"Talking"
'thinking'
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Chapter 18:
The calm
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Sins Location
When this day first started none of the Sins thought they would fight a group of Holy Knights, and then find not one, but two members of their team. But standing next to Meliodas and the others was Gowther and floating before everyone was Merlin.
"Master." Said Tiffany as she never thought she would show up here of all places. Merlin heard her as she looked at Tiffany.
"Tiffany, it's been a long time. I've seen you grown both psychically and mentally. I saw your Perfect cube." Praised Merlin as Tiffany beamed with pride as Merlin then frowned at her.
"But I can't believe what you've done." Said Merlin as Tiffany took a step back in fear.
"What do you mean?" Asked Tiffany as she wasn't sure what Merlin meant.
"Demon blood." Was all Merlin said as Tiffany and her team were surprised, that she somehow knew about that.
"Captain what is she talking about?" Asked Gowther confused as King was equally confused. At the same time Ban got very interested.
"What do you mean Merlin?" Asked Tiffany trying to play it cool, but she was starting to sweat.
"I know what you did, and I know what's going to happen to all of you." Merlin told them making them confused.
"Tiffany, what is she talking about?" Asked Vladimir as even though Merlin is a traitor, she is one of the smartest people around.
Tiffany just stood there for a moment before answering. "I'm not sure what she's talking about."
Hearing that Merlin just sighed. "Tiffany I've never had a student like you before, but you're playing with forces you know nothing about." Merlin warned her, but it fell of deaf ears.
"We're leaving and taking Dale's body with us." Said Tiffany as she then glared at Lucy.
Lucy then felt something go by her as her ponytail was cut off. Lucy and the others watched as Lucy's blond hair fell to the ground. Everyone looked at Tiffany even her own team as well confused by the action.
"If you ever call me that again. I'll cut your head off." Threatened Tiffany and before anyone could say anything she and her team along with Dale's body vanished.
Seeing that they were alone King spoke up voicing everyone's question.
"What was that about?" He asked as Merlin floated over to them.
"It's been a while, Merlin." Greeted Meliodas.
"It has captain, everyone." Said Merlin as her eyes landed on Lucy.
"And you must be Lucy." Said Merlin as she wanted to meet her.
"Yes." Said Lucy as she was a little worried by the look Merlin was giving her and still in shock about her hair.
"Good." Said Merlin as she walked over to Lucy making her worried. "I have a few questions for you. How does magic work in your world? Are the magics of your world and ours similar in anyway? Have you tried to learn any of the magics from this world or teach yours to us?"
Hearing that Lucy didn't know what to say as she wasn't expecting that. The other Sins were somewhat surprised as they knew how much Merlin liked to know things and a whole knew world of magic would be too irresistible for her.
"Let's head back to the others and Lucy can tell you there." Suggested Meliodas as he saw Lucy go and pick up her sword.
She just stood there as she looked at Dale's blood on it. Lucy had never seen anyone kill themselves before. She might have been willing to sacrifice herself in the past. But this was different. She then felt a hand on her shoulder. Thinking it was Meliodas she turned around but was surprised to see Gowther there.
"It was his choice. He'd rather die human then live as a monster." Gowther told her as Lucy closed her eyes and wished there was another way.
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Liones, Unknown location
In a secret lab somewhere in Liones Tiffany and her team suddenly appeared. Asher, Roxy, and Vladmir all looked at each other as they weren't expecting Tiffany to act like that. Roxy and Vladmir looked at Asher, who gave them a look.
"Go on." Whispered Roxy as Vladmir was behind her.
Sighing Asher walked over to the still fuming Tiffany.
"Tiffany." Started Asher as Tiffany turned to her as she had an angry look on her face.
"Are you ok?" Asked Asher as he braced himself for anything.
Tiffany took a deep breath before answering him. "I am now." She told him.
"I don't think so." Said Roxy quietly but Tiffany heard her.
"And what does that mean?" Asked Tiffany with a frown.
"Well, you did cut that dead girl's hair and threaten her." Answered Roxy scared.
"She called me stupid." Was all Tiffany said as she frowned.
The three shared a look as they knew Tiffany hates being called stupid. She's ok when someone correct her or states a mistake she made. But she hates being called stupid. Add in Merlin talking down to her, it made sense why she attacked Lucy like that.
Asher then turned to Dale's body and sighed.
