Summary: When Kagome went through the well after the final battle, she ends up in the well nearby the castle of Liones. The king and his young daughters find her. Then 4 years later she meets the infant Elizabeth and they grow very close. Kagome and Elizabeth have formed a special bond, no one could get between. Six years later, the Holy Knights staged the coup. Kagome managed to find the Seven Deadly Sins and defeated the possessed Hendrickson. They freed Liones, but remained clueless about the signs of the holy war.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Seven Deadly Sins. They belong to their respected owners.
"..ooo.."- Saying
'..ooo..' - Thinking
"..ooo.." - Japanese
*..ooo..* - Happenings/doings
"..ooo.." – Exaggerating
"..ooo.." – Unseen Voices
Now…. ENJOY!
Chapter 6 X For You
"Captain, I sensed it just now." Merlin announced as she felt a cold wind hit them. They had been travelling on Hawk Mama for a while without much luck, finding the pride sin. "Is it him?" Meliodas asked.
Merlin changed into her ghost-like form and nodded. "Yeah. Current combat class, 50,055… 50,060…" She muttered. Kagome perked up from her seat and joined them. "His power is growing as time passes." Merlin said.
"There's no mistaking it." Meliodas began. "It's Escanor!" Kagome's eyes widen.
"And off he went…" Jericho looked at the distance where their savior had disappeared. "Sugoi! Escanor-sama is just amazing!" Elizabeth exclaimed as she kept on waving. Jericho spared her a glanced before walking over to the stone Galand. "You piece of shit! This is for Zhivago!" She kicked him, but was soon met with pain.
"Are you in pain, Elaine?" Elizabeth turned to look at Ban who was sitting with Elaine on his lap. The two lovers were finally reunited and hadn't left each other since. "No," Elaine shook her head as he held her hand. "I'm so happy…"
"Me too." Ban replied. "… being held in your arms…" Elaine continued. "This is like a dream. So even if I die again, I'm not afraid." Ban smiled softly at her. "Don't say something like that."
"Like Ban-sama said!" Elizabeth popped up besides Ban. "Please don't say something like that, Elaine-sama! Ban-sama is very happy with you here!" Elaine smiled at the happy child, somewhere inside she still felt guilty for attacking the other girls for just being with Ban and him protecting them, but… they were his friends.
"Exactly." Jericho joined them. Her hair was loose after the attack of the Demons, and she wore no armor except for her legs. "Didn't that demon woman say that the dead are revived by amplifying their regret?" She started. "Even your anger towards me, and even Elizabeth-sama, is gone your regret about Ban is just being a tact."
"In order words… You'll probably be fine!" Jericho smiled, causing a chain reaction between the women smiling at each other, tears escaping the fairy's eyes. "Jericho… Elizabeth-chan… Daisuki!"
Night soon arrived and Escanor returned from his hunt. "Let me introduce you." Ban began. "The Lion's sin of Pride, Escanor of the Nanatsu no Taizai." Instead of the big build man they saw in the afternoon they were met with the frail man that had greeted them when they arrived.
"Pleased to meet you…" The man nodded sheepishly. Jericho looked shocked at the man while there was a twinkle in Elizabeth's eyes. "As the sun rises, he becomes a hulk of a man, but as you can see…" His eyes went over the weak-minded man. "He is a weird man that goes from invincible to incredibly weak when the sun goes down." He explained.
"T-This old man is that huge man from earlier?!" Jericho stuttered as her eyes kept on blinking, thinking that it was an illusion. "I-I apologize…" The man muttered in responds.
A small hand took a hold of his, Escanor looked at the young girl that smiled kindly at him. "I still think you're amazing, Escanor-sama!" A red dust decorated his cheeks as he looked away.
"So," Ban began, bringing the attention to him. "what's the business you have with me? Is it about Merlin?" He asked.
"Hai…"
"EH?" Escanor jumped at the quickness of his own answer, and started to become beet red. "I-I mean no… where are captain and the others?!" He quickly asked.
Ban's eyes drooped to the ground. "Sorry, I haven't seen them since we parted ways back in Liones. Seeing as those demons are on the loose, they're probably on the move too."
Escanor fell to his knee with his hands on the ground, an aura of darkness started to gather around him. "I-I see…" Ban ignored the depressed man with a yawn. "Was that all?" He questioned.
"Well…" Escanor began. "I'm thrilled to be rejoining the Nanatsu no Taizai… But I'm to deliver some alcohol by the day after tomorrow." Escanor looked at the undead with hope. "Ban-san, will you please help me?" He asked.
