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 7 X For you


"Meliodas…"

The blonde smiled when he saw a familiar figure standing at the other side of the now, broken down wall.

"They are here!" Hauser announced as he watched the trio walk towards them. "Ban and the King are with you?" Hawk asked as he noted the other two.

"Lil' Gil, Hauser, buta! Are you unharmed?" Meliodas greeted them as they finally arrived. Meliodas ignored the shouting of Hawk and ran straight to Kagome, taking her in his arms. "Kagome… sorry that I made you wait."

Kagome took his face in her hands and kissed his lips softly causing the others to blush and look away from the scene, except for Ban. "You came for me, that's what counts."

"Sugoi!" Diane suddenly yelled. "Even Matrona couldn't break the wall." Meliodas placed Kagome on the ground and turned to the giant. "Yo, Diane!" He greeted slightly surprised to see the girl with them.

"Meliodas…? Are you real?" She then asked causing the blonde to raise an eyebrow while Kagome snickered. "Of course I am." He answered. "Good for you Cap'n!" Ban came to join them with a smirk.

"Ban…?" His eyes went to the princess that called his name. He smiled hoping to make some kind of peace, but noticed that her smile never vanished from her face.

She slowly walked over to him, with her hand behind her back. "Ba~n" she mused his name in a sing-along tune. "H-Hai~" Ban tried to keep a distance between them but instantly he felt hands on his collar, dragging him down.

"Ban, if my imouto is harmed in any kind of way, than believe me that I. will. Kill. You."

"…Hai."

"Alright, I suppose we should keep on moving!" Kagome turned to the other with a bright smile, causing them to sweat-drop. "Since we're all in this together, we will make it to the goal." Gilthunder took the initiative to start the conversation.

"Maybe we already did it." Meliodas smirked as he pointed behind them. Ban started laughing as he also saw the damages of their attack. "We used too much power and broke one more wall." They all looked behind them and saw a bunch of people they knew, but also some they didn't know.

"It's the goal." Ban walked ahead of them, leading them to the giant builder and the people surrounding it.

"It seems all the actors have arrived." Gloxinia stated with a sickening smile. "Over here, Matrona!" Diane ran up to the other female giant after she had crawled through the hole. "You're okay?" She asked. Diane smiled in reply.

"Meliodas-dono, Kagome-sama!" Hendrickson ran up to the two with a sleeping Griamor on his back. "Sup! Hope you didn't wait too long for us." Meliodas smiled.

"Elaine!" Kagome looked to her side and saw Ban running to the group that had two fairies, a magic dog and a Holy Knight, but no sight of her sister. "Oh! Hey, you two! Ban made it too!" Jericho tried to catch the attention of the two fairies, but they remained silent with their eyes staring at what was in front of them. "O-Okay…" Elaine managed to answer.

They all stared at what was on top of the giant builder and saw two creatures. "If you want to turn back, do it now." Meliodas told everyone in a serious tone. "Those two are part of the Ten Commandments."

"To the participants of all clans, welcome to this colossal waste of time- I mean, Combat Festival." Gloxinia began talking. "First, we need to prepare a stage for you to fight in. That's your cue, Drole-kun."

'D-Drole…?!' Diane and Matrona looked shocked at each other, not expecting that name to come forth. The man called Drole placed his hands together and activated his magic. "Gigantic Gauntlet!"

Their surroundings suddenly changed. Platforms grew from beneath them, creating a giant hand, where the tips of the finger would work as battlegrounds. "Marvelous!" Gloxinia clapped with his tentacles. "This is the stage where you will fight. I can't wait to begin, so we'll proceed with the participants here. I'll just clean up the ground beetles still wandering about inside the maze."

"Impossible!" King exclaimed as he watched the demon. "The magic I sense from that monster is, without a doubt, fairy magic! And it's absurdly powerful too. What is this?!"

Gloxinia's smirk widen as the tentacles spun around him. "Spirit Spear Basquias, Form Nine: Death Thorn!" They all watched as the tentacles formed long plants of thorns, spreading out over the maze.

Kagome's eyes went wide as she still could not spot her younger sister." She could hear people scream as their death came quick, she took a step to go and search for her sister but Meliodas held her back. "She'll be fine." He reassures her.

Even though her worries were not gone, she trusted him and stayed put. "Every noticeable spark of life that was inside the maze has been extinguished." They heard someone say, it was a small man with a hat.

"Death Thorn is a horrifying shrub of growing atop the highest parts of the Sacred Tree." King started to fly up to get a closer look at the pink-haired male. "It exterminates anything harmful that the Sunflower is unable to kill. And moreover, Basquias is the legendary Spirit Spear granted to the first chosen by the Sacred Tree. How are you here…"

He stared with wide eyes at the multicolored wings that spread out from the back of the demon. "First Fairy King Gloxinia?!" the man smiled empty at the call of his name. "I haven' been called that in quite a while. Now I am known as Gloxinia the Repose of the Ten Commandments."

"Weren't you killed at the hands of the Demon King himself during the Holy War 3,000 years ago?!" King questioned shocked, Gloxinia turned to him. "Oh, are you a fairy too?" He asked.

"Answer my question!" King replied instead. "If you want to know, then win the tournament." Gloxinia smirked. "I'll tell you whatever you want to know if you do." He watched as King gritted his teeth but returned to the others.

"Now then," Gloxinia spread his wings as began. "let us begin the Fighting Festival." He turned to someone behind him. "Taizoo-kun, it's your time to shine." A timid man popped up from behind Drole's leg. "H-Hai!" His strong voice answered.

