Y/N swings her axe around her body, before throwing it up into the air and catching it, pointing the head towards Helbram, a shadow casting across her face as her eyes grow dark, glaring at the man.

"A little fairy told me, that YOU hurt King. And are PLANNING to hurt my other friends. Now, what makes you think, that I would let you do that? And get away with it." Y/N says, stepping forwards.

"Because I can, you lot are nothing but criminals, meant to be killed and disposed of, which I'm planning to do, starting with you!" Helbram shoots forwards and as does Y/N, holding out her axe, to protect her from Helbram's weapon. However, before the two could collide, suddenly Y/N is behind the man.

"We aren't criminals! We never did anything wrong!" She says as she brings her axe down, to which Helbram counteracts by holding up his sword, which clashed with Y/N's axe. The two come back to face with each other, staring into each other's eyes as they push back at each other's swords.

"That's where you are wrong, you and that Meliodas are the worst out of the bunch! Meliodas destroyed an entire kingdom! And you slaughter an entire Village! There we're children in that village! Innocent lives, and you just killed them!" Y/N hesitates slightly, knowing he's talking about Danafor and Vroncaster.

"I-he, we- How do you know about that! It was years ag-" She's cut of by Helbram using her hesitation to kick her back, but she's quick to land on her feet, keeping her head down.

"You may have forgot about that, but we will never! They were innocent! You are nothing but a monster, a beast! You deserve death!"

"You will never understand! I did everything for them! I helped them! And they repaid me by throwing me out!" Y/N tightens her grasp on her axe and runs towards the man.

"I will repay all those you killed by killing you myself!" Helbram shouts, and he stands his ground. Once again she disappears, and Helbram turns around, expecting to see her, only for a fist to uppercut him, and he lands away from the girl.

"No one can kill me, not even myself. Believe me, I've tried." Y/N says before she walks away from the man and back over to Diane, who she looks to and nods her head at. Diane nods back to her.

"You must withdraw right away!" Hendricksen warns him again as if sensing Diane's and Y/N's plan.

"Yes sir!" Helbram says, knowing they have the upper hand. He goes to fly away. However Diane beings down her Gideon, Y/N standing on top. The Gideon slams onto the ground just as Y/N smashes her axe down onto the Gideon, the two shouting.

"Mother Earth Catastrophe!"

"Crushing Momentum!"

Diane's power combined with Y/N's created a giant earthquake across the ground. Diane's ability was already strong but adding Y/Ns ability just made it even stronger to go against Helbram. The earth beneath their feet suddenly breaks open, causing a large rubble to surround them

"It's upon us." Helbram says, landing near Jericho and Gulia, who are unconscious. Two stingrays? Fly past them and he grabs a whole of the two women before jumping onto one of them, before the blast could hit them. "We go away at top speed!" Another way, Ban and Hawk are running from the same blast, all while Ban is carrying Elizabeth and an unconscious King under his arm.

"What the hell! What the hell!" Hawk yells.

"Quite yapping and start moving those pig feet of yours!" Ban orders and they run faster. Helbram's stingray? However gets hit by the rubble and he lands on the ground, Jericho and Gulia not in sight.

"So this is a sacred treasure's power when combined?!" Helbram says, looking up at the massive island like rock in the sky. "Or rather the full power of two peeved off sins"

"Keep running" Ban orders. "Don't you let up master!" Hawk looks back seeing the large boulder floating in the sky, with Diane and Y/N at the top of it. Diane raises her Gideon and crashed it on the boulder, bringing it back down to the ground.

A little later, Ban, Elizabeth and Hawk all stare at the massive boulder, King remaining unconcise besides them.

"See it's messed up, huh." Ban states.

"Yup" Hawk agreeing.

"Hey! Guys!" Diane shouts as she walks over, Y/N resting on her shoulder, who waves at the group.

"Diane! Y/N!" Elizabeth says as they run over to the two. Y/N jumps down from Diane's shoulder, landing in front of Elizabeth.

"I'm glad to see you're alright Prince-" She's cut of by Elizabeth hugging her tightly.

"I thought you died! I, the blast! I thought it killed you!" Elizabeth cries out, looking up at the woman, who smiles at her.

"Nonsense, it takes a lot more than that to kill me!" She says, laughing. Diana kneels down to the ground and opens her hand, showing Meliodas back to normal. He waves at them, smiling.

"Hey~" He says, only for Diane to stuff her face close to his, giggling, before placing him on the floor. Elizabeth turns from Y/N and looks to him, tears in her eyes.

