A-Z of Melizabeth by Fullmetal Pyromaniac
R is for...
Reincarnation
Meliodas was a firm believer in reincarnation. Especially after Liz, but even more so because he remembered most of his past lives. Well, he didn't remember them as such, instead he often dreamed about them. Vivid dreams about foreign lands he had never heard of before. They were all so different, but all contained one important link that pulled them all together. No matter how different she looked, or how different her personalities varied, the person carried a certain aura to them that reminded Meliodas of one person.
Elizabeth.
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The first dream he remembered was a strange one, he was a monster (not that much different from his actual life) but a different kind, one with black scleras and red pupils. He was situated in a land far from Britannia, with technology both more advanced and retro, speaking a language he both understood and didn't. It was a strange experience.
Meliodas appeared to be a human, but eating regular food made him feel ill. He remembered meeting friends in a cafe and exchanging food packages, ones that smelled like death and blood.
Then he met Elizabeth, she wasn't like him. She was regular, but just as beautiful. Together they went on dates where he would marvel at the fact she could keep human food down, they'd go to 'theme parks', they'd drink coffee because that was the only 'normal' thing Meliodas could stomach.
Meliodas remembered fear. Fear for his life, apparently people like him were hunted, fear for Elizabeth's life, and a fear of her finding out who he really was. He was certain Elizabeth would hate him.
Still, he lived, eating his unusual food and drinking coffee. Seasons changed, and keeping his secret became more and more difficult. Elizabeth was intelligent and knew that Meliodas was hiding something which led to arguments. So he told her, and she responded with the most amazing thing that Meliodas had ever heard,
"I knew, you silly man, I just wanted you to trust me enough to tell me yourself"
Meliodas didn't think he could love anyone more, and so they were engaged, and did other...things...but life was good.
An anonymous tip was Meliodas' downfall. He came home one night after doing the weekly shop. The house was strangely quiet, there were no footsteps, no humming, no nothing. He ventured slowly into the main living room of the house.
Elizabeth lay dead on their floor. How Meliodas howled, he cried and wailed and screamed. He screamed at the investigators who hated his kind and went so far as to kill their own to cause suffering. The screams alerted the neighbours who called the investigators who found him crying, with a bloody Elizabeth cradled to his chest.
Death came soon after, as did the next life.
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The next life was calmer, he was a piano player, though he became a recluse after the death of his mother. For years he kept to himself, until Elizabeth showed up and showed him how to truly live. She was blonde in this life, with a personality more like Diane's than her own, but she was still his Elizabeth. Music was her soul reason for living, music was her soul.
Her melody played itself in his ears constantly, her bright personality too blinding for his spectacled eyes to witness. Yet she was so beautiful.
Their first competition didn't go so well, he hadn't been able to hear music in so long. Elizabeth was patient with him, a true goddess in all of her lives, and then he could hear his music again.
But even the brightest flames die out, and she was gone with a flash, a letter, and a lie.
Meliodas moved on, but never loved again, and as his life faded a new one lit up.
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The third life was mayhem, a nightmare, and nothing anyone should go through. Giant monsters from fucking hell. There wasn't time for love in a world like this, but still Elizabeth was there and more beautiful than ever.
3DMG gear was hard to manoeuvre but essential to survive, and he would never admit it but the feeling of flying through the air, with the wind whipping his face would stay with him forever, it was truly amazing.
Is this what freedom felt like?
They would never be totally free though, not while the walls still surrounded them. Meliodas wanted freedom more than anything in the whole world, next to Elizabeth's safety of course.
He could never understand why she had followed him into the Survey Corps, but it was her choice, and he couldn't change it no matter how anxious it made him.
The outside world was nothing like he had imagined, it was millions better. The green grass, the trees, the open air. It was like heaven. From the position on his horse, he could see Elizabeth clearly, eyes wide and sparkling, beautiful.
It was hell soon enough, an abnormal at the left side of the formation, not far from where they were travelling. The wonder in Elizabeth's eyes turned to panic, she placed a hand on her blade handle, the other clutching onto the reins of her horse for dear life.
'It' appeared seconds later. Grinning manically, eyes filled with blood lust as it speedily crawled toward and them on all fours. It was fucking terrifying.
One by one the soldiers took to the skies, their horses would be fine. Then Meliodas left too, grabbing his blades and latching onto the monster, hacking at the arms so the more experienced soldiers could go for the nape.
The thing didn't stop, drool covered the grass soaking it. It howled in agony as it was slashed from all different angles, the screams of the people it ate synchronised with it like a macabre symphony. He realised it was focused on someone, it reared almost like a horse and began bounding towards someone. Elizabeth.
Rage flowed in his veins, panic and fear took over influencing his next actions. He swung down, screaming until his throat turned dry and began to ache. His blades once again didn't strike the beast as it lunged towards a fear-frozen Elizabeth. He saw her eyes widen as she was engulfed in the monsters mouth.
Not all people die like heroes. Meliodas realised that as he leapt into it's mouth to save his love.
