Istar
Broly laid quietly on the grass of Istar enjoying the period of quiet he had as he had been training the past few months whenever Goku would show up, in fact, one time he even brought that other saiyan Vegeta to join in on the training but now the saiyan was just enjoying the peace and quiet. That being said he wasn't alone as Zaneri had joined him as she snuggled up onto his chest which was covered by his battle armor as the outside world was closed off to the two of them. Jenna looked at the scene and smiled at the two of them as she had never seen her sister happier however that didn't stop her from teasing her sister every now and then which always made her laugh.
However, Jenna's reminiscing was cut short when she saw Theo walking her way with two individuals following behind.
Jenna easily identified the person on the left as a human no witch was more like it. However, the individual next to her caused her body to freeze for a slight moment as her facial expression slowly turned to one of anger as she identified the individual on the left as a member of the demon clan.
Jenna speed walked over to Theo and dragged him off before Meliodas or Merlin could deliver a greeting.
With Theo in her grip, she walked over to the sleeping duo of Zaneri and Broly as she shook her sister with a sense of urgency stirring Zaneri from her slumber.
"Ugh. What is it Jenna?"
Jenna who now had both Theo and Zaneri in her grasp dragged the two of them away so that the three of them could talk.
Zaneri shrugged off her drowsiness rubbing her eye and yawning.
"Why'd you wake me up Jenna?"
"I woke you up because Theo let a demon and a suspicious witch enter Istar."
A few seconds passed before Jenna's statement clicked in Zaneri's head.
"Wait… Theo you what? How...no Why would you let a demon in here?!"
"It's not my fault. They're good people and they even gave me candy."
This statement caused Zaneri to roll her eyes and Jenna to smack the young boy upside his head as he put a piece of candy in his mouth.
The three druids walked back to where Meliodas and Merlin stood still waiting around.
"Yo. I take it you two are the head druids of this place?"
Both Jenna and Zaneri practically glared a hole through Meliodas before Jenna grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him away with Zaneri following behind leaving Theo alone with Merlin.
"I already know you're a demon! Now if you don't want your comrade to know what you really are you'll leave here immedia-"
Meliodas then cut Jenna off abruptly.
"You're goddesses right?"
Zaneri's eyes went wide with surprise while Jenna had a look of pure shock and surprise on her face.
"Didn't you goddesses all practically use all your powers up sealing away The Demon King and the Ten Commandments and then lose your physical bodies during the great war?"
Both sisters looked at him still shocked as Meliodas kept talking.
"The guys I know apparently reside in relics such as a sword or a horn now."
Zaneri's eyes looked to the left avoiding eye contact with Meliodas as she explained how they both had their doubts about the war and chose to run away and after some time they came across two bodies of the sisters they were currently inhabiting as their bodies were severely injured and malnourished to the point of death. However, both sisters gave them their permission to borrow their bodies and escape the battlefield.
"If you ever leak what we just told you I will crush your balls with an Ark!"
Meliodas however just shrugged off Jenna's threat with no concern or worry.
"OOOH, Scary~"
Zaneri then regained Meliodas's attention.
"Look just cut to the chase. Why are you here or just take What do you want?"
"I'm not here to cause trouble or destroy anything. In fact, I'm just here for… that dude right there."
Both sisters followed the direction in which Meliodas was pointing to see he was referring to Broly in which Zaneri immediately objected to.
"What? I'm not letting you just take Broly away!"
"Well, I need him for the seven deadly sins."
Both druids looked at each other then back at Meliodas in confusion as Jenna spoke up.
"What's the Seven Deadly Sins?"
Meliodas smiled as he explained.
"Ni-shi-shi. We're a group of sinners brought together for one purpose…"
Meliodas then adopted a serious look on his face.
"...We're brought together to stop the Ten Commandments should they ever be revived."
Both sisters looked at Meliodas then at each other in shock.
"What do you mean should the Ten Commandments revive?! The Ten Commandments were sealed by the goddess race 3,000 years ago in the great war."
Zaneri nodded.
"Jenna has a point. There's a slim chance that the Ten Commandments could be resurrected."
Meliodas shook his head.
"I wish that was the case however King Bartra had a vision that the seven deadly sins would protect the kingdom."
Both druids looked at one another before looking back at Meliodas as Jenna spoke again.
"In that case why do you need broly if you already have seven members already?"