"What do we do with Dale?" He asked Tiffany curious.
"We bury him." Answered Tiffany surprising Vladmir a bit.
"We will?" Vladmir asked Tiffany.
"Yes, there's nothing we can learn from his body, and it was our fault this happened. The least we can do is give him a proper burial." Answered Tiffany as she wished Dale didn't kill himself.
"What of his children?" Asked Asher as that was a difficult question. The kingdom labelled Dale as traitor for something that didn't truly happen. And because of that his children were made to suffer.
"If we tell them, it could lead to them accidently talking about it. And that could lead to questions regarding everything. And we can't afford that at this stage." Tiffany told them as they could see the regret on his face.
"Very well." Said Asher as he and the others left.
Tiffany sat down as Lucy's word rang through her head. And it made her wonder if she was right. If she was sealing someone, she'd make sure the stronger ones were sealed. But even if that was case all species share similar weaknesses, and they made sure to learn all of them. Lucy didn't know what she was talking about.
So why did Tiffany have a feeling of dread in the back of her head.
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Boar Hat
Back with the Sins Meliodas's group returned to the Boar Hat with Gowther and Merlin in tow. When the others saw them Diana was surprised to see both Gowther and Merlin with them as Grimoire felt his legs get weak from seeing six of the seven Deadly Sins together.
"Hey we're back." Greeted Meliodas as he waved to the others.
"Your back." Said Elizabeth as she was worried for them. That was when she noticed Lucy's hair.
"Lucy what happened to your hair?" Asked Elizabeth confused and worried for her friend.
Lucy put a hand to her now short hair and sighed. "I said the wrong thing to the wrong person." Lucy told her as she wasn't worried about her hair.
"You didn't say the wrong thing Lucy, you said the right things to her." Said Merlin as everyone was getting confused.
"What do you mean Merlin?" Asked Diane confused. Merlin looked at everyone as the were waiting for her answer.
"With the information that Meliodas and Lucy was able to provide me and from what I saw today, I believe I know what may be going on." Merlin told everyone as she continued.
"I believe that somehow the Holy knights have gotten hold of demon blood." Started Merlin as Veronica cut in.
"Demon blood? Why is that important?" Veronica asked Merlin confused.
"Because demon blood when used right it can give the user immense strength and magic. But the death rate is high. Though with Tiffany helping them I wouldn't be surprised that rate had lowered." Answered Merlin.
"Wait, then it makes sense now!" Said Grimoire as things made sense for him.
"What do you mean Grimoire?" Asked Elizabeth curious.
"The new generation! How they got so powerful so fast and why their numbers have increased so much lately." Grimoire told them as Meliodas wondered something.
"When did this start?" He asked Grimoire as he thought about it.
"Around eight or so years ago, I believe. That was when the first apprentice knight gained such power and others started to vanish." Said Grimoire as they felt the Sins anger.
"They got rid of us just to do this." Stated Meliodas as his anger was growing.
"Then why do they want to release the demon clan then?" Asked Lucy as she knew how Ban and Meliodas would react.
"Wait they want to do what?!" Asked Diane in disbelief.
Hearing that did make everyone wonder why? None of this made sense. Why go to war with a sealed clan.
"There is one thing everyone should know. There is another problem when one drinks and survives demon blood." Said Merlin with a grim look on her face.
"What is it?" Asked Grimoire worried about his fellow Holy knights.
"The blood can either naturally or forcible turn the person into a demon." Said Merlin as no one said anything.
That was a shock to hear to say the least, but for Grimoire it made sense. How people in the new generation changed into uncaring people who enjoyed others misery.
"Wait!" Said Veronica as she was having a hard time keeping up. "Then why hasn't Hendrickson or Dreyfus stepped in? One of them should have seen this happening?"
Hearing that the Sins already knew the answer. Either one or both of them were responsible for this. But with the looks of worry and dread on both princesses faces they said nothing.
"Well then there's only one thing to do now." Said Meliodas with a grin. "Let's have a party for Gowther and Merlin's return."
Hearing that the others agreed and soon the food and drinks were out. Soon the party was in full swing as Veronica stood there confused.
"Why are they doing this now?" She asked herself confused as Grimoire heard her.
"It's because the battles coming will be hard. This may be the last peaceful break we'll have for some time." Grimoire told her told as he took a sip of his beer.