Meliodas recognized the face as he remembered their meeting at the last festival. "What's that guy doing here?" He heard Ban grin besides him. "Looks like fun. I was just helping Escanor deliver booze, but I guess I'll join the tournament."

"Is Escanor outside with Eli?" Kagome asked hopefully. Ban spared her a glance as his smirk disappeared. "I don't know, all I know is that she is with him… gomen…"

"Well I guess I have to get out of here to find out." Kagome huffed as she crossed her arms under her chest, as determination filled her eyes. Ban stared at her until he felt a clap on his back. "Good job." He looked at Meliodas who was smiling at him. It must've been hard to be honest to Kagome to tell her that he didn't know where her sister was.

"Welcome, you battle-starved warriors!" Taizoo began shouting wearing the referee shirt. "The first round will be a two-on-two tag-team match! Are you ready?!" He announced, but everyone remained quiet.

"N-Not a very excitable crowd, eh?" He muttered to himself. "S-So let us-" Taizoo was allowed to finish as another voice cut through. "Wait a minute!"

They all looked behind him and saw an unknown person land on someone else. "Gowther has arrived!" The sins and others looked wide-eyed at the boy. "Gowther?" Drole wondered. "I've heard that name before…"

"Excuse me, but would you be so kind as to step somewhere else?" A timid voice spoke from beneath Gowther. "Otherwise you'll wake her up." Gowther jumped off whoever it was and saw that he managed to shield a child that seemed to be sleeping. "Oh, my bad. It appears I miscalculated my landing spot ever so slightly."

Kagome felt a spark, as her head snapped around to where Gowther was. "Eh, Kagome?" She heard Meliodas call her but ignored him and ran towards them. 'It has to be her! It has to be her!'

"No, not at all. It's because I don't really stand out much. Please do not be bothered by it." The man slowly stood up checking the child for injuries. Gowther stared at the face of the man, thoughtfully. "That voice, that skeletal structure, and that speech pattern…"

"You're Escanor!"

"Eli!"

Gowther looked to the side and saw the princess run to them. "Eh?" Escanor looked surprised at the woman and back at the child. The child with silver hair slowly began to wake up. "Is it morning already?" She questioned in a tired voice.

"Eli!" The girl felt soft arms surround her and looked up. "Onee-chan!" The two sisters held each other close, wanting to never let go. "I'm so glad that you're safe!" Kagome kissed Elizabeth on her head, who giggled causing the woman to keep on kissing the kid.

"Good to have you back, Elizabeth-chan!" Meliodas walked to the two, the young girl perked up and smiled at the man. "Meliodas-sama!" She ran to him, making him also pick her up and hug her. Kagome smiled at the sight until she heard a voice call for her attention.

"Could it be that you are Ohime-chan's older sister?" Escanor asked timidly. Kagome smiled at the man, who kept on wearing his ruined glasses. "Yes, I am. It's been a while, Escanor-san."

Escanor was surprised at how the woman seemed to know him. "Have we met before?" He asked confused, Kagome nodded. "Hai, but back then you called me Kagome-sama, or rather Kagome-chan…" Kagome wandered off hoping it sparked back the memories.

Escanor perked up as he placed his fist in his hands. "Ah, Kagome-chan! It has been a while, you grew up very beautifully!" Escanor smiled brightly as the memories came back.

"She's all mine." Meliodas suddenly appeared from behind her, grabbing her chest from beneath her armor and her waist. "Meliodas, you hentai! Let me go!" Kagome shouted. However they both got quiet when they heard a crack, their eyes went to Escanor whose glasses just fell off.

"M-My megane!" He yelled in despair, he was holding it up hoping that it somehow would glue together. "My treasured glasses that I received from Merlin-san are beyond repair!" He yelled louder. "Without these, I… I…"

"Shut up." Gloxinia send a tentacle that stabbed through his middle. Everything fell quiet as they watched Escanor fall to the ground.

"Escanor!"

"Escanor-sama!" They all surrounded him. "I wish people would stop impeding the proceedings of the tournament." Gloxinia said with a sick smile on his face.

"I…" Escanor managed to speak as Kagome stepped forward, but was stopped by Meliodas who motioned to the two demons. "I… still haven't told Merlin-san…" Escanor breathed out. "I can't die… I don't want to die…"

"And here we're organizing this tournament in order to grant your wishes." Gloxinia stated as once again a tentacle moved their way, but compared to the other one is glowed and had a different form. "For example, like this." A flower sprouted from the tentacle as it kept coming closer to Escanor.

"Spirit Spear Basquias, Form Seven: Moon Rose." A drop of liquid came off the flower and dropped on Escanor's wound, healing it instantly. "Droplet of Life." Gloxinia smirked as he watched the shock expressions of everyone, seeing the man come back to life.

"A-Are…?" Escanor looked at his wound again. "Just now I was…" Gloxinia continued to smile as he turned to his partner. "All right then, Drole, I'll leave you for the teams." Drole stood up as his four arms created a form. "Team of two, right?" He ensured. "Divining Bowl Technique!"

Suddenly everyone got separated by the ground that had sprouted out from beneath them. "Those standing on the same floating rock have been chosen by fate to partner up." Drole explained as everyone looked around them. "Entrust each other with your lives and pride, and fight with all you've got."

"Each other?" Meliodas muttered as he watched the other pairs. "So we're in teams of two?" He heard footsteps and turned around to see an arrogant face smirking. "Yo, Cap'n. We'll have to save our internal conflict for later." Meliodas smirked as well as they high-fived. "Yeah!"

