Chapter 8- The Family Reunion
A/N I decided that Jonas would be represented by Laito from Diabolik Lovers, just get rid of the fangs and constant swearing and that would pretty much be him, sexual innuendos and all.
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"Jonas... What? How?" Those were the only words I could force out; I hadn't seen my brother in a long time, and this was just too much.
"Hey sis, it's been a while, hasn't it?" I nodded silently, the last time I had seen my brother was years ago and he was being torn to shreds by the village we had come to love so much over a hundred years ago.
"I would love to sit and catch up, but we are under a time constraint, and as I have something I need to tell you." He looked like he was going to continue, but I was finally able to unfreeze and I sprinted across the gap between us and tackled him in a giant hug, tears streaming down my face.
"Jonas, what the heck, I watched you die, how are you here? I know we have things to talk about, but you can't expect me to go off nothing, can you?" He sighed and summoned up some chairs made from the crystal surrounding us, which only made my eyes open wider.
"Stop looking like your brain is about to explode, just sit down and I'll explain." I hurried and did as he said, "Honestly, I'm shocked that you are this surprised; I mean, we are Banshees, our job is the dead, so it comes naturally that we would have some degree of control over our own death. Also, this is the Necropolis, which is literally a city for the dead. If Mom and Dad had survived, you would have been here long ago, banshees are meant to come here often to keep the balance, but that has been neglected lately because of the lack of banshees who know how to do their job and actually care enough to do it right."
"The reason I brought you here is because of that imbalance, over the last few decades the situation has been worsening here, and the necropolis has slowly begun to crumble and the dead are suffering because of it. Mom, Dad, and I have been investigating every banshee to see if they could be the one to help bring peace back to life and death. I won't lie to you Janis, you weren't our first choice, but the last couple of decades have made it apparent that you are our only choice."
"Wow, way to instill confidence in a girl." I deadpanned and he just grinned wryly at me.
"Well, I won't tell you a lie, that would be wrong." I rolled my eyes and he laughed, "Anyways, we figured that you could get the help of the other sins... If they accept you after what they think you did."
"Oh, shut up, that's enough of your gloating. What will I need to do?"
"Well, it will involve more consistent visits to the necropolis and you will need to devote more time to helping people pass over. We would tell you that you need to devote all your time you banshee duties, but crap is going to go down here soon and the Eight Deadly Sins will need you. I have to warn you that if you accept, the number of death visions will flair dramatically, we aren't sure how much, but we know that it will happen and so that could be an issue."
I was about to ask for more details when he stood up and the landscape started shimmering, "Next time you come, come through the main gate of the Necropolis, you'll be able to stay longer and see more people; Mom and Dad should be there as well."
"Wait, you have barely answered any of my questions, what is happening in the Necropolis and-"
"There is no time, I'm out of energy to keep you here, you are going back alone, but I hope to see you soon... Little Bitch." I was about to yell at him for his inappropriate nickname, but he vanished and in his place, was the crowd, gaping at me in confusion.
"I'm sorry Wanderer, but I'm afraid we disqualified you for leaving the ring, we're not really sure what happened, but where is The Day Bringer?"
I shook my head and exited the ring and the crowd just looked at me in confusion and the announcer fumbled, "Okay... Well anyways, the final match of this year's fighting festival will be between the much anticipated will be between Matronis and Meliodaz!" The crowd quickly forgot my odd disappearance and began to cheer loudly for the much-anticipated match between two of the strongest fighters.
I heard the two talking, "Well Diane, it looks like we'll get your sacred treasure no matter what happens, want to just half-ass this till the end?"
"Be you've already won Captain, cause you've totally K.O'ed my heart, ya know Captain?"
I shook my head then noticed some girls in the corner asking Meliodas to 'finish' doing naughty things with them, I was confused for a second until I noticed Ban pouring money into their hands.
'Ban knows the Captain and Diane way to well...' I thought to myself then turned back to the match, Diane had punched Captain into the ground, calling him a womanizer and the crowd went crazy.
