After a few chapters of working on the path of the shinobi story, I am ready to focus on episode Britanna again, hopefully to the end.


Chapter 8: The book reading doll of lust

(The world that never was: Memory's skyscraper)

The world that never was, the home of the nobodies, and the former headquarters of the first organization XIII. A dark city with only neon signs to light it as Sora appeared out of a nearby alley and out into the open as he approached the infamous memory's skyscraper, the tallest building in the city, watching over the area. Just as rain began pouring down, Sora looked up to see the giant white castle in the distance, floating above the city, with the artificial Kingdom hearts in the sky with it's euportic glow as lighting quickly flashed before Sora decided to call out.

"KAIRI! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Sora yelled out as rain poured onto him and suddenly felt a second presence before looking over to an alley next to the skyscraper to a girl with red hair and a pink outfit walking into the alley in the direction of the castle, whom Sora was able to quickly recognize.

(Music: The nightmare)

"Kairi!" Sora exclaimed as he began chasing after the girl, who somehow was able to vanish from his sight as he rushed down the streets which began ascending uphill before finding himself at the brink of despair, the large chasm underneath the giant floating castle in front of him with a blue crystal path that lead upwards towards the castle. As Sora looked at the pathway, he didn't see Kairi, but Ryuko, who had her back turned to him as she walked towards the castle.

"Ryuko? What's she doing here?" Sora questioned, consider that Kairi had been to the world of nobodies, but Ryuko hasn't, making him wonder how she got here before running up the crystal pathway to chase after Ryuko, only for her to vanish from sight as well when Sora was about rech the entrance of the castle, only for the whole structure to vanish from plain white metal, to a series of rocky walls with symbols etched, which Sora quickly recognized as the labyrinth in the keyblade graveyard that master Xehanort created during the battle for Kingdom hearts.

"What the...How did I…" Sora asked, wondering how he got from the world that never was, to the keyblade graveyard in the blink of an eye as he looked down the different corridors of the maze to find any sight of Kairi, or Ryuko, before catching sight of a figure in the distance in the path in front of him, who even from far away, he was able to recognize as Veronica Liones.

"Elizabeth's sister, too?" Sora questioned before running down the path, taking multiple turns before coming upon a deadend, that wasn't really a deadend as the keyblade wielder looked up to see it was the tower of endings, causing a feeling of dread in him.

"No, no...Not here!" Sora exclaimed as he put his feet on the wall of the tower and began running up the side, which seemed to go on for a long time before Sora was finally able to reach the top, only it was not the tower of endings anymore, it was the top of the central castle tower, in Scala ad Caelum with Kairi, Ryuko and Veronica, standing in the center, side by side, and all with blank expression on their faces.

"What are all of you doing-" Sora was about to questioned before a grand flash of light from the sky momentarily blinded him before he was able to regain his sight and looked up to see the true Kingdom hearts itself shining above, with a figure floating in front of the grand moon, whom Sora was able to quickly recognize as master Xehanort himself, with the legendary X-blade in his hand.

"Watch closely, boy. The consequences of your weakness." Xehanort said as he held the keyblade above his head and Kingdom hearts' color began changing from a shining gold color, to dark corrupted purple and the sky around the heart shape moon began changing into a lifeless white color and a powerful energy began gathering around the X-blade, causing Sora to panic as he rushed forward towards Kairi and the other girls, only for a meteor of darkness fall from the sky and crash in front of the keyblade wielder, causing Sora to fall from the force.

"Kairi!" Sora yelled as he reached his hand out towards the still girl as she stood motionless with Ryuko and Veronica until Kairi stared forward.

"So-" Kairi muttered before she, Ryuko and Veronica were consumed in a giant ray of light from above.


(The boar hat tavern)

"NO!" Sora yelled as he shot upwards from the sleeping bag he was in before looking around the room to see he was back in the storage room of the boar hat tavern, which was where Meliodas had setting for sleeping arrangement of the keyblade wielder, Ryuko and Satsuki, which was spacious enough for the three of them. When Sora saw his surroundings, he immediately began to calm down. "*Sigh* Just a dream…"

"Sora?" Ryuko's voice caught Sora's attention as he turned to see Ryuko sitting up from her sleeping bag, looking at him. "What's going on with you?"

"Um, nothing, Ryuko. Just a bad dream…"

"It sounded like more than a bad dream." Satsuki's voice said as Sora turned to see her awake as well. "It's about what happened during the festival, wasn't it?"

"Yah, guess nothing gets past you. Does it, Satsuki?" Sora asked before taking another look at the sisters, and realized they were wearing nothing but their underwear. "What the?! Why are you two not wearing anything?!"

"Huh? AHH!" Ryuko exclaimed in embarrassment as she tried covering herself. "Me and Satsuki didn't have time to bring pajamas with us since we decided to come with you at the last minute! And since you're always asleep before us, we thought you wouldn't notice!"

"What's the problem, Sora? You've seen us in our transformed kaumis. Our underwear should be nothing to you." Satsuki said as she crossed her arms under her chest, making Sora look away.

I think I should go for a walk…" Sora said as he stood up from his sleeping bag and made his way towards the door where Senketsu, Ryuko's jacket and Junketsu were hanging next to.

"Sora, are you going to be alright?" Senketsu asked with solace in his voice as Junketsu also looked at Sora sadly as the keyblade wielder stared at the door.

"...I'll be fine." Sora answered before opening the door and leaving the room and closed the door behind him, leaving Ryuko and Satsuki behind in the room.

"I think we should talk to him." Ryuko said as she stood up and was about to put Senketsu on.

"Ryuko, you should stop." Satsuki said as Ryuko stopped in place. "Sora is going through a tough time right now. Perhaps we should let him recover in his own time."

"But, I..Sora shouldn't be going through this alone…" Ryuko said while Sora walked into the main bar of the tavern and looked out the window to see the sun rising over the trees outside and Diane asleep outside with her hammer, Gideon in her grip. Despite the fact Diane had managed to survive Vanitas' attack during the festival, Sora still felt guilty since he was unable to stop his dark twin from nearly ending her life.

"You're up early." Meliodas' voice caught Sora's attention as he turned around to see the former captain at the bar counter, serving ale to Ban sitting on a stool and King was floating in the air on top of his pillow.

"Couldn't sleep…" Sora answered as he took a seat at the counter next to Ban's seat. "Didn't know you guys were up too."

"We're trying to come up with a plan now that we know the holy knights are controlling those heartless, according to King."

"They definitely are, trust me. One of them summoned more in front of me." King said as he thought back to seeing Helbram call the heartless. (Helbram, why are you using such dark creatures?)

"We also kinda got cripled back there. Seeing how the captain lost that sword of his." Ban said as he took a sip of ale.

"Yep. I really messed up losing it, it was really important for me to hold onto it." Meliodas said as Sora became more curious about the dragon handle.

"What is the deal with you and that sword anyway? You were so protective of it and you pounded anyone who touched it. What's so important about it?" Sora asked. As Meliodas cleared his throat.

"Actually, I can't tell you about that yet, not until I'm sure about why it's been taken. Now what about that evil twin of yours?" Meliodas asked as Sora froze up at the question, not expecting it at all.

'Yes, why is there a double of you out there with the holy knight? What does he want?" King asked as Sora sighed in defeat, deciding to answer the question.

"His name is Vanitas. He's a keyblade wielder like me, and he's dangerous…" Sora answered.

"Is what he said back at Vaizel true? That's he's your brother?" Ban asked.

"No, that's just what Vanitas likes to say because he's nuts. Vanitas draws power from negativity. Like fear, anger, sadness and hate. Which is probably why he's teamed up with the holy knights."

"Because the holy knights want to start a war with us! That would give this Vanitas, plenty of power, I can think of no bigger source of negativity." King said.

"So how do we stop your less than bearable twin?" Ban asked.

"I think the best way to stop Vanitas from starting a war is to clear your names from whatever happened ten years ago." Sora suggested.

"We find whoever killed grandmaster Zaratras, we can stop whatever it is their planning. And hopefully one of the sins might know who it might be." Meliodas said.

"Yeah, and I still need to find another keyblade wielder other than Vanitas. Hopefully they're with one of the missing sins or was at least seen so I can find Kairi." Sora said.

"Sounds like a plan, we should put you in charge instead of the captain." Ban said.

"I agree. You have more bright ideas." King agreed.

"Why are you guys talking about me like I'm not here? I'm standing right here." Meliodas before turning to Sora. "Hey, have you talked to Elizabeth since the fighting festival at all?"

"Huh? No, I…*Sigh* I wanna talk to her. But after what happened with her sister, I…" Sora trailed off before the sound of walking was heard on the nearby stairs as Elizabeth walked down.

"Sir Meliodas, good morning. I'm ready to start the-" Elizabeth said before catching sight of Sora and her face grew sad. "Excuse me…"

"Ah, Elizabeth, I…" Sora tried talking to the princess, only for the princess to pass by him and walked out of the tavern.

"Ouch, the silent treatment might actually be worse than her saying anything." Ban stated.

"Sora, I know Elizabeth. She'll come around and talk to you again." Meliodas assured as Sora stared at the door Elizabeth walked out of.

"What happened back in Vaizel wasn't your fault." King added as Sora remained silent.

"...I need to go for a walk…" Sora said before going out the tavern door as Diane awoke and saw the keyblade wielder wander off into the nearby forest before moving her head towards the tavern window.

"Hey, captain. Is Sora alright? I just saw him go off into the forest, and he didn't look happy." Diane said.

"He's still upset about Elizabeth's sister. Sora just needs some time to himself." Meliodas said as he poured another glass of ale, but for himself.

"I'm not so sure about that. Diane, you and Sora have become quite good friends. Maybe you should talk to him." King advised.

"Hmmm. Maybe you're right, King. I think what Sora needs is some friends to cheer him up.' Diane agreed.

"DAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Sora's voice roared in anger in the distance, making everyone except Meliodas jump in surprise as they looked to see large thunderbolts rain down from the sky from Sora's thunderza spell and many burning trees in his area were flung into the air from the resulting explosion.

"Uhhh, maybe we should give him some space after all…"

"As the dragon's sin of wrath, that is the best course of action I can advise you." Meliodas said as he took a sip of ale.

"I've been meaning to tell you something about that kid, captain. According to the princess' sister before she was killed, he's not from Britanna, or those girls that follow him around." Ban said as the rest of the sins were definitely caught off guard.

"Hmm, that explains a few things."

"So, who are Sora, Ryuko and Satsuki? Are they enemy spies from another country?" Diane asked.

"It doesn't seem that way. If they are, why did they join us instead of infiltrating the holy knights?" King questioned.

"Because, I think the story of Sora looking for this Kairi girl is the truth. I can tell…" Meliodas said as he thought back to his days in Danafall. "He's definitely determined to find what he's looking for."

"Captain has a point. After what happened to princess Veronica, Kid's got too much on his mind, and it's not some ulterior motive." Ban agreed as he took a sip of his own ale. (Still, the kid's hiding something…)


(Meanwhile…)

While the members of the seven deadly sins were discussing Sora, a strange scene was happening some miles away. A giant figure, slowly lumbering their way up a hillside as the sun was rising, but was even more distinctive about the figure was the purple armor they were wearing, covering them from head to toe before the armored figure raised its head.

"RAHHHHHHHHH!" The armor figure roared as the green haired boy with glasses that told Pete about Diane's hammer back at the Vaizel festival held onto the armored figure to support them. The reason for the figure's rage was the injury they sustained back at the festival when Gulia bombarded the village, striking the armored giant and cracked its armor, revealing the beating flesh underneath.

"Gowther...read...book…" The armored giant said as the green haired boy helped the giant stay steady.

"I'm afraid reading while walking will only be a nuisance to others. Now let's keep going." The green haired boy said as the armored giant began moving forward again. "Now, if we keep this pace, we can read by evening."

"Gowther...Happy…"


(Meanwhile, in Liones)

"Sir Helbram!" A holy knight exclaimed as he walked into Helbram's quarters and saw the powerful holy knight, sitting on a couch with a book on his face while Gulia and Jericho were standing by his side.

"Yes? What? Can't you see we're on a break right now? This had better be important." Helbram said with an annoyed tone.

"Forgive me. I just received word that the armor giant has just recently been spotted in woods of Ordan, east of Vaizel."

"The armor giant? Not him, the one from seven deadly sins." Jericho said, after believing the so-called armor giant had vanished.

"The goat sin? Gowther?" Jericho questioned as Helbram's attention was caught and he removed the book from his face.

"Then summon the roars of dawn." Helbram ordered, much to Gulia's and Jericho's surprise while the reporting holy knight was unsure of the order.

"Them? But-" The holy knight said.

"Don't let him escape this time. Make sure you finish him off."

"Yes sir!" The holy knight said before turning and leaving the room.

"Sir Helbram. Are you sure you don't want me and Jericho to go on this mission?" Gulia asked.

"No. That won't be necessary. I already have someone in mind." Helbram said, as Jericho and Gulia were confused.

"Who could you possibly want to go with the roars of dawn?" Jericho asked before a dark corridor suddenly opened up in the middle of the room, surprising Gulia and Jericho by it's sudden appearance.

(Music:Xehanort-the early years)

"I believe he is talking about me." Young Xehanort announced as he emerged out of the corridor of darkness as Jericho became angry at the sight of him.

"You again?! The hell are you doing here?" Jericho questioned.

"You know this man, Jericho?" Gulia questioned.

"He was at Baste prison before Ban broke out. Then he suddenly vanished on us and let Ban escape!"

"I let him escape, allowing him to is much different." Xehanort said as Jericho snarled at him. "Careful, that anger could consume you early."

"Huh?" Jericho questioned.

"Jericho, Gulia. Leave us. This is a private matter between me and him to discuss." Helbram ordered.

"Of course, sir Helbram. We'll be on our way." Gulia said as Jericho was not willing to accept the order.

"Wait, hold up!" Jericho exclaimed as Gulia grabbed her by the shoulder and began dragging out the door while Jericho looked back into the room to glare at Xehanort's back before the door closed.

"So, I was right. The goat sin of lust has reappeared, hasn't he?" Xehanort questioned.

"Indeed. Your prediction was right on the dot, Gowther appeared after the Vaizel festival. If I didn't know any better, you know the future." Helbram said as Xehanort smiled at the statement.

"To be more accurate, I know the possibilities."

"Huh. You're a strange one all right. First you show up out of nowhere, rising pretty high into the ranks of the holy knights at a fast rate. Then the only operations you take involve the seven deadly sins. Just what is your deal?" Helbram asked.

"I don't want much. Not a search for glory like most of the holy knights here in this kingdom. Everything I've done here is make sure one thing happens when the seven deadly sins gather." Xehanort said as Helbram raised an eyebrow.

"And what is that exactly?" Helbram asked as Xehanort walked over to a nearby window to observe the kingdom of Liones outside.

"I just want to meet them."


(Town of Ordan)

(Music: Happy hair day)

After Sora had left the tavern to take a walk for fresh air,the seven deadly sins made preparations to get the boar hat ready for customers while Elizabeth was preparing to leave for the nearby town to promote the tavern and get supplies while wearing a shawl to not be recognized and Hawk accompanying her.

"I'm not forgetting anything, am I?" Elizabeth asked as she held a basket ready.

"Simple disguise for a princess on the run:Check! Brave piggy companion: Also check!" Hawk confirmed while the sins watched the princess make her preparations to leave.

"You sure letting her leave on her own is a good idea, captain? The holy knights are doubling down on their efforts to find her." King said.

"It'll be fine, King. Some of the holy knights are completely oblivious anyway, and we need to focus on business right now." Meliodas said as the door to the tavern opened with Ryuko and Satsuki walking out.

"Morning you butch of pyschopaths." Ryuko greeted.

"Morning to you too, both of you." Elizabeth greeted back, which surprised everyone.

"Huh. She'll say something to those two, but not the kid." Ban said as Satsuki looked around the area.

"Speaking of, where is Sora?" Satsuki asked.

"He's...gone out for a walk." Diane said.

"You mean in the direction of the rising pillar of smoke?" Ryuko asked as everyone turned their focus towards the forest where smoke was rising into the air some far some distance away.

"Yep, that's where he went. Actually, I think he's coming back now." Meliodas said he pointed behind himself and Sora was indeed walking out of the woods with his hands in his pockets and looking at the ground.

"Sora?" Ryuko called out to the keyblade wielder as Sora looked up towards her. "Are you doing all right?"

"*Sigh* Yeah, I just needed to blow off some steam. Blowing up the forest wasn't enough, but I was able to run into some heartless to...help me finish the walk." Sora stated as a soldier heartless stumbled out of the forest with it's back on fire before falling forward and fading into dark particles, which surprised everyone that Sora went out and fought heartless, just to brutalize them.

"Damn, kid. You can be more stone cold than I thought." Ban said.

"Sora, it doesn't sound like you're alright. You never fight heartless unless they attack you first, or they're attacking someone else." Satsuki said as Sora looked towards Elizabeth, who quickly glanced at him before looking away.

"Guess I'm not alright then….I'm going back in. I need to think about how to find any of the keyblade wielders." Sora said as he made his way towards the tavern.

"Captain, do something. The guilt is clearly eating at Sora." Diane said as Meliodas looked back between Sora, who was walking up to the boar hat, and Elizabeth, who pulled up her shawl to leave as the captain got an idea in his head.

"Hey, Sora. How about you, Ryuko and Satsuki head out into town with Elizabeth." Meliodas suggested as everyone turned their heads towards him in surprise.

"What?!/Huh?" Sora and Elizabeth said at the same time before the keyblade wielder turned around towards the captain.

"Meliodas. Just what are you doing?"

"Sora, you need to talk to Elizabeth already. The two of you aren't going to be friends again if you don't."

"Sir Meliodas, there's really no need to be so concerned." Elizabeth said before Diane leaned to eye view with the princess.

"Elizabeth, just let it happen. The captain's only trying to help you out." Diane said.

"Meliodas, I can see what you're trying to do. You think by sending me and Elizabeth out into town together, we're eventually gonna talk again. But it's not that easy, I'm just not ready yet." Sora said as he turned back towards the tavern again.

"Okay then. But I don't think Hawk is gonna be enough if your double shows up again." Meliodas said, which made Sora stop in place. "It's pretty clear that he's after her since he's aligned with the holy knight."

"Hey! Not cool using that against Sora!" Ryuko exclaimed as she clenched her fist and was about to stomp forwards Meliodas, only for Satsuki to hold her back.

"Ryuko, wait a moment." Satsuki said as they looked at Sora, who stood in silence with his head down for a long moment before turning around.

"Okay...I'll go. You win…" Sora said as he walked past Meliodas in the direction of Elizabeth and Hawk.

"Glad you heard me out, Sora. You're not regret doing this." Meliodas said.

"Ban, punch him." Sora requested, which the fox sin of greed complained by hitting Meliodas with a strong right hook that sent the captain flying into a tree and snapping in half from the force after Meliodas flew through it.

"Okay, I deserve that one."

"Damn right you did." Ryuko said as she and Satsuki went over to Sora's side as he walked up to Elizabeth.

"Well, I guess we better get going. Those posters for the tavern aren't gonna put themselves." Sora said, making small talk as Elizabeth looked at him without a word before walking forward.

"Still not a word to you. Sorry about that." Hawk apologized as Sora stared forward.

"At least she was able to look at you." Ryuko said.

"Yeah, but does she see me? Or her sister's killer?" Sora questioned as he followed Elizabeth and Hawk followed suit.

"*Sigh* He's gotta get over this. Sora just hasn't been the same since that festival, he barely smiles at all anymore...I miss that Sora." Ryuko said.