"Sir Meli-" She's cut off by Meliodas suddenly getting punched back into a rock.

"That ought do it." Ban says. "Had to pay you back for before." Meliodas just smiles at him.

"Yeah, that's cool."

"I was so worried!" Elizabeth says, running over to him.

"Sorry." She helps Meliodas up and the two stare at each other, before Elizabeth gives him a big hug too. "What's that for?"

"Sir Meliodas, don't scare me like that!"

"Hey, can I tell you something?" Meliodas asks, smiling.

"Yes!"

"You should put on some panties." He says, squeezing Elizabeth's cheeks.

"Quite it Captain!"

"Yeah knock it off!" Y/N looks over to King, seeing him up and now conscious. She walks over to him, looking down at his wound.

"Are you doing okay? Are your wounds bothering you?" Y/N questions. King just looks to her, giving her a closed eye smile.

"Not really, I mean maybe a little."

"Don't make a big deal over some scratches alright." Ban says, clasping King on his shoulder, where his wound it, causing him to let out a large scream.

"Hey! Watch his wounds ass!" Y/N says, hitting Ban on the back of the head, pulling King away from the man.

"Sorry sorry, I just couldn't help it!" Suddenly rocks collapse off to the side, causing everyone to look over to them.

"What the hell?" Hawk says. Elizabeth goes running over to it, spotting Griamore holding Veronica, who still has Y/N's coat wrapped around her.

"Griamore! I'm glad your alright!" Elizabeth says. Griamore however looks down to Veronica, tears down his face.

"I'm unqualified to be a Holy Knight." He says "I couldn't even protect you. That was Princess Veronica's final order for me. And I ended up disobeying her. But...But I..."

"Thank you, I know how much you cared for her." Elizabeth says, causing Griamore to look at her in shock. "Please bury her on the shore of Pienes Lake, that's all I ask of you. I can still remember how much fun the three of us used to have there, she loved it so much." Elizabeth begins walking away, "I'm going to stop the holy knights, no matter what. I will...I swear!"

"Princess, how is it you've become so strong now?" Griamore questions. The Sins stare at the interaction. Griamore then gets up and stares at the group once more, catching the eyes of Y/N, who nods at the man, and he nods back, showing his respect to him before he walks off, Veronica in his arms.

Ban pokes at King, causing him to jerk away in fear of him touching his wound. Y/N stares at the two, hitting Ban on the head once again.

"Hey guys. Do you think he'll go back to the kingdom?" Hawk asks, as they stare after him.

"Beats me, it seems the Holy Knights aren't as united as we thought they were." Meliodas says.

"Look forget about all that Captain, where's your sword?" Ban questions, as they all look to Meliodas.

"Huh? Oh, I guess it was stolen." Meliodas says, seeming unbothered. Y/N just facepalms.

"Seriously Meli, that's your reaction!"

"That's it?"

"Isn't that sword important to you? Is it really okay?" Elizabeth asks

"No, it's not at all. This situation's serious." He says, causing Elizabeth to frown. "But I'm glad your alright, cause that's what really matters to me." Elizabeth begins blushing, while Y/N rolls her eyes at the man.

"Tch, don't go soft again."

"Are you saying you don't care if I'm okay?" Diane says, picking Meliodas up, pouting at him.

"What are you talking about? I can see from here that you're doing just fine."

"Well I'm a freaking mess." Hawk says, King floats down besides him, resting on his pillow.

"Your pretty tough if you ask me." He says.

"Just needs to be tenderized." Y/N says, sniffing Hawk and smiling. "Oh man, I'm so hungry!"

"Ha! Very funny!" Hawk says, but looks to King. "Please get your crazy girlfriend away from me!"

"Ah! We-we aren't together! What are you talking about!" King says, blushing and stuttering. Y/N looks to the pig.

"You better shut that mouth piggy, before I put an apple in it." Elizabeth just laughs at the three, as Ban begins his teasing.

"Aww, you should have seen her King, she was so worried over you! She held you so close and nearly cried!"

"Did not! I was just worried, as I would be if it was you or Meliodas!"

"Lied!"

"I'm not lying!"

"Are to!"

"Are not!" The two continues their bickering while the group just laughs at them, and King blushes into his pillow.

Somewhere not far from the group, Helbram is standing near the big boulder, to which the wind blows his cape, which drops Jericho and Gulia out, still unconscious. Helbram leans against the boulder, breathing heavily in relief.

"A moment later and I would have been in trouble back there." He says "Still, I have my spoils so I'll consider it a victory." Helbram holds up Meliodas's sword, ripping the blade off, leaving just the dragon handle. "One of the keys to reviving the demon race. A fragment of the Coffin of eternal darkness."

