Hey guys and gals, I'm back. Sorry bout that 2 month hiatus. Had to rest after doing this non stop for a year. And I'm also sorry that this chapter isn't the best or longest out of the chapters so far. I'm kinda rusty and have been on a bit of a writer's block doing this chapter for a while. I'm also sorry that this chapter lacks some emotion but I've been stuck on this chapter for a while and started to get a bit irritated cause of all the writer's blocks...but...enough of my yammering, enjoy the chapter. Tell me what you thought of this chapter by leaving a review.

"Why don't you and Elizabeth start healing him while me and Ban can go to the mansion," Meliodas asked Rem.

"I-that might work," Rem said

"Okay, now where's this mansion at?"

"Uh, don't worry Cap'n, I know where. Follow me."

"Okidoki, than lead the way Ban."

-Escanor's perspective-

Within the dining room of the mansion was Escanor and Ram. The two sat far apart from and one another. The room was quiet with the two just waiting for the return of the others. While the two were waiting, Ram felt a dark presence quickly approaching the mansion. She suddenly got up from her chair, slightly spooking Escanor;

"A-ah, w-what's wrong, Ms. Ram?"

"Something's approaching the mansion."

"R-really? Is it Ban and the others?"

"No, it feels...dark," she told him, "and it's approaching quickly."

Escanor shivers from her saying that. "Th-that isn't good."

"No, it isn't. I guess this means you are going to go run and hide while I check."

Ram than felt that the dark energy was now at the entrance of the front door, which then followed by a knocking sound coming from the front entrance, making Eacanor jump and causing him to hide under the table for a split second. "Heh, as I thought. You're more of a coward than Barusu is."

"I'm very sorry," Escanor said before getting up from under the table.

Another sound of knocking was than heard from the entrance.

*sigh* "I guess we should see who it is," she said as she started walking away to the front door entrance. Escanor than runs after her, though making sure to stay behind her.

Ram and Escanor slowly walked up to the door as the knocking continued. Ram slowly opened up the door to hear a familiar voice.

"I think they're all asleep, Cap'n."

"Oh, it's just that idiot," Ram mumbled before opening the door.

"Took ya long enough, Ram," Ban told her before Ram than sensed the dark energy again, but to find it in the dead center of a kid next to Ban.

She stared blankly for a moment before asking," Ban, why did you bring a kid here?"

Escanor than saw Meliodas, to which he shouted happily, "Captain," as he ran to hug Meliodas.

"Captain? So...you are the leader of those two."

"Yep, I'm Meliodas by the way."

"Okay, now the introductions are out of the way, where's Emilia," Ban asked.

"Mis. Emilia is sleeping at the moment?"

"Okay, than go wake her up."

"I will do nothing of the short. She needs her sleep so she may have energy to study tomorrow."

"I didn't give a shit if she needs her sleep. We're gonna need her at the village so either you wake her up or I will."

"You will do no such thing cause if you even try, I will stop you."

"Will or will try? Cause if I know anything, it is that you aren't even as strong as you sister so movie aside," Ban tells her.

While Ram is not listening to Ban, Meliodas just casually walks into the building, saying, "I'm gonna go find that Emilia girl, Ban. Keep that girl busy, alright," before going up the stairs to the second story of the home.

-Meliodas's POV-

The dragon sin looked left and right and decided to go right, as he says, "Right ways the best way," before he went down the hall.

"Knock knock," he said as he knocked on each door in the hall. Every time he did so, he would be rewarded with no answer which he then tried opening up the doors to which he accidentally pulled one of the door handles off. When he did, he simply said, "Hmm...oh well," before throwing the doorknob, "I guess she's on the other hall."

Just than, after he said that, crystallized stakes shoot towards him. Meliodas reflexes kicked in as he dodged the stakes. As he sees one of said stakes shoot past him, they explode into many smaller, light purple flamed stakes. Meliodas quickly dodged the stakes to that see them exploded into many smaller stakes

Some of the stakes get plunged into Meliodas, though he did not notice much.

"Umm...so this is what acupuncture feels like," he jokes.

"You're the one who has the disgusting mana within, I suppose," Beatrice said to Meliodas in a serious tone.

"Huh," Meliodas said, "didn't know that they had a kid working here."

"I'm no child. I'm easily older than you mortals, I suppose."

"Hmmm...okay. Sorry but I can't play with you today, kid. I need to go find...man...what's her name? Crap...uhh…"

Beatrice becomes irritated as she can tell that Meliodas was not taking her seriously.

"A fly like you should just allow yourself to die, I suppose."

Meliodas, not listening to her, was quickly walking in a circle before he snapped his fingers, saying "oh right, her name was Emilia," before Beatrice, who raises her hand up to then say, "El Minya."

The crystallized stakes that were covered by light, purple flames appear again, though more numerous. The stakes shootout at Meliodas, where he sighed, yawning as he just nonshalontly dodged the fury of stakes. Than when they exploded into many others, a few cutting through the sleeve of his left arm.

"Man, and this was my favorite shirt," he joked, "but I can't play dodge the stakes with you today. Sorry but maybe next time."

"You see this as a joke, I suppose. This is no matter of joking around," she tells him, "and stop acting like I'm a child."

Meliodas told her, "Okidoki," before he asked, "Are you sure? Cause I don't want to hurt a kid."

"You are quite an irritating mortal, I suppose," she said.

Just before she was about to unleash another burst of stakes, a door to one of the rooms opens with Emilia, who was wearing a nightgown, stepped out of her room to see the whole area of the hallway was destroyed than to see a little kid that had a shortsword tucked in a sheath on his back.

