Hello everyone and welcome back! I apologized for the long wait but I'm back! This is the Vaizel Annual Fighting Festival! Word of caution my fight scenes are rough so please just bare with me all the fight scenes are the same in the show but one, read and find out which one that will be. You have been warned.

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Please R&R! Enjoy!

For some odd reason Artemis's right eye is twitching like crazy for the last two days. As it turns out, her dress is once again ripped and she's running out of minerals to make her arrows.

"If I have any more cuts or rips on my dress... I will hurt you Pipsqueak!" Artemis glared daggers at the shorter blonde.

"What did I do now?" Meliodas ducks as a sharp knife flies towards him.

"Really?!"

Meliodas blinks a few times as he is trying to remember but then it clicked, "... Ohhh! ...Sorry." About a month or two ago Artemis had asked Meliodas to help her learn how to use a sword and what proper swordsmanship was. She was picking it up pretty fast but she rather stayed on her bow and arrows. But anyways earlier that morning he woke her up in a peculiar way that she didn't like and in result ruined her outfit once more.

"Bullshit!"

Elizabeth tries to stop them before they break anything or hurt themselves… Again. "Epp! Goddess! Put the sword down! No! Don't hurt him! Meliodas-sama!"

Ban is at the bar laughing while drinking, King is giggling in Chastiefol, who is shaped into a pillow, and Diane is smiling because everyone is happy. While Hawk is shaking his snout and eating the scrapes that fell on the floor because his boss and sister are making a mess. Again.

It's just another day at the Boar Hat. I guess a lot of time has passed, in my world it would have been three almost four month since I got here. We've been trying to ask around if portals and time jumping are possible but no luck so far. I mean honestly I don't mind if I don't go back, the only reason I would want to go back is my mom because I miss her and I already lost time with her.

Time has passed they're been gathering any information about their treasures, the Sins and Holy Knight, luckily they finally got a hit.

The Sins, Princess, Archer and Pig left the Boar Hat, as they did that, Hawk's Mama dug a hole and took a nap underground, while they took the time to check out their surroundings as Meliodas introduced the town.

"That town clinging to the side of the mountain is Vaizel."

Artemis is holding a small map out that is showing the different areas of Vaizel, "It's a merchant's town." And rolled it right up once she was done looking at it and placed it in her quiver.

"Is it really here?" Hawk asked, the reason they are here is because a few days they heard a rumor about one of their treasures.

"That customer a while ago said that a hammer was brought in that was so big no one could wield it, remember?" Meliodas said.

"No one can wield it?" Elizabeth asked with a tilt to her pretty head.

"Could it be Diane's-" King realized.

"Screw that, do something about my clothes!" Ban grumbled as he walked out with no shirt on.

"Cover up with an apron." Meliodas gave the man a deadpan look.

"That's not important!" Diana slammed the ground causing everyone to fly for a few seconds, King, while able to fly didn't get any damage, Artemis looks like she's sitting in the air with a bored look on her face. Ban is in the stands but vertical, Elizabeth and Hawk got the worse and Meliodas being the perv got an eye full of Elizabeth's panties.

"Why am I being left behind to mind the tavern?!" Diane cried.

"We have to. Ever since a Giant went wild at their festival a few years back." Meliodas explained.

"I'm guessing they've been banned ever since..." Artemis yawned and stretched.

"Yep. We'll come right back after we see what's what." Meliodas nodded to the girls.

"No, it'll be boring!" Diane complained, shaking her head making her pigtails flyover her face.

"Um, I'll stay behind, too." Elizabeth said to the giant and captain.

"Are you sure?" Diane is shocked but happy to have someone with her.

"Sure, I'd love to have a girl's chat with you." Elizabeth smiled at the baiful giant.

"A girl's chat..." Diane blushed happily.

"I feel the love Princess," Artemis smirked at Elizabeth's bashful face, "Well I'm going to keep an eye on them. Lord knows what they'll be doing if we dont keep an eye on them." Artemis smirked softly.

"Hehe, that's true." Elizabeth giggled with a blush.

"Okay, let's go!" Meliodas said with excitement, the boys and Artemis left the tavern to check out the town.

Once they got there Artemis saw all the vendors and what they were selling. It's mostly shinily weapons and knick knacks.

"Step right up!"

"Get your swords from a skilled blacksmith!"

"This fine specimen was found in the tomb of a king!"

"Wow, this is pretty neat." Artemis looked around with an amused expression.

"But..." the blonde boy is waiting for the second part.

"A bit cheap." Artemis mumbled to her counterpart.

"There we go."