"We'll get that Sora back. All we need is Elizabeth to come around." Satsuki assured as the two sisters began flowing after Sora and Elizabeth, leaving the rest of the sins behind.

"Alright guys, let's go hunting while they're gone! Whoever catches the biggest game is the winner!" Meliodas announced as Ban grinned in competitive excitement while King sighed while Diane simply lied down for a nap. As the sins were preparing for the tavern to open, Sora, Ryuko, Satsuki and Hawk were following right behind Elizabeth as she walked down the road that leads into Ordan, still without a word, which was making Sora frustrated.

(Music stops)

"Ah! I'm tired of this! What am I supposed to say to her?" Sora questioned.

"Anything might actually help you out." Ryuko said.

"Elizabeth probably wants to talk to you as well. She most likely doesn't know what to say to you either." Satsuki suggested.

"She wants to talk to him but won't? Gez, human girls are so hard to understand." Hawk said.

"*Sigh* Tell me about it…" Sora said as he noticed Elizabeth putting up posters for the boar hat on the sign of a building, mainly over the wanted posters of Meliodas and the other sins and was about to place another poster up before stopping and then walking away from the building.

"Huh? What was that about?" Ryuko questioned as Sora walked up to the building Elizabeth and saw why she stopped. It was new wanted poster, one of Sora himself in a detailed drawing with the description saying, "Wanted for questioning of the murder of princess Veronica Liones" and was also being held up be a knife, signifying how badly the holy knights wanted the keyblade wielder in their custody. "Wha?! They're blaming Sora?!"

"It's not that hard. Considering Vanitas looks exactly like him, and they know it." Satsuki added as Sora stared silently at the poster.

"Wow, what a bunch of pieces of shi-WAHHH!" Hawk exclaimed in surprise when the building in front of them suddenly shook from a rocking force, which was from Sora, punching the poster on the wall, leaving it cracked and a fist sized hole ripped in the middle where the drawing of himself used to be. Making the others concerned for the keyblade wielder.

"Sora?" Ryuko said as she reached for his shoulder, only for Sora to suddenly turn around towards her with a quick red glow in his eyes, which made her shutter a bit in fear, knowing that his anger was rising at a dangerous level as Satsuki pulled her sister away from him while Hawk was shaking before the glow faded from Sora's eyes before he realized what had happened.

"I'm...Sorry about that, I think a minute alone…" Sora said as his back slumped against the building he had punched and looked down at the ground while the others walked away from him to give the keyblade wielder his space.

"The hell was up with that? I saw Sora's eyes glow before." Ryuko said, remembering back when she woke from her coma and began antagonizing everyone around her, including Sora. After bringing up his failure to save Kairi, his anger rose to a level she never saw before, and saw his eyes glow red for a moment.

"Yeah, me and Elizabeth saw that too back in Vaizel when he was getting angry at his lookalike. He even growled like some sort of animal." Hawk added.

"That's what happens when Sora's anger reaches a boiling point. I'm afraid if something's not done about it soon, that anger will explode in the direction of the holy knights." Satsuki said, thinking back when Sora's anger reached its climax and the darkness within him took the shape of his rage form and was to fight back against Ragyo Kiryuin, and Nui Harime while the dark power was slowly overtaking him. As Ryuko heard what could happen if Sora remained in his current state for too long, she made the decision to do something about the current stalemate between him and Elizabeth.

"Okay, that's it!" Ryuko exclaimed as she stomped forward in the direction that Elizabeth went in.

"Hey, where are you going?" Hawk questioned before Ryuko looked back.

"To do something about this!"


(Ordan forest)

While Sora and the others were in the town, the forest nearby was quiet until the view focused on a cave with book pages scattered near the entrance and heavy footsteps could be heard from within as the mysterious armor giant came stomping out of the cave.

"Book...Book...Gowther...read...book…" The armor giant said as the large crack in his armor began breaking even more as he stomped. But while the giant stomped through the forest, seemingly looking for a book, a certain robotic doctor and his butler were on the other side of the area, looking for Sora as was looking at a tracking device, meant for the keyblade wielder.

"Ragghh! This device is useless! It was meant to warn me in case a certain lombax was coming! Not for one human, which this planet is full of!" Nefarious exclaimed in frustration.

"Perhaps if you were more willing to ask for Maleficent's help, sir. We may already know where the boy is by now. But no, you had to say, "An excellent evil genius like myself can find one child." Honestly sir, your ego is quite taxing for us." Lawrence said, but Nefarious wasn't even listening to him.

"Quiet, Lawrence! That boy is nearby, I know it! I can feel it in my circuits! And when we find him, any secrets of the age of fairy tales he has will be ours!" Nefarious said as he was focused on his tracking device, shaking it and turning it upside down to try and make it work better while Lawrence shook his head in annoyance before his attention was taken somewhere else.

"Sir?"

"Not now, Lawrence!"

"Sir?"

"WHAT?!" Nefarious shouted as Lawrence was standing in front of a nearby tree.

"I think I found him." Lawrence said as he stepped away from the tree to reveal the seven deadly sins wanted posters on the side of the side, along with the new one of Sora as Nefarious' eyes widened.

"Yes! That's him! Finally! A real clue for his whereabouts!" Nefarious said as he pushed Lawrence aside and grabbed Sora's poster off the tree. "You see, Lawrence? I didn't need that squishy witch to find him!"

"Yes, sir. You did a terrific job at reading a wanted poster." Lawrence said with sarcasm as he got off the ground and dusted himself off.

"Hmm, it says here, he was last seen with the other wanted organics, in a movable tavern. Now, we just have to find it!"

"Sounds simple enough, Sir. But how do you propose we find it?"

"Come on down to the boar hat! Where it's happy hour all day long!" Diane's voice echoed nearby as Nefarious and Lawrence exchanged a quick look before quickly diving down into a bush and saw Diane, next to the boar hat and promoting it. "We've got the famous, Vanya ale, and some cute girls like yours truely to serve you!"

"Hmm, well. That was easier than expected." Lawrence said.

"Yes, it is! Their billboard girl made it easy, because she is a billboard! Hahahaha!" Nefarious chuckled and looked at Lawrence, who had an unamused look on his face. "Get it? She's the billboard girl, and she's the size of one….Just call in troops from the space station, Lawrence."

"Oh goody, I get to press a button." Lawrence said as he pulled out a remote and pressed a button on it and a red light began blinking on top, calling out to Nefarious robot troops.


(Town of Ordan)

Back in Ordan, Elizabeth was placing promotion posters for the boar hat over the wanted posters of the seven deadly sins, and even over the ones of Sora. After putting up the newest set of posters, Elizabeth turned around to see Ryuko, leaning on a nearby stone wall with a glare at the princess.

"We need to talk, princess." Ryuko said.

"Um, of course. Whatever you want to talk about." Elizabeth said, having an idea why Ryuko looked angry.

"It's about Sora. You're literally driving him crazy with the silent treatment!"

"Well, I...I'm sorry. Tell him I apologize for making him feel that way…" Elizabeth said as she turned her back.

"No, you're gonna tell him yourself! You gotta talk to Sora sooner or later, but what I wanna know is why the hell you're avoiding him like this? You can't seriously be blaming him for what Vanitas did to your sister, do you?!" Ryuko questioned as Elizabeth began to crack under the pressure.

"NO! Of course I don't blame him!" Elizabeth exclaimed as she suddenly turned around and faced Ryuko with tears in her eyes. "After Veronica told me that you and Sora weren't from Britanna, I thought you were keeping secrets because the three of you were really up to something."

"But, we're not…"

"I know...I've overheard what Sora said about Kairi, the girl he's looking for, and how he failed to save her, and you too, Ryuko." Elizabeth said as Ryuko looked down, knowing what the princess was talking about. "I knew that Sora couldn't possibly be hiding anything that hurt people, not on purpose. "

"So what the hell is the problem?"

"*Sigh* I was hoping to get Sora to leave. I realized since he's already on his own journey, I know I'm asking too much of him by helping me save the kingdom."

"You know he's not gonna leave." Ryuko reminded Elizabeth.

"I know that, but…"

"Ryuko's right, I wasn't just gonna quit…" A familiar voice said as Ryuko and Elizabeth turned to see Sora standing nearby with Satsuki and Hawk behind him.

"Ah! Sora!" Elizabeth exclaimed as Sora turned towards Ryuko.

"Ryuko, I appreciate what you're trying for me. But I gotta settle this myself."

"Yeah, I knew you would. So I'll leave it to you now." Ryuko said as Sora approached Elizabeth.

"I know the last couple of days have probably felt like the worst to you, they've been reminding me of the worst day of my life." Sora said as he thought back to the battle in the keyblade graveyard.

"...They have been, I can only imagine how my father and my other sister, Margaret must be feeling right now…" Elizabeth said with sadness in her voice.

"And that's why I haven't given up yet. I wasn't able to save Veronica, but I'm still able to save the rest of your family, and your kingdom. And if I fight Vanitas again along the way, I'm gonna beat him, and then drag him in front of your father and sister to show them I didn't let him get away with what he did to Veronica." Sora vowed as Elizabeth streamed tears in her eyes.

"*Sniff* I know that, Somehow I just know…" Elizabeth said as Sora noticed a faint pink aura around her body.

"(That's new, But I think I've seen that somewhere before…) Sora thought to himself as something seemed to catch Hawk's attention.

"Huh? HIT THE DECK!" Hawk warned as the sounds of horses neighing could be heard nearby and the group instinctively hid behind a stone wall as a platoon of holy knights riding horses raced by and began conversing with the town's people and showing them the wanted posters.

"Their holy knights…" Elizabeth noted as Sora looked back towards her to see the pink aura around her had vanished.

"Think they've already sniffed you out?" Hawk guessed.

"With the murder of Elizabeth's sister, their no doubt also looking for Sora to keep up the lie that he had done it." Satsuki said as the green haired boy with glasses appeared behind them.

