Back at the tavern, the Captain is behind the bar organising some bottles with Elizabeth on the other side of the bar, cleaning it. She smiles and looks up at Meliodas.

"So, Sir Meliodas?" She asks. He hums in response and turns to face her. "How would you describe King? What kind of person is he?"

"Hmm, let's see now. I'd say he's kinda like the Eight Deadly Sins mascot." He replies, leaning back against the bar. "Our pet, I guess."

"Hey! You know perfectly well there are no pets allowed in here!" Hawk says, steam coming out of his nose. "Having an animal in a dining establishment is disgusting!" Meliodas and Elizabeth look at the pig with dumfound looks.

"Ever heard the word irony?" Meliodas asks, arms crossed. "Oh, about King." He continues, looking back at Elizabeth. "There was a time when Ban was totally into collecting plushies."

"Seriously?" Elizabeth says amused, her voice slightly shaking with a giggle. Hawk snorts.

"That's just adorable."

(Normal=Present)(Italics=Past)

King hugs a bunch of stuffed animals with tears down his face and loud cries coming out of his mouth.

"This is heart-breaking!" King says, tearfully. Ban, who seems to be slightly drunk, lays on a sofa full of plushies of all kinds.

"Give it a rest huh," Ban says, smirking.

"How could steal these wonderful things!" King asks as Ban takes another gulp of his ale. "Each one is an emotional piggy bank, bank full of their owner's memories, feelings and desires! You just, just...a nasty man who feels nothing!" King shouts, shaking.

"What they're packed full of are rice and stuffing," Ban says, picking up a stuffed animal with a tear in the back. "What did I tell you-"

"Don't you dare!" King cries out. Y/N appears from behind King and quickly makes her way over to the fox sin and grabs the plushie before Ban could tear it more and hands it to King, who hugs it tightly. She places her hand on his back and begins patting it, while he continues to cry.

"Y/N told me he sobbed all night long," Meliodas says.

"It's alright buddy. It's alright." She comforts, glaring at Ban.

"Then the next morning while Ban was passed out and snoring away..." 

Ban now sleeps and snores on the sofa with nothing but bottles of ale around him.

=

A little girl lays in her bed with tears in her eyes. Only for King to gently place a brown bear beside her and she immediately snuggles up to it with a smile. King then pulls his covers over the little girl with a smile. That next morning King flies through the village listening to all the children tell their parents about founding their missing plushies and he smiles.

Elizabeth smiles with her hands up to her face.

"Sir King seems like he might be a little strange," Elizabeth says with a smile. "But he seems like a man with a really warm heart. I admire that."

"But it also means Ban is an even bigger jerk than I already thought he was and Y/N is nicer than I thought she was," Hawk says. "I bet the three of them fought all the time."

"What would make you say that?" Meliodas asks. "King, Ban and Y/N were practically joint at the hips."

Ban walks through a village looking uncomfortable as King fly's behind him with his arms crossed and Y/N walks beside him in her wolf form with a growl, staring up at Ban while she follows him. The ban stops walking and points his finger up, his head turned to face them and begins talking.

"Though when I think about it that might have been to clean up Ban's messes," Meliodas says. "But when all said and done they did make an excellent team."

Back in the village, the two sins now kneel beside the young girl. Ban holding her up.

"Hey~ Hey," Ban says, using the back of his hand to gently push against the side of her head. "Come on." Y/N pokes her cheek.

"Wakey wakey." She says. The girl groans gently before slowly opening her eyes. "Phew. I thought we killed her somehow."

"So, are you alright?" Ban asks, looking down at the girl.

"Get your filthy hands off Ellen!" A loud voice shouts at them. Ban and Y/N turn their heads to face the voice and see a young boy holding a pitchfork. "Just what do you two think you're doing to my sister?"

"Look kid, your her brother and watching out for her, shouldn't you make sure she's getting enough food?" Y/N asks.

"Shut up!" The boy shouts. "Just go away and leave her alone!"

"Sheesh, I was just trying to help." She mutters.

"Now I'm gonna repeat what my friend her said," Ban says. "Are you making sure she's getting enough food, or should I take her away?" Y/N quickly glances at Ban, slightly shocked. The boy, with tears in his eyes, yells and runs forwards towards the two and stabs Ban in the chest with the pitchfork. The boy's face instantly turns to guilt as Ellen jumps up from Ban's arms and over to her brother.

"No brother! This man and woman were only trying to help me. What have you done!?" Y/N snorts, covering her mouth with her hand.

"You got stabbed by a little kid." She says, smirking. Ban looks at her unamused before taking out the pitchfork and dropping it on the ground with a clang. The boy bows his head, tears still in his eyes.

"I'm sorry. What can I do to atone for my sins sir, miss?" He asks, shaking.

"You wanna atone huh?" Y/N asks as she and Ban stand up. "What's there to make amends for kid?" The boy looks over at Ban.

"But I- uh!" The boy sees that Ban's wounds are gone. "Your wound!"

