Hey there! Sorry to keep you waiting. I started school and my schedules a little out of wack but I have been working on this story it just may take me a little longer to upload for the time being. I hope you guys enjoy Chapter 2 it's a lot juicer in my opinion but tell me what you think. I'd love to hear from you! :)

Also I'm not sure if I've made this clear but anything in italics is the main character thinking. The main character being the name at the top of the story. Keep that in mind while reading!

Anyways enjoy Chapter 2!

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Disclaimer: I do not own these characters or settings. They are from the manga/anime Seven Deadly Sins.


Chapter 2- Out of Control

Elizabeth

The City of Britannia, although corrupted by money, was actually a very beautiful place. It was especially beautiful when you looked beyond the tall flashy buildings. The scenery around it gave the city its ambiance. Mountains surrounded the valley full of forestry. There are hiking trails and camping sites, and at night you can see the stars so clearly. The forest is one of the places still safe from the constant building projects thanks to the City of Elders. I always wanted to live in those mountains, far away from this city and the people. Unfortunately for me, my father lived right in the city limits. Loud sounds, bright lights, everything opposite of what I wanted. 'One of these days...' Looking around the town, everyone seemed to always be in some sort of hurry. Rushing and rushing, it was insane and sometimes hard to breathe on the streets here. I kept walking along my usual route to Britannia Academy passing by different shops on the way there. Some were still owned by the original owners, others were by products of Demon Corp.

The walk to school wasn't nearly long enough. Granted, it only takes me ten minutes to get to the academy but, for some reason I felt like time flew by and already I was turning the corner towards the place I've hated for so long. But there outside its gates, crowds of people were gathered around, yelling and chanting. 'This is ridiculous…' I shook my head as I continued nervously towards them. I wasn't the only one wandering up to the scene, a lot of students were slowly creeping up trying not to disturb the masses. I didn't recognize some of the students. 'They must be from Danafor' As if on cue a person pointed at the small group of kids trying to enter the school.

"HOW DARE YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST WALTZ UP TO THIS SCHOOL YOU PUNKS!"

"YEAH! YOU DON'T DESERVE THIS PRIVLAGE!"

"LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE! FOR CRYING OUT OUTLOUD THEY'RE JUST KIDS!"

"SHUT UP YOU LOW CLASS PIECE OF SHIT!"

"COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE!"

The crowd started to become violent until officers rallied and pushed them back to allow us to walk in. I practically ran past the protesters, worried they would start throwing things and try grabbing at us. 'How awful…what kind of messed of society is this anyway? It's just a school!' My thoughts were running wild at how uncivilized this city was now. Money truly is the root of all evil and destroys even the sweetest of people. I walk up the steps that lead to the front of the school. The longest steps you've ever walked up are the steps at Britannia Academy. I finally reach the top, even after three years attending this school, the steps still made me lose my breath. I take a minute and just stare at the school that's plagued me.

There was a giant front lawn with a walk way right up to the huge stone building. Britannia Academy use to be an old castle way back in the day. They say they can trace its lineage to medieval times, thus began the tales of how Britannia came to be. The story goes, Britannia was home to powerful knights known as "Holy Knights" that protected Britannia from outsiders. Many also believe that the city was home to mythical creatures like giants, fairies, even goddesses. But then demons came to claim the land and caused a holy war over 3000 years ago. After the war was over and many years later, the old castle was abandoned and turned into a school. I don't believe that demons and stuff ran rapid here, but the stories are fun to reminisce about. The castle part is true since they keep finding evidence of historical value in the school itself. They even found an old sword in a rock out back in the quad. Everyone's tried pulling it out over the years, but it's stuck in there deep. The legend is whoever pulls that sword out should become ruler of Britannia. 'Like anyone could pull that sword out without some sort of machine.'

"Well hello stranger"

I jump at the sudden voice right in my ear as I quickly turn around.

