her I'll finally be made into an apprentice Holy Knight." Allioni said to himself. Then one of his fellow Knights flew past him, "What was that?"
Hawk ran after them all. He ran so fast that it caused a trail of dust. He yelled, "You're not getting away!" He hit each of the Knights which caused them to fall down while Allioni ran.
"No you keep away! Leave me alone!" Allioni yelled frightened while he looked behind him. He didn't notice that something quick came out of the trees, picked up Elizabeth, and disappeared from sight. He reached the cliff and looked down at the drop, "Where did the girl go?"
"Down you go!" said Hawk as he hit him from behind. Allioni screamed as he fell down the cliff. "No offense Mister Knight, but I just earned double my scraps tonight."
~Trees~
Up in the trees Meliodas held Elizabeth and squeezed her right breast, "Thanks for saving me." She kissed him briefly.
"Just like old times." Meliodas smiled, and pulled her in for another kiss. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and pressed her close against him. She curled her fingers in his hair before they were interrupted.
"Seriously you two! This is not the time!" Hawk yelled from the ground.
"We haven't been able to do this in 3,000 years! Give us a moment." said Meliodas before he brought her back in.
Hawk stomped his foot, while yelling. "I don't care! Get down here!"
Elizabeth pulled away from the kiss and whispered something in his ear. Meliodas blushed bright red and leapt out of the tree with Elizabeth still his arms. Then he put her on the ground and walked toward the cliff.
Hawk looked at Elizabeth in awe. "What did you say to him?"
"The one thing that always gets Meliodas to comply with my wishes." Elizabeth replied with a wink while also walking toward the cliff. Hawk just looked at her in confusion and awe.
~Cliff~
The three of them looked at the land around them from the cliff, "So… why are you trying to find the Seven Deadly Sins?" asked Meliodas.
"I want to ask them, to help me stop the Holy Knights."
"Are you serious? Why would you want to stop them? The Holy Knights are the king's men, real heroes." said Hawk.
"But what if they're the reason for trouble in the kingdom?" said Elizabeth with sadness in her voice. "About three weeks ago, the entire royal family except the King himself was arrested." Meliodas looked surprised.
"Does that mean the King isn't really sick in bed?" said Hawk.
"That's just a cover story the knights are using, they're taking men from wherever they can get them and are preparing for war everywhere." said Elizabeth. "I don't know what they can accomplish by driving the nation to war. But now they are drafting the people of the kingdom. Soon their reach will extend all the way out here."
"That's not good." said Hawk with worry in his voice.
"Yeah too bad." said Meliodas in an apathetic way.
"Wow you have no sympathy at all, do you?" said Hawk disgusted.
"So how does this tie in with the Seven Deadly Sins again?" Meliodas wanted to get back on track.
"If there's even a slightest sliver of hope to prevent the Holy Knights from doing this, I know they're the only ones who can." Elizabeth said determinedly.
"Just a second. So you're trying to find the Seven Deadly Sins, even though you know what kind of people they are." said Meliodas.
"The Seven Deadly Sins, the vilest order of knights the kingdom ever produced, made up of seven bloodthirsty criminals each branded with the mark of a beast. Ten years ago, when they were suspected of over throwing the kingdom, the knights of the realm launched a full force attack scattering them to the four winds."
"Well if you believed the rumors they all died a long time ago." said Meliodas.
"Such amazing people couldn't possibly be dead!" Elizabeth looked at him. "You and I have seen what powerful people can get back up from."
Meliodas shrugged, "They are criminals, aren't they? And you don't know how powerful they truly are. For all you know the stories could be nothing, but exaggerations. They could hurt people more than help them."
"The Holy Knights are the ones starting the suffering of the people right now! My father would tell me stories about them, that's when I learned that they were the most powerful-" she suddenly stopped talking when the ground began to shake.
The piece of the mountain they were on began to fall, which sent Meliodas, Elizabeth and Hawk flying.
"Oh give me a break!" screamed Hawk.
~At the top of the cliff~
There was a large dust cloud which then shifted to show a man who held a sword out. Presumably, he was the one who had caused the cliff to break off.
"Oh, dear. I forgot to confirm that those two were the people in the report." The man said while he sheathed his sword. "Conclusion, two persons of unknown origins dead! Does that sound alright?" He turned to face the four knights from Allioni's group earlier.
"B-but Allioni was at the bottom of the cliff!" The second knight protested.
"Then list three fatalities." The man replied. The knights backed away in fear,
"Sir Twigo! That's going too far." The third knight protested as well. Sir Twigo narrowed his eyes,
"Shall I make it seven fatalities?" He asked menacingly, the knights started to back away in fright,
"No! We're sorry! Forgive us!" Sir Twigo walked closer to them and was about to pull out his sword when Meliodas jumped up the cliff.
