Hey Everyone!
So, this chapter will be part 2 of chapter 4. The reason for this was because the chapter was already getting pretty long, and I didn't want to have all of you guys read such a long chapter at once if I can help it.
Anyways, I've been reading your reviews and I will reply to some of them.
Kel000: First off! The story is still in its beginning stages and it hasn't even been that long since Naruto was introduced, SO CALM THE FUCK DOWN! Second, like I said, the story is still beginning, and I am planning on making it more the connection to Naruto more clear. Plus, I said that they would be able to call him whatever they want, which means depending on who's talking, I will make them call him Ban or Naruto.
To the guest who wanted a female King: Yeah, sorry, but I don't think a female King would have worked since him being male is what gives him his human form of a male, and then also helps explain his jealousy of Ban for getting together with Diane. While being a woman would also explain the jealousy, it doesn't explain his human form being the fat man it is, and nobody can say otherwise since his human form is fat!
Then the guest who pointed out Elaine's eyes: Thank you for reminding me, that was a mistake on my part because I had forgotten that her eyes are gold and not green as I was rushing to finish the chapter at the time. I don't know why I thought they were green at the time when I was writing the chapter, but from now on, I will remember they are gold.
Next, I have the results from my poll and Naruto will be receiving the fox summoning contract. And I have to admit, it was very close with Foxes beating Dragons by just 2 votes! Now that is a close vote, but yeah, Naruto will be getting Foxes, but I may have a surprise later on for all of you and it involves the results from the poll. Now, I'm not telling you what it is, but there will be hints lying around in the story, and maybe some people will understand what the hints are, or maybe not.
Anyways, I believe that was everything I needed to say.
So, on with the story!
"So what if you can see the darkest side of me?" Normal Speech
"No one would ever change this animal I have become" Past Speech
"And help me to believe it's not the real me" Bijuu/Powerful Being/Demon Speech
'Somebody help me tame this animal' Normal thoughts
'This animal, this animal' Bijuu/Powerful Being/Demon Speech
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or The Seven Deadly Sins, those are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Nakaba Suzuki, respectively.
Answers, Grizzly of Sloth, and City of the Dead! Part 2
-Last Time-
The boy then said, "'A priceless memory shared with the deceased will open the path to the Capital of the Dead.'"
Guila tilted her head, "I'm afraid I don't understand."
"We don't get it either! Who'd know anything about where dead people are headed!" The boy responded, then asked, "Now please, stop hurting the nice lady!"
"I see." Guila said, sheathing her rapier, "Thank you."
They all then watched as she raised her hand in the position to strike.
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With that, the bear began to shift into a twin-headed spear, where the head was shaped like crab claws and was yellow. It then shot forward and stabbed Ban through the chest, where the flesh began to turn to stone, surprising Ban. King then said, "I've been looking forward to this moment. Are you watching, Elaine?"
Meanwhile, off to the side, appeared to be the same girl that Ban was chasing. She had shoulder length blonde hair, gold eyes, and a flowing white dress. The girl then thought, 'Ban? Is it really you?'
-Present-
Back in the real world, Guila then swung her hand, but then surprised the kids and Kurenai when she jabbed herself in the heart.
Back with the group in the Capital of the Dead, they all suddenly sensed something behind them. Elizabeth saw this reaction in Naruko and asked her, "What's wrong?"
Naruko turned, along with everyone else and began saying, "Elizabeth, I think you should get out of here," Once she turned and saw Guila, she finished with, "Because I've got a bad feeling about this."
Diane asked, "Who's that?"
Anko then said, "The better question is, where did she come from?"
Guila then responded and said, with a flick of her hair, "I got here by dying."
Hinata said, "She got here by dying? Does that mean she killed herself?"
"Killing herself to chase after the Sins? Why would she do that?" asked Hana.
Guila then responded and said, "If it's for justice, then my life is worth nothing more than a pig's."
Hawk to offense to this and exclaimed, "The hell do you mean by that!? Hey Meliodas, isn't there something wrong with her?"
"Yeah, very wrong." Meliodas replied.
Guila then drew her rapier and when she did that, she caused a massive shockwave to hit the group, blasting back Hawk and Elizabeth, while the rest were pushed back, but held their ground.
Meliodas then said, "Hawk, get Elizabeth far away out of here."
Hawk said, "Right!" And with that, Hawk moved over to Elizabeth, allowing her to climb up, before the two of them took off. With that, Diane was covered in smoke, before it cleared, to show she changed back to her regular size. The kunoichi brought out their kunai, or swords for Naruko and Kushina, while Satsuki and Hinata activated their sharingan and byakugan, respectively.
While still within earshot, Elizabeth shouted, "PLEASE STAY SAFE, EVERYONE!"
Guila hearing this said, "That's probably impossible."
Meanwhile, Hawk just kept running and jumping off of crystal and kept going farther and farther. As they were increasing the distance, Hawk was telling Elizabeth how even his animal instincts were telling him to run away from Guila, with even Elizabeth agreeing that she felt something was wrong. Eventually they stopped and Hawk asked, "Do you think this is far enough?"
However, they were proven wrong when Meliodas, Kushina, Naruko, and Anko all came crashing into the crystal and the ground around them. Elizabeth asked, "Are you all alright!?"