"The day that terror will return to Britannia is near"

Later that night the Sins, Hawk and Elizabeth are all back at the Boar Hat, asleep in their beds. Y/N however is sat at the bar, a new coat around her shoulders, drinking a bottle of ale all while fiddling with the wooden carving of the bear.  She looks down at the carving with teary eyes.

"I'm sorry, Tyran. I didn't mean to forget, I-I just couldn't..." She leans her head forwards, allowing the tears to fall. She feels a hand on her shoulder and is quick to grab it, turning around only to see it as Meliodas. He spots the bear and smiles.

"Hey! You found it!" He says. She looks to him then back down at the carving, she lets go of his hand.

"The little bastard was hiding in the closet, found it when we went to the Necropolis." Meliodas sits down besides her, grabbing his own bottle of ale. She sniffs, wiping away her tears. Meliodas's eyes change from happiness to  sympathetic.

"It's about that dream you had, right?" She looks to him in confusion. "When you were passed out, you dreamt of that day didn't you?" She looks to him in slight shock before nodding, taking a big gulp of her ale. "Just because I was like...that, doesn't mean I couldn't feel your pain."

"I-I just remembered that moment...holding him in my arms, carrying him up to that hill...He always loved the sunset...I just hope he got to see it one more time before he di-" Her voice breaks, as she clutches onto the bear. "It's my fault he died, I didn't catch him like I promise I always would, I-I didn't- I couldn't..."

"He never blamed you, he wouldn't even if he wanted to. You gave him what he wanted, someone to love him, just as much as his grandma did."

"Ӌօմ ąɾҽ ղօէհìղց ҍմէ ą ʍօղʂէҽɾ, ą ҍҽąʂէ! Ӌօմ ժҽʂҽɾѵҽ ժҽąէհ!" She thinks back to what Helbram said, shaking her head.

"Are we monsters, Meli? I mean think back to Danafor, a-and Vroncaster. All those people we got killed...Are we truly the good guys here?"

"Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. We did what we did for the people we loved. For them. Don't let it eat you up." Meliodas says, resting his hand on top of Y/N's, which is still holding onto the carving of the bear. He opens her hand and holds the bear to his face, back to his goofy mood.

"So why did his grandma make a bear, out of everything?"

"He told me it was because Bears represent protection, so his grandma carved it for him so that he will always be protected whenever he had it."

"Or maybe, she was rooting for you and King the entire time to, even she knew." Meliodas jokes, Y/N shoves the boy, laughing lightly.

"Shut up you ass, now is not the time to be making jokes. I'm releasing  trauma to you right now."

"I know." He says, playing with the carving. "But I just want to show you that even thought things may be bad, there's always gonna be a smile at the end of it." He says, smiling at the woman. She looks to him, eyes wide as she's quick to hug him.

"Thank you Meli, thank you for being your goofy ass self." He does nothing but smiles at her, hugging her back.

"Of course, you're my second in command, gotta make sure you're in tip top shape." Meliodas finishes his ale and stands up, handing the bear back to Y/N. "Welp, I'm going to get some more sleep, and gotta try and tie myself back up to Hawk thinks I was tied up the whole time, but you should to, got a long day tomorrow." Y/N nods.

"Okay, I will let it slide this one night, just no touching her Meli. I mean it." She says, playfully glaring. He nods, holding his hands up.

"Fine fine. Nighty fluff ball." He says, walking up the stairs.

"Night Captain." She too finishes of her ale, looking down at the carving of the bear.

"So your not scared of me because you...?"

"𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎."

Y/N walks out the boar hat, quietly making her way to the roof as to not wake the sleeping giant and rests her head against her arms and she stares up at the sky.

"𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊!"

"You'll forever be with me, and a stupid ghost world like this will not change that!"

She takes the bear carving back out of her jacket, and holds it up to the sky, smiling as she closer her eyes, holding it close to her chest.

"I will see you again. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow or for years. But we will be together again. That I can promise."

"𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛...𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝?"

Wagwan my fellow people, been awhile. I honestly didn't have any willingness to write this, just caught up with things and whatnot. Will there be a steady upload, probably not. I just felt like writing so decided to type this up, speedy. May be edited one day as it's a little rushed, but also a little longer for you lovely people. So anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you in the next!

P.S. Been working with different stuff, different fonts, you guys likey or no likey? I think it's pretty cool

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Date Published: 15/02/2023
Last Edited: 29/09/2023