From Town to Town

"Hey Captain" King lay on his pillow, hovering just above the tavern veranda where the captain was sitting, leaning against the tavern's stone wall, "where are we going now?"

Meliodas had a large old parchment map between his hands, "a small town not far from here, its famous for ceramics. Byron, I think it is" he moved his face closer but the name was smudged with ink. "We'll gather some information there".

"Sure... you just want an excuse to have a drink".

"By the way King, did you mean something before when you said there was something different about the Holy Knights?" Meliodas cracked his knuckles, "for being so young, Guila possessed quite a bit of powerful magic".

King rested his cheek in his hand, "what if I told you just a few days ago, she was an apprentice Holy Knight without any powers?" he raised a thin eyebrow, "would you believe me?" The fairy scratched his neck, "from what I've heard, these new Holy Knights have been just popping up out of nowhere, Gilthunder called them the New Generation?"

"New Generation?" You say as you walk out of the door, still in your nightie from the night before. One of your spaghetti straps was falling off your shoulder, exposing the corner of your breast.

King turned red as Meliodas flipped himself upright and walked over to you, "morning (Y/n)" he said with a sunshine-filled grin.

"Morning Melio" you reply sweetly, your cheeks rosy as he lifts the strap back into place, his fingers grazing your skin.

"Take care of (Y/n) for me! We won't be long!" Meliodas waved as him, King, Hawk and Elizabeth left for the town, leaving the other sins and yourself behind at the tavern.

Ban frowned, leaning on the bar, "so we've been locked in because we look too much like our wanted posters ay?" The sin of greed slurred and sipped his beer.

"Guess so, this town has us posted up everywhere, best we leave them to it" you wink at the blue-haired man and he nods.

You hear Diane laughing as she rolls around outside, wrestling with your ring's seventh configuration – the wind walker. Taller than Diane and as long as three Hawk mums, the beast was certainly one of a kind.

The still shirtless Ban caught your wrist out of nowhere and held it to his cheek. Closing his eyes with your forearm pressing against his cold face, you were on opposite sides of the bar, you standing, him sitting.

You gasped, "Banzy, what are you doing?"

"Listening to your heartbeat. It's irregular" He replied lazily. "What aren't you telling us angel-face? I noticed you were acting differently... you're even hiding it from the Cap'n".

You clench your hand and he legs go, you withdraw your arm back to your possession, holding it against your chest, "I'm... worried".

"It is about your past with the Cap'n?"

"A result of our past yes..."

Ban watched you carefully, his dark narrow eyes studying your slim form, "you don't have to tell me now".

You smile softly, "thankyou Ban".

"Well we left that town pretty quick" Diane said as she rode atop the Wind Walker, which was easily carrying the giant across the great earth beside the green pig mama. You sat on the creatures head between horns and large rabbit-like ears, your white wings stretched out behind you.

Elizabeth was sitting on the edge of the tavern veranda, her knees pulled to her chest, "we ran into my older sister".

You looked over to the princess, then back at the mountain-side town you were approaching, Vaizel, Meliodas had called it.

"So there's a rumour that a Vaizel merchant bought a 'weapon that nobody can wield, I think it's a sacred treasure" Meliodas said as you all sat around one of the tavern tables inside.

"That's sounds about right, only people who possess the base strength of a Holy Knight can wield even a single Holy Knight weapon such as a sacred treasure" You flicked your hand for a demonstration and King leaps off his Chastiefol as it transforms into its spear form to counter your double-edges scythe (see picture above).

"Lady (Y/n), I've been meaning to ask" Elizabeth tapped her index fingers together nervously as you sat down in an empty chair at the table, the princess stood, "how many configurations does your ring have? Is it similar to Sir King's?"

You blink, "Ten, ten configurations, three of them are beast configurations like the Wind Walker".

"Whaaaa" Ban said, soundly a little annoyed, "there are other beasts? I've only seen the one"

King crosses his arms, "I've seen Jungle Crawler, it's just as impressive"

Ban's keen red eyes point at you, "you hiding some of your tricks from me angel-face?"

"Angel-face?" Meliodas frowns, "you have a new nickname for (Y/n) Ban?"

"What about it?"

Meliodas shrugs, "nothing"

Diane blinks, looking through the window, "aren't you boys packed full of jealously".

King fell back onto his pillow tiredly, "well we better head out then, and since the town has a ban of giants, I'll stay back with Diane!"

Elizabeth shook her head, "that's ok Sir King, you go on into the town and find the sacred treasure, I'll stay with Diane" she smiled sweetly, and you did too.