Kushina looked at Elizabeth and exclaimed, "What are you still doing here!? Get further away!" Before she, along with the other three stopped Diane and the others from being impaled by several crystals. Hawk then continued running, while the others got ready to continue fighting, just as Guila was walking up to them.
Guila then began describing how Diane is the strongest physically among the Seven Deadly Sins along with her ability, Creation, and how it's an ability available only to giants and allows them to control the earth and iron around them. Guila then said how she had been looking forward to seeing it with her own eyes, getting Diane to ask, "So, what's your impression of it?"
"Honestly, I'm disappointed." Guila answered, "It's not as impressive as the stories I've heard."
Diane was insulted at this, but then smirked and said, "Alright, then how about this?" She then made a few gestures before she clasped her hands together and touched the ground with her knuckles, while saying, "Sand Whirl," causing the ground around Guila to turn into sand, sucking Guila in. "How about that? I can turn minerals into sand."
Guila then jumped out of the sand, but was met with a piece of a crystal that Diane has thrown at her. Guila just pointed her rapier at the crystal, and when it touched, the crystal exploded, launching the pieces at Diane, knocking her down. Once Guila landed, she then had to dodge a couple of sword strikes from Kushina and Naruko, before also dodging a swipe at her neck from Meliodas. Guila then stopped moving and said, "While I may not know all of you and your abilities," She said, to the kunoichi, then she turned to Meliodas, "I do know you, but I wonder why you haven't used your sword yet?"
Meliodas then said, "Well, why not come and find out?"
With that, Guila ran and charged and then thrust her rapier at Meliodas, causing an explosion, but then Meliodas swung his sword, sending the explosion back at Guila. Everyone thought that caused some damage, but then the smoke cleared to reveal Guila being relatively unharmed. Everyone was confused on why this was the case, until Meliodas spoke, "You cheeky. You knew what my ability was, so you purposefully held back to minimize the damage you received."
Guila simply smiled while extending her left hand and raising her rapier up, ready to strike and said, "Come on everyone, do your best to satisfy me!"
-Meanwhile-
Back with Ban and King, we find the two in the same positions as last time, but Ban is almost completely solidified with only his neck and head still normal. The two are just staring at each other while King said, "You said there were two problems for me getting my revenge against you. The first one was your immortality, which I took care of just now, but what is the second?"
Ban looked at King with a smirk and said, "You'll never find out, and even if you did, you wouldn't believe it."
And with that, Ban had finally became completely fossilized while still containing his smirking face. King was frustrated that Ban got the last word, but just let that frustration go as it wouldn't do him any good. King then began to say, "To the very end, not even a word of repentance, huh. That is just like you, Ban. Then at least, in the Capital of the Dead, unable to die or find peace, all alone, just live in agony for the rest of eternity." King then had Chastiefol retreat from Ban's chest before turning back to its regular spear form. King then began to leave while finishing with, "That's a fitting fate for you, in return for stealing everything from Elaine."
As King was floating off, what appeared to be part of a white flowing dress suddenly appeared in front of the now petrified Ban. King, sensing the new presence turned around to see a group of small light gathered in front of Ban.
"What…? Is that…? Some kind of trick by Ban?" King asked himself out loud, "No, that's impossible. He shouldn't be able to do anything." However, as King had gotten closer, he was suddenly able to feel a familiar presence from the balls of light. He was so shocked that he lost focus on Chastiefol, causing it to fall and pierce the floor as he said, "No way… This feeling is… Elaine? Is it… really you?"
While King is only able to see balls of light, the one in front of Ban appears to be a little girl. She is wearing a white flowing dress with a large bow tied on the back of the dress. She has fair skin, shoulder-length, blonde hair and gold eyes. This was Elaine, or at least her soul, seeing as she was dead. Elaine then cups Ban's cheeks and places a kiss on his lips, causing the petrification on Ban to completely shatter, shocking King!
"What!? The petrification was shattered!?" King exclaimed.
Ban was softly smiling as he then said, "Hello, Elaine." With Elaine smiling back at him.
King was shocked at this and said, "Ban, how can you see Elaine? Is… Is that really Elaine!? No! If that's really the case, how can you see her while I can't!?"
Elaine then pointed to her cheek and asked, "Ban, how did you get that scar?"
"Man, and here I thought you spirits were watched over us from the other side." Ban said while turning his head away with a small pout, getting Elaine to smile at his response.
"TH-THAT VOICE!" King exclaimed, "ELAINE! IT'S ME! REMEMBER, YOUR BIG BROTHER!?" King then began pointing at himself and said, "Please! Let me see you too!"
Ban looked at King from the corner of his eye and said, "Just let him see you."
However, Elaine shook her head and said, "This so-called, 'Capital of the Dead,' is where the soul and memories are tied together. Those who are living and those who passed on are connected by the strong bond created by their shared memories is what allows the deceased to be seen."
King, despite being unable to see Elaine, was still able to hear her, so hearing that the living and deceased can only meet through the bond they created, shocked him.
"Your still mad at me, aren't you?" King asked, then continued, "That I abandoned everything. You. The kingdom. I threw it all away!"
Silence temporarily passed through the area, before the sound of fighting could be heard, along with explosions, shocking the group.