Ban clicked his tongue. "What a pain in the ass… Just forget about it." The silver-haired man said as he looked at the amount of barrels filled with alcohol. "This is my last job as a bar master! I'll never break my promise!" Escanor yelled with Elizabeth clapping in the background.
"You're too honest." Both Ban and Jericho deadpanned, but the ginger didn't mind. "I'm a holy knight after all." He said with pride.
"Achoo!" The man suddenly sneezed which caused the young princess to be startled by the sudden sound. "S-So cold! I'm going to catch a cold!" he stuttered out. "Escanor-sama, you shouldn't catch a cold." She stated as she watched the bare-chested male cover himself with his arms to keep him warm.
"Are you really the invincible holy knight?" Jericho questioned suspiciously, eyeing the man. The two went off back and fort, with the other just watching them.
Elaine suddenly noticed something behind them. "Oh!" Their eyes went to a green dog looking creature they were familiar with. "Oslo!" Someone appeared behind him, slowly landing on the ground.
"King-sama!" Elizabeth yelled excitedly as she recognized the man. However her call was left deaf in his ears as he kept looking at the blonde woman in Ban's arm who started to become teary.
"Nii-sama!"
"Elaine…"
"The great Vaizel Fight Festival will be held in Vaizel…" Meliodas read the paper to everyone. All the males except for Meliodas and Gowther had changed into the so-called uniform of the bar, what was a black tuxedo without the coat and with a red tie. "The winner gets any wish granted." Meliodas finished.
"Vaizel… the town Diane completely ruined?" Hawk huffed as he asked the question. "What a tempting prize…" Meliodas smirked. "Perhaps… time to expand the bar?"
"No, no! This is definitely suspicious!" Hauser protested. "Are the Ten Commandments behind this?" Hawk asked. "What other group would do something like using Demons to send out fliers?" Hauser reasoned.
"Meliodas, no matter ho…" Hawk couldn't finish as Hendrickson took over. "No matter how you think about it, it's a trap!"
"Don't steal my line!"
'The great fighting festival…' Gilthunder looked at Meliodas in a daze, he looked to the side as his head spun around with a dilemma. 'Even if we know it's a trap, I want to enter it together with Meliodas… But given our situation, there's no way I can say that we should enter…'
"It looks like you want to say something, Gil-kun." Kagome paced a soft hand on the young man's shoulder making him look at her. "Eh… Ah, iie…"
"Gil…" Hauser sweat-dropped as he looked at his childhood friend. "You seriously want to enter the festival? You had this extremely excited look on your face…" Gilthunder snapped his head to the princess for confirmation; Kagome hesitantly nodded agreeing with the Holy Knight.
"Well, well, well." Meliodas muttered with a smile. "We can't sense Escanor anymore." He stated. "So let's swing by." He decided with an exciting tone in his voice.
"Are you serious?!" Hendrickson looked at him surprised of the decision. "Or do you have a plan?" He asked.
"Nope!" Meliodas grinned as he fisted his hand. "It just looks like a ton of fun!" The Holy Knights fell at his answer with an exception for Gilthunder who secretly celebrated 'Yosh!'
"Hai! Thank you guys for sending out the fliers." Gloxinia clapped with his green tentacles as he saw three demonic birds land. "Huh?" He mumbled as he looked over the birds of different sizes. "One, two, three… Oh my, we're missing one."
A bored expression came on his face as the tentacle moved in a scolding manner. "I understand that you're excited to be released, but I want you to be focused on you work. When the other one comes back, he's getting the death penalty. Good preparation is crucial for a festival."
"Festival, huh?" Drole repeated, his huge form hovering over his partner. "You sure love imitating humans, as always." He noted. "It's a lot more efficient than wandering around collecting soul scraps." Gloxinia reasoned.
"No clans are more greedy than the humans." A smirk came on the pink haired man covered in green tentacles. "And Meliodas will definitely come. We're old friends, after all."
"It didn't occur to me that I would see you again like this, so I'm happy." Elaine smiled as she and her brother were sitting on the back of the car that was being driven by Escanor. She and Elizabeth had changed their clothes to the female uniform of Escanor's bar while Ban wore the male's.
"I'm happy too." King replied, as he was glad to see his sister alive again. They both looked at the night sky, content with the answer. "Now that you're relieved, you're now worried about Diane?"
"Un."
"Eh?"
Elaine laughed lightly at her brother's respond. "I read your mind." She admitted. "You used to be able to do so in the past too. Maybe it's because you've been away from the Fairy Realm and he Fairy King's Forest?" Elaine questioned.
