"Talking"

'thinking'

"Spells"

Disclaimer: I do not own either Fairy Tail or the Seven Deadly Sins

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Chapter 7:

The fox sin of greed, Ban

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Baste Prison

When the two guards posted at Ban's cell were told of that they got the job of guarding Ban, they weren't thrilled. And right now, seeing the prisoner they were meant to guard standing out of his cell looking at them scared them to the core.

"Come on answer my question." Said Ban confusing the guards.

"What do you mean?" Asked the first guard.

"What I mean is that new member you were talking about." Answered Ban as he started to take the spikes out of him, as he then glared at them. "And I better hear the truth."

The two guard took a step back in fear as they drew their swords, but knew it was ponitless.

"We know next to nothing about her." Said the first guard as he hoped this may spare them. "All we know is she uses some magic to summon weird creatures and that a holy knight was caught off guard by her."

Hearing that Ban hummed to himself. "So, the captain been recruiting then."

"What are you two doing?" Asked a feminine voice making the three to look at it's source.

Walking toward them was a young female knight with lavender/sliver hair with amber eyes and a slim build. She had some of her hair swept over the left side of her face with a ponytail in the back. She wore a black coat over her amour that has a cross on the left side and a larger one on the back. Underneath the coat she wore basic amour with metal gauntlets covered her arms, while metals greaves and sabatons covered her legs and feet. On her side she carried a sword.

"Lord Jericho!" Cried the first knight as Jericho walked pass them.

"It's an emergency! Ban broke out!" The other knight explained things to Jericho.

Jericho eyed Ban as Ban looked bored. "The deadly sin Ban. I don't know how you got out of your cell, but hurry up and get back in." Threated Jericho as Ban didn't care.

"Hey brat, shouldn't you watch your attitude when you're talking to a hero?" Asked Ban as he stroked his beard.

"You dare address an apprentice holy knight as 'brat' huh?" Asked Jericho as she wasn't amused. "For a half-dead criminal, you've sure got a lively mouth.

She then turned to the guards. "Send this message to lord Golguis! A prisoner broke out of his cell and resisted, so Jericho had no choice but to kill him." Said Jericho.

"Yes, sir." The two guards said a they quickly left the room, knowing what was coming.

Jericho then rushed at Ban as she drew her sword. Then with a flurry of moves she cut him as Ban cried out. And then just as fast she was behind Ban as she put her blade away.

"Did I cut it too short." Said Ban as Jericho turned around in shock to see that none of her swings hit him. Instead all she did was give him a shave as he lost his beard and his hair was now short and spiky.

Jericho could only look at him in shock as Ban continued. "Well it feels refreshing, so I guess it's alright. You have a lot of talent… as a hairdresser." He told her with a grin.

"Im…impossible! You dodge my blade despite having wounds all over your body!?" Said Jericho in shock.

"Wounds?" Asked Ban in confusion, as he looked over his body. "What wounds?"

It was then Jericho saw it, somehow all his injuries were gone. "No way… you just had steel spikes sticking through your limbs!" Jericho said to herself out loud, as she tried to figure out how he did it.

"Remember this well brat. This is what you call a wound. Got it?" Said Ban as he pointed to a scar on the left side of his neck that went from the bottom of his neck to his jaw. "The wound he gave me, is a special case though."

Hearing that made Jericho worry as Ban grinned at her. "By the way that's some nice amour you have." Ban told her with a grin on his face as he stepped closer to her.

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The Sins location

At the same time Meliodas and the others were making sure Elizabeth was fine, as Virgo was checking her over.

"She will be fine, hime." Said Virgo as she finished putting some bandages on her and went back to the spirt realm.

Hearing that made Lucy feel better. "I shouldn't have sent her off like that." Lucy said to herself as she felt reasonable for Elizabeth's current state.

Meliodas heard her as he felt conflicted about this. On one hand he was mad as Lucy for sending Elizabeth off on her own, even if Lucy had armed her and even sent Hawk with her. On the other hand, he was glad things worked out. Lucy defeated a holy knight on her own and if it wasn't for Elizabeth who know what could have happened to him and Diane.

He then put a hand on Lucy's shoulder. "You did the right thing." He told her. "The hardest part of being a leader is sending people out and then finding out they got hurt or worse."

Hearing that Lucy nodded as she couldn't help but notice the tone of voice he used when he talked about sending people out on their own. Almost like he had done it a million times before. Another question to ask him later.

Lucy then saw her whip nearby and went and got it. She then turned to the others. "So, what now?" She asked them.

"They know where we are, and we got injured here too." Said Meliodas as he had a hand to his chin in thought.

"Then we should get out of here now!" Said Hawk as he was worried about Elizabeth.

"But what about Ban?" Asked Diane as they were so close to getting him.

"I'll get Elizabeth out of here." Said Lucy as she felt this was her fault. "You two should act like Fairy Tail mages and get Ban."

Hearing that confused Diane. "How do Fairy Tail mages act?" She asked Lucy.