Elizabeth heard them as she mentally agreed with him. She turned to where she saw lucy and was surprised to see a man with her. And judging by his weird clothes he must be one of her spirts.
This spirt was a male human. He wore a blue strip shirt and black pants. On his right side on his pants, he has a ring chain and on his left, he has hairdresser tools. Around his neck he wore a gold necklace and over his eye he wore green lens sunglasses. But the two things that stood out for him and that was his hair was breaded in red rows and on the top of head his hair was styled in crab claws. The next thing was on his back was crab legs, three on each side. This was Cancer.
Elizabeth then noticed that this spirt was working on Lucy's hair. Curious Elizabeth walked over to Lucy.
"Lucy who is this?" Asked Elizabeth curious.
Hearing her Lucy looked over at Elizabeth. "This is Cancer. He's a gold key spirt." Lucy told her with a smile.
"Done ebi." Said Cancer as he walked away from Lucy and Elizabeth saw Lucy's hair was back to normal.
"Thanks Cancer." Said Lucy as she stood up and put a hand through her hair. That was when she saw the confused look on Elizabeth's face.
"Cancer here is an expert on hair." Lucy Elizabeth who looked at her hair a bit.
'I could use a trim.' She thought to herself as the other Sins joined them.
"So, you have your own personal hair dresser?" Asked Ban with a grin.
"He doesn't seem like he would be good in a fight." Added King as he failed to see how Cancer could fight.
"Cutting hair does not seem like it would be effective in battle." Agreed Gowther as he did wonder where this weird man came from.
"Oh yeah?" Asked Lucy as she looked at Cancer who pulled out to pairs of scissors.
He then rushed pass the three as they then saw their hair was gone and they were bald. Ban and King were shocked by how fast it happened, while Gowther wondered if it was an illusion or something like that.
Ban and King then felt someone pat their heads. Turning around they saw Lucy there grinning at them.
"Still say he's weak?" Asked Lucy as her grin never left her face.
"Oh, I see." Said Meliodas. "You use him to distract grunts with shaving their heads. And while they wonder about their hair you attack them."
Lucy just smiled as the others were snickering at the three bald Sins.
"Lucy please tell me you can give us back our hair?" Asked King worried as he didn't want to be bald for who knows how long.
"Sure. Cancer." Said Lucy as Cancer had his scissors ready.
"Leave it to me ebi." Said Cancer.
"Sure and make sure you give me long flowing hair that reaches my lower back." Joked Ban as he doubted Cancer could do it.
"Ok, ebi.' Said Cancer as he got to work.
When Cancer was done, Ban got the hair he wanted as his right eye twitched. Seeing this caused the others to laugh as it was quiet the sight.
"Nice hair Ban." Said King with a grin as Cancer was putting his hair back to normal.
Hearing that Ban frowned as it then turned into a grin. Seeing this made King nervous as that was never a good sign.
"Hey everyone! Get a load of this!" Yelled Ban as everyone looked over to Ban.
"Can you believe it? Gowther decided who King was based on his body odor!" Ban told everyone as King blushed.
The next thing King knew he had Diane, Lucy, Elizabeth, Hawk, Veronica, and Merlin giving him a smell. They then all agreed that he smelled sweet, like flowers. Hearing this caused King to switch to his fat form.
Seeing this they smelled him again. But this time they took a step back as he had a foul smell to him. Like sweat or something musky. Hearing that King changed back into his other form and wanted to die.
"Don't worry about it." Said Ban and Hawk together making King even worse.
"I could do a study on this." Said Merlin with a smirk.
"Why just me! It's unfair!" Yelled King as he got into Gowther's face.
"Did I do something wrong?" Asked Gowther confused.
"Yeah you did! Do something about this unbearable atmosphere!" Demanded King.
"Understood." Said Gowther as he looked at Diane and Ban. He then used his spell Search light on them.
"Diane, you conceal your true height by lying that are 29 feet tale when you are in fact 30 feet." Said Gowther as Diane blushed hard.
"Furthermore…" Started Gowther only for Diane's fist to come down on him.
"You're so mean! You're so mean! Stupid Gowther! You can't reveal a lady's secret like that!" Cried out Diane as the other girls agreed with her 100%.
When Diane was finished Gowther was somehow still intact as he slowly crawled out of the hole he was in.
"That was painful. And as for Ban." Said Gowther as he slowly got up.