"Arthur! How are you?!" I wrap my arms around him as he returns the hug. I have missed him so much over the summer. Arthur truly was my only friend my freshman year here at the academy. The only person to stand up for me when I'd get picked on by others. He truly was Elaine and I's personal hero in a way.

"Oh, you know, enjoying this beautiful day, surrounded by so much positive energy." His sarcasm gleamed as he stared down the steps towards the protesters. I laughed and nudged him softly. Arthur had changed a lot over the summer. I barely recognized him. His auburn hair, once long over his shoulders, was slick up and was shorter now, and he had grown taller, muscular even. There was no boy there anymore, what stood in front me was a man, an attractive one at that. 'Wait…attractive? Arthur? I've never really noticed before…oh I can't stop staring at him!' Suddenly, I could feel my cheeks get warmer. "Elizabeth are you ok?" Arthur asked with a smirk, "Why are you blushing?" 'Oh God…why am I blushing? Stop it! STOP IT!'

"Blushing? No, I'm just…uh…warm. It's warm this morning isn't it?" I grinned and quickly put my hands on my face to hide my red cheeks. 'This is ridiculous it's just Arthur, your friend, just your friend, just your very attractive friend…NO!' "HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER?!" I cried and laughed out nervously as I began to turn away from him. I couldn't look at him anymore my mind completely spaced out about him. As if it didn't get any worse, I felt his arm wrap around my neck as we walked together towards the school.

"It was boring without you…" My stomach dropped. 'Wha-…what did he just say?!' I was slowly turning into a tomato. No amount of make up or cold compresses could erase the redness of my face. I looked down trying to get a hold of myself when Arthur continued to talk, "Oh look! There's Elaine! HEY! ELAINE!" He removed his arm and ran after our other friend. 'Elizabeth, get ahold of yourself, for god sakes!' I took a deep breath and walked towards them with a smile.

"Hello Elaine" I was so happy to see my only girl-friend. Elaine and I met by accident when both our partners were out during Chemistry class sophomore year. We were paired up and realized we had a lot in commonand became best friends. Elaine was shyer and more petite than Arthur and me. Her blonde hair was still cut short, right above her shoulders and her voice was soft. She's only ever been loud around Arthur and I which was rare.

"Elizabeth are you alright? You're so red" Elaine looked concerned at me as I felt my cheeks burn more. Arthur walked over and stood next to me and grinned.

"She's alright Elaine, it's just 'hot' out here, isn't it Elizabeth?" He poked me with his elbow as he began to laugh. 'I just want to crawl underneath a rock…' Elaine looked puzzled as I shook my head and walked up to her and cuffed her arm in mine.

"Well it was good seeing you Arthur. We will see you at lunch. Enjoy your classes. Bye!" I quickly rambled out, waved him off with my other hand and rushed Elaine towards the front doors of the school.

"Hope you cool off before then Elizabeth!" Arthur called out. 'Ahh! Just stop talking to me please!' We walk into the entrance of the academy and are welcomed by a huge sign that says, "Welcome returning and new students!" Right when you walk in to the school you're in a giant dome like area that has three different hallways you can choose to go down. One to the left, one to the right, and one right in front of you. It was easy to get lost in this school if you didn't know where your grade resided. Freshman take the left, Sophomore and juniors go straight, and the seniors take the right hall. It was our first time walking down the senior's hallway. We stopped to stare down the hallway full of classrooms, lockers, and stair wells. It was a lot to take in.

"We're seniors now Elizabeth" Elaine spoke as she gripped my arm a little tighter.

"Yeah…hopefully this year just flies by, so we can get out of here" I return the grip as reassurance that we are in this together. We smiled at each other and started down the hall. Students lined the walls, putting things in their lockers, chatting with friends, the whole hall was very loud. It was hard to hear Elaine when she said,

"So, what was that just now with Arthur?" I pretended to act dumb

"No idea what you're talking about, hey—" I reach behind me to grab my backpack "Do you know where your locker is?" Trying to stir the conversation away from Arthur. I reach into my pack to find my class schedule. It also had our locker numbers on there.