"I need him as a reserve member in case Escanor is ever out of commission."
"Alright."
"Wait what the hell Jenna?!"
Jenna then grabbed Zaneri and pulled her sister aside.
"Look Zaneri I know you're… a bit upset."
Zaneri's scowl said everything.
"However you and I both know that Broly can't stay here his whole life and if what was said is true and the commandments do revive I think Broly would be better suited to keep Britannia safe plus this group reminds of the old stigma 3,00 years ago during the war."
Zaneri nodded until she saw Jenna's gaze once again linger towards Meliodas.
"Something else is bothering you Jenna. What is it?"
"I've...been worried ever since I heard his name. That's very certainly the same demon who betrayed his tribe and fought alongside the stigma 3,000 years ago."
Zaneri looked at Meliodas in surprise as the resemblance was uncanny confirming that it was indeed him.
Zaneri then adopted a cheeky shit-eating grin causing her sister to look at her in confusion.
"Something funny Zaneri?"
"No Jenna I'm just thinking that I almost pity the commandments if they ever face broly is all."
Jenna chuckled at the idea too as Zaneri walked back over to broly and shook her "boyfriend" awake.
"Broly. Hey,Broly wake up."
The saiyan's eyes slowly opened to reveal the Zaneri standing over him.
He yawned and slowly sat up.
"*Yawn* Mornin Zaneri."
Zaneri smiled at the saiyan as broly stood up tall wearing the full saiyan body armor he wore for the first time thanks to Goku and Bulma and his hair had also stayed the same as a pure-blooded saiyans hair never changes from the day they're born till the day they die.
"Broly someone's here to see you."
Broly looked behind her to see meliodas smiling.
"Who are you?"
"Ni-shi-shi! I'm the captain of the seven deadly sins Meliodas and I'm here to recruit you."
Broly tilted his head in confusion.
"Why do you want to recruit me?"
"I'm recruiting you for the seven deadly sins but first I wanna test your capabilities."
Broly's eyes turned to stars at the prospect of a fight.
"Really?! You wanna fight! Yeah!"
Zaneri could only smile at Broly's excitement as did Jenna and Theo while Merlin was more intrigued by what information the battle would bring.
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The party of six found themselves outside Istar with the entire area including the mountain range and beyond to spar.
"Ni-shi-shi! This should be enough space for our match. I'm ready when you are."
Meliodas jumped side to side a few times getting warmed up while Broly did some arm circles getting ready as well.
Broly smiled a big smile as he was finally getting a good fight in a while maybe longer.
"Ready whenever you are Meliodas."
"Ni-shi-shi. I'm ready. Let's go."
Broly wasted no time rushing Meliodas throwing rights and lefts at Meliodas as the captain dodged and parried each strike with a smile.
"Not bad. This might be fun!"
Meliodas parried one strike and kneed Broly in the face causing the saiyan to stumble before he quickly recovered as he punched Meliodas in the gut knocking the wind out of him.
Seeing his opponent sent flying broly began firing a barrage of green ki blasts hoping to hit his target.
Meliodas saw the incoming blasts and dodged a few of them despite their fast speeds as a few almost hit him.
'These blasts are fast in that case maybe I can try and send them right back.'
Meliodas then drew Lostvayne and waited for an opening within the ki barrage until he found the opening he needed as he struck at the ki blast with Lostvayne.
"Full Count-"
However, the ki ball exploded upon impact sending Meliodas flying backward.
"What? I couldn't counter his attack!"
Broly rushed Meliodas destroying the ground behind him as he grabbed meliodas by the head and threw him into the dirt however he quickly countered as he put his arms out to stop the momentum and wrapped both legs around broly's neck as he pivoted on his left hand and threw the saiyan away using both legs.
On the sidelines, Merlin looked on with intrigue.
"Interesting. He fires a type of energy that the captain can't use his full counter on and not to mention that since he doesn't use magic I can't get a read on his power level."
'How will you get out of this predicament Captain?'
The fight between Broly ad Meliodas continued however bit by bit meliodas began to notice something different about broly's strikes as the battle progressed.
'Something's off. I didn't notice it at first but now that the fights went on this long all of his hits are getting stronger and faster if only I could find a workaround... Wait that's it! When I made contact with Broly's energy attack I felt like I had touched a link or a line of some kind so maybe..'