Ban went wide-eyed and turned back in the direction of the others and said, "This feeling! A Holy Knight!?" And with that, he began to turn back, ready to go help the others, before he was stopped with shout of,
"BAN WAIT!"
It turned out to be Elaine who stopped him, as she then asked, "Why did you come to see me?"
Ban replied with, "I just wanted to let you know something."
King then desperately began saying, "Fine! I'm alright with whatever you think of me! But there's no reason for you to save Ban! He's the one who stole everything from you!"
Ban said, "One day," He then turned to look at Elaine with a soft yet confident smirk and said, "I will make you mine."
Elaine gained a heavy blush with tears in her eyes, however, King didn't seem to take well to this as he exclaimed, "Ban! Haven't you done enough to my sister!?"
However, King got confused as he wasn't expecting to hear Elaine say, "Thank you, Ban."
With that, Ban took off running back towards the others, determined to help. Leaving a depressed King behind to deal with his own problems.
-Back with the others-
While Ban and King were dealing with their issues against each other, Diane, Meliodas and the others were facing off against Guila. As they all charged Diane poked the ground with her finger, before pointing up, creating two pillars of stone that launched Meliodas and Kushina at Guila.
Once the two were close enough to Guila, they began slashing at her with their swords (or piece of a sword in Meliodas's case). Guila was slowly getting pushed back, but she was successfully dodging or blocking each strike. However, the two suddenly backflip allowing Guila to see Diane before Diane attempts to crush Guila.
Diane then sees a bright light, before a massive explosion happens, blowing her back into some crystals. The others quickly began to charge as well, but Guila wouldn't have any of that. Guila then pointed her rapier at them before with a ball of fire shot out at them with a shout of, "Shot Bomb!" Upon seeing the attack the group dodged, as it came into contact with the ground before exploding.
As the smoke cleared, it showed everyone was covered in soot, burns, and scrapes from all the explosions or the debris caused by the explosions (Not shrapnel, just all the tiny rocks that would get sent flying). They all then looked to see Guila walking towards them still completely fine, with her rapier ready in her hand.
Guila then said, "Please try harder. Attacks like that won't be able to stop my power," Guila then lifted her rapier into the air, preparing to launch another attack as she exclaimed, "Explosion!" But before she could launch her attack, she felt her rapier refusing to move and actually going against her.
The group was confused until they heard a voice say, "My bad~." They looked and began to smile as they saw Ban (Or Naruto, depending on who's talking) standing a few feet away from Guila with his hand extended out like he's about to grab something as he then said, "I think I just stopped it."
Everyone was shocked to him appear so suddenly, but they were happy as they all shouted, "Ban/Naruto/Onii-chan!"
Guila could then be seen struggling as she was still in a weird position with her rapier slowly heading towards Ban, while slowly dragging Guila with it. Guila then exclaimed, "Fox's Sin of Greed, Ban! Take you hand off my rapier!"
All he did was give a wide smirk in return while saying, "That's no~ way to ask for something, Miss. Besides, I'm not touching anything~." Ban returned back in a teasing tone. He then twitched one of the fingers on his extended hand, causing Guila's arm to extend as she fought to keep hold of her rapier.
She could then be seen visibly struggling against an invisible force while holding her rapier and said, "I see. This is your power, Snatch." Guila then looked up at him as she continued speaking, "The details of your power aren't very well-known to the kingdom, but I'll give you something more suitable for a little thief like you."
After she said this, a small little orb of fire began slowly making its way to where Ban was standing. He was confused and said, "Huh?" Before suddenly, the little orb went off in a huge explosion, causing everyone to cover their eyes, including Guila, due to the power of the explosion. Everyone grew worried when the smoke cleared to reveal Ban on the ground with most of his jacket blown off, with only the right sleeve left, and several gashes and cuts littering his body.
He coughed and groaned as steam could be seen coming off of the wounds, before Guila walked up to him and said, "I've been told that you are immortal, but it looks like you can't even fight anymore." Guila then had to dodge as Meliodas and Naruko jumped over and began attacking Guila, or at least attempted to. Guila began dodging their attacks, before launching a smokescreen to blind the two.
Guila then came from behind and caused another explosion, launching them into the air, where Diane was waiting to catch the two.
"No matter how many times you try to bounce my attacks back with Full Counter," Guila began, "As long as I don't allow you to read the nature and timing of my attacks, it's not a problem."
Ban had finally finished healing and was rolling his arm as he asked, "Hey cap'n, you alive?"
The others were amazed to see him standing back up as if nothing had happened. Guila on the other hand said, "Impressive. Your immortality lives up to the legends."
"That's right, I'm proud of this immortality of mine," Ban replied.
Guila simply kept her smile on her face and said, "Being immortal and being invincible aer two very different things. No matter how many times you regenerate yourself, I'll turn you into mince meat."
Ban's eye twitched as he began cracking his knuckles and said, "I'm starting to really not like her."
Meliodas turned towards him and asked, "Was she right, Mr. Ban?"
Diane and Naruko both said, "Guys this isn't the time to be messing around!"
-Meanwhile, Back with King-
King was still on his hands and knees, after hearing the happiness in Elaine's voice when she was talking to Ban. He was even saying, "I don't understand. How can you forgive Ban? The man who… stole everything from you?"