"Do you intend to make this child fight too?!" Hendrickson shouted as he held Griamor tightly. "Since there are two children that made it this far, they count as one person." Gloxinia explained as he pointed behind Hendrickson. The Holy Knight turned his head and looked at the young girl that smiled. "Don't worry Hendrickson-sama! Onee-chan taught me well!"

"Diane!" King shouted as he noticed who his partner was, his cheeks went red at the beauty. "You know me too?!" Diane exclaimed as she held Gideon closer to her.

Besides them were other pairs, who they all didn't know. There were three Assassin Knights of Malachia, Torah and Jigumo were together while Estaro was with a Depraved Monk called Arbus.

Arthur was also pair up with someone they didn't know. "I'm looking forward to fighting alongside you!" He smiled as he bowed; they both ignored the cat on his head. However the man never replied.

Hendrickson scoffed as he realized who his partner was, a Troubadour named Solaseed. "He's just a runt!" He muttered to himself trying to ignore the mumbling.

Slader kept on looking at his partner with interest, observing the muscles the boxer Haifan had.

"You again?" Gilthunder stared at the man that had helped them earlier. He was a wizard named Gilfrost."

"But I just came to deliver brew. Why am I so unlucky?" Escanor whines as he tried to look down. "No, you're in fact very lucky!" A voice said from behind him. He turned around and saw a pink pig smirk at him. "Because you got ore-sama for a teammate!"

"Buta?!"

"Weren't you with Guila?" Jericho asked as she narrowed her eyes on the man. "I got dumped already." Gowther's eyes gleamed in pride. "That was fast."

Matrona kept on patting Oslo on his chin, while he tail kept on swinging. "Good boy."

The Holy Knight Silver looked to the side and saw a blue winged monster land besides him. "And since you're here anyway, you'll be playing too." Gloxinia order the monster as the other two paired up." His eyes went around everyone.

"Will there be exactly 16 teams if we add one more pair? Let's add a pair of stand-ins for the two of us." Out of plants was another Gloxinia created while the Drole was made out of rocks.

"We shall now begin the tag-team fights between the 16 teams!" Taizoo shouted. "Each floating rock will land on a random stage. The two teams who land on the same stage will battle it out for the first round!"

Meliodas looked around. "16 teams…? Why do I feel like we only have 15?" They suddenly heard a female yell; Meliodas snapped his head to the first stage.

"Kagome!"

"Elaine!"

"First rule of the Fighting Festival: the use of any and all weapons, magic powers, and dirty tricks is permitted." Gloxinia began explaining. "Second rule: the victory condition is death, incapacitation, or expulsion from the stage of the other team."

"Gloxinia, you leave Kagome and Elizabeth out of it!" Meliodas yelled angry with the man. "If you lay a hand on Elaine, I'll grind you to a pulp!" Ban joined in.

Gloxinia smirked at them. "Unfortunately, they became participants the moment they entered the maze." Meliodas and Ban ignored him and tried to jump over to where the two girls were, however a bunch of weed blocked their way while Gloxinia continued. "Third rule: resigning from a fight is strictly forbidden."

"Would you look at that, they think we can't handle ourselves." Meliodas heard Kagome speak and stared at her with wide eyes, but she kept her smirk. "Don't worry Meliodas, I won't die! So concentrate on your own fight."

*Whistle*

Ban smirked at the words and looked at his captain. "She got guts." But his attention went to the girls when he saw Elaine step up. "I'll be fine too, Ban! Just like Kagome-hime-chan said, concentrate on the fight in front of you." It was Meliodas' turn to smirk at the undead. "She's pretty plucky too."

"You're Elaine…? Should've figured, your aura is like King's." Kagome smiled when the fairy turned to her. "Hai. Elizabeth-chan has told me a lot about you, Kagome-hime-chan." Elaine smiled as well.

"Oh, just call me Kagome, I'm no princess out here." The two nodded and laughed lightly at the agreement. They ignored the two assassins knight that were on the other side of the stage.

"Brother," Jigumo began as he turned to his pair. "I must admit my heart is not into laying a hand on women and children." Torah didn't turn to his brother and kept his eyes on their targets. "To an assassin, putting bread on the table and killing people are the same thing." He said.

"It's all in a day's work." Torah pulled out two knives and charged at them, however he couldn't harm them as a flash of pink surrounded the girls and a blast of wind pushed him back.

"You're right." Elaine spoke. "It's all in a day's work. Dealing with people like you is the job of the Holy Maiden of the Fairy King's Forest." The two watched as the men gathered. "The Holy Maiden of the Fairy King's Forest?!"

"Elaine, that was amazing!" Kagome complimented. The girl narrowed her eyes and focused her energy on reading Kagome's thoughts.

'Sugoi!' Kagome thought as she watched the girl in awe. Elaine turned to her and smiled. "That should be my line, that was a very quick reaction, to put a barrier around us." The two smiled again. "Kagome, you're an honest and lovely girl, just like I thought you would be!"

Kagome laughed lightly. "I was also curious what kind of person Ban's girlfriend was, it's amazing to see that you can care for someone like him. You're a lovely person, like I thought!" Elaine laughed, as she understood where the image of Ban came from.

"You mean, mister "who-knows-what-he-might-be-thinking" Ban?" Elaine repeated. "Hai, that one!" Kagome laughed. "Well, I can say the same for myself." Kagome muttered. "Mister "who-knows-what's-going-on-in-his-head" Meliodas." Kagome winked as this Elaine laughed.