"I'll try this!"
Meliodas kicked Broly away then began running to get some distance and in response, Broly began firing a barrage of ki blasts to try and hit his opponent however Meliodas either dodged the hit or tried using full counter only to have it blow up in his face confusing the folks on the sidelines.
Broly shouted at the top of his lungs as hit white aura flared to life as he reared his left arm back as several green pulses converged in his hand until a large green ki sphere formed in his hand as broly blasted a max power ki wave attack.
'It's now or never!'
Meliodas reared back Lostvayne as it made contact with the energy blast as Meliodas struggled to push it back until he felt a small spark on the connection.
'There it is! The line I was looking for.'
"Try this on Broly! Full Counter!"
With a flick of his wrist, Meliodas deflected the attack back at Broly with its strength as Broly stared with surprise and shock as the blast connected dead on.
"What the hell happened?"
"I don't know Jenna. I thought he could only deflect magic attacks."
"He could at first."
All three druids turned to merlin to hear her explanation.
"It's true that the captain can only use the full counter to deflect magic-based attacks, however, I noticed that as the battle went on the captain kept trying the same thing over and over again. At first, I thought he was starting to lose it as it turns out he was trying to get a feel for broly's energy until he understood the connection and would be able to use full counter."
The three druids looked back at the battlefield only to see Broly embedded in one of the mountains but something was wrong as upon further inspection Broly was gripping one side of his face like he was having an internal struggle and his eyes were shifting from their usual black color to yellow irides with black pupils.
Seeing this change Zaneri clenched her fist tightly as she walked ahead of her sister and theo to their concern and called out to him.
"Broly! Stop, please! Calm Down! Your not in any danger listen to me please!"
Unfortunately,Zaneri's words fell on deaf ears as Broly's hearing muted itself as he was lost in his rage until he snapped.
"Ahhhh! Oooooooogh!"
Broly was then surrounded by a green aura as his muscle mass began to increase and his hair began to stand up akin to Super Saiyan.
Broly shouted at the top of his lungs as his ki exploded.
"What the hell?!"
Meliodas covered his face as massives winds were kicked up and rocks were sent flying in every direction.
Zaneri, Jenna, and Theo all had looks of concern on their faces and Merlin couldn't stop smiling at the scene before her.
"Zaneri what do we do?!"
"I-I don't know."
Broly then reared his head back as he fired a massive mouth blast that Meliodas barely dodged as it destroyed several mountains behind him reducing them to dust.
"Holy shit! If that had hit me head-on there'd be nothing left."
Meliodas grit his teeth as he rushed Broly and delivered a punch to his face.
"RAAAAAHHH!"
He struck Broly in the face however it did nothing as the wrathful Saiyan just growled at the attempt.
Broly then grabbed meliodas by his face and threw him into another mountain before he followed it up by delivering several gut strikes causing him to gasp in pain before a green ki sphere appeared in his hand and shot meliodas upwards and out of the mountain which was followed by a pillar of green ki.
[Go Broly! Go! Go! Go Broly! Go! Go!]
Broly powered up even more as he rushed meliodas before the captain could recover.
[Saiyan Power!]
Meliodas dug his hands into the ground as he tried to stop his momentum he quickly drew Lostvayne and stabbed it into the ground.
Seeing Broly rush him Meliodas had to get serious so he let out a shout of his own as his black demon mark appeared over his right eye as he rushed Broly as their fists collided creating a massive shockwave as their respective energies of green and purple collided as they continued their fight in the air.
Broly fired another mouth blast at Meliodas, however, the captain used full counter and sent it back however Broly made a barrier and charged right through surprising him.
"Oh crap!"
Broly blasted Meliodas with the barrier then before he got far he grabbed him by the leg and swung him around over his head before he threw him as he charged up another mouth blast as he fired in a vertical line from down up.
Seeing the blast getting closer Meliodas ran a finger across Lostvayne as the five holes in the sword lit up as four clones appeared and they all used full counter on the blast sending it back only for broly to dodge.
Broly let out a battle cry as he rushed the four clones destroying them with ease when he shifted his vision above him to see black mark meliodas coming down with lostvayne as he kicked him into the ground.
Broly looked up and saw meliodas coming down with lostvayne however broly's right hand was then covered in dark green ki as meliodas was stopped dead in his tracks as his body was covered in the same green ki.