Hearing that Lucy grinned. "Easy on a job like this, not only do we get our man, we also destroy the building he's being held in."

Hearing that Meliodas also grinned. "I would love to meet your friends one day." He told her as he got behind that plan.

"Wait." Said Elizabeth weakly as everyone turned to her. "Take me with you."

Hearing that no one knew what to say as Diane then kneed down and took off her backpack.

"Diane what are you doing?" Asked Lucy not sure what she was doing.

"I'm bring her along." Said Diane as she opened her pack and gently placed Elizabeth inside.

As Meliodas watched this he nodded as Elizabeth had shown them her determination. At the same time Lucy watched as she didn't feel good about this, but at the same time she and her freinds have moved on while greatly injured as that helped calm her nerves.

With Elizabeth safely secured in Diane's backpack the four of them turned to the prison.

"So, where do we start looking?" Asked Lucy as they started to head towards the prison.

Meliodas thought about it before answering. "Well since they know we're here they probably said something near Ban and he most likely broke out and is now roaming the halls by now." Said Meliodas as Lucy looked at him like he was crazy.

"That makes sense." Agreed Diane as Hawk now had the same look as Lucy.

"But he's a prisoner! How could he get out?" Asked Lucy trying to understand their reasoning.

Meliodas turned to her and grinned. "Naw, Ban probably got bored and let himself get captured. And now that we're here he's most likely looking for us." He told her.

'What type of person is Ban?' Lucy asked herself before speaking out loud. "Are you sure?"

"Yup." Said both Meliodas and Diane at the same time.

Lucy and Hawk looked at each other in disbelief as they continued on.

At the same time Ban was checking out the amour he stole from Jericho. Behind him was the last of the weird fangs, as his amour was destroyed, and he was bleeding all over the place.

Ban looked back at him with a grin on his face. "Told you I let you capture me." He told him as he then tossed Jericho's amour away.

"Too small for me." Ban said to himself as he wandered the prison as he then sneezed.

"Someone must be talking about me." Ban said to himself as he wondered when Meliodas and the others would show up. But he did wonder why he hasn't run into any other guards in this place. But he didn't care as he continued to walk around.

Outside the prison Meliodas and his group had just arrived and found a door large enough for Diane to enter from.

"It sure is empty here." Said Diane as they entered the prison.

"It's probably because their boss went flying." Meliodas told her as he casually walked in the prison.

"What a cowardly bunch." Said Hawk.

But what they ddin't know was everyone in the prison had evacuated and were on standby nearby.

"The entry of the sins, Meliodas and Diane, is confirmed." Said Jericho who was wearing new amour, after Ban stole her pervious set.

Just the thought of Ban made her blood boil as not only did he steal hear amour, he left her in her underwear in the middle of the hall where she didn't know how may guards saw her. The next time she sees him she vows to kill him.

"What are your orders lord Golgius?" Asked Jericho as she turned to Golguis. Golguis amour still had several dents on it from his fight with Lucy. But he now knows not to underestimate that girl and the next time they meet he will defeat her. But for now, he has to focus on the task at hand.

"I must say I'm impressed by the strength of the sins and their ally, to defeat the weird fangs. However, that strength has invited your agonizing death." Said Golguis as he held up a small ball with a weird symbol on it.

"That's the incantation ball." Said Jericho unsure what his plan is.

"Correct. It's an incantation to trigger the trap." Golguis told her as he then smashed the ball into the ground. Then from the broken ball a weird energy came out of it as it then surrounded the prison.

"Lord Golgius, this is?!" Asked Jericho in shock as she had never seen anything like it before.

"This is the counter trap for the seven deadly sins, eternal seal spell!" Explained Golguis with pride in his voice.

"It was a last resort, in case we couldn't stop the seven deadly sins from breaking in. Even ten tyrant dragons couldn't destroy this magical containment barrier." Golguis further explained shocking those around him.

"Ty.. Tyrant dragons!?" Cried out Jericho in shock and fear. "Those wild uncontrollable monsters that could level a town on their own… and ten of them!?"

"In other words, there is only one path left for them. And that is to rot away in agony inside that sealed caged!" Boasted Golguis as he felt nothing will ever get out of that cage.

Meanwhile in the prison Lucy and the Sins didn't know about the spell placed on prison.

"So, what type of person is Ban anyway?" Asked Lucy as she was curious about the person they were saving.

"He a passionate guy, who act on his desires." Said Meliodas as he thought about it.

"He's also a thief." Added Diane shocking Lucy.

"A thief!" Cried Lucy as her hand went to cover her keys.

"Yeah, his magic is called snatch. It allows him to take stuff and even other people energy." Explained Meliodas as he added something. "You best keep an eye on your keys, or else he'll take them. And then good luck getting them back."

Lucy looked at Meliodas with wide eyes as she wondered why he let Ban onto his team.

But her thoughts changed as they heard footsteps in front of them. Hearing this everyone got ready as they thought it could be an enemy. When the person got closer Meliodas relaxed as he knew who it was.