"You expect us to look through this, Cap'n?" Ban asked.

"You're really just wearing an apron..." King claimed as he floated next to him.

"I'm sure he'll find a shirt or something to steal." Artemis mumbled to the Fairy.

"Sadly... that is true." King sighed.

"Let's ask an arms vendor." Meliodas said.

"Lookin' for anything in particular? Or are you in for the festival?" An old man with a bottle of wine in his hand and drunk.

"Nope, we're looking for a weapon." Meliodas replied.

"A big hammer, possibly a giant's." Artemis said politely as she could.

"We heard there was one here." Meliodas finished their thought while tugging her hair.

"Oh, that's easy. See that? It's behind there." Cain pointed to the mountain that is at the edge of the town.

"Thank you Sir."

Once they got there the area is filled with people, mostly men, and the smallest man Artemis has ever seen is standing on a platform shouting to the large group, "Welcome one and all! Tomorrow is the Annual Fighting Festival. Men who let their fists do the talking should sign up right away! The winner gets 100 gold coins and we're throwing in a bonus but it will be shown on the day of the Fighting Festival!" Everyone cheered in excitement and said who's going to win this year's festival.

"We should sign up!" Ban thirst for blood and violence.

"It might be a waste of time." King mumbled and didn't want any part in the festival.

"Or a trap." Artemis said but still looked interested, Ban saw her expression and chuckled. Artemis just glared and turned away from him so he didn't see her blush.

But he did. 'How cute…'

"Or it could be fun!" Meliodas excitedly yelped.

"What a barbaric festival... Right, Cap? Art-" King said but as he turned to finish his sentence, all he saw was Ban, Meliodas, and Artemis were getting fired up.

"We're signing up, right?" Ban said with a huge grin.

"Let's see who's the best." Meliodas sly smirked at the Fox.

"Wait! We get to beat the crap out of everyone and get a prize for it?..." The Sins nodded, "Hell yes!" Artemis whooped in the air and laughed like a maniac.

"Hey, count us in!" The Dragon waved to the people who had the paperwork and grabbed hold of the sleepy bear.

"Count me out!" King struggled to get out of Meliodas' grip but no such luck.

"This ain't no festival for kids! Beat it!" Taizou, a big man and naive to Vaizel, grabbed the blond and held him in the air while King struggled to get air and escape.

"Hmmm, nope! They got it handled. Now let's see if we have to put in different names or we'll be killed. Oh! I got it!" Artemis saw the composition but thought they could handle themselves and not get into any fight till tomorrow.

They got back to the tavern later in the afternoon near twilight, they didn't say the Boar Hat was here because they wanted to get some sleep for the next day.

"So how was the trip?" Elizabeth asked.

"It wasn't too bad. And the guys behaved for the most part." Artemis yawed.

"Did anything exciting happen?" Diane tilted her head in a question-like way.

"Yeah. Apparently there's this Annal Fighting Festival that we signed up for. It looks like it will be a lot of fun." Artemis explained.

"Ehh! I wish I could go! I wanna fight..."

"Ha-ha maybe next time Di." Artemis giggled just a bit with Elizabeth.

Diane pouted for a while but all was good when Artemis showed her new outfit to the girls. It's a bartender outfit, Artemis found the right minerals and put them together.

A long sleeved white shirt, with a black vest and red tie. The pants are black and tight and lace up black boots and fingerless gloves. And her hair will be down or in a high ponytail with her bangs out or covering her left eye. It's a really cool and sexy outfit that doesn't show skin.

Once dawn came the boys plus Artemis left for the festival and instructed the princess and serpent to gather ingredients in the forest.

"Anyway, gather up anything that looks edible. We'll sort through them later." Diane explains to the smaller girl.

"Will do!" Elizabeth looked around and found something on the ground, mushrooms that glowed, "It's so pretty!" But a shadow blocked the sunlight, she looked up and screamed.

"What's wrong?!" Diane rushed towards the silver girl but giggled, "It's a giant mushroom!" Diane bent over just a bit to hit the mushroom slightly. "Ingredients located and captured!"

Once she did that the mushroom blew a weird gas in their face and they screamed and coughed.

At the festival they finally relieved the bonus prize, which the Sins were happy to see.

"It's Diane's Gideon!" King gasped.

Gideon is a gigantic war hammer that only a giant could lift and wheeled, it must have taken hundreds of men to carry the hammer all the way here or someone with the ability to carry it. Which makes that a little suspense to Artemis that is. Gideon is as tall as Diane, its head being double-sided with one side being a typical hammer and the other being a warpick. Gideon also includes a pommel on its other end.