"Iie, I have never been good at it." King smiled as he confessed. "They call me Fairy King, but I still haven't got wings and I'm immature." He spoke softly, as if he was trying to forgive himself for that. "I haven't gotten mine either." Elaine also said, making them both smile.
"Wings, huh…?" They heard Ban's deep voice speak from behind them, he had been listening to their conversation since it started. "Yada, Ban! Don't imagine something weird!" Elaine scolded as a blush came on her cheeks, which just caused the man to snicker.
"Onee-chan!" The shout brought their attention to the child who was sitting upright, after sleeping the whole way. "Hawk-chan… is eating my udon…" She muttered as she slowly lay down again, continuing sleeping without a disturbance, next to Jericho.
This caused the adults to laugh a bit at the young child. "She must miss her sister…" King muttered softly as he watch the child sleep again. "It's been a few weeks, probably the longest time away from the princess…" Ban agreed. "Who… Who is her sister?" Elaine decided to ask.
"Kagome, the crown princess of Liones." Ban informed her, the fairy nodded in understanding but King corrected him. "She called herself Kagome Higurashi." Ban just rolled his eyes, saying something along the lines that her name was Kagome in the end.
"Are the two close?" King looked at his sister and nodded. "From what I know, Kagome-hime practically raised Elizabeth-sama, so they're very close." Ban scoffed at his explanation. "Hime-chan is basically the brat's mom." He said. The two sins started bickering while Escanor just quietly drove the carriage while listening to the story of the princess.
"Hmn…" Elaine muttered as she flew over to Elizabeth, brushing away a strand of hair from the child's face. "I would love to meet Hime-chan if you all speak so highly of her."
Ban grinned as he turned to the man leading the horses. "Escanor, how far till we reach our destination?" He asked. "Just a bit longer…"
"It's not too late. Go back, Diane." Diane turned around to the other female giant. It was miracle that they found each other again, alive. And as Diane couldn't remember much she promised herself to stay by her side, especially since her children were kidnapped, Matrona's children.
"Matrona, if you're going for Sol and Della, then I'm going there with you." Diane smiled brightly as she walked while swinging Gideon around. Matrona sighed helplessly, a smile on her face. "You won't take no for an answer, like always."
They kept on walking until Diane spotted something in the distance. "Matrona!" She called the blonde and pointed towards a gigantic maze that stood in their path. "A giant maze?" The other female questioned as she observed the obstruction.
They walked up to the entrance on their side and noticed that it was far above them; it was bigger than a giant. "Who made something so big?" Diane asked as she looked around excitedly.
"It's a feat only a giant could accomplish." Matrona explained, her eyes went to a builder that stood above all the others. "The big rock is the goal?" She muttered.
"All the huge rocks blocking my way," The woman suddenly summoned her powers in her hand. "turn to dust! Palm Flowing Strike!" She ordered as she slammed her hand to the ground. The wall that was before them broke down so that they could pass through.
"You aren't going to destroy all the walls to go through, right?" Diane sweat-dropped as she watched the blonde nod with a cold face. "Of course, it's the most efficient way."
Matrona took a step forward; however the hole she had created started to build itself up, once again blocking their way. "Nani?!" Diane exclaimed shocked. "There is a giant whose power is even greater then yours?"
"We have no choice…" Matrona stated as she began walking through the maze. "Let's go through the maze quickly." She said with Diane following her close behind. The brunette strayed behind with her eyes to the sky, an idea shut in her up and made her perk up. "I've got an idea!" She shouted.
She jumped up. "A maze is easy if you walk along the edge!" She saw the edge nearing and smiled, but then a rock suddenly stuck out. Diane crashed her head into it with force and fell down again with a headache.
"We can't go back either." Matrona said waiting for the younger girl to stand up again.
"It has now begun." Gloxinia said in between snickers, he watched the two giant girls walk through the maze. "The first barrier in the Vaizel Great Fighting Festival. Death-trap maze." He laughed again. "Drole, your master craftsmanship is brilliant."
He looked around spotting the other people walking aimlessly through the maze. "The number of participants was greater than I expected, so I'll sift them here first." His smirk widen when he saw the two giants try to pass through a very narrow path.
Hours went by and night was starting to come. "We've been walking around it for hours, but the goal is still far away." Diane whined as she looked through a hole in the wall, trying to find a way out.
"I gave to win in the Great Fighting Festival as soon as possible and save Sol's and Della's lives!" Matrona stated determined. Her eyes went to the corner and noticed two beings run and disappear behind a wall. "Sol? Della?" Her legs started guiding her away from Diane and towards her precious children.