"Uhmm, why is there a child here," she asked.

"He is no child. No such child would have such disgusting mana, I suppose," Beatrice told Emilia as she ready to attack again.

"Disgusting...mana," Emilia said in a confused tone as she looks at Meliodas.

"Yes. It's mana has evil properties. He is no human, I suppose. It is an intruder and must be dealt with."

"Can we at least just hear him out," Emilia asked the spirit.

*sigh* "Fine," Beatrice said as she canceled the spell. "Tell us mortal, who are you and why you have decided to come here?"

"Well, my name's Meliodas and me and Ban came here to find Emilia so that she can heal Subaru so he doesn't die."

"W-what," Emilia asked with surprise.

"Yep so do you," Meliodas paused as he watches the half-elf quickly start to quickly run down the hall with a panicked expression on her face.

"Hmm...I wonder what's wrong with her," Meliodas said to himself.

-Ban's POV-

Ban gets shot out of the doorway by a blast of wind but lands on his feet, and then says, "Really, you're gonna just use wind from keeping me from getting into that mansion?! You're dumber than I thought," Ban told Ram.

Ram muttered, "Fura," before slashes of wind shoot down at Ban, making him sigh as the clothes he was wearing got cut off his body long side his body parts.

"I told you already, " Ban tells Ram as smoke starts appear as his body reconnections his severed parts, "You can't kill me."

"I am aware of that but I can slow you down."

"Heh, no you fucking can't," Ban shoots right in front of her before he tells her, "So why don't you stop trying to act all bad ass and move aside?"

Ram feels a jolt of fear for a flash moment. "F-fine."

Ban smirks before saying, "good little kid," to where hhe starts to walk into the mansion. Ram, gasping for a moment, looks at Ban with a death glare to where he just rolls his eyes.

"Hey, Cap'n! Did you get—," Ban cut himself off as he sees Emilia panickingly running down the stairs, "You seemed worried."

""M-Ms. Emilia...why are you wake," Ram asked with a bit of suprise.

"That'll be because of me," Meliodas answers Ram as he walks down the stairs with Beatrice closely behind him.

"Good job Cap'n."

"Thanks Ban!"

"W-wait...captain," Emilia said with some confusion.

"We'll tell ya later," Ban told Emilia before he said, "But right now we should probably get to that village so that Natsuki doesn't bleed out."

"Y-yes, of course. Than let's hurry," Emilia told Ban.

-A bit later in Elizabeth's POV-

The two women were in a house that one of the villagers gave to them.

The atmosphere in the house felt heavy to in and there was a sense of panic in it. Elizabeth and Rem were doing their best with the circumstances with trying to keep Subaru from bleeding to death. Elizabeth could tell that Rem was getting tired the longer she kept going. "Ms. Rem, if you are tired, than you should rest. I can handle it by myself."

"No, I can still keep going," Rem told Elizabeth.

"Okay. If you insist, ," Elizabeth told the oni. After which, she started to think. I hope Sir Meliodas and Ban are able to return in time. The two have been gone for a while now. W-what am I saying, they will get back in time. They always do.

-Ban's POV-

The gang of six was sat in a cart to which Ram was navigating the animal to where the six would be heading. Ram was at the lone seat in the front of the cart as the others were in the back.

The back of said cart was very quiet for a moment with none of the people having an idea to say while Beatrice really did not care to have a discussion as she has a book with her.

Ban had to keep himself hunched over due to the fact the cart's roof was to short for the fox.

"Man, this is boring as hell," the fox sin told himself as he placed his elbow on his knee and than head on the plan of his empty palm.

"Hey, Cap'n," Ban signaled to Meliodas.

"You rang."

"Do you have any idea where the others might be?"

"Nope...wasn't really thinking that far ahead."

"Ah~ damn it," Ban said with little surprise.

A few more moments of silence had occurred before Emilia spoke up.

"Your name is Meliodas, right?"

"Yep, that's me."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, what's it about?"

"Beatrice said that your mana is pure darkness, why is that?"

Just after Emilia asked him the question, the cart came to a stop rather quick.

"Ms. Emilia, we're here," Ram said.

"Sate, sate, sate, I guess I'll tell you later," Meliodas said as he started to get out of the cart, "I think we should go heal that Subaru kid now."

"Okay. Good idea," she told Meliodas before everyone started to delocate from the cart. As they did, some of the villagers awaited the group.

"Huh, didn't expect you bastards to still be up," Ban told them.

"Where is Subaru," Emilia quickly asked.

"The kid is in a building with the two young women trying to heal him," one of the villagers told her, "I'll show you."

"Thank you very much," she told the man.

As that was happening, everyone split from one another with Ram going to start to make a shield around the village while Beatrice begins to go to the children to break the curses placed on the kids.

That left Ban, Escanor, and Meliodas, who decided to go with Emilia to the house.

When the three had gotten to the house, Emilia saw that Subaru was not in prestan condition whatsoever.

The half-elf told Rem, "I can handle it from here."

The oni understood, knowing that Emilia could save Subaru and so, she left Subaru in the care of the silver haired half-elf.

Elizabeth told Emilia, "if it is alright with you, Ms. Emilia, I am going to stay."

"Okay, that's fine," Emilia told Elizabeth before she began to start healing Subaru.

"Well, than I guess I'm staying here too if Elizabeth is," Meliodas said.

"Fine with me. I'm going to sleep. Now where the hell is another bed," Ban asked with a faint yelling to his tone.

Yeah, that's how it ends. Sorry that this is very lackluster. I'm gonna try to do better with the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and get ready to see another, probably, a month in a half cause I'm out of shape writing wise.