The balls of light that were Elaine's spirit were silent for a second before replying, "After you threw away the country away, for seven hundred years… I lived the whole time fighting the loneliness all by myself." This shocked King, as he didn't know his sister had been suffering like that, but before he could say anything, she continued, "But those seven hundred years of solitude… He took them and buried them in just seven days. Because Naruto found out that you're my brother, he provoked you and took your spear."
King was shocked and confused, shocked that Ban had actively provoked him, and confused at the name. "What…?" King trailed off as he looked up, only to finally be able to see his sister, Elaine.
She then said, "He's not the man you think he is."
"E-Elaine! H-How am I able to see you!? And why did you call him Naruto instead of Ban?" King asked, as he wanted to know why he could finally see her, and why she called Ban, Naruto.
"If you can see me, it's because I want you to understand and help Naruto. For you see, Naruto is his real name, but he is currently denying his past as a ninja. So, he changed his name and stopped using his old abilities in favor of only using what he's learned from Britannia." Elaine explained, before she her eyes started watering and said, "But his decision is causing him pain, I know it is. So please," Elaine then looked at King and said, with a face full of tears, "Help him! He was always at his best when he isn't being held back by pain or self-doubt!"
King was in shock at this, but before he could talk to Elaine some more, Elizabeth and Hawk appeared, with Elizabeth screaming in shock at falling off of Hawk due to him tripping. Hawk then said, "I'm done! I can't… run… anymore! My body's… at its… limit!" While Elizabeth was groaning due to hitting her head when she landed.
King was confused as to why a girl and a pig just suddenly appeared, but he didn't pay much attention as he began turning back to Elaine while saying, "I don't understand. Why do you care for him so… ?" However, when he turned back, Elaine was gone. He then heard,
"Sir King, right?"
Turning back to the girl and pig, King asked, "And your are…?"
"I'm Elizabeth!" Elizabeth introduced herself, before she cut off Hawk during his introduction as she said, "Due to various reasons, I'm currently traveling with Sir Meliodas' group."
"With captain…?" King asked.
Elizabeth nodded, before she remembered what was happening, as she exclaimed, "Anyway, they're in danger right now! A Holy Knight appeared in the Capital of the Dead and attacked everyone!" Elizabeth began to look around the area as she asked, "Uh, are you together with Sir Ban? He's probably being targeted too, so we have to let him know." Elizabeth completely missed how King clenched his fist and had a look of confliction when she said Ban's name. However, she completely ignored that and exclaimed, "Anyway, if we don't do something, everyone will be in trouble, Sir King!"
Elizabeth then saw something behind her, just as King asked, "And…? You want me to help them out?"
However, King was completely shocked when instead of saying, "yes," she said, "No! Please run away, Sir King! I will be borrowing this spear!"
This had shocked King as he looked at her attempting to pull Chastiefol from the ground. As she kept trying to pull it out, he asked, "Can you really fight?"
Elizabeth replied, "I'm always being protected by Lady Diane, Sir Meliodas and the others, but I want to be of use to them as well!"
Hawk was amazed by Elizabeth's determination as he stood up and exclaimed, "Alright!" Hawk then bit down on the spear and grabbed it as well as he could with his two front feet as he then said, "We'll take that smug smile off her face!"
Elizabeth agree and said, "That's right!"
Hawk then had the idea, "We'll form the Hawk Knight of Legend together!" While imagining Elizabeth in armor, holding Chastiefol, while riding on top of Hawk.
Elizabeth replied in a strained voice, "Wait for me, everyone!"
"We'll be there soon!" Said hawk, both straining to try and pick up the spear while King was just watching them. Then suddenly, the spear finally came out of the ground getting the two to celebrate a bit.
…
That is until Elizabeth noticed that she and Hawk weren't touching the ground, causing her to get confused.
-Back with the Others-
Everything seemed quiet except for a bright light, before a large explosion suddenly went off. Most of the group had their eyes closed, but when they didn't feel any pain, they all opened their eyes. Confused as to why they didn't feel anything, until they looked up, causing their eyes to widen at what they saw.
Guila simply said, "My, my… Even if that wasn't at full strength, to not have been blown away by my explosion after taking it head on. The toughness of the giant clan truly does deserve to be respected."
The reason she was saying this? Diane had used her own body to protect everyone, causing her to be completely covered in burns and soot while smoke was still coming off of her back where the biggest burn was as the back of her clothes were also completely damaged. Though, the only unlucky one was Ban as he also took damage directly from the explosion.
"A-Are you guys okay?" Diane asked weakly, as she was really feeling the pain due to taking the brunt of the explosion.
Naruko with a smile said, "Yeah, we're okay. Thanks Diane!"
Ban was covered in blood, which was quickly disappearing, when he looked at Diane and asked, "What happened?"
Diane just sheepishly said, "Um, I forgot. Though I knew you'd survive."
Ban just sighed as he finished healing and groaned, "It's fine," As he stood up, before he looked at her and said, "Just get some rest, you look like you need it."
Diane just giggled while she smiled, "I feel like I need it too…" Diane trailed off as she went to sleep in order to recover some strength.
Ban just looked at Meliodas and said, "Welp, looks like it's just the two of us, huh captain?"
Guila just shook her head and said, "These are the legendary knights?"