"Let me check…" Elaine also reached into her pack and pulls out the paper. "Locker 345"

"Hey! My locker is 347!" This made me happy being locker neighbors with my best friend. Even if we didn't have the same classes we would at least see each other after class. We continued down the long hall finally reaching our lockers. We fiddled the locks and opened our new lockers up and filled them up. "What's you first class today?" I noticed mine was English, so I grabbed my book and a binder.

"English…you?" Poor Elaine was struggling to hang her backpack up since she was so short. I grabbed it and hung it for her. "Thanks" she said I could tell she was embarrassed.

"Looks like we at least have our first class together and don't worry about it," I close my locker door. "Its what friends are for." I gave her an encouraging smile and as she smiled back we heard someone run down the hall yelling,

"THEIR HERE! THEIR HERE!"

I watched the guy run past us and continue down the hall yelling that over and over. It was a warning call but for what? "Whose here?" I asked looking back at Elaine. She frowned and turned to her locker.

"You really have been sheltered all summer." Elaine closed her locker and turned to me. "There's a gang now at our school, thanks to the merger."

"A Gang? Seriously?" It was a little hard to believe that an actual gang would be at Britannia Academy even with Danafor High's reputation, it couldn't be true. Elaine nodded her head 'yes' as she continued,

"There's a rumor going around town saying that they are the ones who started the fire at Danafor high." My eyes widen as my interests were peaked.

"Were they really there when the fire happened?" I couldn't believe my ears. This was the answer I was looking for about the fire. Other people that were there and that maybe saw something to help jog my memory.

"Yeah they were, the cops found most of them running from the scene, one of which was their leader who was actually hand cuffed and taken in for questioning." Elaine leaned against her locker, almost as if she knew she was going to be there explaining things to me.

"Did he confess?" I was practically interrogating Elaine at this point.

"No, he was let go because there wasn't enough evidence to convict him" Elaine popped up her tippy toes looking around almost like she was nervous.

"He was the only one arrest, wait, how many are there in his gang?" I was curious why only he was taken in if they found others too.

"There's seven members all together, they call themselves 'The Seven Deadly Sins'" She sighed a little, like she was unimpressed by that name. She knew so much information about them but how? Elaine never attended Danafor High as far as I know, and she never talks to anyone here except for Arthur and me. So, the biggest question I had for her,

"Elaine…How do you know all this?" I stared at her as she stared forward away from me. I could tell she was fighting to tell me the truth, but we never hid anything from each other, at least I thought.

"Look Elizabeth, there's something I got to tell you—"

"HEY, MOVE IT OR LOSE IT RICH KID!" Elaine and I both turned our heads and caught a glimpse of a group of kids walking down the hallway. A really tall girl pushed a moderately tall guy out of her way as she strolled past the eyes of everyone. Was this the gang everyone has heard so much about, The Seven Deadly Sins? I could only see six people in the group. 'If that's them…who's missing and why?' They continued their path as I stared at each one trying to remember their faces. I knew I had to speak to at least one, if not, all of them to get the answers I needed. The tall girl wore pig tails in her brown hair. Her school uniform was almost too small for her big frame. She looked mean and I didn't want to get on her way like that boy did. 'Maybe I'll talk to her last…'

I kept looking at the others. Another girl was in the group only she looked different, way different. She was a little shorter than the mean girl, with short black hair and her uniform blouse was unbuttoned to showed off her big chest in a way that all the guys had their eyes on her. It obviously didn't bother her since she was focusing more on the book in her hand. She seemed mysterious with her dark make up and posterior. 'She seems bad but also friendly…maybe I'll talk to her first?'

The rest of the gang were men. One tall guy with white hair that was spiked up. He walked ahead of the group looking like he didn't care to be here at all. 'Is he not wearing a shirt underneath his blazer?!' Sure enough, he was shirtless underneath the uniform blazer making the girls stare in awe. 'He seems full of himself…maybe he's the leader?'

