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"I knew we shouldn't have gone left!" Ban spat.

"The old man said to go this way, I was just following what he said!" Meliodas screamed at the tall man looking down at him. Its all his fault they both thought. They continued trudging along a murky brown path which twisted and turned through a shadowed path, trees surrounded them and seemed to go back for miles and the path they had previously walked over had since disappeared into the distance.

They continued walking for half an hour until Ban suddenly came to a halt, Meliodas who had been behind Ban staring at the floor had bumped right into the man's back and toppled over.

"What the hell did you do that for! I could have fell of the bloody cliff!" Ban raged while looking down at Meliodas who was now lying on the floor with a scraped knee dripping blood down onto the hard path, his trousers had ripped too wad were now stained red. Ban looked at Meliodas like he was worthless and useless. Ban quickly turned around and jumped down the cliff as It wasn't that tall. He continued walking along. Alone.

Meliodas still lay up the top of the mountain gripping his knee and fighting back tears although they were not from pain, they were from the harsh words of Ban and the look he gave him. Ban had a way of looking at you and you could be the ruler of all the universe and he could put you down to the lowest of the low.

Meanwhile Ban continued on like nothing happened, he felt no ounce of guilt for the words he had spoke or for leaving him there. It wasn't his fault he thought.

15 minutes later Meliodas made it to the bottom of the cliff, he had scratches all over his body and some were deep enough to draw blood. He looked like he had jumped into a bush of roses yet he forced down the pain he was feeling and limped along the same path Ban had previously walked along.

2 hours later Ban reached the end of the path and could see the Boar Hat sitting on top of a hill. Once he made his way up he glanced over the edge and admired the setting sun, it spread a golden look over some small villages below and the beautiful river which snaked its way around tall oak trees. It was beautiful. Ban decides it was time he went to bed, King met him on the stairs and asked about Meliodas and Ban only said he would be coming soon. He took off his shoes, socks and t shirt and climbed into the warm covers of their bed. He slept peacefully, dreaming about all of his good memories with Elaine. He fell asleep smiling.

At 4:00 in the morning a sound woke him up from his peaceful sleep, it was the sound of trudging along wood and the clatter of wooden cups hitting the floor. Groaning Ban left his bed and headed downstairs with his smug grin plastered on his face ready to have another go at Meliodas although the sight which greeted him at the bottom of the stairs made him swallow back the insults he had ready and his grin to wipe clean off. He was met by the sight of Meliodas lying on the floor with blood pouring from deep wounds on his arms , legs , stomach and back accompanied by tears which rolled down his pale cheeks. Ban rushed over and carefully lifted him into a sitting position in which Meliodas winced.

"What happened to you?" Ban questioned, his voice laced with concern

"I got attacked by three holy knights and the slashed me with their swords, but left me to die after" Meliodas quivered as a wave of tears once again came. Carefully Ban picked Meliodas up and lay him on the top of the bar, once Meliodas was stripped down to his underwear Ban could see the damage, there was small cuts along the backs of his legs and a few on his front and his cut knee was still bleeding. Slashes laced the boy's upper back and one on his lower stomach, his arms had small cuts and his face had a cut on his forehead and a cut lip.

After 35 minutes of patching Meliodas up Ban carried him up the stairs in a royal blue blanket which was draped over his shoulders and under his bottom. He walked into their room and edged himself onto the bed with Meliodas lying on his chest and the blanket still around him. Ban placed a hand on Meliodas' lower back and the other laced in his blonde hair as he whispered words of comfort and apologies until the small boy realized he was now safe in the arms which held him. Closing his eyes he knew he was safe. Nothing could hurt him now that he was in Ban's arms. Nothing.

"Goodnight, little one" Ban whispered and planted a kiss on top of his head.

The next day Ban caught three holy knights which tortured Meliodas and they were quickly in the same position as Meliodas had been in, yet they were not as lucky as Meliodas had been.

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