"If I were to be honest it would be full of pervy stuff!" Kagome sighed hopelessly. "Oh my, have you two already made love?" Elaine asked curiously as she flew closer to Kagome, who's cheeks burned up. "Ah, well…"

Elaine giggled as she changed the subject. "Why did you come to Vaizel? Did you just get caught up in that maze?" Kagome shook her head and shifted her eyes to the two demons. "We came here for a greater cause. We came to hold back the invasion of the Ten Commandments who have awoken from their seal."

"And Meliodas said that it might be fun." They both sweat-dropped. "I-I feel like Ban would say the same." Elaine admitted they both looked at the floating stone where those two were standing. "A handful, aren't they? Our men." Kagome smirked. "They're best friends, after all." Elaine agreed.

Because of their talking, they didn't noticed a few balls bouncing their way and exploding into a smoke bomb. "It's a smokescreen!" Elaine shouted in between coughs.

"Forgive me, girl." A voice spoke from behind Kagome. "But you need to die for the longstanding wish of the people of Malachia. Poison Snake Whip!" Kagome felt something coming, but was too late. A snake bit her shoulder, passing on poison and dragging her out to the one that spoke. It was Jigumo.

'It's nothing compared to Sesshoumaru-sama's Poisonous Whips.' The thought as she stood up, her hand was on her shoulder trying to heal it. "I've dealt with one of them, Brother!" He yelled.

'Dealt… with…?'

Something snapped.

'Now only that Holy Maiden of Something remains.' Torah thought as he ran around the smokescreen, searching for the girl. "Kagome, say something!" He heard a scream. He appeared behind her with his knife. 'You're mine!' He stroke down, only to have her gone.

"But how?!" He muttered. 'I'm certain my presence was erased, and I even got behind her.' He looked around, trying to find the girl again. "If you want to take me on, you need to silence not only your body, but your mind too." Elaine spoke as she floated high above him.

"Imperial Wrath of the Great Wind!" Elaine pushed her powers onto him, crushing him in the ground. "Kagome?!" She then started calling, searching for her friend. "Kagome?!"

"I'm here, Elaine." Kagome calmly called her. Elaine hurriedly flew over to her and saw what she did to the other man. He lay motionless on the floor, arrows surrounding his body. "Is he dead…?" Elaine questioned and Kagome shook her head. "He just passed out."

She then walked over to the Torah, who hadn't been moving. "What are you doing?" Elaine asked as she saw the girl kneel in front of the man. His head was on her tight with her hands hovering over his head.

A pink light appeared, healing him of his injuries. "Its… warm…" She heard Torah mutter. She assumed that he opened his eyes and was looking at her, because he seemed to recognize her. "Weren't you poisoned?" He asked.

Kagome smiled. "As long as it's weak poison, then I can heal myself." She answered, after all nothing was stronger than Sesshoumaru's poison. Suddenly Torah sat up and looked over at his brother. "Jigumo!" He managed to go over to him.

"Let him rest, it was just too much for him." She told the older brother, who nodded and left the girls. "Why, Kagome?" Elaine asked her confused. "The Kingdom of Malachia was a friend and ally of Liones. But a year ago, the two Great Holy Knights of Liones unilaterally broke that peace. Because of that, Malachia was left to nothing but ruins from the war."

"Y-You're…" Torah stared at her. "I'm Kagome, crown princess of Liones." Kagome bowed slightly before turning to Elaine. "But you said so yourself, you're not a princess out here." Elaine said, and Kagome smiled. "Yes, I said that. But I also know how it feels to lose your siblings." An image of Souta went through her head.

Elaine's eyes widen as she saw someone, whom she was sure wasn't here. She smiled when Kagome smiled at her. 'You really are such a good person.'

"The winner of the first tag-team match is the pair of Kagome and Elaine!" Taizoo yelled.

"Kagome-Ojou…" Torah began as he held his brother. "We cannot bear to be in your debt." His eyes went to Jigumo who squirmed. "We can talk later. For now, you should rest." Kagome said with a soft smile.

"Let us take the princess' advice and-" Torah didn't get to finish as the ground beneath the brothers disappeared and they fell. "Kagome, watch out!" Elaine held Kagome back from wanting to save them.

"We don't need any unsightly losers sticking around for too long." Their eyes went to Gloxinia. "You shouldn't toy with someone's life!" Kagome shouted at him, his smirk widen when they made eye contact.

"You did well, Kagome." Meliodas muttered, watching the girls back down. "Well, anyway, they're safe for the moment." Ban began. "Yeah, we should get with it too, I guess." Meliodas turned to their opponents.

It was the two bird demons. "Ban, we shouldn't underestimate the speed of those blue things. So watch out." Meliodas said, right at that moment the two beings flew past them at a high speed. "What the hell?" Ban muttered as he watched them fly. "Isn't it against the rules to fly all over the sky?"

"Seems like catching them will be a chore." Meliodas sighed; Ban looked at him and smirked. "And the Cap'n can't wait to have Hime-chan in his arms."

"As if you don't want to go fool around with Elaine, right now." Meliodas retorted as they kept watching the birds. Ban laughed. "Don't group me in with you." Ban flicked the piece of hair that always stood up from Meliodas.

"What's that Ban?" Meliodas turned to him. "I didn't expect you to be such a little kid about these things." He snickered. Ban turned his body towards the blonde. "What? Which one of us is being the kid here?" He raised his arm, but then blood sprouted out after a blue thing passed them.

"Hey, what happened to your hand?" Meliodas looked at the place where the missing piece was suppose to be. "Don't change the subject." Ban glared, his hand grew back and was pointing at the small man. "I'm not like you who gets all giddy just from grabbing some ass."