"12 years ago, at the maiden castle of Edinburg, you got drunk on a mission against a group of vampires." Started Gowther as the other Sins remembered that mission as Ban started a drink.
"In particular you used physical hunt to rob Diane and King of their strength and were rolling on the ground laughing as they struggled in battle. Furthermore, you did a hundred thousand push-ups with the additional strength and slept like a rock afterwards." Finished Gowther as Ban spit out his drink as wasn't expecting Gowther to spill that.
Ban then felt both Diane's and King's blood lush as the two stood behind him. Both were understandably pissed off at Ban and ready to pay him back.
"Hmmm, no wonder I didn't have any strength even though I didn't feel sick or anything." Said Diana as she never understood what happened that time.
"Come on that was 12 years ago. Don't get mad." Said Ban hoping they wouldn't get mad.
The next thing Ban knew he was in Diana's hand and the next thing he knew she was squeezing him. Ban's blood went flying out of the creaks in Diane's hand. Ban then burst out of Diane's hand thankful for his immortality.
Seeing this made Lucy chuckle as it made her think of the guild. That was when Elizabeth got an idea.
"Gowther." Said Elizabeth gaining the Sin's attention.
"Yes princess?" Asked Gowther.
"You can check a person memoires, but can you share someone's memoires?" Asked Elizabeth as everyone understood where she was going with this.
"I can." Gowther told her as Elizabeth turned to Lucy.
"Lucy… can we see your memoires of the adventures you went on with Fairy Tail?" Elizabeth asked her hoping Lucy would say yes.
Lucy thought about it and saw nothing wrong with it, but she was curious about a couple of things.
"Sure, but Gowther can you just select the missions I think of?" Asked Lucy as she didn't want them to see her in the bath or something like that.
"Easily." Said Gowther as that was child's play for him.
"Also, since I'm not from this world will it work on me?" Asked Lucy curious.
That made Gowther think for a moment. "I think so. Since your human, most humans have the same type of mind set so there should be no problem."
"Ok, do it." Said Lucy as she was thinking about certain adventures.
Gowther nodded as he fired his Search light at Lucy gathering those memories. Then with his Broadcast move he shared them with the others.
Everyone watched in their minds as Lucy first meet Natsu and Happy and almost got captured and put into slavery. And how Natsu save her and took down the slavery ring along with a port city. He then took her to Fairy Tail.
Next they saw the formation of team Natsu where Lucy, Natsu, Happy, Gray, and Erza fought a dark guild called Eisenwald who wanted to use a cursed item called Lullaby. Anyone who heard the sound it played would die. They fought and defeated Eisenwald, only to find out Lullaby was somehow alive and turned into a giant monster. But it was quickly taken down by Natsu, Gray and Erza.
Then they saw how Natsu and Happy stole a S-class job when they weren't allowed to. The job was to help a cursed island. On the way there Gray joined/got kidnapped by them. Once there they found out the one reasonable for the whole situation was Gray's former fellow student Lyon. His goal was to free a demon their master, who used her very life force to power the spell, froze in a block of ice. When Lyon found out about them being there he ordered the village destroyed. Lucy fought with a girl named Sherry who magic allowed her to take control of anything other then humans. And that included Lucy's spirts. During the fight Lucy learnt how to force close her gates. And with Aquarius help she defeated Sherry, only to be almost crushed by a giant rat. But then Erza arrived saving her as she came to take them back. But they refused to, saying they had a job to finish. In the end Lyon was defeated and the island inhabitants were free from the curse.
When they returned they found their guild was destroyed. The ones who did it were a legal guild called Phantom Lord. The two guilds had a bad history. But Fairy Tail's master Makarov refused to act. But then Levy and her team were attack and hung up for display. Seeing this Fairy Tail went and attacked Phantom, while Lucy stayed behind to watch over her friend. It turned out Lucy was the reason for the attack in the first place. Her father put out a job to get her back and Phantom used it as an excuse to attack. Lucy was more then willing to give herself up, but the others refused to let her and fought for her. After a heated battle between Natsu and Gajeel, Fairy Tail won. And Lucy went home and told her father to leave her alone or face the consequences.