~While Twigo was losing it.~
Before they reached the ground Meliodas reached Elizabeth and she grabbed onto him.
Meliodas then grabbed onto Hawk and he noticed Allioni on the ground where the rubble of the cliff was about to hit him. So Meliodas grabbed onto Allioni and jumped back up the cliff, he put down Allioni and dropped Hawk.
~And we're back. ~
"Sir look! It's Allioni!" said one of the Knights from earlier.
Meliodas looked to see the four other Knights, along with a big man in armor.
"You there! How dare you deny my death tally conclusion!" shouted the man.
"Hey, are you alright Elizabeth?" Meliodas asked, while he kept an eye on the big guy in armor.
"Oh yes!" said Elizabeth, as she opened her eyes. "You do remember I could have flown right?"
"Yeah, but I like holding onto you. Anyway, when I give the signal run into the forest."
"Alright." Elizabeth stood up. "If you're going to fight them, don't kill anyone. I know how overprotective you can get."
Meliodas smirked at her, "No promises."
"Tell me men, which of these do you think to be a member of the Seven Deadly Sins? None of them seem to have a resemblance to any of the wanted posters." The man in armor looked at them and then noticed the earring on Elizabeth's left ear. "Uh huh, that crest on the earring you're wearing belongs to the royal family, which means, conclusion that you are Princess Elizabeth." he said as he begun to approach them, "The order from the capital was to capture you alive, but if you lost your life in an unfortunate accident."
"Go now!" Meliodas pointed to the forest and the two of them ran into the forest with Hawk.
"I can't let myself be captured, I can't afford to give up yet!" said Elizabeth determined.
"Conclusion," said the man as he drew his sword, "Accidental death!" He swung his sword.
There was a slap of energy that cut through all the trees. Elizabeth noticed it behind her, then Meliodas grabbed onto her and the two of them landed on the ground as the slash avoided them and cut down all the trees in the forest.
"Hey, are you alright Elizabeth?" Meliodas asked her, he had a tear in the left sleeve of his shirt. She nodded, "Sorry. I'm a little rusty with all this Meliodas."
"No problem." He pecked her on the lips. "You okay Hawk? You seem okay." Meliodas looked at Hawk.
Hawk had a stick sticking into him, drops of blood were coming out from where it was and tears built up in his eyes, "Seriously! I'm pork on a skewer! Oh mommy!" Hawk jumped into the forest and ran towards the direction of the Boar Hat while he cried.
Elizabeth pouted. "I could have healed him if he stayed."
Meliodas looked at her fondly. "He doesn't know that My Love."
"Oops. I forgot." He gave her another peck and rolled off of her.
"Pig... no matter." said the man in armor while he watched Hawk run away.
Elizabeth stood up, "Hey Elizabeth what are you doing?"
"Maybe if I surrender myself peacefully no one will be killed." Elizabeth started to walk toward the man.
"Wait hang on, we just found each other, and our curse has just been lifted! I can't lose you now! I finally got you back! C'mon didn't you just say you can't afford to give up yet."
The man swung his sword down again and Meliodas grabbed onto Elizabeth and the two of them were on the ground again to avoid another slash.
Meliodas leaned over Elizabeth, "I don't think he wants any of us to get out of here alive." He looked back at the guy in armor.
"Why?" said Elizabeth and Meliodas looked into her eyes to see tears, "I was so happy when I found you, I set out on my quest to find the Seven Deadly Sins, in that armor hoping no one would recognize me, but it got even better when I finally remembered you and all of our lives together! I don't want to be away from you again! Not ever again. But I don't want you to get hurt either." she said while she gripped his arms.
Meliodas then smiled, "Well it's clear what we should do then. There's also something new about me you should know."
Elizabeth looked surprised as she finally noticed the red tattoo on Meliodas left arm.
Back at the Knights who were watching after Allioni, who finally woke up, "Where did he go?" He looked up terrified.
"Who?" asked one the short Knight.
"The boy with the sword on his back!" Allioni answered still hysterical.
"Take it easy Allioni, Sir Twigo is about to take care of him," said one of the Knights.
"You idiots! You wouldn't dare get him angry at us, the whole kingdom will fall!" said Allioni with fear in his voice as he shook, "He's the real thing, I saw it when he saved me from the cliff, it's right there on his shoulder, the most dangerous one of them all!"
Elizabeth looked closer at Meliodas's tattoo, "That symbol on your arm, some kind of beast? Wait no, that's a dragon!" she said surprised.