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The next life was an odd one, as a merchant with only a horse, a cart, and knowledge of trading. In a pile of straw he finds a beautiful maiden, one with hair like molten lava and sharp canines. In the midst of her hair, pop up two wolf like ears and a similar tail protrudes from her lower back.
He realises shes very not-human, and very naked.
Her attitude is nothing like his Elizabeth's, shes rude, brash, and flirty as hell. Seducing any man in order to get her way. But she's brave and willing to do anything to help people who are disadvantaged, just like his Elizabeth. At first they don't get along, fighting almost constantly, but quickly her attitude turns adorable. Her little strops just remind him of a small child, and her drunkenness is terribly funny.
But her innocent eyes hide a fierceness. A fire burning within her soul, hatred and resentment fills her being. Against human kind, who brought her to the brink of insolvency, who killed her people and destroyed her village. She remained ignorant to this however, believing her village waited for her return.
She was wise beyond her years, and she never failed to tell Meliodas so. They travelled up north, where they both parted ways reluctantly, a billion words left unsaid between them filled the frozen air. With a final lingering hug, they parted ways.
Meliodas never saw her again, instead opening an import shop in the capital. Women almost fell at his feet, but he remained devoted to his work, creating a well known, respected business.
One day he caught wind of the wicked woman of the north, a young demon-maiden that was so beautiful she lured men into her home with a single glance. Then killed them to avenge her lost friends and family.
Another commented that she could be heard cursing a man by his name, cursing that he left her, even when he knew about her village. Then she was never heard from again, some speculated she killed herself, others said she died of grief.
Meliodas heart was filled with guilt that day, a grief that kept multiplying and multiplying until giant last day. When surrounded by his successor and friends he whispered two final words.
I'm sorry...
and the light blinded him, leading him into the next life.
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The next life was one filled with anxiety and dread. Meliodas found himself to be terribly sickly in this life, moving to live with his grandparents and auntie while his dad worked abroad.
School was a bore, but there was something amiss about his class. There was a terrible force at task, causing them all to live in fear of something unknown, at least to Meliodas.
The class didn't tell him what to do, they kept it their dirty little secret. So they were to blame, not Meliodas.
There was a girl in his class that everyone ignored. One with short raven hair and a white medical eyepatch over one eye. He knew instantly that this was his Elizabeth, so he spoke to her, and broke the peace.
One by one his class began to die in horrid and unusual ways. An umbrella through the throat, suicide, heart attacks, elevators malfunctioning, cars slipping off bridges, being run over by a speed boat.
Then came the time to rod his friends of this curse, once and for all. So he did. But their happiness was not to last, as this Elizabeth succumbed to the same illness her cousin had and a grief stricken Meliodas died of a collapsed lung.
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Perhaps, Meliodas thought, this next life's would be calm and peaceful. His hopes came crashing down like the floor crumbling beneath his feet. Around him, husband classmates screamed in terror, each clasping a small piece of white paper between their fingers.
A cursed charm supposed to keep them together tore them apart, how ironic.
So many dead children, it was inhumane the amount of insanity here. One by one they were killed off, in more horrific ways than his last life, he managed to live though. Right until the very end. Almost.
Trying to cheat his way to survival, he made sure that this Elizabeth lived. Forcing the pieces of paper together then clasping hands, they were surrounded by a bright light and Meliodas found himself alone in the darkness. Pain ripped through his body like electricity, and he moved his arms to see if it would quell the pain.
But they were the source of it, ripped right off at the shoulder.
Surrounded by blood and tears, Meliodas died not knowing that no one remembered him or his sister.
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The next life brought space, and lions. Elizabeth in this life was a man, but he didn't love her- or him- any less. Together with their friends, and two aliens, they were guardians of the universe.
Blue and Red followed their lives together, ice and flames, black and white.
They were rivals, as Meliodas himself proclaimed, but there was always something more between them. Touches lingered more than friends, hugs were longer, and insults turned into flirting.
Meliodas and this-Elizabeth were idiots. Meliodas flirted with other people to make him jealous and this-Elizabeth didn't tell anyone about his feelings. So they were stuck in that grey zone of almost lovers.
On the day that Meliodas decided to confess, they were called up to fight. He passed this-Elizabeth in the corridor and they ran together to their vehicles, off to fight.
It didn't end well, in fact it ended up with the pairs blood being boiled within them. Meliodas felt his vision fading quickly, so he grabbed this-Elizabeth's hand and pulled his body close. It was cold with death.
Why can't we be happy? He thought, as the close of space grabbed a hold of him.
Just...one...life together...
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Meliodas awoke to the smell of bacon being cooked and the sounds of birds singing. He shifted, peering down at the soft weight on top of his chest. Elizabeth lay there, her silver hair splayed around her like a cover.
He smiled fondly and snuggled back down beside her. Cosing his eyes, last nights dream replayed before him.
The day was dawning, this life had barely begun. Yet Meliodas had a good feeling about it.
Yeah, everything would be fine.
The End.
A.N. See! I can produce chapters in less than a month! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, I have been planning this since I got the idea for reincarnation. It's a little headcanon of mines.
Maybe if you can guess all the universes correctly I'll give you a shoutout or something?
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