"So the holy knights have the sharp sense of smell that animals have to look for criminals?" The strange boy asked.

"No way, my nose is way better than all of theirs.." Hawk boasted.

"Besides, those grunts couldn't find us on a good day." Sora said before the whole group realized the presence of the new face.

"Wait a minute...Did we come out here with five or six of us?" Ryuko questioned before the group turned around to see the green haired boy sitting behind them with a neutral expression on his face.

"Hell there. Are you playing hide and seek as well?" The boy asked before Ryuko grabbed him by the throat and slammed him into the ground. "I'll take this as a no…"

"And who the hell are you, sneaking around and spying on us?!" Ryuko demanded as the boy continued to stare at her with simplicity.

"I wasn't aware that I was sneaking around, I just saw all of you go behind the bushes and assumed you were playing a game, or perhaps relieving yourselves since there are no restrooms nearby."

"Oh, now I get it, you're just a moron." Ryuko said as she released her grip on the boy's and he stood up and dusted himself off.

"I guess I should've introduced myself first. Hello there, young ladies." The boy introduced himself.

"Uh, yes, hello…" Elizabeth greeted back with confusion in her voice while Ryuko and Satsuki raised their eyebrows at the same time before the boy turned towards Sora.

"Good day, sir. My name is Alan."

"Uh...Hey there? (Something's off about this guy.) Sora thought to himself before the boy named Alan turned towards Hawk.

"And also...Oinkity, oink, oink!" Alan greeted Hawk like a pig himself while the talking animal became annoyed.

"Are you making fun of me?!" Hawk snarled while the fact he could talk took a moment to register in Alan's head.

"Ah! There is a pig that can speak like a person!"

"Yes, it is really startling at first, isn't it?" Elizabeth said.

"We should really get a sign for that, shouldn't we?" Ryuko asked.

"Maybe Meliodas can make more money that way." Satsuki agreed while Hawk became annoyed again.

"I ain't becoming a one pig petting zoo!" Hawk objected before turning towards Alan. "don't tell those guys from the kingdom are after you too?"

"Hold on, too?" Alan asked as he became confused. "Are they after all of you and that creature as well?"

"You know I can talk, so quit ignoring me!"

"Easy, Hawk." Elizabeth said, trying to stop Hawk from causing a scene and getting them caught while Sora had questions on his mind.

"So were the knights looking for you? Kinda convenient you hiding over here too." Sora said.

"Actually, no. I believe the holy knights are hunting for something else if I'm right." Alan suggested as Sora looked confused, making wonder what else the holy knights were searching for if not him and the seven deadly sins, along with Elizabeth. "Oh, now that I remember, I have already given my name. What is yours?"

"Oh, I'm…"

"AH! Sora don't!" Hawk warned, stopping the keyblade wielder. "Fugitives should tell people their names, especially you right now!"

"Good think, Hawk!" Elizabeth said.

"Thanks, Elizabeth!"

"You're Sora, Elizabeth and Hawk, yes?" Alan said as Hawk and Elizabeth realized their slip up.

"And, there it is. The brain farts." Ryuko said as Elizabeth and Hawk began panicking.

"Oh no! I just let it slip! I'm sorry,Elizabeth!" Hawk cried.

"No! It's okay!" Elizabeth said.

"Well, I guess there's no point in hiding it now. I am Sora, and that's Ryuko and Satsuki. Hope you understand why we're trying to hide our names." Sora introduced himself and the sisters.

"It's quite alright, it's good manners to use your names. They're only used in conversion. Spreading the word doesn't benefit-" Alan said before a piece blew into his face by the wind which he pulled off to see it was a wanted poster of Elizabeth. "Hmm, I can get money for you?"

"AH! IF YOU'RE SELLING SOMEONE, SELL ME!" Hawk shouted as Sora, Ryuko and Satsuki became defensive.

"Pal, if you even think about ratting us out…" Ryuko warned as she slowly pulled out her miniaturized scissor blade out of her pouch.

"Don't worry, I'm kidding." Alan said as he tossed Elizabeth's wanted poster away and the group sighed in relief and lowered their guard before a question came to Elizabeth's mind.

"Alan, do you need money for something?" Elizabeth asked.

"What I really need is some glue to fix armor." Alan said as the group became interested by his request.

"Armor? You don't look like someone that wears armor." Sora said.

"No, because it's not for me. Even though it will really help. There's someone suffering, and I'm not really sure what I can do. Or what it is I should say, or what kind of look I should have on my face. It's not written in any book."

"What a weirdo…" Hawk commented.

"There's nothing you can do, but you still wanna try. I understand. Especially if it's someone you cherish." Elizabeth advised as Alan look confused

"I'm not sure what you mean…" Alan said.

"I was in the same situation too, at least I was before you showed up." Sora said as he and Elizabeth looked at each other, considering they were in the same situation not even five minutes ago. "I wasn't sure what to say or do myself. So I just let my heart decide, maybe you should too…"

"Hmm, if only it were that easy for me. Human emotion isn't really my strong suite…"

"But isn't it someone you love?" Elizabeth asked.

"Somebody that I love? The word love is best defined by harboring a strong feeling towards another. Do you have someone like that too?" Alan asked Elizabeth as her mind instantly thought of Meliodas and her face became crimson red.

"Uh, no! I...uh…" Elizabeth objected as her head was completely red.

"Uh, do you need a paper bag?" Ryuko said as she noticed Elizabeth seemed to be hyperventilating in panic.

"Well, I don't feel like our relationship is like that of love…" Alan said as he pondered about it.

"Really? So is it a friend or something?" Sora asked.

"A friend? Hmm, A friend...A companion…" Alan said as he put more thought into it.

"Is this person your first friend maybe?"

"He must not be much of a people person then." Satsuki commented.

"Kinda like how you were at first." Ryuko added.

"I'm trying now, aren't I?"

"Hahaha!" Sora laughed which Ryuko and Satsuki were glad to see since now that Sora seemed to be getting back to his old self, which Alan took note of.

"Hmm, is that what they mean by friendship?" Alan pondered, observing Sora's, Ryuko's and Satsuki's interaction with each other before something snapped him out of his thoughts and looked towards the woods outside of the town.

"Excuse me...I think I have to take my leave now." Alan said as he walked away from the group and towards the direction of the forest.

"That guy was a total weirdo. Here I thought everyone else was." Hawk commented.

"Says the talking pig." Ryuko commented.

"It's probably about his friend, or whoever it might be. We should also get back to the tavern, too many holy knights around." Sora suggested.

"Sora's right, we've been out in the open for too long. We should head back before we're spotted." Satsuki agreed as she, Ryuko and Hawk began walking on the path that led back to the boar hat. When Sora was about to follow, Elizabeth grabbed onto his arm to stop.

"Sora, what you said before...You really meant it by saying you'll save the kingdom, even after what happened?" Elizabeth asked as Sora nodded in response.

"Of course. You still have my word, always did." Sora confirmed as Elizabeth smiled with a tear in her eye.

"Thank you…"


(Ordan forest: Stone clearing)

When Meliodas, Ban and King went off into the forest to hunt the local animals for food, they heard the strangest roar in the distance and the three decided to investigate the noise to find the source. After a few minutes of searching, Meliodas and the others finally came across an unexpected sight, dozens of holy knights, pounded to a pulp and dead on the ground, except for one that was reaching his arm upwards for help.

"Over there!" Meliodas pointed out as he, Ban and King rushed over to the fallen knight and held his head. "Hey! Try to hang on!"

"T-the roars of dawn...Those holy knights...are...responding to the attack...T-The armor giant is...coming! Y-You have to s-stay away! The armor-clad monster!" The holy knight groaned in terror before his eyes rolled back and he went limp before dying.

"Did he say armor giant?" King asked, wondering where he heard the term before.

"What the hell is an armor-clad monster?" Ban questioned as Meliodas set down the holy knight's body, knowing what his final words meant.

"Guys, it's him. It has to be!" Meliodas said as Ban looked confused.

"Huh? Him?"

"What? No way!" King said in disbelief after coming to the same conclusion as Meliodas.

"Yeah. There's no mistaking this. It's Gowther, the goat sin!" Meliodas exclaimed as he stood up and rushed further down into the forest, with Ban and King following behind him towards the path of destruction left behind.

"I can sense his magical power clearly in this direction. He's close!" King said, stating the three were going the right way.

"But he's not showing any sign of moving at all." Ban added.

Either way, don't let your guards down!" Meliodas said as he thought back to other words the dead holy knight warned about when he mentioned the roars of dawn. "The roars of dawn...I heard more than a couple messy rumors about those guys."

"When I was on the kingdom's side, I saw them alot. Their one and mission is to kill their most evil combat squad ever." King said, knowing that they were sent out from Liones to kill the armor giant.

"Hahaha! Wouldn't have it any other way! Means I can go crazy on them!" Ban chuckled with excitement for battle as the three sins made their way out of the forest and into a giant stone clearing where the armor giant was.

"RAAAAWWWWWERRR!" The armor giant howled as he was surrounded by none other than the roars of dawn, with a certain time traveler standing in the back with his black hood up.

"I suppose it's no surprise. But he made short work of our vanguard, their ranks were completely decimated." a woman with auburn hair and a sword said.

"They were just pawns who lacked any backbone if you let them do that. Right, Slader?" A man with silver hair and a long sword asked their leader, Slader, who was a man in an iron mask with a giant jagged sword who suddenly felt a set of new presences and looked up to the air see Meliodas and the others dive down from above, forcing the roars of dawn to back away as the sins stood between them and the armor giant, as young Xehanort glared at them from under his hood.

(Finally…) Xehanort thought to himself as he continued to stand behind the roars of dawn.

"Gowther! Are you okay?!" Meliodas asked the giant in armor as Ban took notice of Young Xehanort, standing a few feet behind the holy knight group.