"I am hungry." Diane whined as stood up again from peeking. "Ah!" She spotted something on the floor and picked it up. "Bone-in meat?!" She smiled brightly as she brought it to her mouth. "Itadakimasu!" She took a big bite, but instead of meat she tasted rock and sand. Her teeth hurt from trying to chew through something hard.
"Ne, did you see it? The meat suddenly changed…" She turned her head to Matrona, only to see her gone. Suddenly she was alone. "M-Matrona?" She tried calling. The sun disappeared and Diane was alone.
She was leaning against the wall, trying to sleep while the hunger kept her awake. "Matrona… Where are you?" She mumbled softly. A delicious scent came into her nose and shook her awake. "This smell is…" Slowly opening her eyes she looked at a pink pig that was in front of her.
Eyes glimmered as she crawled forward. "Come here, piggy! Play with me. Don't worry, I am not scary. I'll just hit you, squeeze you, grill you and eat you!" Her mouth started watering as the piglet took a step away.
"Oi, kora teme! Diane! Don't joke like that right after we reunite!" Hawk shouted at the pig as he remembered the days when they first had met. "The pig talked!" Diane was now fully awake and jumped back in shock.
"I had no idea we would see you here though." Hawk muttered.
"How do you know my name?" Diane tried to question.
"Meliodas' hunch is good."
"It has to be a dream, right? It can be a dream, right?"
"So, you lost your memory?" Hawk decided to ask.
"Let me eat you!" Diane grabbed him; he started to frantically move, trying to get out of her hand. "Just let me eat you a bit! Piggy!"
"Diane, let him go!" A voice shouted from behind causing the giant to halt, she turned around to see who spoke. "A ningen girl?" The said girl smiled brightly. Diane let unconsciously go of Hawk who immediately hid behind the smaller girl. She noticed the quiver of arrows on her back but didn't see a bow. "Who are you?" The brunette asked.
"Diane, I'm so glad you're fine. We have all been worried about you." The woman said happily. "I'm Kagome. I was travelling with you and members of the Nanatsu no Taizai, maybe you remember me as Liones' princess?"
"Kagome? Liones' princess? Nanatsu no Taizai?" Diane repeated the words confused. Kagome smiled softly understanding what the girl was going through, she sat down by a nearby rock. "You lost your memory and disappeared from sight. King left us to go look for you on his own." Kagome explained.
"I know you?" Diane asked as she leaned in closer. "Hai, we're friends." Kagome smiled again. Diane still held doubtful eyes, watching the human be so familiar with her. She stood up and glared at the two. "I'm sorry but I can't trust a human. Liones' Holy Knights deceived us and tried to kill Matrona." She picked of Gideon and turned her back toward them.
"Matte!" Kagome tried to call out, but Diane just glared. "Don't follow me!" She yelled and began walking away leaving the pig and the human behind.
"She told us not to follow her." Hawk repeated. "What should we do?" He looked up. Kagome turned to him with a big smirk. "Of course we'll follow her!" And they started to walk behind her.
"This is horrible." Hawk noted the many houses that were hidden in the walls. "When the maze was being built, villages were probably destroyed along the way." Kagome also saw the destruction. "I don't even sense an aura through those tick walls."
They noticed that Diane had stopped and was glaring at them. "Why are you following me?" She asked annoyed. Hawk huffed in responds. "You are just walking towards the direction we are headed!"
Diane stood aside and bowed. "Well then, after you." Hawk sweated as he took a prideful step forward. "O-Oh! Why not?!" He started walking pass the giant. "Well… where should we turn next?"
"Matte, Hawk-chan!" Kagome tried to warn Hawk of the coming trap, but her ground disappeared as well. The two felt their body being pulled towards the darkness of the hole. However they landed on something soft and were dragged away from the hole.
"Arigatou, Diane!" Kagome smiled towards the girl from the hand, but she looked away. "Oi!" Hawk got their attention and motioned for the hole. "Look at the bottom of the hole!" They stared at some of the bodies being impaled by spikes that were sprouting out from the bottom. "They're probably the villagers!"
They decided to be more alert of their surroundings when Diane placed them on the ground again. "It just happened in front of me by chance, so I saved your lives, b-but there is no next time." Diane said stubbornly.
"Look!" Hawk had ignored her and walked ahead to the green plants. "There are so many berries!" Kagome looked at him and saw that it was true. "Many are even edible…" She muttered as she came to take a closer look.
"Food…"
"There are many inside too!" Hawk shouted as he took a step forward in the small cave. Kagome took a few and placed them in her pouch while also eating some. She heard a huff from behind and heavy stomps.
"J-Jaa ne!"
She watched Diane walk away. "Ah, Diane!" Kagome tried calling out but the purple-eyes girl was already too far.