"It was really here!" the shorter blond said happily.

On a stage like platform was Love Helm starting the festival, "Now, let the Annual Fighting Festival begin! 'Cheers' The use of weapons is strictly forbidden! 'Aw!' And remember the winner gets 100 gold coins, and the bonus is this Giant's war hammer!" Love Helm excitedly said and everyone moved up the mountain where the fighting was located. "The Fighting Festival elimination round will now begin! Fighters, step into the ring!"

"Hup!" Meliodas jumped up like a little kid and made Artemis giggle just a bit.

"I wish I'd stayed behind with Diane..." The fairy was regretting coming here.

"Too little too late now Carrot Top. Let's have some fun!" Artemis laughed and slapped his back to get him moving.

"Okay, let's get Diane's sacred treasure back!" Meliodas told his team as the elimination started.

The elimination round was about to begin but first a few rules by Love Helm, "It's the Vaizel Fighting Festival elimination round! The referee will be yours truly, Love Helm! The rules of this round are simple in the extreme! Knock your opponent out of the ring! Throw them out, okay! Push them out, okay! Punch them into the air, also okay! If it's barehanded, it's okay! The eight contestants still standing will move on to the finals! Without further ado, let the elimination round begin!"

Once he said that everyone went after the person in front of them, the cheers from the crowd, the pompous statements of winning to the groans of pain and defeat…

This is a day to remember, for glory and being the champion of the best.

"I'm gonna win it this year!"

"That's my line!"

"Beat it, punks."

"Attaboy, Taizou!" The man Taizou is easily the tallest man in the ring, he reminds Artemis of a boxer, with a bald head, no upper body clothing, trousers and fingerless gloves.

Artemis watched everyone as she dodged the blows and kicks, she was at a point where she saw Meliodas and a man.

The man had a hand on Meliodas' shoulder and told him, "I think it's time for you to bow out, kiddo." Meliodas simply throws the man into the air. Artemis giggles because no normal person can handle the Sins.

Ban is nearby yawning and scratching his ear and is complaining. "Elimination rounds are so boring." Ban just casually punches a guy and without looking knocks a guy out with his elbow.

Artemis is having the time of her life, "Woo-hoo! This is the best day ever!" As she knocks her opponents out of the ring. Watching in amusement as King is running around with Chastiefol in his arms shaped like a pillow and trying not to get hit. Hawk is in the crowd advertising the bar and selling ale.

She also saw two males who are pretty good, actually more than good. Throwing men like it's nothing, she does her best not to get too close to them for all she knows they could be knights or something else. "Careful, now!"

Meliodas stood to the side just putting a few more guys out of the ring and wiping his hands together but saw Ban harshly push a guy away from him and knock him into two others out of the ring.

"Hey, Ban!" Ban turned his face to his captain just slightly while watching the other opponents, "Make sure you pull your punches against these guys!" Meliodas reminded his blood thirsty friend.

Ban just rubbed the back of his head as if he was a little embarrassed, "Obviously! This festival wouldn't be much fun if we killed everyone!" His eyes widened just a bit when he caught a man wearing a top he wanted and it matches his bottoms. Ban raced over in glee.

Meliodas just shook his head just a bit at Ban's anctics. King finally got back to his captain side after a short moment of being separated once the fighting began, the only one missing from their said is a certain archer. "Come on, Captain! I know you're doing this for fun!"

"Nonsense! Do I look like I'm having a good time?" Meliodas said with shock but his smirk was giving him away from his true thoughts.

Artemis is finally close enough and shouted, "Yes! Yes you fudgen do!"

"Go back to your fight Airy!" Meliodas shouted back and turned to King with a serious expression, "Listen, King. If we win, we get Diane's sacred treasure, Gideon. Don't you want to see the smile on her face?" Meliodas smiled like a fox at King's blush.

"I'll win first prize!" King proudly proclaimed.

"That's the spirit!"

Artemis walked up to her self-proclaimed brother and slapped him in the back of the head. "That's messed up."

"But it worked."

"True." Artemis shrugged and somehow got back to back with the only other girl in the ring. They jumped away from each other and were about to fight but they heard the most disturbing thing...

"I'm gonna show you a good time, little lady!" A large and fat man came running up to them with a perverted blush on his face.

"Hell no."

Both girls were unimpressed, they nodded to one another and with a powerful push from the both of them the man went flying in the air. Artemis gave a guy a roundhouse kick, and the other girl kneeled a guy in the face and pushed off his chest. Both girls landed on a man's face knocking them out and both a powerful punch knocking a huge group of men out. They didn't see King who quickly got out of the way but he didn't want to partake any longer so just as fast landed on the group of men as if he got hit too.