They then saw Team Natsu relaxing at a resort only to be attacked by Erza's old friends. They kidnapped Erza and the other went to rescue her. There they found out about Erza dark past. Lucy and Juvia then fought together against a mage called Taka who used his magic to turn Juvia into his minion. Lucy was able to free Juvia and the two defeated Taka. But in doing so they took themselves out of the fight. Everyone saw the tower of Heaven be form and destroyed.
When they returned home they were welcomed to a new guild. It was also time for the Magnolia harvest festival. They saw Lucy taking part of the Miss Fairy Tail competition. But when it was Lucy's turn another mage called Evergreen did something to her and everything went black. Soon they saw Lucy's memories again as she and the other girls were turned to stone and held hostage by Laxus. He wanted to gain control of guild and as such was staging a coup. With losing his hostages he then activated a spell called the thunder places where giant orbs appeared around the town. And after a certain amount of time would destroy Magnolia. And to make it worse if they tried to destroy the orbs, they had link magic on them causing the person who destroyed them to get badly hurt. Lucy headed out hoping to help the others when she found Bickslow one of Laxus followers. He stole Lucy's keys, but Loke appeared on his own and the two defeated him with their trust and teamwork. Then she and the others of the guild worked to together to destroy the thunder place saving the town. In the end Laxus was defeated and cast out of the guild for what he did.
The next memory was interesting as it was a multi-guild operation to take down a powerful dark guild called Oracion Seis. There were four guilds that joined forces, but when they first meet the enemy they were all defeated. And worst Happy and Wendy were capture and Erza badly poisoned. It was then they found out Orcaion Seis goal. The magic of reversal Nirvana. Nirvana could change a person's nature making a good person evil and vice versa. Learning this they couldn't let Oracion Seis get it and set out to stop them. Lucy then fought with Angel a fellow Celestial spirt user. Angel was the opposite of Lucy. Where Lucy fought with her spirts and cared for her, Angel would throw them away without a second thought. It was during this fight Lucy gained Urano Metria and defeated Angel. The memory changed to what members were still able to fight were on Nirvana but were beaten up by enemy's true leader. In the end all Lucy was able to do was destroy on of six power cores to stop Nirvana.
Next they literally saw Lucy's guild get sucked into the sky along with everyone in it. The only reason Lucy didn't join them was because her spirt Horologium saved her. Lucy then saw everything in Magnolia was gone. Lucy then meet with Fairy Tail's most mysterious member Mystogan who told her that another world called Edolas and how they were stealing this world magic to power their own since magic wasn't in huge supply over there. He then gives her a pill that will allow her to use her magic over there. Once there Lucy meet up with Natsu and Wendy and herself. It turns out there was a counterpart for everyone on the two worlds. The group then headed to the king's castle to save everyone. That was when things got a little crazy. They were captured and it was revealed that the talking cats Happy and Carla were a race called Exceed's, that came from that world. Then it turned out the King was going to use the magic he stole from Earth land to attack the Exceed homeland. It then turned into a war not only to save their friends, but to save the Exceed's as well. After a long-fought battle, they saved everyone and it turned out Mystogan was the prince from Edolas who went to Earth land to stop his father.
When they came to the next memory, things were weird. Everything was static making it hard to see or hear. From what they could tell Lucy was helping Cana in the S-class promotion exams, but they got attacked by Grimoire heart. They were able to fend them off. But that was when everything became clear. As they were recovering from the attack, they were attacked by the black dragon Acnologia. They all watched as Makarov told them to run as he held the dragon off, but everyone came back to help. But no matter what they did nothing affected Acnologia almost like he was immune to magic. In the end they al held hands as Acnologia unleashed a powerful attack on island. When Lucy came to, she was in the Celestial spirt realm getting her mission.
Everyone came to their senses as the last of Lucy's memoires finished playing before them. A lot of them were impressed with her.
"Wait those talking cats were from another world!" Cried out Hawk as he startled the others.
"Hawk, where were you?" Asked Elizabeth as she hadn't seen him in a bit.
"Getting your booze." Hawk stated bluntly as his eyes went wide.
"What if I'm from another world?" He asked himself out loud. Hearing that caused Meliodas and Ban to laugh at the idea. But Merlin eyed the talking pig with a curious look.
"Gowther what happened with that last memory? It was hard to see or listen to it." Asked Diane as it was hard to watch until that dragon appeared. Gowther thought about it before he asked her.
"I think that dragon was the cause. It presence was so great to Lucy it caused the rest of the memories to be like they were." Said Gowther as Elizabeth looked over at Lucy like things made sense to her.