"I'm thirsty…" Diane muttered as she kept walking. "Where are you, Matrona?" Her legs suddenly felt wet and she looked around, seeing herself trapped in water. "A swamp?! It's pretty deep. This would be dangerous for human beings."
Her eyes widen as she realized what she said, she scoffed as if to blow thought away. "It's none of my business."
"Ite! Something's on my legs…" She looked at her legs where the pain came from and saw some type of slugs crawling on her leg. "KYYYAAA! I hate bugs!" She shouted as she tried to get away. The creatures began to multiply while tears left her eyes, as she remained frozen in fear. "No! Don't come here!"
"Diane!" Her eyes went to the side and saw the human named Kagome standing. Kagome looked at the legs and saw the creatures, Kagome jumped in without hesitation. She swam to Diane's leg and began pulling the slugs one by one. "Get away from Diane!"
Kagome had finally save Diane after some time, making them both exhausted as they sat on the dry land. "That was actually scary!" Kagome laughed lightly as she leaned back, while trying to catch her breath. "Did you just rush for me?" Diane asked curious.
Kagome smiled at her. "I just did what I should for my friend." They remained silent until Diane looked away causing Kagome to smile softly at her. 'Diane can't help it…' She thought. 'It must be strange for an unknown human to help her…'
"Phew!" They both heard a voice coming closer. "I finally caught up with you." The girls looked at the pig that came to join them, only to see a very strange sight. Their eyes widen at amount of berries that the pig had carried with his lips colored purple.
They decided to take a break, everyone eating the berries to fill their hunger. "Oishi!" Diane muttered surprised at the taste. Hawk smirked. "Kagome-chan picked the edible ones for us!"
Diane looked at the woman who just smiled and ate as well. "A-Arigatou, Ohime-sama…" Diane said softly as she tried to hide behind her hair.
"Well, well, well… I found some delicious food."
Kagome's eyes widen as she immediately stood up. "Devona!" A bow appeared in her hand as she instantly had ahold of her arrow, pointing it at the person that came. "Meliodas…?" Kagome questioned as she noticed the being that looked exactly like her lover, but it wasn't his aura, it held malice.
"You are…!" Diane perked up at the familiar face. "Don't fire!" She ordered the girl. "Diane, he's a fake, look!" She noted the other copies joining them, all of them looked like Meliodas.
"A ningen girl, a giant girl and a round, fat pig."
"What is going on?" Hawk exclaimed as he inched closer the raven-haired girl. She kept silent; she wasn't sure at who to aim her bow as more kept popping up.
"Give us back our forest."
"Give Arpine Forest back to us!"
"You transformed our forest yourself. Restore it!
"What?!" Hawk stepped forward. "We didn't build the maze!" He shouted at the people who then glared at him. "Kagome-chan, they're the same as the Forest of White Dreams." He told her. Kagome nodded. "Yeah, but I don't know if they're based on the same Meliodas we know."
"Only one way to find out." Hawk stated Kagome relaxed her bow, as she looked confused at the pork. "Hai?"
"Oi, listen carefully, all the Meliodas!" Hawk shouted, gaining the attention of the Meliodas'. "Which part of Kagome-chan do you like the most? Butt, waist or breast?!" Kagome's cheek became pink out of embarrassment. "Hawk-chan!"
Drool started to escape the men as they eyed the girl.
"Belly."
"Stomach."
"Feet."
"Liver."
"Heart."
"I eat a pig whole, even the legs!"
"HYEE! I'm not asking what kind of pork you like! All of them are imposters!" Hawk yelled as he scrambled behind Kagome who drew back the string and aimed. "I noticed that already, remember Hawk I can recognize his aura!" She scolded; she preferred not to agitate them more.
She suddenly felt an aura speeding up towards, and couldn't draw her bow fast enough, so Hawk dragged her to safety before the fake Meliodas could hit her. "But if they all look like Meliodas, that means the real one has been somewhere else nearby?" He proposed as he ran.
"I don't know, because of the walls and the structure it's very hard for me to spot auras. But I know that he isn't close by at the moment." Kagome said as held on tight to his body. "We have to first do something about them."
Hawk stopped at turned to Diane. "Diane!" He yelled. "We're counting on you!" Diane turned to them as she shook her head. "B-But I can't do it." She told them. "Meliodas saved my life after all!"
"Then I'll do it!" Kagome stepped off of Hawk, who protested. "It isn't him inside them." Kagome shot an arrow and hit one of the Meliodas', she made sure that it wasn't infused with Reiki so that it wouldn't alert the demons.