"Hey, don't I know that guy?" Ban questioned,wondering if it was the same man in the black coat he encountered at Baste prison when the fox sin escaped, but wasn't sure since it was the same person since Xehanort had his hood up and had his face hidden.

"Slader, look. Aren't those…?" The silver haired knight asked his leader, recognizing the seven deadly sins.

"No unnecessary thoughts or questions. Our job is to eradicate our target in solemn silence. Concentrate…" Slader ordered as he and the roars of dawn prepared to make their move.

"Captain…" King said as he tensed up at feeling the hostile intentions of the holy knights.

"Whoever moves first loses." Meliodas stated as he prepared for an attack and everyone stood in silence as rain began falling down on the fighters when Alan suddenly appeared and approached the armor giant.

"So this is where you were. Sorry for keeping you. I searched all over town but wasn't able to find any glue." Alan apologized as everyone took notice of him and Alan saw everyone looking at him. "Hmm? What is it?"

"What is it with you, dude?!" Ban shouted, wanting to know why a random bystander suddenly appeared out of the blue and injected himself in the middle of the battle.

"Me? I'm just-"

"Rrrrrrhhh, rhh...Afraid…" The armor giant said as he began stuttering and shaking. "Gowther...Afraid…"

"Ah! Easy!" Alan said, trying to get the giant to calm down.

"What's he talking about?" Ban questioned as the roars of dawn's attention was brought back to the giant.

"RAHHHHHH!" The armor giant bellowed as he brought his arm up to attack the sins, before suddenly freezing in place, much to everyone's confusion.

"Huh? What happened to Gowther?" Meliodas asked, wondering why the giant in armor suddenly froze in place.

"He looks like he's stuck?" King questioned as well before everyone looked to see Xehanort with his arm stretched out in the armor giant's direction, seemingly the cause of why he was frozen.

"Huh. I was wondering if you were just gonna stand there and do nothing. But it seems like you actually pull your weight." Slander said to the time traveler as Xehanort then walked past the holy knight leader.

(Music: Xehanort~The early years~)

"I told you I didn't come here for your quarry. I came here for the sins." Xehanort said as he removed his hood to reveal his silver hair, and Ban immediately remembered the time traveler.

"Hey, whaddya know! You are that same guy!" Ban exclaimed as Meliodas and King were surprised.

"Ban, you know this guy?" Meliodas asked.

"Yeah. Met this guy while I was still in prison. Talked some weird crap before pulling a disappearing act." Ban explained before looking up at King above him. "Including some stuff about Elaine."

"What?!" King said before glaring angrily at Xehanort. "How do you know about my sister?!"

"Presume I know everything about every one of you sins." Xehanort said as Meliodas silently gasped.

(Does this guy know who I really am? About the curse?) Meliodas thought to himself.

"How about you cut to the point and tell us what you want?" Ban said.

"Right now, I have. Four of the seven deadly sins here, soon to be five if the giant will come with Sora when he eventually realizes you've been gone too long." Xehanort said.

"Huh? You know Sora?" Meliodas questioned as Xehanort smiled in confirmation.

"I see he hasn't told you his tale yet, even after what happened with Princess Elizabeth's sister. But don't worry, all I want is an audience with all of you."

"That's gonna be hard pal. You froze Gowther, remember?" Ban said as pointed back to the motionless armor giant behind him.

"Oh, That creature is not your comrade." Xehanort claimed as Meliodas and the sins looked confused before the time traveler pointed at Alan. "That one is the true goat sin of lust."

"Huh?! This guy?" Ban questioned.

"Sir, I do believe you are mistaking me for someone else." Alan claimed.

"You can drop the facade. I know who you are, there's no more hiding and you know it." Xehanort said as Alan stared at him.

"Know what?" Alan asked, actually pretending to have no clue of what Xehanort was speaking of, until the time traveler sighed and formed a fiery sphere in his hand, which was actually the mega flare spell, which made King panic when he sensed the amount of power within the sphere.

"Captain! That spell is strong enough to wipe out anyone it hits, including this whole area!" King warned.

"I hear you!(But I need a weapon to use a full counter to stop that attack. Even if I do, that spell might be too strong to fully neutralize!) Meliodas thought to himself as Xehanort's eyes wandered, deciding which of the sins to attack with mega flare before setting his sight on a decided target.

"There!" Xehanort exclaimed as he threw the sphere at his target, past Meliodas and the sins towards the frozen armor giant.

"No! Gowther!" Meliodas exclaimed as the sphere was about to hit the giant, only for a figure to zip in front and smacked the sphere upwards, high into the sky where it exploded in a giant blaze that would've burned most of the forest to the ground and a gust of powerful blew as a result.

"Well that was quite the firework show." Slader said in amusement as he and the roars of dawn were looking up at the airborne explosion before everyone turned to see who was responsible for diverting the mega flare, who was none other then Alan, who's yellow coat was burned from deflecting the spell with a purple and white outfit underneath.

(Music ends)

"What had just transpired, no one present could comprehend...And like a corpse, the man quietly waited for time to pass, for the arrow that would be hurled from his blind side." Alan quoted as the time freeze spell Xehanort casted on the armor giant faded and caused it to fall to his knees behind Alan. "The price for breaking the seal will be a steep one...Humans."

"Did he say seal?" Slader questioned as Meliodas began to recognize Alan's voice.

"Hold on. The way you talk sounds like…" Meliodas said as King noticed a tattoo on Alan's chest, which was of a goat.

"That symbol on your chest, no way!" King said in disbelief since the tattoo was real.

"Yes, my true form is…" Alan said as his hair changed from green to magenta.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Meliodas said in surprise.

"I don't believe it! That guy was on the dot?!" Ban said in disbelief that Xehanort's claim was true.

"A member of the seven deadly sins...The goat sin of lust, my name is Gowther…" Alan reintroduced himself as the real Gowther as Xehanort smiled.

"I knew it, and you tried so hard to hide that." Xehanort said.

"Correct, apologies for dragging it out. There can be no doubt, I am indeed Gowther, the goat sin." Gowther repeated.

"What, hold a damn minute! How the hell did this guy know this shrimp was Gowther?! Ten years ago, we never saw him outside his armor!" Ban pointed out, which Meliodas and King agreed with.

"Ban's right. How come some strange man that doesn't seem to be a holy knight possibly know what Gowther really looks like?" King questioned.

"Better yet, what does any of this have to do with Sora?" Meliodas asked.

"Hahaha. You'll find out his full story soon enough I presume. As for me, I just wanted to see if any of you are what I'm looking for." Xehanort said as he held out one hand before it sparked with electricity and a blue energy saber formed in a reverse grip in his hand, as well as his other hand before taking a battle stance.

"Here he comes!" Meliodas said as he and the sins got into their own fighting stances as the roars of dawn prepared to fight as well. (The roars of dawn are dangerous in their own way. But this guy in the coat...He's much more dangerous, and then some!) The captain thought to himself as he noticed a dark aura coming from Xehanort.


(Boar hat tavern: A few moments ago…)

After Sora made peace with Elizabeth and the group met Alan, they decided to return to the boar hat to wait out the holy knight occupation, or to prepare for any attack if the knights discovered the group's location while Diane was sitting out front of the tavern.

"Hey everyone! You're back a little early." Diane said.

"The holy knights are searching for us in the town. We should stay here until we know it's safe." Satsuki said.

"I'm actually looking forward to busting their heads in after they jumped us at the festival, gotta pay them back!" Ryuko said as she punched her palm with her fist before Diane turned her attention to Sora and Elizabeth.

"Hey, are the two of…?" Diane asked as Sora and Elizabeth both smiled.

"Yes, we're better now. Thankfully…" Elizabeth said as Diane smiled.

"Yeah, better than before, maybe...We can thank Meliodas for that." Sora said.

"He is a great person, isn't he?" Diane asked as a question about the former captain came to Sora's mind.

"Hey, Diane. What was Meliodas' life before he became your captain?"

"Before? Hmm...I'm not sure really I only met the captain on the road when he stood up to some knights for me and then became one of the seven deadly sins after...I lost my friend…" M+Diane said sadly, which Sora guessed had something to do with "Matrona" whose name Diane borrowed during the Vyzal festival. "So, uh...Yeah. I don't know anything about Meliodas' life before becoming a captain."

"Well, what was happening between me and Elizabeth seemed to be a pretty big deal for him for him to get involved. (And since Meliodas might be older than he seems, something awful must've happened to him to want to help me and Elizabeth…) Sora thought to himself. "Maybe I should thank him. Meliodas helped in more than one way."

"I hope he isn't cooking right now and Ban's is instead." Hawk hoped as the group walked up the boar hat door and entered, only to see Meliodas, King and Ban had not yet returned.

"Huh? Meliodas and the others aren't back yet?"

"Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you guys that…" Diane said as she peeked her eye into the window of the tavern.

"You don't think they ran into any holy knights while they were out hunting, do you?" Elizabeth questioned with worry.

"I think it's more likely they've encountered the heartless instead." Satsuki said.

"I'll go take a look in the woods for them. Maybe the captain and Ban got caught up in a contest on who can catch the most animals." Diane said as she stood back from the window and walked away from the tavern and onto the woods.

"I guess the only thing we can do right is wait…" Ryuko said as she leaned on a table.

"Wait? But I've been waiting all day for some decent scraps! This is animal abuse!" Hawk pouted.

"I could cook us something to pass the time and wait for some news." Sora offred as he walked to the kitchen, only to be stopped by a knock at the front door.

"Hello? Are you open?" A voice from the other side of the door called, which sounded familiar to everyone in the room.

"I think I heard that voice somewhere before."

"I'll get it." Elizabeth said as she walked over to the door.

"Every other place seems to be closed for some reason." The voice said from behind the door as Elizabeth opened it to see it was old man Cain, who fought Meliodas in the Vyzal fighting festival.

"Welcome sir!" Elizabeth greeted before she recognized Cain from the festival, who seemed stunned to see her. "You're Cain, aren't you?"