Twigo swung down his sword sending a slash, as it cut into the ground, a cut appeared on his cheek and his chest while a golden light shone blasting him back. He was now standing away from where Meliodas stood and Elizabeth sat on the ground, "How is this possible? My technique was flawless, I'm certain my blade struck him, but the one who actually felt the force of the blow, how could it possibly have been me! And what is that in your hand, a broken blade?" He looked at Meliodas who held a dragon hilt and at the end of it, a broken blade.
"Meliodas are you really one of them?" said Elizabeth surprised. 'I should've known. After all who else would get such a powerful reputation, other than my Meliodas.' He winked at her.
"Wait now your face is beginning to look familiar," Twigo looked shocked and in pain, "But if that's true how can you look exactly the same as you did?"
Meliodas stood as if he was about to swing his blade, "Alright times up, you figure it out yet?" he smugly asked Twigo.
"No, if that's true then... how do you still dare to exist!" Twigo swung his sword down into the ground and Meliodas swung his blade in the air. The blade at the end of the dragon handle shined, then a golden light appeared at Sir Twigo's feet, "This incomprehensible, extraordinary power, it's that of the legend." The bright light shone and created a blast that sent him into the air, blasted all of his armor off him in pieces and sliced cuts all over his body.
"The Seven Deadly Sins, the Sin of Wrath, the Dragon Sin," Meliodas held his blade, "Meliodas." he said as he put the blade into the sheath on his back. 'I must be rusty. I almost couldn't hold back.'
He turned around to Elizabeth, "Well Elizabeth I guess you found your first Sin. So listen... as far as the six others go, I've been using the tavern as a source of information," he said. "But if we had a pretty girl I'm pretty sure we would see more information coming our way, so how about it? You want to come?" he asked her, as he smiled.
Elizabeth walked over to him, "Of course. You think I would willingly leave you now." She kissed him and as Meliodas kissed back, a giant green pig landed on the ground next to them out of nowhere. It also carried the Boar Hat tavern on its back. A rope ladder went down and Hawk now appeared on top of the pig.
"Perfect timing isn't it guys?" said Hawk.
Meliodas picked up Elizabeth, in his arms bridal style, and jumped onto the ladder, "Hey Hawks mom, and way to go!" Meliodas thanked the giant green pig.
"Wait I'm the one who brought her!" said Hawk yelled annoyed.
"Alright let's head to the next town! C'mon Hawks mom," The giant green pig started moving.
Meliodas and Elizabeth now stood on the back of the pig, while Hawk was near her eyes.
'Whatever awaited us, this is how this new adventure began for Meliodas and I, as we started our search together for the Seven Deadly Sins.` thought Elizabeth.
She then looked over at Meliodas and grabbed his hand. He looked up at her and smiled. "What are you thinking about Elizabeth?"
She looked at him a little longer then shook her head and looked away. "It's nothing. It's silly."
"Nothing is ever silly, when you're thinking it My Goddess," he turned her to look at him again. "Now what were you thinking about?" he asked her with a sweet smile on his face.
"I was just thinking about some of the adventures we'd been on." She sighed wistfully, "Like when we went on those missions in Danafor, the times you and I would go flying on breaks from Stigma, the carriage rides in the country, or when we went to help that human village and on our way back we found that beautiful meadow and spent all night in it just stargazing."
Meliodas looked nostalgic, "I know what you mean. Every time we would meet again, I just wanted to take you in my arms and pick up where we left off. We can talk about some of those adventures tonight if you would like?"
Elizabeth looked interested. "I would like that, but first Hawk interrupted us earlier didn't he?" she asked huskily, while she dragged her fingers through Meliodas' hair. He was startled, but quickly brought her lips to his and kissed her. Meliodas once again picked her up in his arms and without breaking the kiss brought them to the stairs of the Boar Hat and sat down.
His hearts, already pounding from the shock of emotion of just seeing her again strain from exertion as he melts into a familiar passionate dance. They moved slowly, breathing roughly as they broke apart again and again, Elizabeth whispered his name between each one. His hands shook at her back, he tasted the fullness of her lips, pouring out his love through the gentle way his mouth roamed along hers. She tasted the same. She smelled the same. He slanted his mouth to kiss her deeply as she shook a bit in his arms, ran his fingers through the familiar texture of her hair.
They finally broke the kiss to come up for air. "I missed that." said Meliodas still short of breath.
"So did I." They just sat there cuddled in each other's arms, and basked in the others presence, until the sun set and they went to bed.
Sorry that this is taking so long. I've been sicker than a dog the past week. Enjoy!