With that, Meliodas and Ban launched themselves forward on either side of Guila, with her simply jumping back. Ban suddenly jumped towards Guila, ready to attack, but Guila stopped that as she swung her rapier. Causing an explosion and getting Ban to stop. Meanwhile, Meliodas was coming up behind Guila, ready to strike but she simply snapped her fingers, causing a small flash, and getting Meliodas to cover his eyes. This, however, gave Guila an opening, which she used to back kick Meliodas, which sent him flying, bouncing and skidding along the ground.
Ban then tried to take a swipe at her with his arm, but Guila cut if off, which shocked him before she stabbed him through his throat with her rapier. Guila watched as he coughed up blood before asking, "Were the legends just fairytales?"
Suddenly, something stabbed through Ban's chest, alerting Guila, but she was too slow to dodge, causing her to get sent flying into a crystal while Ban was just shocked and said, "What the?" He looked to see that the spear currently piercing through his torso was actually Chastiefol! 'But if it's here, then that means…'
His thoughts trailed off when he felt someone land on the spear handle. Turning his head, he saw it was King, who then said, "Yo, Ban. Or should I say Naruto?"
At that, Naruto's eyes widened before they narrowed and he asked, "Why are you here and how did you learn my name?"
King simply replied, "Can't you tell? I came to help. As for your name, Elaine told me. Simple as that."
"To help, huh?" Cough! "And why would she tell you my name?" Naruto asked, while coughing out some blood mid-sentence.
King tilted his head to speak to more of Naruto's face as he said, "I'm here for the captain, Diane, and for Elaine's feelings for you. As for why she told me your name, it's because she knows your suffering, and she doesn't want you to suffer any more."
Naruto's eyes widened at that before he sighed and said, "I don't care if I'm sufferi-..." "She was crying."
Naruto stopped as he heard that while King just continued, "She loves you so much that it hurts and her having to watch you suffer, just makes it hurt even more."
Naruto's eyes were shadowed as he asked, "So, what do you want me to do?"
King answered, "I personally don't care about you, but" It was at this point in time that an explosion occurred from the pile of rubble that once buried Guila, showing she was just fine. King then finished, "Elaine wants you to begin accepting your past, because she told me, 'he's a better person when he's not being held back by pain or self-doubt.'"
Naruto was in deep thought, but before he could do anything, Guila said, "Your betrayal was expected, but it's still too late Grizzly's Sin of Sloth, King."
"What you're saying is what's unexpected, "King replied, "I had no intention of siding with you from the start. It just so happened that the kingdom's goal of defeating the Seven Deadly Sins coincided with my goal of defeating Ban at the moment." Meliodas and Naruto noticed King said, "Ban," instead of his real name. While Meliodas thought this was so that they could use Naruto's real name and not get in trouble, Naruto realized King was putting him in a position where he has to start accepting his past, and while it slightly pissed him off, he understood it was necessary. King then continued, "But things have changed. So sorry, but can you relay that message to Gilthunder, your boss?"
Guila was silent for a second, before her face seemed to darken as she said, "That little boy? My boss." Guila then created several little shot bombs, as she said, "Please save the jokes for sleep-talking. It's not funny at all." She finished as she launched all the bombs at the same time.
Meliodas began to jump back as he said, "Taking care of all of those will be a handful."
However, King wasn't worried as he simply pointed his right hand, sending Chastiefol straight out of Naruto's chest before it began spinning at rapid speeds, causing all the shots to explode before they reach the group. As the smoke began to clear, Chastiefol began to slow down its spinning, while Guila said, "Splendid! So that's the legendary Spirit Spear: Chastiefol. I don't know if it's true, but the spear is said to be a Holy Weapon crafted from the sacred tree found only in the Fairy Realm. I hear that it's strength is stronger than that of steel and has the mysterious qualities of the sacred tree, and your power that draws out those qualities, 'Disaster.' Looks like I might be able to enjoy this. Please, come at me, four-on-one."
King then replied, "No… It'll be a one-on-one, mostly likely two depending on what someone decides." At that last part, King looked directly at Naruto, who noticed the look and while slightly conflicted, he sighed before moving forward.
"Alright, I get it. I'll help out, and while I may not restrain myself as much as I have been, I'm still not ready to fully accept my past." Naruto said as he walked next to King who nodded in understanding. He then looked back at King and said, "Though, while I understand what you just did, don't make it a habit." With that, Naruto changed his stance as he now had his body turned to the right, left leg forward, knees bent, while his right arm was at his waist and his left arm was slightly forward and both fists clenched tightly.
"I don't make any promises." King replied, while Chastiefol was spinning above him, as he then said, "After all, I care more for my sister and what she wants than I do you."
Guila just looked confused as she tilted her head and asked, "Are you being serious? You want to take me on with someone who I've already beaten? Need I remind you that three sins were barely able to keep up with me? What difference will you and a sin I've already proved to be superior over ma-?"
Before Guila could finish what she was saying, an incredible amount of force suddenly slammed into her side, before she went flying through one of the big crystals, causing it to collapse. Everyone was shocked by this, before they heard, "I never really cared before when people underestimated," They looked to see Naruto was standing where Guila once was, while he was cracking his knuckles, before he said, "But now? I absolutely hate it."