They ignored the cry of the demon, as Meliodas pointed at his friend too. "Don't be stupid!" He accused. "I'm no kid. There's no way I'd be satisfied with that!" A dirty smirk came on his face. "I'd also have to fondle some boobs."

Again something blue passed them, this time leaving behind its claw on Meliodas' head. "Cap'n, what's that you've got on your head?" Ban asked Meliodas' face dropped as he pushed the thing off. "Now who's changing the subject?" He replied.

Once again they ignored the cry of one of the demons. "Ban, you'll never truly understand Kagome's squishy, bouncy goodness. The sight it gives when you pound into her." Meliodas smirked when he saw Ban flinch.

"Teme, you lookin' for a beatin'?" Ban glared with annoyed smile on his face. "Let's get one thing straight, Cap'n… You're the one that doesn't get it!"

He swung his fist the moment one of those demons flew down and punched along with Meliodas. A tick mark could be seen on Meliodas' face, pushing the demon aside to look at Ban. "Oh, really?" They ignored the bird dropping down, arm and head covered in blood.

"You have no idea how it feels to hold Elaine. She's so fluffy and sleek. It's the best thing in the world when you hover over her small body!" Ban grinned at the memory. "The feeling of hugging something fluffy and sleek, huh?" Meliodas mused.

"I feel sorry for you since you'll never know that feeling." Ban grinned. Meliodas kicked him back, the moment the standing bird flew down towards them, crashing into Ban. "Like I care!" Meliodas shouted.

Kagome and Elaine watched blast after blast going on Meliodas and Ban's platform. "What are those two quarreling about?" Elaine questioned, she did hear them scream but wasn't sure what and why.

"Knowing them, it's probably something perverted." Kagome sighed as she shrugged her shoulders. Such helpless men they loved.

"Let me tell you this, Ban." Meliodas began, his bangs covering his eyes. "Kagome is the best here!"

Ban wiped away the blood that had gathered in the corner of his mouth as the wound sizzled from healing. "That's bullshit! No one compares to Elaine!"

His hand landed on something as he tried to get up. "Ah, what? This guy is already dead." He looked over at Meliodas who turned around to look at the other bird. "Hey look, this one somehow got taken care of too."

Ban walked over to him. "Gimme a break… Was that all they had?" Meliodas grinned as his eyes went over to Kagome and Elaine. "Well, anyway, good thing these didn't go against the girls. Though Kagome could kill them with one touch."

"Tch." Ban huffed as he knew Meliodas was right.

"Taizoo-kun, make the call" Gloxinia called for the referee as his eyes were on the remaining winners. "H-Hai! The winner is the pair of Meliodas and Ban!"

"Meliodas is as tough as I remember him." Gloxinia muttered with a lazy smile. "However, there are also a lot of uncertain factors." Drole replied. Gloxinia nodded as his eyes scanned over the other fighters. "A spirit Spear?" He suddenly noticed the other fairy and giant fighting against their stand-in.

"Sugoi!" Diane admired from behind King as he protected her with his Guardian. "Are you really just a fairy?" She asked. King turned around and smiled. "My true name is Fairy King Harlequin." He watched her eyes widen and repeat the name. "D-Did you remember something?!" He asked hopeful.

"So do I call you Harlequin or King?" King sweat-dropped at the question.

"I'm surprised to see the reigning Fairy King here." Drole said as he started watching the pair as well. "As am I." Gloxinia replied. "Well, let's just see what my successor is made of." The two stand-ins received more magic, which boosted their attacks.

"Guardian!" King send his spear, it fought with the stone Drole, until it got punched back. "Is he going to be okay?" Diane questioned as she looked at them fight. "No attack can work on Guardian." King said.

"Say, Diane…" He suddenly started, gaining her attention. "N-Nani?" She watched his fly to her eye level. "Without your memories, this might not mean much to you, but I finally realized." He stated. "I can't just wait for you to notice how I feel about you. I have to tell you how I truly feel."

"Diane, I want to confess my feelings for you!"

"Me too…"

Diane replied with a blushing face, taking King aback. "Your stuffed bear's all torn." She suddenly said, pointing behind him. "NOO!"

From within the guardian stone Drole emerged, pushing towards them, Diane came to stand in front of King, protecting and taking the hit. "My head's spinning…" She muttered as she stepped back, thorns wrapped itself around her neck. "Pierce the heart!" She could hear Drole's voice order.

There was an explosion, covering the stage with smoke, until King appeared surrounded by light. Stone Drole was on the ground and King was flying in front of Diane, protecting her. "H-Harelquin…"

"Diane, I won't let anything scary happen to you again!" King stated, Diane looked at his back confused. 'Again? Just what happened between you and me?' she wondered.

Gloxinia laughed as he stared at the magic her recognized. "I see… So you're the one who took down that Albion.

Her eyes went to what stood in front of king it was bigger than it was before and was also giving off light. "True Spirit Spear Chastiefol, Form Two: Guardian!"

"It changed form?" Drole looked thoughtful at the new Guardian. "If the one until now was just a useless fake…"Gloxinia started as he watched the stone Drole attack it. "Then this one is the real thing. So the cheeky little brat can summon forth the true power of the Sacred Tree now."