"Elizabeth are you ok?" Asked Veronica confused.
"Yes. It's just when we first meet Lucy, she had terrible nightmares and would wake up screaming. She wouldn't talk to us about it. But after seeing that dragon I understand." Said Elizabeth as she knew she do the same.
Hearing the talk of the dragon all the Sins and Grimoire all thought about it, and how all those people were attacking it, and nothing happened. It made them wonder how they fair against it.
"Meliodas." Started Lucy nervous. "Do you think the Seven Deadly Sins could defeat Acnologia?"
Hearing that no one said anything as that was a good question.
"I don't know." Admitted Meliodas as he's never seen anything like Acnologia before. How magic seemed to bounce right off him. And there was no telling how physically strong it was either. So there was no telling how strong it was.
"Lucy that magic from Nirvana, did you ever look into it?" Asked Merlin as a magic that swapped good and evil was one of a kind.
"No. that sort of magic is best left forgotten." Said Lucy as the others agreed with her.
"True, but its an interesting idea." Agreed Merlin as the danger outweigh the benefits.
"Still I thought you were joking about the motion sickness for that pink hair guy." Said Ban as that was the lamest weakness he ever saw.
"There are day's I don't believe it either." Admitted Lucy as it was a pain.
Soon everyone was talking about Lucy's memories as the Sins stepped to the side for a quick meeting.
"Before we get started." Started Meliodas as he looked at Gowther and Merlin. "Do either of you know where Escanor is?"
"I'm sorry but I do not." Said Gowther as he had no idea where anyone was.
"I lost track of him a few years ago." Said Merlin plainly as this surprised them.
"Wait! You lost track of him, does that mean you were keeping taps on us?" Asked King confused and surprised.
"Yes, but when some of you stopped moving after a certain amount of time, I left you alone." Answered Merlin as the Sins looked at each other as that was just like Merlin.
"Ok then. Going forward with the six of us here, we should be able to handle whatever the Holy Knights throw at us." Said Meliodas as their chances increased with Gowther and Merlin rejoining them.
"I'm afraid captain I'm leaving for a while." Said Merlin surprising them again.
"But why Merlin?" Asked Diane as she couldn't understand why.
"I have obligations elsewhere right now. But don't worry I will return shortly." Said Merlin as the others accepted that. Merlin was always doing her own things, but she was there when they need her. So they didn't press her on it, but it did make King think of something.
"Merlin, do you know where Meliodas and Ban's scared treasure are?" He asked her as Merlin thought about it.
"I may." Was all Merlin said as King sighed as he knew Merlin and Gowther would still have their treasures.
"Merlin, can we talk in private?" Asked Meliodas with as serious look on his face.
This confused everyone as the two stepped away. They then saw the two talking and were curious.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Asked Diane as she tilted her head.
"Who knows." Said Ban.
"The captain and Merlin knew each other well before we formed. It would stand to reason they have a different relationship then we do." Stated Gowther as Diane gasped before looking at the two curious.
But whatever they were talking about ended as the two headed back to the others. All the two heard was 'you'd better', confusing them.
Before they could ask anything Merlin walked over to the other group. They were stilling talking about Lucy's Memoires when Merlin approached them.
"Oh Merlin." Said Elizabeth as she saw Merlin coming over.
"I letting you know I'm leaving for a while." Said Merlin surprising them.
"But why?" Asked Elizabeth as they needed all the man power they could get at the moment.
"I have left a few things unattended at the moment, that need my attention. But don't worry we will be meeting again soon." Answered Merlin as she turned to Lucy.
"And I hope we can talk more. I've never meet anyone who has gone to three worlds before. And I would love to hear your opinions on them." Said Merlin as this was interesting to her.
"Wouldn't it be four, if you include where her spirts live?" Asked Hawk as he had a good point.
"That is true." Said Merlin as she did forget that.
Merlin took a step back as she did enjoy those memoires from Lucy. The small glance at her world had caught her interest and she looked forward to learning more. And then she vanished from sight.
"Well, I guess we should pack up now." Said Meliodas as he and the others walked over.
"Already Captain?" Asked Ban as he could use a few more drinks.
"Yeah, I doubt Tiffany will spill our location as that would cause her problems as well. But she could send a patrol or something our way." Said Meliodas as the other agreed he had a point.