A poof could be heard and the Meliodas went up in smoke only for a monster to appear and run away. "So it was the Hide and Seeks." She muttered as she grabbed another arrow, however some of were getting hit by lightning while others were being attacked by wind. And soon the monsters ran away, leaving them.
"That was too easy." Kagome heard and turned to see two familiar boys standing. "Are you all unharmed?" She watched as Gilthunder looked concerned over her, Margaret wouldn't forgive him if something happened to her precious older sister, after all. "I'm fine Gil-kun, thanks to you and Hauser-kun." She smiled, patting the young boy on his head.
Hauser was about to greet Diane who cautiously took a step back, so Kagome came in between them and explained the situation. "Have you really lost your memory?" Gilthunder questioned. "Could you have even forgotten King?" Hauser asked surprised, with a bit of hope in his voice.
"King?" Diane wondered. "Gomen… who is that?" She asked with a sweat-drop, as she really couldn't remember. "Yosh!" Hauser cheered. "Don't cheer for that." Kagome the older woman scolded as she hit the man.
"Do you guys know anything about the others?" She then asked. Gilthunder turned to her and shook his head. "Sorry. We fell into traps right after we came in, and before I knew it…"
"Gil and I were on our own." Hauser finished. Kagome's eyes narrowed as she looked around. "Minna, be very careful, something is coming." She told them and when she did, something bit Hauser.
Diane picked up Kagome, as they watched the others find whatever that was crawling. "I can smell it… Hawk muttered as he sniffed the ground, teeth suddenly popped up and grabbed his nose tightly. "ITAI!" He pulled his head up pulling outa little green monster.
"Hawk-chan!" Kagome tried to go and help him, but Diane prevented it. "You jerk!" Hawk shouted as he tried to shake it off. "Pigs are omnivorous, don't look down on us!" Hawk managed to bite the tail of the monster, causing it to let go of Hawk's snout. The pig continued to chew on it taking one bite after the other. "I can eat it."
"H-He's eating it!" Hauser looked at the disturbing scene with wide eyes, they couldn't look away.
*Poof*
Hawk disappeared in smoke, but then reappeared with green skin and instead of his behind legs he had a fish tail. "What is happening?" Diane asked as she placed Kagome down and kneeled to get a better sight on the used-to-be pig.
"I've just found out very recently. If I eat a creature that has magical powers, I get its ability and it's characteristics." Hawk explained as if it was nothing. The group kept their shocked faces on Hawk. "As Merlin says, this is my own magical power, Trans-Pork!"
"I don't really care," Diane began. "but will you stay like this forever?" Hawk huffed out steam as he wiggled his tail. "I transform back after I poo!"
"Urg…"
"What kind of monster was that just now?" Kagome turned to Gilthunder, asking. "It was a monster called Sand Crawl, which lives in desserts. They mainly eat small animals, so they aren't dangerous. But when they are adults, they are called Earth Crawler, and they are bigger and fiercer. People found houses and Tyrant Dragons in their stomachs."
"S-Somehow, they sound frightening now." Hawk stuttered, as he was glad that the monster they encountered was just a baby. "But it's a matter of history…" Gilthunder went on. "Giant ones like that don't frequently appear."
"Iie… it does…" Hawk looked at something that was hovering over them from behind. They felt a cold shiver go through them as they slowly looked behind to see a gigantic mouth opened for them.
They managed to jump out of the way before it slammed its teeth down. Diane tried to hurt it with Gideon, but the weapon slipped off, making Diane stumble. "its body is slimy and it's hard to attack with a weapon!" She shouted.
"Oi, I can move freely underground in this form!" They looked at Hawk who had his head stick out from the ground after he ate his way through. "This isn't time for fun!" Diane yelled.
"Hauser!" Gilthunder yelled to his partner as they both gather their magic, thunder and wind. "Combo Attack: Dragon Castle!" They shouted as they combined their magic and attacked.
The Earth Crawler tried to go underground, escaping the chaos. "I won't let you!" Diane yelled as she swung Gideon, two blocks of stone appeared hitting the monster in the air. "Double Hammer!"
"As expected, Diane!" Hauser complimented, making Diane giggle. "Be on your guard! It isn't over yet!" The monster started to attack again, hitting Hauser against the wall, and Diane to the ground. It then turned his eyes to Gilthunder, who stood alone.
However, before it could attack, snowflakes started to float around the monster attaching it to its body. "Freeze Coffin." A voice spoke and they watched, as the monster slowly froze, unable to move. "It's most efficient to freeze it with its slime."