They all watched the Guardian punch the Drole into the ground. "Harlequin! Sugoi!" Diane cheered. "Why didn't you fight like this from the very start?" She asked, but her question got answered when she noticed that he was panting. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing… I'm fine…" King breathed out. "You don't look fine to me at all." Before any of them had time to react, roots sprouted from the ground capturing Diane, and tighten the hold on her throat. "Thanks to that attack he just made, the current Fairy King is down for the count." Gloxinia smirked. "Now to take care of this meddlesome Giant."

"True Spirit Spear Chastiefol. Fifth Form: Increase!" King managed to free Diane from chocking and immediately pierced through the plant fairy. "Nani?!" Gloxinia exclaimed, but his shocked expression soon turned into a smirk. "… that's what I'd like to say, too bad!"

The stand-in for Gloxinia regenerated back to its form. "As a Fairy King, you of all people should know the terrific life force of plants." The demon said. "Your attacks demanded every last ounce of strength from you, but it was for nothing."

"It's just what I wanted." King quietly told Diane with a snap of his finger. "With her in the air, I can protect you!" He once again summoned all his power for another attack. "True Spirit Spear Chastiefol, First Form: Chastiefol!"

"It can't be…" Gloxinia muttered. "He shouldn't have any power left." King threw his spear at the fake fairy, when they collided a giant red cross appeared in the sky, with the stand-in gone.

Gloxinia lowered his head. "Now that she's been reduced to dust, there's nothing I can do." He raised his head again and spoke to the pair. "My substitute lost the match."

King fell to his knees on the ground. "Diane…" He mumbled as the girl leaned in closer. "Are you hurt?" He asked. "Don't worry about me, your injuries are much worse! Why would you go so far… to protect me?" She questioned. The concern in her eyes could not be hidden.

King looked at her and smiled. However he was punched away before he could reply. Diane gasped as she watched her partner fly across the stage. Her eyes went over to the hole, where the Stone Drole started to crawl out from.

It got out and run towards the girl, hitting her in the cheek. Diane hit the ground, but managed to protect King by grabbing him. "Diane…" King muttered as he tried his best to stand again. "You can't get me all revved up like that… and then go dying on me!" Diane smiled through the pain, blood trailed down her mouth but she didn't mind.

"W-Why? King coughed out. "Eh… Because…" Diane began. "A boy I only just met today risked his life to protect me without even caring how dangerous it was. It's unusual, isn't it?" Her eyes looked at King with a soft smile. "Say, Harlequin… What do you mean to me?"

She placed him down behind her and stood up. "When this fight is over, you'd better tell me!" She started moving her hands until the ground began to shake, rising up from that were two golems. "Fillet and Loin!" Diane shouted as she pointed them to Drole. "Send it flying!"

The substitute managed to destroy them in one him. "Eh?! It's too powerful for my golems to fight against?!" Diane shouted "No, Fillet and Loin are imaginary friends you came up with back when you were on your own for a long time, right?" King said from behind her.

"How do you know about that?" Diane asked, there was no way someone could know, she hadn't told anyone after all. "Without a concrete image, golems can't be granted a complete body or strength." He explained. "Something that you believe in with all your heart. Just think intensely!"

"Something that I believe in with all my heart…?" Diane repeated, "Let's give it a shot! Friends!" She shouted as another figures rose up. King could recognize the other giant, Hawk, Meliodas and Kagome. "You did it!" He shouted.

"How's that? I had to fudge the details, though." Diane grinned proudly. "I thought of my most precious friends and this what came up!" King nodded, his eyes went over the stone made Meliodas and glared. 'I hate to admit it but I guess Diane still thinks of the captain specially.'

But then his eyes strayed to the side as he saw another golem, when he took a closer look he realized it was a golem based off of him, with a dazed face. 'Is that… me?' He looked at the girl. "Diane… why?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" She returned the question. "Because you're also one of my precious friends, of course!" He couldn't help it no more, tears escaped his eyes as he smiled. "I'm so glad to be alive. He looks really weak, but I'm still super happy."

"You're really being moved to tears over this?" Diane smiled sheepishly. They noticed that the stone Drole had started moving, it went to hit the stone Kagome who caught it easily. "Kagome sugoi!"

They both ignored the little Hawk just kicking stone at it and kept looking as the fake Kagome twisted Drole's arm and hit him back with her elbow. However as she did it, the said arm broke and the Drole managed to hit off her head.

Diane cried out frustrated but watched with hope as Meliodas appeared on top of the substitute and began hitting him. "I hate it but keep that up! Captain you can do it!" King cheered and ignored the small Hawk that was kicking Drole's feet.

But the stand-in punched Meliodas away with little effort and he broke. This time the stone Matrona attacked, Drole and she were in a stand-off pushing each other with brute strength. "You can do it, Matrona!" Diane cheered, ignoring the Hawk that was jumping on Drole's tight.

They could see cracks forming on the Drole's chest, but it did nothing but make him stronger as he kicked Matrona's head off. Now only stone Hawk and King were left. "He's too strong!" King exclaimed.

"It's alright! I still have my Harlequin golem left!" Diane said confident, King quickly shook is head. "No, it's of no use! I can't imagine him winning at all!" King whine, he braced himself as the stand-in ran to said golem.

Harlequin golem moved in light-speed and destroyed it with one punch. "Did you see that? Sugoi!" Diane shouted as she jumped happily, her golem had won, with golem Hawk standing proud besides Harlequin's.

King just laughed sheepishly as he sweat-dropped. "D-Diane…" King began, barely noticing his golem joining his side. "What do you think about me? I am nowhere near this strong…"

"You really think so?" Diane questioned surprised. "Harlequin, you're incredibly strong!" She smiled brightly.

"And the winner is Team King and Diane!" They heard Taizoo announce.