"There's something you should know," Ban says. "Real. Genuine sins. No amount of repenting erases them." Y/N catches a glint of something before she puts her hand out over ban's chest only for a spear to go through her hand and Ban's chest. She looks slightly shocked as she torn apart hand falls to her side. (Your entire hand is torn apart from the gap between your middle finger and pointer finger down to your palm- for those who watch Saw, it's the 10 Pints of Sacrifice trap!) Ban's eyes widen before the two come face to face with a young boy who seems to be floating yet laying on said spear as if he's lighter than a feather.

"Glad you finally realised that." The boy said, smirking. Ban coughs out blood and the two look at the boy in shock. "Hey, Ban. Y/N. How goes?" The two don't reply. "Awesome. It's so good to see you two after all these years. What's up? It's not like you two to be quiet." Ban and Y/N share a look before looking back at the boy.

"Hold on," Y/N says.

"Who are you?" Ban finishes.

"Wow, my feelings are hurt." The boy says, the smile still on his face. "Who am I? Have you two forgotten about me?"

"I don't remember you at all," Ban says before turning to Y/N. "Do you?"

"Nope." She says, shaking her head. She looks down at her hand and grabs it to keep the two halves of the hand together. Ban looks back at the boy.

"Sorry there bud." The boy lets out a sigh.

"Well, I guess it doesn't matter too much. The important thing is..." The spear inside of Ban's chest begins to spin before pushing itself out of Ban, causing Blood to fly everywhere and leaving a massive circular hole in his chest. The spear floats up in the air "You are Ban the Fox Sin and Y/N the Wolf Sin. The Sins of Greed and Death." The boy lands on the bladed side, hand behind his back as he looks down at the two. "Or maybe you'd prefer it if I'd call you these names?" The children watch in fear as the hole in Ban's chest begins to close up. Y/N's hand however doesn't heal up. "Ban the Undead and The Reaper." Ban wipes his bloody mouth before they look up at the boy.

"You've got a smart mouth kid and I'm getting real sick of your tone. What the hell do you know about us anyway?" Ban asks. The boy sighs.

"I know your sins." He says. Y/N and Ban share a look before returning to the boy. "Even if you don't remember me you can still remember your sins, can't you? Do you know? Those terrible, awful crimes you committed."

"Quit talking," Y/N says, glaring up at the boy. He looks at her.

"Death follows you wherever you go. Even if you weren't the one to end their life. You felt pity for yourself and you locked yourself away from others to protect them from your so-called curse" The boy says.

A little boy lays bloodied in Y/N's arms as she cradles him close...It's Tyran. Tears ran down her cheeks.

"Yet, what did it cost?" The boy continues. Y/N's hand curls up tightly as she puts her head down.

Tyran grabs a hold of Y/N's hand, smiling up at her weakly before placing the wooden carving of the bear in her hand. "I love you... mama"

Y/N's shoulders shake as the small voice echoes in her head. Ban placed a hand on her shoulder before looking back up at the boy.

"Hey kid, leave her alone-" He's cut off by the boy scoffing.

"I haven't forgotten about you. To satisfy your selfish greed and gain eternal life, you murdered the holy woman at the fountain of youth." Ban growls and begins cracking his hands.

"Listen up brats, get out of here," Ban says. The siblings, who are hugging each other close, follow Ban's demands.

"Let's go, Ellen." The brother says as he and her runoff.

"I'm right, aren't I?" The boy says as he sits on his spear and they fly down to Ban and Y/N. He goes to pierce them only for the two to jump over him.

"I'll ask you one more time, who the hell are you!" Ban shouts, punching only for his fists to break through a wall. Ban flips, expecting to come back to face with the boy only for the dust to settle and him not be there.

"I'm happy you came out here to play with me." The boy moves his hand around. "Because you've just walked right into my trap." The boy holds out his hand, causing the spear to go straight for Ban, who leans out the way just in time. "Now you won't escape." The spear begins moving at a fast pace around Ban, who just dodges every hit. "Maybe you can still remember bumble bee" Y/N, in her wolf form, quickly jumps from behind King and grabs the spear in her mouth before throwing it away. She poofs back into her normal form, where her hand is being held together by her collar- showing her sin mark.

"Sorry. It's not ringing a bell either!" Y/N says, kicking at the boy only for it to go straight through him. Ban and Y/N land beside each other, facing the boy.

"I wish she could see this. And watch the man who took her life." The boy begins to fly into the sky. Y/N leans her head to Ban.

"I think he's just after you here" She mutters. He shrugs and the two continue to watch as the boy floats up to his spear.

"Pathetically begging for mercy in agony." The boy says. Ban doesn't look remotely affected by this.

"Now for the last time," Ban says, leaning his arm out, cracking his hand and smirking. He cracks his head up at the boy, who gasps. "Who the hell are you!"

【Ａｓｐｅｎ】

27/01/2021

Last Edited: 29/09/2023