They looked up after they were sure that it didn't move, and saw a man with long light brown hair, floating above them. "Who are you?" Gilthunder wanted to ask, but the monster began to move again, causing crack in its prison.
"Damn, it shed its skin!" The unknown man cursed as he got his wand ready, but it wasn't necessary as an arrow went straight to the monster's heart, breaking it down.
"Always be sure that it's killed." Kagome spoke as she joined the others with Hawk, she glared at the man causing him to flinch and float away from the group. "Though I hate to say it… arigatou!" She yelled after him.
"Impressive! You killed so many of them, all by yourself!" Arthur complimented as he eyes the mountain of Earth Crawlers, he looked back at the person he was stuck with, Meliodas.
"I just made them pass out." The blonde replied as he handed him a piece of meat, they grilled them on a small fire they managed the start. "I got a bit of their meat, though." Meliodas said as he took a big bite.
"Disgusting." He declared. "This is leftover for Hawk!" Meliodas placed the meat to the side as he lay down and looked at the night sky. "I wonder how Kagome is doing…"
Pink light engulfed her hands as she placed them over Hauser's wound, he watched with disbelieve and excitement as it slowly got healed. "Here, all done!" Kagome sat back, retracting her magic. Hawk had also returned to his original form, even though he missed the tail.
"Are you serious?! You are amazing, Kagome-hime-sama!" Hauser kept looking at his leg as he felt no and saw no injury left. Kagome stood up and stretched her legs. "Please, Hauser-kun, just call me Kagome. I'm no princess out here." She said with a bright smile. "You too, Gil-kun! You're gonna be my in-law after all." She winked at him with a smirk.
The boy flushed red as he nodded frantically. "H-Hai!" He managed to say, causing his friend to laugh at him. "Was that a druid's magic?!" Diane asked shocked as the woman neared her. 'If she has this power, then Sola and Della…'
"Ne, Ohime-sama! Will you use your powers to…" Diane couldn't finish as Kagome snapped her head away. She started walking towards a wall as she felt the familiar aura brush against her.
"Meliodas…"
Meliodas snapped his head back, looking at the wall that was behind them. He walked closer to it to confirm his speculation. "What's wrong, Meliodas-dono?" Arthur asked confused.
"She's here."
"Eh? Is it a new monster?" Arthur looked around, not sensing anything. Meliodas ignored him and softly placed his hand on the wall. "What a relief…"
"Meliodas?!"
"Are you sure, Kagome-Ohim-… Kagome-san?" Gilthunder asked as they surrounded the woman. "Yes, I can feel him." She placed her hand on the wall, inching closer. "I can feel his aura, he's here."
"Meliodas…" She started whispering to herself, hoping that somehow Meliodas would hear her. "I am waiting for you."
"Kagome… Wait for me." Meliodas muttered softly as he stepped away from the wall. "I can't feel anything, though." Arthur said as he tried to look over the wall. "Well, I know everything about her." Meliodas smiled. Suddenly his nose caught a sniff of something. "This smell…"
He looked behind him, causing Arthur to follow his gaze. They stared at a piece of meat that was lying there, harmlessly. The King decided to try his luck and took a bite. "Oishi!" His eyes lighted up. "It's so good that imperial cooks will be impressed! I wish this cook would come to Camelot!"
"What are you talking about, Arthur?" Meliodas gobbled up some of the pieces. "Boar's Hat is going to hire him!" He announced as he pointed an accusing finger at the young king. "That's not fair!"
"All right, fine. If you insist on hiring me… then I'll go back."
"Ban?!"
The two sins stared at each other, neither of them saying or doing anything. Arthur kept on looked concerned at the two as he was sure if he should interfere. "What is this intense vibe?" He muttered.
"Cap'n!" Ban shouted happy. "Ban!" Meliodas smiled brightly.
"Eh, what's going on?"
Arthur watched on as they slapped their hands together, faster each and every time. Until Ban managed to slap Meliodas, who just grinned. Meliodas punched Ban into the opposite wall. The undead kept on laughing as he stood up. "What a great power!"
"Sorry, I couldn't curb my enthusiasm." Meliodas smiled apologetic. "But in the time I haven't seen you," Ban began as the blood started to disappear. "you're back to who you used to be 10 years ago, Captain."
Once again they arm wrestling match would decide the winner; Arthur was the referee and watched the two lay down and get read. "Are you sure about this?" Meliodas questioned with a big smirk.
"Have you forgotten?" Ban retorted. "The results of our matches were 50-50, 10 years ago." Arthur placed his hand on top of the other two to keep it in the middle. "W-Well then… Ready… Go!"