"O-Oi, Gowther…" King turned to the other stage as he heard the name. "Are we really going to fight them?" Jericho asked, her eyes darted to her partner and their opponent. "I'm going to win at the festival and get a heart." Gowther answered stoically. "Then, even if you guys die, I might be able to experience heartfelt sadness."

"Somehow Gowther-kun… has said something frightening." Escanor uttered, his legs were trembling, as his only form of protection was a talking pig. "They all are small fries." Hawk huffed.

"You make no sense to me!" Jericho began, glaring at the Sin of Lust. "It's contradictory to kill your friends to gain a heart!" Gowther did not turn around as he replied. "Jericho, you were going to give up being human to gain power. How is this any different from that?"

Jericho's eyes went to the ground as she remembered. "Yeah, I did. I messed up… and that got Ban and my aniki hurt." She snapped her head up and took a step forward. "That's exactly why I'll say this. Don't hurt your own friends to fulfill your own desire! Because in the end, you will be the one ending up hurting more deeply!"

Hawk had ignored the spat that had broken out between the pair and looked at their numbers instead. "The Indoor four-eyes' Combat Class is 3,100. The puffy lipped apprentice has a Combat Class of 280…? She's a shrimp!" He laughed.

"Don't worry, mini-stache mister." Hawk turned his head to his partner only to see him run towards the edge. "Oi, wait a second!" Escanor ignored his call and leaned over.

"E-Excuse me!" He shouted towards the two demons. "I only came here to deliver the ale for this Great Fighting Festival. I never intended on taking part in it myself! Would you let me lose the match without having to fight? They are both my good friends! I can never fight my friends!"

Gloxinia looked at him before bursting out in laughter. "That's what makes it so fun! You'll do whatever hideous thing it takes to make your own wish come true. That's the kind of despicable race you ningens are, see?" He smirked.

Escanor turned his head to the stage where a saw blonde hair. "C-C-Captain! What should I do?!" He stammered. "It seems that man and Meliodas are old acquaintances." Drole muttered the first Fairy King hummed in understanding. "Still, his facial expressions are as hard to read as ever." Gloxinia stared at Meliodas.

"It's not just his expressions." Drole continued. "Even though I have my Magic Eye, I still can't see through his mind." They waited for Meliodas to say something, but he kept quiet, watching the scene thoughtfully.

"Don't be a dummy, mini-stache." Hawk walked up from behind the man. "There's no way we'd have to kill each other in a Festival." Escanor turned around. "D-Did you pay attention to what the rules are?" He asked instead.

"Listen up!" Jericho stood in front of Gowther; her arms spread wide to protect what was behind her. "We'll be doing what they want if we attack our own friends." Gowther walked passed her as he kept on questioning her words.

"In reality, "Friends" is a vague term that people define as they see fit." He concluded Jericho lowered her head once again, only staring at her feet. "I may not have a very good idea of it myself… But if we're considerate to each other, when they suffer we would want to help them, and we understand each other. That's what makes us friends, right?"

"I'm jealous." Gowther replied his glasses glimpsed as the moonlight shined on them. "Now I want a heart even more badly than before." Jericho jumped up from behind him; her hands were in a fist, aiming for him. "You baka!"

She couldn't even hit him as he had kicked her aside. "Gowther, you jerk!" He heard Hawk scream. "How could you do that to your own partner? Super Pork-Loin Illusion!" Hawk tried to attack him as well, but the man caught his snout and threw him to the ground.

Neither, Jericho nor Hawk was getting up, leaving Escanor to face Gowther. "Now all the obstacles are out of the way." The pink-haired man began, his eyes scanned over Escanor. "Magic: 5, Strength: 5, Spirit: 5, Combat Class 15." His finger started glowing a dangerous pink and purple. "Actually just like Captain's leftover. I don't have to use any magic on you, but… Jack."

The magic hit Escanor and guided him to Gowther. "M-My body is moving on it's own…" The ginger tried to reject whatever was controlling his body but with no luck. He stopped when he stood in front of Gowther. "With respect to the Lion's Sin of Pride… I will defeat you with all I have."

Gowther ignored Escanor's protest and infused his hands with magic, slowly inching it closer to the man's head and mind. "Nightmare Teller." The light of Escanor's eyes disappeared as he was brought back to his memories of a child, and his hardships.

Gowther let is his magic remained in Escanor's head as he retrieved his hands. "Your consciousness will never return from the darkness of despair.

"I know that, Merlin-san. But… that's fine." He could hear Escanor mumble. "Why?" the doll could only ask as he continued to listen.

"You're not someone who walks beside me. You illuminated my life that had been shrouded in darkness." Suddenly Escanor began to grow, muscles got bigger and his voice got lower. "Gowther… What you gave me wasn't despair, it was hope!"

Gowther took a step, watching clothes rip off of the man they call Lion's Sin of Pride. "I will give you the chance to atone for the Deadly Sins of toying with our minds!" Escanor exclaimed.

Gowther's head tilted to the side as he kept on observing. "This is a most unexpected development." He frankly stated. "To think that you would respond in this way to the spurious and abstract solar imagine in your inner psychological world."

Jericho started to wake up from her daze and Hawk finally got up from the hole that was created. His eyes went to Escanor, feeling power radiating off of him. "C-Combat Class of 28,800?! Who is this ossan anyway?!"

Even the two Commandments were captivated by the change of power as their kept on following Escanor. "Whatever the case a superficial transformation such as your has no real value." Gowther stated. "You can only maintain that form for a matter of seconds."