The guy behind him was big and muscular with short brownish blonde hair. With all his muscles he seemed to barely fit into the school uniform. He stayed close to the black hair girl, practically guiding her through the hallway as she read her book. 'Are they a couple? Or maybe he's the muscle in the group? The guy that beats up people, but he seems so…harmless.'

The guy next to the muscles guy looked way out of place. His hair was pink, he wore glasses and he was in full uniform attire. 'Maybe the brains of the group? Or what if they keep him around kind of like a slave?' He looked around the school in what looked like amazement. Staring into classrooms and waving hello to people as they ran away from them. It was odd.

The final guy was the shortest out of them all. His red hair was short, and his physique was scrawny and petite, like Elaine's. He seemed to be looking for something, or someone. By the time I was able to analyze them they were a few steps away from us. I had to know for sure.

"Is that…them?" I asked softly to Elaine staring at each member. Suddenly, the smallest male member walked right up to us.

"Hey Sis, aren't you going to show me around?" His voice came out calm and smooth as he crossed his arms and leaned against the locker on the other side of Elaine. 'Sis…did he say sis?!'

"I'm sure you'll find your way brother," Elaine huffed in what seemed like disappointment, "Besides we're late to class." She walked pasted the boy she referred to as "Brother" clutching her binder and book to her chest. As she walked past him she caught the attention of the tall white hair male member of the group.

"Say Elaine, why not show me around instead? Hmm?" The guy smirked at her as he looked her up and down. 'What's up with this guy does he not realize her brothers right there? Wait… Her brother, is in a gang? What is going on here?!' I could see Elaine was uncomfortable and yet there was a slight blush on her cheeks. She pushed by him and stormed off. I was in a daze until I heard Elaine's so-called brother punch the locker he was once leaning on.

"Ban stay the hell away from my sister you got that?" He looked sternly at the guy known as Ban.

"Come on King have a sense of humor man. Besides, I'd make a great brother-in-law." Ban laughed as he walked away leaving "King" very upset. King rushed up and pushed him from behind, making Ban laugh harder. "Oh no, that hurt so bad, please don't beat me up King" Ban mocked. Suddenly the mysterious girl came up between them and smacked Ban and King with her book.

"You two leave Elaine alone alright, when she's ready to talk to us she will come to us so give her space. This is going to be an adjustment for everyone now come on. We shouldn't be late for our first class." She strolled pasts us with the big muscle man right on her tail.

"Yeah guys, stop being so stupid" The tall girl stuck her tongue out at both guys as she pushed by them, "Come on Gowther!" She grabbed the Pink hair guy's hand and pulled him down the hall with her. He looked puzzled at the commotion but didn't say anything.

"Wait, Diane! Wait for me!" King chased after the tall girl and other boy leaving the white hair boy known as Ban still standing near me. He finally turned to notice that I was still there watching the whole time.

"Hey, your friends with Elaine, right?" My body began to shake with nerves. This guy, possibly a gang member, possibly a person who could tell me more about the fire, was talking to me. I couldn't find my words, so I shook my head 'Yes'. "Good to know, I'll catch you later Ms. …?" He was asking for my name.

"E…Elizabeth" I stuttered. He didn't seem mean or vicious but there was something a bit off about him. He smiled at me and nodded his head.

"Ms. Elizabeth, pleasure to meet you, I'm Ban" He bowed to me before strolling away.

I shook my head in disbelief. 'What in the world was that?!' For almost two years Elaine and I have been best friends and yet she never once mentioned her brother. I quickly started walking towards my first class. I had so many questions for Elaine. Would she answer them, and more importantly would she tell me more about this gang? The bell rang as I picked up my pace. 'Great…I'm late!'


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The gangs all here...except one is missing... ;) Will we find out who it is next chapter?

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