Meliodas was instantly on the ground Ban had won this round. "When you play this, speed an spontaneity matter most." Ban grinned as he watched Meliodas stand up. "Tch, so I lost?" the blonde pouted, which caused the fox sin to laugh harder.
"Ban," Meliodas suddenly began with a serious tone. "did you come to the Great Fighting Festival to have your wish granted?" Ban looked at him quietly before answering. "No. I was on my way to deliver ale to Vaizel." Ban answered. "Escanor asked me to."
"You were with Escanor?" Meliodas questioned. "Elaine is with us too." Meliodas' eyes went wide at the words. "Of course you would be surprised. Frankly, I can't keep up with what is going on either." Ban stated.
He kept silent as he watched his friend hold on to that shocked expression. "You won't ask anything?" Ban asked Meliodas smiled as he tapped Ban's chest with his fist. "You reunited with the woman you love, right? That's fine, then."
Meliodas began walking pass him. "It's not fine." He heard Ban grit under his teeth. "I tried to kill you!" He yelled Meliodas kept on smiling as he continued to walk. "Let's go and find everybody and escape the maze!"
"Captain, I'm sorry."
"Let's go, my friend! For the people we want to protect."
"Sure."
They started walking together towards the wall and talked. "Well, you go look for Elaine."
"Sure, I'll go do that." Ban answered. "But after we pick up Hime-chan from across the wall here."
"Ban…" Meliodas looked at Ban who smirked. "Don't worry. Elaine is protected by the reliable Fairy King and Holy Knight."
"Didn't you have Elizabeth-chan with you? Kagome's gonna kill you if she knows you let her out of your sight."
"Ah, shit! I totally forgot about that! Do you think she'll forgive me if I tell you that she's with Escanor?"
"At night? You're dead, and don't think I'll help you."
They both shivered at the imagine of having the eyes of the princess turn cold in rage and have that rage directed at them. 'Definitely not.' They both thought.
"Well, strolling around leisurely won't get us anywhere." Ban sighed as their attention went back to the wall. "Yeah, let's break it!" Meliodas grabbed the hilt of his sword and stood ready. "Let's make a huge hole here before it regenerates!"
"Hit it with extremely high speed!" Ban also pulled out his Sacred Treasure: Holy Rod and stood ready. They immediately called their magic to them; Meliodas was gathering it for one big attack, while Ban kept on attacking it.
"Step away from here!" Kagome ordered as the wall began to shake. They made room for whatever was coming their way.
Ban and Meliodas released their full power and blasted through the wall, creating a path for them to pass. 'Their power is even greater than the wall's regenerating ability?' Arthur shielded himself from the blow that came after the attack. 'This is the Nanatsu no Taizai Dragon Sin's and Fox Sin's power!' He watched the two stand proud with big smirks on their faces.
"Meliodas!"
KT: PEOPLE I'M SHOOK1 THERE'S GONNA BE A NANATSU NO TAIZAI MOVIE! You have no idea how happy I am, because I'm definitely planning on writing a story on it with Kagome XD No idea how I'm gonna do it tho XD But it will happen!
As you could read, I let out the scene where Ban and Elaine would've met again. And that's because I did had some things that I wanted write so I tried, but I soon got tired of it and it wasn't any fun. Also not a lot of changes were made so figured I would stop and just continue with writing those that I do enjoy. So instead just imagine Elizabeth being protected by Jericho with her powers still lying dormant.
ALSO! VERY IMPORTANT! I'm searching for someone to help me write… I can tell the details here cause… spoiling. But if you're interested PM cause I just can't seem to write and I think it's better that I give you what you want than me just writing something.
That were a lot of things XD Other than that, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I look forward to the reviews^^
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For those who don't know these words:
Hai: Yes
Iie: No
Itai: Auw
Ite: (Another way of saying) Auw
Yosh: Yes!
Yada: Stop/No
Nani: What
Matte: Wait
Sugoi: Amazing
Minna: Everyone
Daisuki: I like you (strongest form of like)
Jaa ne: See you
Uruse: Shut Up
Gomen: (Another way of saying) sorry
Arigatou: Thank you
Reiki: Spirit Power
Oishi: Delicious
Itadakimasu: (No idea how to properly translate it XD) Let's eat
Nii: (another way of saying) (Older) Brother
Onee: (Older) Sister
Ohime: Princess
Hime: (Another way of saying) Princess
Teme: (Rude way of saying) You
Ningen: Human
Nanatsu no Taizai: Seven Deadly Sins
-chan: Honorifics for girls
-kun: Honorifics for guys
-san: Honorifics for everyone
-dono: Honorifics for respect
-sama: Honorifics for those of higher standards