Gowther jumped back just in time to dodge Escanor's hand that swiped down, getting his glasses instead. "A few seconds is all I need." The giant man stated as he passed the glasses over at Hawk.

Gold eyes looked around as he noticed his vision was starting to get blurry. "Give my glasses back!" He said as he narrowed his eyes to get a sharper sight. "Gatling Jack!" He attacked, shooting everything but Escanor. "Gowther, stop it!" Jericho shouted as he lay on the ground in order not to get hit.

Escanor jumped up, almost flying in the air as he stretched his arm back. "Answer my will… Sacred Axe, Rhitta!" In an instant was an axe in Escanor's hand. "Sacred Treasure… Release!"

A blinding light radiated from the man, almost as bright as the sun. "Ossan, what are you trying to do?" Jericho managed to stand besides Gowther, watching the power grow.

"Escanor's extremely strong power and body radiate heat…" Gowther began explaining. "will consume everything around him. His Sacred Treasure, the Sacred Axe Rhitta's special ability "Charge and Fire" fully absorbs the tremendous heat he gives off, stores it, and is given off at his leisure."

Ban glared noticing that Escanor's eyes were fixated on Gowther. He clicked his tongue and tried to make a jump towards him, but Meliodas stopped him. "Captain, step aside! If this keeps up, not only Gowther, but Master and Jericho will get killed, too!"

Meliodas did not turn to him, while his eyes did glance to Kagome who quietly watched the scene play out, he kept looking at Escanor. "Have trust in Escanor, Ban!" He stated seriously.

"He's going to turn the table with just one strike! This is how a festival ought to be!" Gloxinia exclaimed joyful as he was waiting impatiently for Escanor to attack.

"Now, you will atone for the deadly sins of toying with people's minds!" Escanor shouted as he kept floating in the air. "I accept your challenge! Double Bow Herrit, Auto Tracking Mode: Blackout Arrow!" Gowther shouted as he too readied his Sacred Treasure.

Gowther decided to fire first, sending the arrow straight to the sky. Escanor waited for the right moment until he stroke down his axe, sending a strong blast of wind to the others who held their ground, creating a blinding light filled with smoke.

When the light had disappeared stood Escanor on his stage, a purple energy arrow was stuck on his shoulder as he fell down. The purple light on Gowther's hand vanished as well. "I won." Gowther turned around to look at Hawk. "Now, kindly return me my glasses Captain of scarps disposal."

Hawk immediately walked over to him; sweat running down his body in fear. "H-Hai…" He handed the glasses over with his ear, waiting for Gowther to pick it up. "Here you go."

Gowther placed the glasses back on with satisfaction and a small hmfp. "What do you mean, you won?" He heard a raging voice come from behind. "Don't be ridiculous!" Jericho yelled. "I only said the truth." He replied coolly. "He passed out and I am still standing."

"Gowther! Don't you understand Escanor's heart?" She asked furious, she saw that the Lion Sin had turn back to his night form. "His heart?" Gowther also looked at him, no emotion could be seen on his face however. "No doubt, he was angry at me."

"Can you still say the same after seeing that?!" Jericho pointed to side, watching as Gowther reluctantly looked over. "It's the message Escanor was trying to tell you about how he feels!"

Gowther walked closer to the edge, where smoke was still emitting. His eyes widen in shock when he saw the two Commandments passed out, after Escanor's attack had hit them.

"Now you will atone… for the deadly sin of toying with people's minds!" he remembered the words.


KT: WOOOOOOWWWWW Finally some action! I have to be honest, no sure anyone reads this but still…

I was a bit disappointed because every week the review limit of 10 is getting barely passed. And I don't mind, 10 is still the limit for next week. I would actually not post today because we didn't reach 10 reviews but last night or early this morning the saving view came! What I want to say is that I hope more people review, not just so that there will be an update every week but also because I really want to know what you think of the story and the chapters! ^^


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So many thanks for those who did review!:

Guest Elizabeth (Guest): HahaXD Perhaps Kagome will be pregnant… perhaps XD Also, hope you liked the Ban and Kagome interaction as well as the Kagome and Elaine one!

Guest: hehehe! Here's more ^^

The Blue Insanity 8500: Hope it was worth looking forward too^^ And you're welcome^3^

Heaven-water-sister: Yay! I'm happy you did^^ Is it following nicely after my previous story?

Animenium (Guest): Haha, I laughed at that tooXD And thank you for understanding, I hope the juicy bits were good^^

Lorelei Evans: No problem, I'm already happy that you took the time to read^^ And same… but… *smirk* perhaps we see a different side of him in… let's just say 2 chapters…

Kagomeshipper: I will if you keep reading! ^^

Mathew5641: Thank you! Haha I will *smirk* However since I made the story T (Despite some moments ^^') I will have a separate story just for that ^^ And don't worry, your thought are enough for me^^ So I hope you'll tell me what you thought of this one!

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For those who do not know these words:

Hai: Yes

Buta: Pig

Baka: Idiot

Nani: What

Sugoi: Amazing

Gomen: (Another way of saying) sorry

Arigatou: Thank you

Megane: Glasses

Aniki: (another way of saying) (Older) Brother

Onee: (Older) Sister

Imouto: (Younger) Sister

Ojou: Lady

Ohime: Princess

Hime: (Another way of saying) Princess

Teme: (Rude way of saying) You

Ningen: Human

-chan: Honorifics for girls

-kun: Honorifics for guys

-san: Honorifics for everyone

-dono: Honorifics for respect

-sama: Honorifics for those of higher standards