Guila stood back up, showing she was covered in scratches as she was in disbelief at being caught off-guard like that as she thought, 'I misread it!' Guila looked back at Ban as she then thought, 'Up until a minute ago, I was proving to be superior to him, but suddenly his strength and speed seem to have shot up. What is happening!?'
Before Guila could think anymore, a gust of wind suddenly shot by her, as Chastiefol launched next to her, cutting a few strands of hair, as well as her cheek. King, with his hand pointing towards her, said, "It might be a good idea to try dodging."
Meanwhile, Elaine was back where she and King had talked as she was saying, "I already know that you'll grant my wish. The both of you are stronger when wielding your powers for others rather than yourselves."
King suddenly sent Chastiefol shooting down from above Guila towards her but she leaned out of the way, but was then sent flying by Naruto who appeared in front of her before sending a right hook to her stomach. Getting Guila to also cough up blood from the amount of strength behind his punch.
"Not just for me, but for your friends who need the both of you."
Guila slammed into a crystal, crattering into the side, but she didn't get much of a chance to breathe as she suddenly had to begin dodging Chastiefol when it suddenly began chasing after her in an attempt to impale her. She then caused an explosion which sent Chastiefol back to King, but Guila was then blindsided by an uppercut from Naruto, sending her up into the air. However, instead of crashing back into the crystal she was heading towards, Guila flipped in mid-air, correcting her path so that she simply landed on the crystal as she thought, 'This power! This speed! This man is on a completely different level from the others, and how did Ban suddenly get stronger than me!?'
"I know the both of you are kinder than anyone else. You both kept blaming yourselves for either my death or the destruction of the Fairy King's Forest."
Guila raised her rapier high into the air, preparing a large fireball with an exclamation of, "Brilliant Detation!"
"I know the both of you have immeasurable power."
The fireball grew in size getting everyone, including the now awake Diane, to worry. King didn't look worried and neither did Naruto as they simply watched what Guila was planning.
"In the past, the human kingdom was at peace with the Forest of the Fairies ruled by the Fairy King. Not only was it a sign of friendship, but it was also an agreement not to interfere with each other's kingdoms."
Suddenly, the fireball Guila was charging began firing a storm of fireballs that caused powerful explosions upon impact! King calmly called Chastiefol to his side, before saying, "Spirit Spear: Chastiefol: Fifth Configuration: Increase!" With that, Chastiefol then suddenly began to spin at such a fast pace it created a little tornado of wind. Once the wind cleared, Chastiefol revealed to have turned into what looked to be a hundred small knives with rings at the end.
"But what was respected above all else, what repelled every invasion and struck fear into those who tried, was the power of the Lord of the Fairies."
King then sent all the knives to intercept the fireballs, protecting the group and causing a massive smokescreen. This prevented Guila from seeing the knives gather behind her. King then waved his hand before clenching his fist, which sent all the knives straight at Guila and they also destroyed the large crystal she was on.
"'King' his true name, Fairy King Harlequin."
As the smoke began to clear, everyone was beginning to relax and smile, thinking everything was over. All except for Naruto who looked at the smoke with narrowed eyes while he was preparing something as his right fist seemed to lightly pulse with green energy.
"Naruto, I know the past hurts you, and I know you don't want to accept it, but that's part of growth. I know you're in pain, and the past scares you, but you are the strongest person I know."
Suddenly, the smoke cleared, and everyone, except Naruto, went wide-eyed when they saw Guila was still standing, though she was heavily covered in burns, bleeding heavily, and was panting from exhaustion.
"You are not just some greedy person who steals absolutely everything of value, whether it's personal or monetary."
Guila suddenly charged at King with her rapier in position to thrust the tip at King, where she also had a fireball prepared to go off as she shouted, "King! At this range even if you defend yourselves with the Spirit Spear, YOU WON'T COME OUT UNSCHATHED!"
"You are not some heartless, cold man who doesn't care about what others think."
Before Guila made to King, Naruto suddenly appeared in between Guila and King, with his fist reared back. Everyone was surprised to see him just suddenly there, but what caught their attention was his fist as it could be seen glowing green and pulsing.
"You are the most selfless, heartful man I have ever met."
Naruto looked right at Guila and said, "You will never hurt one of my friends or loved ones, ever again."
"You are the man who I fell in love with because you took my sadness from me."
Naruto's fist began to glow brighter as tensed his arm, "You will never defeat me again." Everyone then began to feel the wind change as it all seemed to be heading towards Naruto's arm. The wind began to rapidly pick up, causing everyone to cover their faces, but they managed to watch as the wind wrapped around his arm, covering it in a maelstrom of power waiting to be unleashed.
"The only things that you take and keep are the feelings of sadness, loneliness, all of the negative feelings and emotions that your loved ones carry, so that they won't ever have to."
Naruto launched his fist, meeting Guila's rapier head-on.
"That is the true reason you chose your sin."
Everyone thought Naruto was going to go off in an explosion, but they were surprised when the fireball went out instead.
"You refuse to return those feelings of pain, loneliness, anger, hatred, because you want to make this world better than how it is."
Naruto then gave a shout of, "TATSUMAKI KEN!"
"That is why you chose the moniker, 'Fox's Sin of Greed.' 'Ban' your true name always has been and always will be Naruto Uzumaki."