"The old guy that fought the perv at the festival?" Ryuko questioned as she and the others walked up to the door to see Cain.

"Wait, he also knows Meliodas somehow." Sora added as Cain continued to look surprised by Elizabeth as tears formed in the old man's eyes.

"My word...Could I be dreaming right now? Liz!" Cain exclaimed as she was surprised to be called by that name since no one had ever used her name in a short manner. But for some reason, it felt familiar to her.

"How do you know her name?" Satsuki questioned with a suspicious glare.

"Oh? Well, lucky guess exactly. She looks like someone I know...or at least knew…" Cain said with sadness in his voice.

"Well, how about you tell that story inside?" Sora offered as Cain nodded in agreement and followed the group inside the tavern, where they spent a few minutes telling Cain what had happened after he had withdrawn from the fighting festival.

"I see...So Meliodas survived? I'm so glad to hear that!"

"Cain. You knew Meliodas from a long time ago, right? Why did you blame him for this Danafall place you're from getting destroyed?" Sora asked as he sat next to the old man on a bar stool.

"I guess you haven't heard the stories then, about how he became the dragon's sin of wrath. You see, when Danafall fell, Meliodas was the only survivor. Everyone believed he was the one responsible." Cain explained.

"He actually seemed really sad about it when you tossed it in his face when the two of you fought. I don't think he did it either." Ryuko said while Sora was thinking back to the berserk state Meliodas transformed into during the festival and used the power of darkness.

(Could that dark power have something to do with why Meliodas was blamed?) Sora thought to himself, wondering if Meliodas used that power to fight something dangerous and powerful at the time of Danafall's destruction.

"There were really no other survivors other than Meliodas?" Satsuki asked as Cain shook his head.

"No, other than Meliodas, I was the only survivor. And it was only thanks to sheer dumb luck since I was out of the kingdom on a mission." Cain explained as questions laid on Elizabeth's mind.

(So how did I survive? Father said Danafall was where I was born before he adopted me.) Elizabeth thought to herself as she poured ale into a mug and gave it to Cain. "Here…"

"Ah, sorry about this. Hate to trouble you princess…"

"It's fine!"

"So, what was that back there when you showed up? You thought Elizabeth was someone else." Sora asked about when Cain called Elizabeth "Liz" like the old man already knew her.

"Yes, I was surprised when I saw her. The noble features and soft voice are so like hers. I really thought Liz had come back to life. If that girl were still alive, she'd be a woman in her prime right now." Cain described the woman named Liz.

"Was she your daughter by any chance?" Elizabeth asked as Cain shook his head.

(Music: Treasured memories~1.5 ver~)

"Liz was her nickname. She had the same as you, Elizabeth...She was Meliodas' girlfriend." Cain explained as everyone in the room was surprised, hearing that Meliodas was once in love.

"And, she looked just like Elizabeth?" Sora asked.

"Well, almost alike. Liz's hair was shorter and was kinda red, or was it pink? I was never able to tell…"

"How come the prev never said anything about this?" Ryuko questioned why Meliodas kept such a secret.

"What exactly was he supposed to say? That the princess looked exactly like his deceased lover?" Satsuki stated.

"Maybe that's also why he decided to protect from the holy knights when we first met. Why else would Meliodas let come other than looking for the sins together." Sora guessed before turning to Cain. "What else can you tell us about Liz?"

"Liz was a knight from an enemy nation that failed a night raid on Danafall. She was captured and sentenced to death, and the one who came to her rescue was none other than Meliodas, who was the captain of Danafall's holy knights back then. Naturally, the others shouted out their objections." Cain explained.

"And he didn't care one bit I guess." Ryuko said as Cain nodded in agreement.

"Yup,and he was willing to fight them about it. Liz was distrustful of Meliodas since it turned out that Liz was sold into the enemy nation she came from, and she couldn't trust anybody but herself. But maybe that was what you would call a fateful encounter. Even when she would complain bitterly that he was a naive man, Liz gradually grew attracted to Meliodas. She was a girl who had an uncommon charm, herself. And the rest of us began opening up to her. Of course, that was from a time long past..."

"...It must've really hurt when he lost Liz…" Sora said, realizing Liz most likely died in Danafall's destruction and Meliodas had been haunted ever since.

"I can't believe she thought he was native…" Elizabeth spoke up, which drew everyone's attention to her. "Sir Meliodas is just very...Very kind is all…"

"Along with being a pervert. He was probably one towards that Liz girl too." Ryuko said.

"Hmm Hahaha. That's right on the dot there. It'd annoy Liz to no end...So, do any of you know why Meliodas doesn't carry a decent sword around with him?" Cain questioned as everyone else shook their heads in response. "He's too powerful. No one who's crossed swords with him has lived to tell the tale, and he doesn't put himself in that position. At the same time though, I think he can be too gentle a soul."

"Explains why he was carrying a broken one around with him instead." Sora said before remembering how Melidas would react defensively when someone would try to steal the dragon handle before it was finally taken. (But the sword he had seemed to be special though…)

"Yes, he always did carry that broken sword with him, even back in Danafall. But still…" Cain said before he reached into his cloak and pulled out an item that the old man placed on the counter, a small sheathed sword in the shape of a dagger.

"What is that?" Elizabeth asked.

"It's something Liz once tried to give Meliodas as a gift. But he declined, so I accepted it for him, and I've been holding onto it ever since."

"So really, it's the only thing of Liz left…" Sora said as he reached into his pocket and took out something that was not Kairi's wayfinder, but a pink glowing crystal in the shape of a flower petal, a piece of Kairi's heart, which everyone noticed.

(Music ends)

"Sora, what are you doing?!" Ryuko exclaimed, wondering why Sora would recklessly expose such an important object.

"Sora, what is that?" Elizabeth asked as she looked at the crystal piece.

"Hmm, I think I feel a small amount of magical power in that thing that feels alive. Almost like someone's soul in that thing." Cain noted.

"This is the reason why I came to Britanna. This is what will help me get Kairi back." Sora explained.

"I thought she was lost or something…" Hawk said.

"She is, kinda. Remember when your sister said I wasn't from Britanna?" Sora asked Elizabeth as she nodded. "There's a reason why I kept it secret. It was to protect you and the others, also this whole world."

"What do you mean by "This" world?" Elizabeth questioned.

"Wait, Sora. Are you sure you want to tell her?" Satsuki asked as the keyblade wielder nodded in confirmation.

"I was sure when I told Ryuko back in Honnouji. I'm sure now, but first I want to get the others back here first so we can tell it to them all." Sora said before he picked up Liz's sword. "We should start by getting this thing to Meliodas, he and the others have been gone for a little too long."

"Wait! I should come too!" Elizabeth insisted.

"Oh no. You're staying here, princess. After the festival, you need to stay away from the danger instead of running towards it." Ryuko said as she tried to get Elizabeth to go up to the second floor of the tavern.

"NO! I have to be there when we give the sword to sir Meliodas! He won't take it from anyone else!" Elizabeth shouted, which surprised everyone, including the princess herself as she did a double take. "Oh, sorry. I don't know where that came from."

"Well, if I didn't know any better, I'd say this girl really is Liz." Cain said as he took a sip of ale.

"Okay...I guess you're coming with us, Elizabeth. Whether we'd like it or not, but you gotta promise to stay close to us, and hide when there's heartless around." Sora said as the group walked up to the front door.

"And I'll be sure she makes a quick getaway if things go from bad to worse!" Hawk said as Sora opened the front door, only to meet the sight of a small army of ' prototroops aiming their blasters at the group.

"Halt!/Halt!/Halt!/Hait!/Hait!/Hait!/What that guy said!/Hait!" The army of robots ordered at the same time as the group froze up to avoid being shot.

"Wahh! It's already gotten worse!"

"Holy shit, those are robots…." Ryuko said in disbelief as she held her hands up.

"Told you I saw one when we found Diane." Sora said, reminding Ryuko of when he caught sight of a protoguard in the forest of white dreams.

"W-What are they? They look like they're made of metal." Elizabeth said, frightened by the army threatening her and the group.

"Those, Elizabeth, are robots. And their part of the reason why I couldn't tell you about who I really am."

"Pfft. These guys don't look so tough. They need wheels to stand up." Hawk scuffed at the protoguards as the talking pig was about to walk away.

"Hait! Stay where you are, common organic pig!" One protoguard ordered.

"Or yeah? Or what? You can't threaten the mighty captain of the order of scrap disposal and expect to get away-" Hawk boasted before a protoguard shot at Hawk's tail with its blaster and set the tail on fire. "AHHAHAHA!" The pig screamed in pain as he ran off into the woods.

"*Sigh* That little guy is gonna get himself turned into bacon one of these days." Ryuko said as she shook her head watching the pig run away.

"Please, if we did something to upset all of you, we're very sorry. So how about we talk over some food?" Elizabeth suggested as a few protoguards looked at each other confused.

"Uh, Elizabeth. Robots don't eat, just so you know." Sora said, which Elizabeth listened to as she stood back before the group heard an angry voice coming from the back of the army of robots. "Besides, I got a feeling their boss isn't very friendly."

"Out of my way! Watch where you're going! Move it or lose it!" ' voice angrily cursed at the protoguards as the mad scientist appeared in the crowd, pushing his troops aside with Lawrence following behind him before the two had made it to the front. "Gah! I thought I made an order for the troops to make room for my entrance!"

"Sorry, sir. They must've overlooked the memo I sent to them." Lawrence apologized, although he actually forgot to send the memo, which Nefarious stopped thinking about when he turned towards Sora.

"So...This is the famous "Hero" I've been hearing so much about…PATHETIC!" Nefarious shouted, causing Sora's group to wince from the doctor's yelling. "The fact you're just a child alone is laughable! I can't see how Maleficent apparently keeps losing to you."

"Maleficent? Isn't she that witch chick we ran into at my house?" Ryuko asked Sora as he nodded in confirmation.

"I see you met the witch yourself." Satsuki said, since she had also encountered Maleficent, who had conversed with Ragyo back in Honnouji.