"Ban." Said Meliodas as Ban stood before them

"Captain." Said Ban in surprise.

Soon the two men started to walk towards each other.

"Uh… they were just reunited, but what's with this atmosphere." Said Hawk as he shivered. "I got a bad feeling about this."

"Correct." Said Diane as she sat down. "You two should get behind me."

"Why?" Asked Lucy confused, as she wondered if they were going to fight each other.

"Ban!" Cried out Meliodas in joy.

"Captain!" Cried out Ban in joy as well.

The two then rushed over and started a game of paddy cake, but unlike a normal version these two were going at high speeds.

"What… what is this?" Asked Lucy as she had never seen anything like this before.

"This is pretty normal for them." Said Diane as Lucy and Hawk looked at her in surprise.

"Captain." Said Ban with a smile on his face as he brought his hands together and slammed them into Meliodas. Meliodas then went flying through several walls.

Meliodas easily got up from the assault as Ban was grinning.

"Come on Captain." Said Ban as he was still grinning as he was jumping up and down in joy.

Meliodas then charged at Ban as he nailed Ban in the stomach as Ban went flying through several walls as well.

"What the hell!?" Yelled both Lucy and Hawk in shock as they witness the two throwing each other through walls.

"Just let them be." Was all Diane said as she had seen this plenty of times by now.

At the same time Ban and Meliodas slowly made their way to each other as they laughed. Soon the two stood before the others with grins on their faces.

"The hell? I thought you'd be sluggish by now, but…." Said Ban as he trailed off.

"You seem pretty energetic!" Complemented Meliodas as he dusted himself off.

The two grasped the others hand as they then fell to the floor in an arm wrestle position.

"Ready, GO!" They both said at the same time as the ground and walls around them started to break from the force the two were giving out.

"What's going on!?" Asked an alarmed Hawk as he jumped into Diane arms in confusion.

"Those two have always been like this." Diane said off handily as she didn't care about the building breaking apart. "Really men are so childish."

As Lucy looked on as the two arm wrestled as she saw Gray and Natsu fighting each other. But at the same time she felt that those two didn't hold a candle to Meliodas and Ban for some reason.

'I wonder who would win in a fight Meliodas or Natsu?' Thought Lucy as she couldn't tell. While Natsu would have an advantage with his flames, Meliodas would have the advantage in strength.

Then to her and Hawks shock the walls, floor and ceiling started to break for the force the two were sending out.

"The floor, the walls, the ceiling it's all coming down!" Cried Hawk as he avoided the falling ceiling and rocks as they all fell down.

"Those two have always been like this." Said Diane in a reminiscent tone as she wasn't bothered by this. "Really men are so Childish."

Hearing that Lucy's eyes bulged out. "Are they even human!?" She cried out as a small part of her wondered if that was the case for Meliodas.

"Our record was 361 wins out of 720, my favor, right?" Said Ban as the two continued on like nothing was happening.

"Ban are you sleep talking?" Asked Meliodas with a grin. "I'm the one with 361 wins!"

"No way that was me!" Argued Ban as they continued to fall.

"What is wrong with you two!?" Yelled Lucy as she and Hawk hanged onto Diane for safety.

Outside the prison Golguis was walking away to report back to his superiors when they heard a creaking noise. Turning around to his shock the prison was breaking apart.

"Impossible!" Cried out both Golguis and Jericho as they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Seeing this the men surrounding the prison ran for their lives as Golguis and Jericho did the same as they didn't want to get crushed.

Inside the ruble of the prison, Lucy and Sins were ok. They just had some scraps and dust on them.

'Thank good Diane, took most of that.' Thought Lucy as she stepped away from Diane who was no worse for ware as Hawk followed her.

"Oh. It's dusk already. No wonder I was starting to get hungry." Said Diane as if nothing had happened as Lucy and Hawk looked at her like she was crazy.

Nearby both Ban and Meliodas got up as their landing caused their match to end as a rock forced their hands apart.

"Anyway… well… I'm happy to see you again captain." Ban said with a grin as he laid on some debris comfortably.

Hearing that Meliodas smiled as they now had three sins, including himself, plus Merlin knows they were gathering. So, all thing considered they were doing great. And next they were going to get King.

At the same time Lucy was looking at Meliodas as her questions about him have reached the point where she needs answers. And she was going to get them one way or another.

So Ban has rejoins the Sins. And Lucy questions for Meliodas has reached the point where she wants answers. But will she get her answers? And if she does will she be able to handle them?

Find out next time. Until then.

Also, on another note I'm sure some of you are thinking I'm favoriting the Sins over the fairies when I said that Natsu and Gray didn't hold a candle to Meliodas and Ban. But let me ask you this, has Natsu or Gary ever destroy a building, a large as Baste prison before in one of their fights? Because I can't think of a time.

And one last thing, who do you think would win in a fight? Natsu before he got trapped in the fairy sphere or Meliodas at the start of the Seven deadly sins series?