Suddenly, the wind seemed to stop for a split second, before a tornado launched itself in Guila's direction, completely hiding her from view, before there was suddenly a huge blast of smoke and dust. When the tornado shot forward, the entire area went wild as it seemed the tornado was contorting the air space in the area, causing the winds to blow wildly. Rocks crashed into each other, shards of crystals went flying everywhere.
As the winds began to calm down, everyone slowly uncovered their faces and looked around, before they went wide-eyed. The reason being that the only things remaining after Naruto's attack, were a panting Naruto with a shredded right arm and a deep, smooth trench where Guila once stood. Naruto suddenly fell to his knees as he was sweating profusely and was panting heavily, but luckily his arm had already healed.
The others ran up to him as Kushina asked, "Naruto, are you alright!?"
Naruto was still panting as he said, "Y-Yeah…pant… I'm just…pant… exhausted. I just haven't used… pant… an attack like that in… pant… a while."
Everyone was glad that it was just exhaustion, but hen Diane asked, "What happened to Guila? Her presence seems to have just disappeared."
Elaine then appeared next to Naruto as she said, "She probably returned to the real world from the impact of your attack just now. Unlike all of you, it looks like she came here with just her soul instead of her physical body. Her soul must have been wounded after that attack."
Everyone then suddenly hears, "PUGOOOH!"
Everyone turned to hawk as Elizabeth asked, "What happened, Hawk!?"
"My-My ear's gone!" Hawk shouted, getting everyone to notice Hawk was indeed missing an ear.
"Kyaa! That's disgusting!" Elizabeth screamed.
"What's going on!?" Diane shouted as she looked to see she was slowly disappearing as well.
"This world has begun to reject you. The living who do not belong in this world." said Eliane, before she turned to Naruto and said, "I'm glad I was able to see you again, Naruto."
He gave her a calm smile and said, "I'll see you later, Elaine."
King watched as Elaine gave Naruto a kiss, before he turned away. However, just before he fully disappeared, King heard Elaine say, "Thank you, brother. For protecting and bringing Naruto back."
King went wide-eyed at that, as he quickly turned back while saying "ELAI-!" But before he could say anymore, everyone found themselves back in the real world.
"Looks like we're back." Hana said.
Anko nodded her head saying, "Yeah." Before she noticed an unconscious Kurenai on the ground covered in burns, getting Anko to run over as she exclaimed, "Kurenai!"
Everyone turned before going wide-eyed to see Kurenai was heavily injured, before they all rushed over with Tenten said, "Kurenai, wake up!" Kurenai slowly began to open her eyes as Tenten then asked, "Are you alright!? What happened!?"
"I-I'm f-f-fine, just a few burns from that Holy Knight over there." Kurenai informed while weakly pointing in a direction.
Everyone turned and were shocked to see Guila's body standing there with her hand jabbing where her heart is, getting everyone except Naruto, Meliodas, Diane, and King to exclaim, "Holy Knight Guila!"
Naruto then said, "I see, she came to the capital by leaving herself half-dead."
King nodded his head in confirmation as he said, "Seems so, as not even a Holy Knight would want to die without someway to come back."
Hawk then exclaimed, "DOESN'T THAT MEAN SHE COULD WAKE UP AT ANY MOMENT!?"
Meliodas nodded and said, "Well, yeah, but we just have to make sure she can't follow us immediately after she wakes up." He then turned to Naruto and said, "Want to help me out, Ban?"
Naruto simply gave a wide smirk as he said, "Sure thing captain."
A few minutes later, the group was ready to get back on the road, when Elizabeth remembered, "Wait! What about Ellen and her brother!?"
Everyone went wide-eyed as they began looking around the area, while Naruto said, "Geez, where did they go?"
"You don't think Guila…?" King asked, not wanting to finish the sentence for fear of being confirmed.
Everyone stopped however, when they heard, "I'm glad, misters."
Everyone turned as Naruto said, "Oh! There you are."
The brother then said, "You were able to see the person you wanted to see…" The sister then finished, "And shared you memories and feelings, right?"
That was when everyone noticed the two were glowing and slowly becoming transparent, as Hinata said, "Those bodies…"
Naruko began, "Are… Are you…?"
The brother then said, "We'll rest in peace until we have to lead other people like you to the capital," The sister then said, "Your cooking was really delicious mister."
They both then said, "Thank you." Before disappearing, with Naruto having a small smile on his face and said, "Thanks to you too."
Later on, the group had made some progress, and decided to set up camp in order to eat. Diane was in her human size and was sitting with Naruto, who was still only wearing the right sleeve of his now completely destroyed jacket. King was checking on Diane making sure she was okay, with Diane saying she was fine. Naruto then placed a lot of salt on the fish King was going to eat and was waiting for the show. The kunoichi were checking on Kurenai, who turned out to not be as injured as she thought, and simply had some burns, which weren't too bad, thankfully.
The group was then laughing when King was chasing after Naruto while constantly spitting out pieces of fish as he had finally taken a bite out of the extremely salty fish. Naruto was simply smiling as he kept running, before he actually began running when King began to send Chastiefol in it's spear form after him.
After everything calmed down, "By the way," began King, "What is Elizabeth's relationship to the captain?"
Meliodas joked around and said that they were lovers and loved touching each other, getting Elizabeth to freak out, but Meliodas then stopped as he said, "She's a princess from the kingdom. She's looking for the Seven Deadly Sins so that we can save the kingdom from the Holy Knights."