"Talk about moves as fast as lighting! Those girls just knocked 20 men out of the ring all at once!" Love Helm said.

"Wow, she's pretty good, and Airy became a lot stronger." Meliodas complimented the girls.

Ban walked backwards as if he didn't want to get into a fight with them, "Ooh, scary. You think she gets many suitors like that?" Ban said about the girl in the cloak and kept an eye on Artemis.

Artemis just huffed and elbowed Ban in the stomach "Don't be mean." She raised an eyebrow and saw the new top, "What the hell?"

"When did you get here?" Meliodas asked his sister but she just shrugged then turned to Ban to ask, "And where'd you get that top?"

"Stolen." Artemis mumbled, Ban smirked at her but she rolled her eyes.

"So, who is still standing in the ring?" Love Helm asked no one in particular.

"All right, we will now hold the lottery for the finals! The eight finalists, please come to the waiting room!" Love Helm pointed to the small building next to the ring.

"Artemis, wait, I have something to tell you." King said to the blond girl, who nodded.

Love Helm led the group into the waiting room and grabbed a cup with sticks in it. "Now, draw lots! The first round will be fought between contestants who draw the same letter!" They stood in a line waiting to draw lots.

"I'm looking forward to us going right to the finals." Ban said in glee.

"Don't talk like that and get knocked out before the end!" Meliodas smirked at the fox.

"Who do you think you're talking to?" Ban barter back to the smaller blond.

Artemis rolled her eyes as she picked up a stick, "Ok, ok, let's just get this over with kay!"

The guys chuckled and also grabbed their sticks and handed it back to the referee, who got the pairings together with the correct names.

"I will now announce the fight cards! The first pairing is Griamore vs. Matrona!"

"That's the amazing girl from earlier!" Artemis looked at the other girl and remembered what a team they made as the only girls in the ring and made it to the finals.

"I've never heard of her, but it's a big world out there. Right Airy?" Meliodas commented and remembered his female counterpart is from a different dimension.

"True." She shrugged and listened to the names, waiting for her to be called on.

"The second pairing is Howzer vs. Taizou!"

"Howzer… Why does that sound familiar?... Shit! Pip, Thief," She got their attention, "before we came in Carrot Top told me a Holy Knight is here and he's that man!" Artemis glared at Howzer. Howzer is a tall man, not as freakish tall as Ban, Taizou or Griamore but definitely up there at 6 feet, wearing a sleeveless green shirt and a tan vest that looks like a wrestler-type outfit, with purple pinstripe pants and brown boots. Plus dark blond hair, sort of slick back and purple eyes.

"What's a Holy Knight doing at a festival like this? Things will get complicated if he recognizes us." Meliodas glared at the Knight as well.

Artemis sighed and moved her eyes away from the man, "Well good thing I signed us up and didn't use our real names."

"Good, you got that covered! So, we can relax!" Ban casually said slightly happy Artemis stared at him instead of the good looking knight.

"Next, the third pairing! Cain vs. …"

"Who, me?" Cain is an elderly, shorter man and possibly drunk, with combed, grey hair, and a long mustache and beard. He's also wearing a cloak and pink trousers and his eyes seem to be always closed. That makes Artemis wonder if he's hiding something.

"...Twinkletoes!"

Meliodas blinked at the name and knew it was either him or Ban, "'Twinkletoes?' Which one of us has that name?"

Artemis leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "You do."

He grinned, "I love it!"

Ban got in Artemis's face and asked, "Then what name did you give me?"

"Wait and find out!" She pushed him back and turned around so he didn't see her blush but he did and jumped in front of her, which made her turn again. This continued for a few minutes before they started to argue about names.

Meliodas chuckled at them and looked at the man he's going to fight, "Yo! You made it to the finals too, Pops."

"Chalk it up to liquid courage!" The old man chuckled.

"Let's have some fun then!"

Ban had Artemis in an odd hold as his head rested on her as he noticed something. "What the hell? My name hasn't been called yet?"

She struggled to get out of his hold and said, annoyed, "Mine, neither…" But then it clicked, "Oh fu-"

Love Helm realized their names, "The final pairing… is Sugar Queen and Snoozles!"

Artemis made a choking like noise and felt defeated already, "You gotta be kidding me. This first round with this guy!"

"Well let's see what you got, Blondie!" Ban laughed at her and then made a challenge.

"Shut up Old Man!" Artemis was about to hit the immortal Sin but stopped because of one question.