"Me too, I missed having some girl talk" your wings furl into your back, feathers stretching.

Meliodas patted you on the head as he stands up, "ok then! We'll go now".

Ban winked at you as he left, King smiled sheepishly at you and Diane, and Meliodas shoved his hands back into his pockets and gave you comforting half-smile.

(2000+ years ago)

"(Y/n)!" Meliodas called out as he wandered through the town, it was lit up beautifully for some sort of festival, lanterns hanging from every building.

"Melio!" You call as you duck between people in your traditional kimono, it had been made by one of the elderly woman of the town as a present. To her knowledge you were merely an orphan lost far from home and in need of a mother, which you were, sort of. You weren't in need of anyone accept Meliodas. The sin of wrath caught your small body in his arms as you jumped at him, lifted you easily up into the air as you clutched to his chest, "do you like my kimono?"

He nodded, "I think you've never looked more like a lady" he winks and your tiny cheeks glow crimson. He pats the side of your frame with his hand, "what do you want to do, there's a whole festival to see?"

Before you could answer, your stomach gave an uncomfortable groan. "Mmm" you murmur resentfully, "maybe we could eat something?"

He nuzzles his nose against yours, "as you wish".

While Meliodas was waiting in line to buy some food, you began to feel an unnatural pull, like a tether, dragging you towards a darkened alley where no lanterns hung. You felt uneasy, but your young curiosity wasn't helping as your small legs seem to carry themselves down the stone path, away from the warm lights and noises.

Someone grabs a strand of your (H/c) hair and tugs at it, making you stop walking, "ow!" you cry and your small hand meets a much larger one as you try to pull it off, "let go".

"Well well well my friends" three men stand around you, towering over with hunched stances and their bodies reeking of foul smells and booze, "look what I caught".

It was quite unlucky you always found yourself in these situations, unfortunately for you, your angel blood allowed you to sense evil intent, so it made you draw to it in order to slay it. Before you could scream, a grubby hand clamped over your mouth and someone else pulled at the strings on your kimono. You thrashed and kicked one, sending him sprawling along the ground and slamming into one of the stone walls, cracking it badly.

"What the hell?" one of the other men hisses and grabs your arms, the one pulling at your dress does not stop, and is close to exposing too much of your soft pale skin.

He coughs suddenly and blood spills from his throat, dripping down onto your face and as his hand leaves your mouth you scream and cry. You watch as his arm is torn from his body and yours, falling heavily to the stone beside his insides. The man's stomach had been slashed so violently he was practically cut in half.

Your eyes were covered by a smaller, shaking hand. Meliodas. He pulled you against him as the other man fell in pieces to the ground, blood dripped down your face, staining your brand new kimono horribly. "M-M-Mel" you tried to talk, but your voice didn't want to work, your fingers were weak and barely clung to his white shirt.

His lips pressed to your temple and held there as he collapsed back against the adjacent alley, "did they touch you?" he growls. You were scared, you had never heard this much aggression coming from your blonde protector.

You nod shakily and he pulls you tighter against him, the front of your dress open and covered in blood, running right through your thin white top underneath. He held you flush against his strong chest and stood, carrying you in a front-piggyback, one hand on your back to hold you there. He re-sheathed his sword, "did...did you kill them?"

"No" Meliodas caught sight of a large double-scythe spinning above the collapsed men's broken bodies, "I think you did without knowing".

Your began to cry, face buried in his neck as he carried you away from the gruesome sight.

"Am I bad Melio?" you asked in the darkness, standing holding your teddy at the foot of the sin's bed. You had decided to stay overnight at the inn, you were in too much shock to travel and Meliodas wanted you to get some sleep.

He was instantly kneeling at your side, clutching your hand, "no sin in the world could make you bad (Y/n), we just do reckless things sometimes to keep ourselves safe". You squeezed his finger, looking up at him.

He pulled you up into his bed and wrapped his arms around you, your teddy between your bodies, "try to get some rest (Y/n), tomorrow I'll take you far away from this place" his thumb brushed drying tears from your cheek. "Far far away"

Diane, Elizabeth and you walked through the forest carrying empty baskets to collect fresh fruit. "This forest has so many beautiful plants!" Elizabeth relished, running between bushes to look at all the different flora of the forest.

Diane poked a sapling, "seems ok, I don't think there would be too many poisonous things here"

You gave the giant a thumbs up, "let's just pick anything that looks edible!"

TO BE CONTINUED! NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE THE FAMOUS VAZIEL FIGHTING FESTIVAL!!!

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