"What the hell is this? It's like an Arc but stronger."
Meliodas did his best to escape as he even tried to increase his demon power to escape but it proved ineffective as Broly then grabbed him then proceeded to ragdoll him along the battlefield.
"Aghhh!"
Broly slammed him down again with more force than the last time as his pupils left his eyes making them white as he was losing conscious, however, he regained some form of conscious as his black mark reappeared as he kneed broly in the face stunning him as he tore off his jacket and jumped up his hand coated in black flames.
"Try this one on! Enchant Hellblaze!"
Meliodas struck broly on the side of his chest hitting the saiyan with the full force of the black flames sending the saiyan back a few feet.
Broly looked on his side and saw the flames as he tried to tap them out but they didn't extinguish as they only got larger.
"Rahhh! Ah! RAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Broly shouted at the top of his lungs as he was encased in a green barrier as the black flames flew up off broly and around the barrier taking the shape until the barrier disappeared and the black flames with it.
Meliodas looked on with shock as did Zaneri, Jenna, and Theo while Merlin looked on with intrigue.
"Fascinating. He extinguished the captains' flames with sheer power and his shout alone."
Broly let out a shout as hs ki flared and Meliodas did the same as his own demonic power began to flare up as well as both warriors rushed each other trading blows neither one of them stopping an inch as Zaneri was getting close to tears at seeing Broly getting lost in his rage as she turned towards Merlin tears close to coming from her eyes.
"Please stop this! Please, this is enough! Haven't you seen enough?!"
Merlin sighed as she snapped her fingers as the two warriors were about to collide again until two large pink cubes appeared around them stopping them.
Meliodas turned to see merlin who looked satisfied with her work.
"Merlin. What's the meaning of this?"
"Captain that's enough. I think it's obvious he's strong enough to be escanor's replacement so you can stop brawling now."
Meliodas nodded and he took a deep breath as his demon mark disappeared as he looked normal however Broly let out a shout inside the perfect cube as he kept pounding away on the barrier until he shouted letting out more and more power and then to Merlin's surprise he broke the perfect cube and was about to attack again until he found himself bound within an arc except much stronger than normal.
Broly turned around to see Jenna with some of her fingers inward towards her palm and both hands were apart as they were covered in an aura to that of an Ark as this was one thing that the druids were at least grateful they had managed to convince goku to show them they god bind as they managed to practice it a few times before mixing it with their to create an even stronger binding technique: The Ark Bind.
Zaneri quickly rushed over to the still enraged broly and gently cupped his face as she looked him in his rage-filled eyes.
"Broly. Look at me it's okay. You're not in any danger alright. No matter how angry you are or how much destruction you cause I will always love you since you stole my heart as cheesy as that is now please come back to us… come back to me."
She kissed him on his forehead as broly's muscle mass started to shrink and his hair became less spikey, and his eyes went back to normal as his rage subsided.
"Z-Zaneri. You okay?"
Zaneri chuckled at his concern over her rather than himself as she always found that side of him cute.
It was also great was the fact that Broly's lesson in language had improved greatly to the point where Broly could now speak full sentences and hold solid conversations with people.
Meliodas smiled as he turned to Merlin.
"Well, Merlin a deals a deal. I'll let him say goodbye, you investigate that ship then we meet back up and go back to Liones."
"That's reasonable captain."
With that Merlin took off while Broly said his goodbyes to Zaneri, Jenna, and Theo.
"Guys I-I…"
Jenna cut him off with a pat on the back.
"It's alright broly. We know we'll miss you too."
Theo hugged the saiyan tight.
"You're gonna come back to visit right."
Broly smiled.
"Of course I will."
Broly then turned to Zaneri who grabbed his hand and put his hand on her chest as her eyes were closed before she opened her eyes and smiled at him.
"I will miss you but I know you'll come back. After all, I trust you."
Broly smiled as he brought Zaneri closer as the two had one last kiss between each other before Broly left to join Meliodas as the two walked away leaving Istar as they finally met up with Merlin as the three of them walked towards Liones with the saiyan starting his journey as the newest member of the Seven Deadly Sins.
A/N: Another chapter of Ape Sin of Despair is in the books and I had a blast writing this one I must say. Next chapter Broly will meet the rest of the sins and battle Escanor in an epic showdown so stay tuned for that upcoming bout cause this story is about to shift into high gear.
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