"So, you're here because of Maleficent? Can't say I'm surprised, gearhead." Sora said.

"IT IS TO YOU SQUISHY! And you'll do well to remember that! I've been on the cover of supervillian weekly for years to earn that remembrance!" Nefarious exclaimed as everyone looked confused, with no idea about what the robot scientist was ranting about. "S-supervillain weekly? It has all the greatest highlights of the best supervillains in the universe!"

"This happens to be my favorite issue right here." Lawrence said as he pulled out a magazine with the cover photo of Nefarious in front of a mirror with a face mask for a manicure with Lawrence behind him, giving a thumbs up and taking the photo. "Ah, the memories."

"I think I've lost track of what's going on…" Elizabeth said.

"I'll get us back on track then. What do you and Maleficent want?" Sora questioned.

"I'm so glad you asked. We want information you are in possession of. Mainly that of the age of fairy tales, which might lead to a certain..Black box, you have information about." Nefarious said as Sora glared at him at the mention of the black box, which was confirmation for the mad scientist that the keyblade wielder knew something.

"What this about a black box?" Elizbeth whispered to Ryuko.

"Well, uh...We kinda don't know much about it ourselves." Ryuko admitted before remembering her fathers research on the black box in the basement of her home when she found Senketsu. "But I think my dad knew something…"

:So, judging by the looks on your pathetic squishy faces, you do know something of value." Nefarious said.

"So what if we do? Like we'll tell you anything." Sora said.

"Oh...I'm sure that you will! Because if you don't, I'll just call more of my troops to turn that quiet little town nearby, and its people, into an atomized pile of ashes!" Nefarious threatened, as Sora's group fell silent, leaving them without options as Hawk returned from the woods, disgruntled.

"Okay! If you think you just set me on fire and get away with it! You got another thing coming you buncha-!" Hawk threatened before serval protoguards aimed their blasters at him. "Uh..On second thought, don't mind me…"

"Hold on! Hold up! Don't do that! You don't have to vaporize the town, I'll tell you anything you want. Just promise me you won't hurt anyone in the village." Sora said as Nefarious smiled at the surrender.

"Hehehehe. Very good choice. If there's anything you squishies are good at, it's having very squishy emotions." Nefarious laughed.

"Oh yeah, real clever quip theorem pal." Ryuko said.

"SILENCE! I won't have you ruin this triumph for me! And since I got what I wanted, I will annihilate all of you instead of the town!" Nefarious said as his troops began powering up their blasters at the group, with the expectation of Sora.

"Whoa! Hold on! You didn't say anything about shooting at my friends!" Sora exclaimed.

"Well of course I left that part out. I'm a supervillain! We stab people in the back all the time! Now that I have you, I'll be pulling all the valuable information from your mind, very painfully...LAWRENCE! Hand me the new brain drainer device I've invented!" Nefarious ordered his butler as Sora and the group became fearful that the device lived up to its name.

"Oh, so sorry, sir. The device isn't available at the moment." Lawrence answered as Nefarious became surprised.

"WHAT?! I haven't even got the chance to use it! How could it not be available?!"

"Well, a certain captain you despise actually somehow managed to get a hold of it." Lawrence explained as he took out a piece of paper signed "I.O.U: Captain Qwark" Written on the note, causing Nefarious to twitch in anger as the gears in his head began moving faster and sparks to fly off. "I think he's taken it to read the minds of the women he hits on, oh Qwark is in for a nasty surprise."

"QQQQQQQQQQQQQUUUUUUAAAAAAA-!" Nefarious yelled before he suddenly froze in place with romantic soap opera music playing from his head.

"Oh Janice. You'll always be the love of my life." A man's voice spoke from Nefarious' head like on a radio before the man made kissing and moaning noises, causing everyone to exchange awkward stares, including Nefarious' own troops.

"Anyone else feel awkward about this?" Sora asked as kissing and moaning noises continued to play from Nefarious' head before everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Oh, so sorry. It's something he needs to have a look at." Lawrence apologized before raising his head and smacked Nefarious in the face.

"-RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKK!" Nefarious finished his scream and the gears in his head began moving again. "Forget the brain drainer then! We'll just take the boy back to the space station and toruture him for the information!"

"You're not taking him!" Satsuki said before a couple of prototroops shoved their blasters into her face, making Satsuki back up.

"Oh, I think I will! What your friend knows is too much of an opportunity to ignore!" Nefarious said before making a few gestures with his hand to order two of his robots that had pincers for hands to move forward and flank Sora before their pincers opened and became electrified.

"Do not attempt to move, or we'll be harming ourselves." One of the protoguards spoke.

"Oh, the confidence your troops inspire, sir." Lawrence said, sarcastically.

"Yes! They're quite inspiring, aren't they? Now take that squishy away!" Nefarious ordered his troops before the door to the tavern opened, and caused everyone to look and saw Cain stumble out, drunk with a flask in his hand.

"Hello, everyone! What's all the ruckus?" Cain asked before a few prototroopers aim their blasters at him. "Did I do something wrong?"

"Can someone tell where that old guy came from?!"

"It's a tavern, smartass. Drunks are gonna come falling out of here naturally." Ryuko stated while Sora took the advantage of everyone distracted by Cain to reach into his jacket.

"That is true, sir. This is an establishment of the, drunken kind." Lawrence said.

"Well, whatever. Just get ready to start shooting them all-!" Nefarious exclaimed before he was struck in the side of the head with a familiar flail mace in slow motion before the doctor was sent skidding across the ground.

"Nice shot, Rem." Sora thanked the blue haired maid he had summoned while Nefarious was distracted to surprise and destroy the prototroops that had flanked him and was now a smouldering pile of machinery beside them.

"It was my pleasure." Rem replied.

"Oh dear. Are you quite alright, sir?" Lawrence asked as Nefarious lifted himself off the ground.

"Rgggggghhhh! ANNIHILATE THEM ALL, YOU FOOLS!" Nefarious exclaimed as he turned around and his scared eye drifted into the corner of its socket before the prototroops cocked their blasters ready to fire.

(Music: Digital domination)

"Elizabeth! Get down!" Satsuki shouted as she pushed Elizabeth to the ground, just as Nefarious' troopers unleashed a hail of blaster bolts that spread in every direction that splintered trees and shattered the boar hat tavern's windows.

"WAH! They've gone crazy!" Hawk exclaimed as he kept himself below the range of fire by ducking on the ground.

"Yah!" Sora shouted as he summoned the shooting star keyblade and ducked under a blaster shot to cut a prototrooper in half before deflecting a bullet before shooting a firaga spell in retaliation to destroy a trooper and caused it to explode while Rem smashed any prototroopers that came close with her flail.

"Dah!" Rem shouted as she swung her flail down to smash a prototrooper in a pile of parts before swinging her weapon again to catch servel more troops on her flail before placing her hand on the ground to conjure a large shield of ice to protect her and Sora from several blaster bolts while the keyblade wielder stabbed his keyblade into the head of a prototrooper and tossed it at a group of enemies.

"Smashing robots, huh? I think I'm all from that!" Ryuko said as she grabbed a prototrooper by its long arm and pulled hard enough to tear the arm off.

"Hey! I need that!" The one armed prototrooper said.

"Rah!" Ryuko shouted as she struck the trooper with its own arm before striking another with the arm and tossing the appendage away before drawing her scissor blade to slice a few more prototroopers into pieces while Satsuki was busy with her own set of troopers.

"Do not attempt to fight back yourself, organic." A prototrooper ordered as it and other troopers aimed their blasters at her.

"You think you can order "me" to surrender? You are sorely mistaken then." Satsuki said before she grabbed a prototrooper by its blaster arm and caused the weapon to go off towards the air before redirecting the blaster towards the head of the trooper and blasted a hole into it before drawing Bakuzan.

"Force!" Satsuki called out as a purple sphere appeared over a set of troopers before it dropped and the gravity spell flattened the troops into piles of machine parts before a prototrooper tried attacking her from behind, only for Satsuki to thrust her sword behind herself to stab the trooper. "You need help over there, Cain?"

"No, I think I'm good." Cain declined before tossing his flask away as the prototroopers became confused before Cain moved in a quick blur and destroyed several troopers in a flash before reappearing to jump on top of another prototrooper and punched downward into its hard and pulled out wires and then jumped off to release a stream of flames from his hands towards a few more troopers

"Ow! Hot! Ow!" One nefarious trooper said before the stream of flames died and the charred prototroopers fell down before exploding into pieces.

"Heh. This old man's still got it!" Cain chuckled as Nefarious was becoming annoyed a the sight of his robot troopers getting destroyed.

"Arrggg! Call in reinforcements, Lawrence!" Nefarious ordered.

"Of course, sir." Lawrence responded as he pushed the button on a remote and several more prototroopes teleported into the area, with the heavily armed mantis troopers as back ups which Sora noticed as he sliced a trooper into pieces.

"Oh boy. They brought some big guns!" Sora warned as the matis troopers began opening fire with their mini guns causing everyone to duck down while Rem placed her hand on the ground to form another ice wall.

"Sora, are you alright?" Rem asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Surprisingly." Sora said before before his clothes changed into element form and his keyblade split apart into the double arrow guns before taking aim around the ice wall to blast at the shooting prototroopers with thundaga bullets, causing the robotic troops to short circuit and fall down while the mantis troopers continued firing from their mini guns.

"Kill them, you morons! They're just teenagers and one old man!" Nefarious shouted, which proved to be inefficient as Rem threw out her morning star and it wrapped around a set of mantis troopers before Sora combined his arrowguns and they transformed into the magic launcher, which powered up and fired a large projectile that flew out towards the robot troopers and exploded upon contact with the large robots, turning them into small pieces of scrap, causing Nefarious to facepalm. "GAH! Does all it takes to destroy my troops is anyone with big guns?!"