"It looks like Matrona has started the match with a vicious preemptive strike!" Meliodas was trying to convince Diane that he really didn't know those girls, but she wasn't taking any of it and kept punching at the Captain and yelling at him as well. I was laughing until I felt a bad energy coming our way, the fight in the ring had stopped and I could sense the other sins moving forward, so I decided to take a risk and join them, it was time to see if they would accept me fighting alongside them.
The crowd was confused as the five of us gathered in the ring, then Meliodas yelled out, "My real identity is Captain of the Eight Deadly Sins, I'm Meliodas, the Dragon sin! We're taking over Vaizel, everything belongs to us now. I'm giving all of you one minute to clear out of this town, understand? If you don't we're going to kill you all!"
The crowd obviously didn't believe him at first, and as they yelled insults out Meliodas murmured to me, "Janis, I won't lie and say that I'm not glad to have you fighting beside us, but if you betray us, I will kill you." I nodded and King and Ban shot me sympathetic looks, "Get out of here!" He screamed and then jumped to counter the fireball that was shot at us.
"They're here already?" He asked and King jumped in.
"That equipment is sacred treasure class." Talking about the Holy Knights standing on top of the flying stingrays... Weren't they two of people I saw with Hendrickson and the demon?!
"It is, I bet Gila has gotten a lot stronger since the Necropolis, and what's worse is that there are three this time." They all jumped off their mounts and Meliodas turned to us, "Let's split up for now." We nodded and I started running to go help people evacuate.
I stopped as a vision entered my mind of Veronica, the second princess lying in a field, dead, as Elizabeth held her head and sobbed over her. 'This must be what Jonas was talking about. this is my first time having a death vision since Zaratras, and I'm not even very close to her.' I began to look for the princess, then collapsed as a flood of death visions crowded my mind. People were dying all around me and I could see every one of their deaths; this caused excruciating pain simply because it was too much to handle all at once, but I took deep breaths and began connecting with, and releasing their souls as quickly as I could. This was my job as a banshee, I had to complete it, no matter what.
"Well well, what do we have here." I grimaced as I heard the voice of Sir Pig; I so did not have time for this right now, "I will take great pride in taking down, not only the person who completely embarrassed me but also a member of the Eight Deadly Sins; this must be Christmas!"
I gritted my teeth, then managed to get out past the pain in my head, "You idiot, do you not see what is going on around us? Right now is the worst time to take your revenge, help the people evacuate!"
"I think not, I'm guessing that you are the Hydra's sin of deception, Janis? I've wanted to meet you for a long time, ever since I was a child, I've wanted to face you and beat you, so I think I'll do that now." He drew his sword and was about to swipe at me when I started laughing.
"My goodness, you really are deluded, I have been trained to fight since I was a child, which was several hundred years ago. I've already beaten you using the smallest fraction of my strength, what makes you think you could ever overpower me, Sir Pig?"
He looked at me shocked for a moment, and I cursed myself, remembering that I had called him that when I was at the capital as Jane, what a rookie mistake to make. I hissed as a fresh wave of death visions tried to tug at me, demanding my attention; sadly, I couldn't give in to them for now, and I forced my attention back to the Knight in front of me.
"I know you, have we met before?" He asked me quizzically.
"I don't know where we would have met." I said, then I was submerged in the visions as they got worse. I struggled my way back to the surface then noticed that Sir Pig was kneeling in front of me, holding my mask and gaping.
"Jane? You're Janis, the Hydra's sin of deception?" He looked completely shocked, and I knew I would have to do something quickly so that I could take care of this issue I was having. I looked at him, then let loose my Banshee's Screech, and he toppled over, completely unconscious. I limped to a nearby building that wasn't on fire, then I was consumed by the visions, my consciousness faded and I jumped into doing my duty as a banshee to help those who died violent deaths to cross over.
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A/N And another one done! I hope you enjoyed it, and I promise to get longer chapters out soon!
-klypso01
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