"He's right." Agreed Grimoire as Tiffany had the authority to spend patrol anywhere she deemed fit.
Soon everyone had everything packed up and left the area as Mama Hawk walked off.
The next day the guys were at the bar as the girls were outside talking with Diane. Meliodas was organizing his stock while the other sat at the counter. At the same time Hawk was eating some scraps near them.
"Hey Captain. Where are we headed now?" Asked Ban bored.
"He's right. We have no leads on Escanor and Merlin is off doing her own thing." Said King as he laid his head on the counter.
"We're going to infiltrate Liones. And get the sword back!" Declared Meliodas as all four boys looked at him like he was crazy.
"Sword… you mean that sword with the dragon handle that was stolen from you?" Asked Ban confused.
"We can't let them have it." Said Meliodas with a determined look on his face. "We only have five members right now, but that should be enough for a mission of this magnitude. You'll come with me, right?"
"That sounds lie a chore, so I'll pass." Said Ban.
"It was your fault it was stolen in the first place." Said King.
"You must take responsibility for yourself." Said Gowther.
Hearing that Meliodas sighed as he figured that be the response.
"Meliodas why go that for a blade?" Asked Grimoire as he knew a good blade was hard to find sometimes, but it wasn't worth everyone lives.
"What's going on?" Asked Elizabeth as she and the other girls came in, minus Diane.
"Captain want's us to go get his sword back." Said Ban as it made no sense to him.
"Because its from the coffin of eternal darkness." Said Meliodas suddenly shocking everyone.
"You mean the coffin that was used to seal the demon clan?" Asked King in disbelief.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Veronica confused as she heard the stories.
"The sword… no, the dragon handle that was stolen from me is a fragment of the ritual relic the coffin of eternal darkness." Started Meliodas as he gave Veronica the story.
"The coffin was forged by a giant when the Goddess clan, Giant, clan, Fairy Clan, and Humans united against the Demon clan. They used the coffin to seal the demon clan away. Afterward the coffin was broken apart as a measure to ensure the demon clan was forever sealed."
Hearing that no one said anything as they didn't realize how bad things were. If they went after Meliodas's part of the seal, then that would mean they had the other pieces already.
"Wait, if you knew about what the handle was why run around with it?" Asked Veronica confused.
"Well its was safer to have it with me at all times and would you think some random broken sword would be a piece to a relic?" Answered Meliodas as it made sense.
Though Lucy wished they could have sent that piece to the Celestial spirt realm. But if it did break the seal then the risk was too great.
"But why do the Holy Knights want to free the demon clan?" Asked Elizabeth as it made no sense to her.
"Maybe they want to harvest demon blood." Said Lucy off hand as she knew what was going to happen.
Hearing that made Ban furious as he nearly broke the counter top.
"Wait, what if they already broke the seal?" Asked Diane nervous.
"It's an incredibly strong seal. If it had been broken, we would have seen a sign of some sort that it was happening." Answered Meliodas as he was scared.
"It…it's happening! I ate too much." Cried out Hawk as everyone gave him a dead pan stare.
"Hawk, are you ok?" Asked Elizabeth worried for him.
"I have to go release my seal!" Hawk told her as realized something.
"Come to think of it… why are they always… after Elizabeth along with the sword?" Asked Hawk between grunts.
"Because she's the last key to breaking the seal." Said a woman surprising everyone.
Looking over everyone saw a woman wearing a red dress with a mask covering her face. The mask looked like two hands enclosing on her face with a visor.
Everyone was too shocked to move as this new Holy Knight was right behind Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth!" Cried out Meliodas as he jumped forward towards her. "Get away from her!"
Burt before he could reach her the woman vanished as fast as she appeared taking Elizabeth with her.
"DANM IT!" Cried out Meliodas as he was a few seconds to slow to save her.
No one moved as everything happened so fast. The only thing they did know was that Elizabeth was gone taken by the Holy Knights.
And we now enter the final arc of the Holy Knights arc. Even with Gowther rejoining them and Merlin stepping away for a while, they might not have enough.
And for the recap of Lucy's adventure's I went from her point of view and I tried to summarize as best as I could. If I skipped something you think is important, sorry. As for the last arc Lucy was in, in the Fairy Tail world, the reason I went over nothing was Acnologia presence was so great and sacring it made all the memories of that arc burly in comparison.
Until next time.