King was shocked as he exclaimed, "PRI-PRINCESS!? Why didn't you tell me that earlier, captain!? I would have presented myself better!"
Naruto was confused, along with all the kunoichi, as he asked Meliodas while drinking, "The hell does he mean, 'presented myself better?'"
Elizabeth was saying, "Please Sir King, you don't have to-..."
She stopped as in a puff of smoke, King was replaced by a fat man with fat lips wearing regal clothing, getting Naruto to spit out his drink, while the kunoichi who were eating or drinking did the same, as they were all shocked by the sudden change.
Meliodas however simply said, "Whoa! His clothes changed."
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" exclaimed Naruto.
The now transformed King said, "I am the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth, King, of the Seven Deadly Sins." He then bowed as he said, "Pleased to make your acquaintance." He then seemed to move closer as he said, "Please forgive the rudeness of my conduct back at the Capital of the Dead!"
Elizabeth had stayed silent the entire time as she didn't know what to say in this situation. Luckily, Naruto and Meliodas came over, with Meliodas pushing King away by his face while Naruto pulled him away from behind, while Meliodas said, "Elizabeth won't get mad about that."
Naruto then finished, "He's right, she's really patient and kind."
Elizabeth blushed as she didn't expect to get complimented like that, but she shyly said, "P-Please, you can relax."
King stopped as he said, "I… I see. If that's the case…" In another puff of smoke, King was back to normal as he said, "Pheeww, it's been a while. My shoulders are stiff."
"Oh, his clothes changed back." said Meliodas, the main point completely going over his head once again.
"DO YOU EVEN HAVE EYES, CAPTAIN!?" Exclaimed Naruto, as he grabbed Meliodas and was opening his eyelids as if he were searching for eyeballs.
-Meanwhile-
"Awaken, my disciple."
A voice said to an unconscious Guila who was tied to a tree, before she woke up with a gasp and said, "This is…!" She then looked up to see a knight who was wearing a full-set of copper-coloured armor. The knight was also wearing a purple, high-collared cloak and their helmet was unique as it seemed to sport horns and also sported a sky-blue crest.
"Lord Helbram!" Guila exclaimed when she looked up.
"You failed, Guila." Helbram informed her, shocking Guila, before he continued, "Perhaps it was too soon for you to face the Seven Deadly Sins..."
Guila was confused by his sudden silence, "Is there… something wrong?"
"You, your face!"
Currently, Guila's face was covered in make-up, giving her a pair of fake eyes, lipstick, blush, and then there were the words "Love me" with a heart written/drawn on her cheek, while on her other there were chibi images of Meliodas and Naruto both giving peace signs with cheeky grins.
Guila immediately began wiping off the make-up as she said, "This is humiliating!"
Helbram agreed as he said, "Yes… but… hm, it's not so bad."
-Back with the group-
Sir King, Sir Ban, you two really are powerful. You defeated an enemy who three people were struggling to fight." Elizabeth said to King, before she turned to Naruto and said, "And you seemed to just suddenly get so much stronger, Sir Ban."
King then looked at the three and said, "Speaking of which, I was going to ask you all about that. While it's true that that Holy Knight was a formidable opponent, you should have been able to handle it if you were as strong as you used to be." King then focused on Naruto and said, "Even you Naruto, should have been able to handle an opponent like her, even if you were restraining your original powers."
"Huh?" Elizabeth, Hawk, and the kunoichi were confused as Hawk then asked, "Wha… What does that mean?"
"You three," King began, "What happened to your Sacred Treasures?"
Diane brought her ponytails around her face and cutely said, "I lost mine." While sticking her tongue out slightly.
"I sold mine." Meliodas said without a care in the world.
When Naruto didn't answer, everyone turned to him, as he was drinking, before he said, "I gave mine to someone for a while."
King, being shocked by their answers, unconsciously transformed back into the fat man form, while everyone was confused about one thing.
Who did Naruto give his Sacred Treasure to?
-Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location-
At the same time, we find ourselves in a room full of potions, books, and strange items. All of which, seem to be used for some type of magic, though the effect of the potions or items are all unknown.
Over by a table, we find a cloaked person seemingly working on something, before there was a brief flash of bright light. Once the light was gone, we see that on the table was an ornate, gold-coloured, four-section staff where the ends were spikes instead of flat. The cloak completely covered the person, but we see a small crystal orb floated towards the weapon, before the weapon suddenly disappeared. No details could be seen from the person except a pair of glowing gold eyes.
The person then said "I finally finished it. It took a while, but I finally managed to figure out the adjustments." The person looked out the window and said, "Let's see what you think of it the next I see you, Ban."
And that is a wrap!
Finally! I am so sorry it took me this long to get this chapter to you guys, but I've been extremely busy with work, school, and helping out with cake orders that my mom gets.
Anyways!
The results from the poll concerning Ririn and Rurichiyo Kasumioji are also in and both will be added to the harem in God above Gods. However, to not make it weird, I will be giving the both of them slightly older bodies.
I do apologize once again for taking so long, but I promise to try and get chapters out a little quicker.
Anyways, I think that's all I have to say, so be sure to favorite follow and review and I will see you all next time!
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