"Come on, what's with those names?" Meliodas asked.

"Hey at least they're not obvious! He wanted to put Meliodaf and Baaan." Artemis pointed to Ban in annoyances because she had to change their names and use the nicknames from a tv show she saw before coming to this world. It was a really good show too.

"Good thing she did them. Those are totally obvious." The Dragon said to the Fox.

Ban chuckled, "I couldn't think of anything good on the spot!"

Artemis raised an eyebrow and said, "You manage to put Carrot Top as Old Fart."

"Hm, luckily she was there." Meliodas smiled at her.

"Yeah, yeah." Ban just waved off and started messing with Artemis again.

"Hey! Knock it off already." She giggled a bit but stopped when she noticed someone walking up to them.

It was Howzer the Holy Knight, "Hey buddy. That big scar on your cheek. Could you be that guy on the wanted posters?" Ban's eyes narrow just slightly and his grip on Artemis tightens just a bit. She got closer to him as if protecting his neck, "And this kid here…" Meliodas gave him a hard look.

Artemis knew something would go wrong so she intervened and got out of Ban's solid grip, "I do apologize, my friend here gets that a lot. The thing is he's really into pain and gave himself that scar, it was a bad day. And my brother here is only 18 and still has a lot to learn." Artemis took quite the gamble, after a few seconds of a tense atmosphere he moved…

Howzer laughed sheepishly, "Nah, I guess you're right and your names are different! My bad! I mistook you for someone else!" He apologized and turned away mumbling to himself, "Yeah, it couldn't be them! They wouldn't be at a festival like this!"

Artemis sighed in relief, "Thank goodness…"

"...for small brains." Meliodas finished that statement.

"Nice save." Ban said and rested his head on Artemis again.

"Thanks... Stop it!" The guys just laughed and got ready to move out and start the fights they've been looking forward to. Artemis shook her head just lean back against Ban and enjoyed the moment for some reason.

The tiny referee brought them outside again and explained the new rules, "The Vaizel Fighting Festival finals will begin! The rules are still simple! You win if your opponent taps out or passes out! Fall out of the ring, you lose then and there! Let's get right to the first pairing! Griamore vs. Matrona!"

Griamore and Matrona made their way up to the ring, staring at one other. The Sins, Artemis and Howzer knew this was going to be one hell of a fight.

"We've got plenty! Our stuff is the best!" Hawk yelled across selling the ale to the crowd.

"Standing 7 feet tall and weighing in at 400 pounds, Griamore!" Love Helm introduces the big man.

"Wow, look at all that muscle!" Someone said in the crowd.

"Standing 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing in at none of your business, Matrona!"

"Give us her measurements!" A different person said with a lewd voice.

"Pigs." Artemis mumbled angrily.

"36, 25, 35." Meliodas said with a serious expression.

"How the hell do you know that?" The archer asked and knew what he was talking about.

"What do those numbers mean?" King softly asked with a blush. Artemis just whispered the answer to him and his whole face turned bright red.

"Oopsies! Miss, the hat is fine, but please remove your cloak. Just to be safe, I have to make sure you aren't hiding any weapons!" Love Helm said.

Matrona nodded and unclipped the cloak making it fly into the crowd and she revealed the outfit underneath.

"Princess?" Artemis whispered shocked at the outfit.

"Captain, that outfit! I don't believe it!" King rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

"Yeah, no doubt about it! That's my tarven's uniform." Meliodas narrowed his eyes just a bit as if figuring out a puzzle that doesn't want to be solved.

"What?! That's Elizabeth-chan?!" Hawk yelped.

The blond teen took a closer look and noticed a few things, "No, I've been training her for something now. She knows how to dodge and what to do in a tight situation but not enough for a brawl." The body wasn't right, Elizabeth's was smoothed, and did not show many signs of being in battle or working hard. Plus her muscles were not as developed as the woman in front of them. Also she can see a small section of her hair, it's a chocolate brown instead of silky silver Artemis is used to seeing day in and day out. But for some reason the girl in front of them is familiar but Artemis can't put her finger on it.

"If that's Elizabeth, there's something that doesn't add up." Meliodas also took a closer look but Artemis knew her brother was going to say something lewd like the prevent he is to Elizabeth.

"Doesn't add up?" King asked.

"What do you mean Pip?... Wait… Don't tell me…" Artemis face palmed.

"Her bust is a little smaller than usual, and her butt is a little large." Meliodad said without missing a beat.

"Yep, that does it." Artemis slapped Meliodas hard on the back of his head.

"Ow…"

"My eyes are glued to this first bout! And without further ado, start fighting!"