(Music ends)

"Don't fret, sir. I called a mega bot to deal with them." Lawrence said as Nefarious smiled and rubbed his hands evilily, while Sora noticed that Elizabeth was absent.

"Guys? Where's Elizabeth?" Sora asked as he and the others looked around.

"I'm over here…" Elizabeth announced as she appeared out of the tavern door. "I thought coming in here would be the best for cover. Also because Hawk ran in here too…"

"I didn't run into here just to hide, I was...Uh...Looking for weapons...Yeah!" Hawk lied as he then reached behind the tavern door to pull out what was obviously a toy foam sword. "See?"

"Uh, appreciate the thought?" Sora said before he turned around and caught sight of Nefarious and Lawrence. "So..Unless you plan on making your butler fight us, I'd say your last bot standing. Uh, no offence about the butler comment, Rem."

"No, it's fine. If the butler can't do it, then it must fall to the maid." Rem commented.

"If only there was a maid, then I might have more vacation days." Lawrence said.

"Oh, I have no plans on making the help fight you squishies. At least not the help I'd had in mind!" Nefarious said as the ground began shaking with heavy quakes that came from the nearby forest.

"I really hope that's Diane coming back…" Sora said as he readied his keyblade while Ryuko, Satsuki and Rem readied their weapons as well while Elizabeth behind the tavern door again while Hawk was starting to shake from fear.

"Ahh...Ahhh!" Hawk groaned in fear as he dropped the toy sword from his mouth before a new and much larger robot trooper stomped out of the woods, with dark red armor and twin missile launchers on its shoulders that pulled a tree out of the ground and tore in half as a show of strength.

"Hahahaha! How do you like that, squishies?! My mega bot is about to atomize you all!" Nefarious exclaimed as the mega bot lifted one of its arms up to reveal a larger blaster attached to it and a laser sight aimed out of its arm and pointed at Sora's forehead.

"Elizabeth, Hawk. Get back inside, this is gonna get ugly!" Sora said as the mega bot was about to fire, only to have its head suddenly smashed off by a large but familiar hammer.

"Hey, guys! What did I miss?" Diane asked as the headless mega bot in front of her fell to its knees and crashed to the ground before exploding into small pieces as Nefarious remained dumbstruck and motionless, even as a piece of the mega bot bounced off his head.

"Well, this quite literally blew up in your face now, didn't it?" Lawrence said as Nefarious then glared at him while Diane was confused at the scene of broken robot parts around the area.

"Seriously, what did I miss?"

"Uh, long story short. You probably just saved the tavern from getting blown up." Sora explained as everyone looked at the boar hat with its scorched walls and broken windows.

"What's left of it, anyway…" Cain said before Diane turned to Nefarious.

"YOU!" Diane shouted as Nefarious was startled by her before pointing at himself. "You not only attacked my friends while I was gone, but also trashed the captain's tavern?! Now you're really on my bad side!"

"You actually got on all our bad sides, ya rust bucket!" Ryuko said as she cracked her knuckles.

"Wait! No! I'm only a simple mad scientist! I ask for your mercy!" Nefarious begged as he got on his knees while Lawrence shook his head.

"Well, that's too bad. You started a fight you couldn't finish." Cain said as he formed a flame in his hand. "Now you gotta see what's in store for you now."

"I hope Maleficent kept some spare parts around for you, Nefarious. Because my friends are gonna send you back to her in pieces." Sora said.

"OH! Is this the end for woeful old me?...SYCH! Like I'd surrender!" Nefarious said as he reached behind himself. "Say hello to…!"

"Not the mark 2 hypersonic brainwave scrambler." Lawrence said in a false tone of fear.

"THE MARK 2 HYPERSONIC BRAINWAVE SCRAMBLER!" Nefarious exclaimed as he tossed out a small ball-like object, which unfolded into a floating robot that was capsule shaped with large stereos attached to its sides.

"What the?" Sora questioned before the robot reared back and released a loud earpieceing noise that forced everyone to cover their ears from the sonic attack before the H.B.S finally stopped its loud noise before flying off. "Ow, ow, ow! My ears are ringing!"

"Aw, son of a bitch! Mine are still hurting from that natural selection thing back home!" Ryuko complained.

"At least Nonon's own soundwave attack was certainly more pleasing than that machine's since she had the common courtesy to play some classical music." Satsuki said.

"Whoaaaa, I think I'm dizzy…" Hawk said while spinning around in a circle from being disoriented from the sonic attack and Elizabeth was rubbing her ears.

"My head hurts so much now…" Elizabeth said as she regained her senses before looking around to notice that , Lawrence and the H.B.S had all vanished. Wait, where did that metal man and his butler go?"

"Huh? Hey, Nefarious really is gone." Sora said as everyone looked around for the missing mad scientist, before a low humming sound could be heard getting closer before everyone looked up to see a flying saucer shaped ship hover above.

"You got lucky today, squishies! When I want something, I get it! And will have the secrets locked away in your head, boy! Count on it! In fact! You should-" Nefarious exclaimed over a speaker from the space ship before continuing to rant with threats.

"How long is he gonna go on?" Ryuko questioned.

"I think he has a screw or two loose." Cain said.

"Diane, could you throw something at him?" Sora asked, which the giantess was glad to comply with as she picked up a large boulder nearby and reared back her arm to throw it.

"-And that's why I should've won galactic idol! AHH!" Nefarious screamed as the boulder struck the side of his ship, creating a large dent. "LAWRENCE! GET US OUT OF HERE!:

"Of course, Sir. Let this be a lesson to finish your taunts faster." Lawrence said as the flying saucer began floating higher before zooming away into the sky and disappearing out of sight.

"Well, that guy was something." Sora said as he dismissed his keyblade before turning, only to get started when Elizabeth, Hawk and Diane were close to his face. "AAH!"

"Okay, time for you to spill the beans! Like, what was all of that?!" Hawk said.

"Why was that guy made of metal?" Diane asked.

"Are you still hiding secrets?" Elizabeth asked.

"Okay, guys. Slow down, I promise you I've never seen that whack job, Nefarious before today, so I wasn't hiding him from you. Besides, I already said that I'll tell you everything when Meliodas and the others come back." Sora said before remembering what Diane initially left for before returning. "Oh yeah. Diane, have you seen the others?"

"Actually I wasn't able to get far before I realized something was something back here." Diane confessed before the sky suddenly lit up with a large explosion in the distance and blew a strong wind in the direction of the tavern.

"Ahh! What was that?!" Hawk asked after being startled by the explosion.

"Whatever that explosion was, there was an unworldly amount of magical power that caused that explosion!" Cain stated while Sora seemed to have a certain familiar feeling coming from the explosion.

"On no...Not now…" Sora said.

"Sora, what's wrong?" Satsuki asked.

"I think it's Xehanort again, at least his younger self."

"That time traveling prick that jumped me with Nui Harime? What could he possibly want?" Ryuko questioned.

I don't know. But we have to find Meliodas and the others right now." Sora said before he turned around to look up towards Diane. "We're gonna need your help, Diane. We're about to fight someone very dangerous."

"Uh, yeah. Sure thing, if it's to help the captain!" Diane said before Sora turned to Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth, you're gonna have to stay here with Rem. She'll protect you."

"Huh?" Elizabeth said in confusion as she turned to Rem who gave a confirming smile to the princess. "Okay, if you insist, Sora."

"I promise I'll tell you everything when we come back." Sora said as he, Ryuko, Satsuki and Diane walked into the woods to find the other sins.

"Stay safe, all of you." Elizabeth said before she turned her attention to Rem. "Um, miss Rem. Have we met before by any chance?"

"I don't believe so, because I was going to ask you that as well." Rem said. As the princess and the maid stayed behind at the boar hat, Sora and the others were heading in the direction of the giant explosion that Sora believed Xehanort was the cause of.

"Ryuko, Satsuki. Meliodas and the others have never fought anyone like Xehanort before. If it really is him, then we gotta make sure we defeat him." Sora said as the group walked.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying, Sora?" Satsuki asked.

"Yeah, we stop pulling our punches. I'm not letting Xehanort take anyone away like Vanitas took Elizabeth's sister."


Keyblade acquired: True light's flight


Notes: H.S.B is short for the hypersonic brainwave scrambler.

Easter eggs: The mobile game,the seven deadly sins grand cross had a collaboration event, featuring characters from re;zero available to summon, which is why Elizabeth felt like she met Rem before.

True light's flight breakdown: True light's flight gives Sora a movement speed boost with a long attack reach

True light's flight's transformation: Sacred bow. Sora transforms the keyblade into a bow that shoots arrows of light that behave similar to the dual arrow guns with the arrows seeking out its targets. Holding down the attack button on the first attack will charge up the bow that can stagger or knock down the largest enemies. Sora turns into guardian form when using the bow.

Sacred bow's finisher: Tethering light

Inspired by the shadowshot super from destiny. Sora shoots an arrow that tethers any enemies caught in its range and then shoots another arrow into the tether and causes any enemies caught to explode.

True light's flight's shotlock: arrow rain

Sora aims the bow at the sky and fires an arrow that splits into a storm of arrows, similar to the attack Xigbar uses in the kingdom hearts 3.

Journal update

Gowther: A strange boy that is the seven deadly sins' goat sin of lust. Gowther has a hard time understanding human emotions, so he dives into books, believing to have the answer to curiosity.

Alan: Gowther's alter ego that he used while in hiding from the holy knights.

Slader: The leader of the infamous roars of dawn group. Slader leads his team with ruthless efficiency, and always completes his missions in deadly silence.

The armor giant: A strange monster the Gowther met and befriended after the seven deadly sins had gone into hiding. Gowther sealed the creature in his own armor to contain its rampant power, but the seal is breaking.

Liz: A girl from Meliodas' past and someone who was in love with him and bore a great resemeblance to Elizabeth. Liz met Meliodas after saving her from execution in Danafall but was still mistrustful of him, but slowly fell in love with him before meeting her untimely demise during the fall of Danafall.