MONSTER

V

~~~><Twelve years ago><~~~

"C'mon Captain, what's the big deal? Just show me your sword." Ban continued insisting, as he had for the past hour.

"Why are you so interested in looking at this hunk of junk?" Meliodas asked, tone a bit annoyed as he sipped from his stein.

"I'm curious as to why the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins walks around with a sword like that. Why wouldn't I be curious?" Ban said, standing up from his seat. He walked to the Captain and gripped the handle of his sword, trying to take it out of tis sheath. "C'mon just let me have a little peek."

I sighed heavily. "Cut it out Ban. We're trying to sleep you know?" I groaned at them from the place where I had curled up beside the fire. We had been hard at work killing a big creature that was terrorizing the town as a mission, and we really all wanted to sleep. Although to be honest I didn't sleep that much, but you know, it's the sentiment that counts.

"Let go, Ban." The Captain's voice sharpened, as he dropped his ale and grabbed the handle of the sword, keeping Ban from unsheathing it.

Diane stirred behind me at the commotion and sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Hey you two, you're still up?"

I groaned dragging my hand over my face. "Guess what? They've been at it for an hour. It's like they keep forgetting that I have good hearing, you know!" I replied, the last bit said with sharp sarcasm as I glared at the two.

"Just step away Ban, you don't want to make me angry." Meliodas said, keeping his voice sharp but his expression steely.

I groaned in annoyance, curling up more into myself. Ugh that's not good. But I'm too tired to deal with this.

"Angry? You? You and me have been together for a long time and in all that time I've never seen you get mad once." Ban wondered, voice tilting as always in its sing-song way. "That reminds me; I'm also curious as to why you are called the Dragon Sin of Wrath."

I sighed in resignation, sitting up slightly. "And for good reason. Just let it go Ban."

Diane, having awakened more blinked and her eyes widened. "Ban, just what do you think you are doing?"

"If this means that I get to see what you're like when you're angry then I want to see it even more. No, I want to steal it!" Ban said.

I grimaced. That was not the right thing to say. That sword is a reminder.... of our failure at Danafor.

In a second Meliodas stood and with the broken sword slashed at Ban's neck. Ban jumped back, blood spurting from his neck.

He laughed, licking away at the blood on his cheek. "I discovered a hidden side of you Captain." He poked.

I stiffened at the smell and sight, but reined in my instincts easily, as it had been barely a month since the last feeding. Well, you bothered him, you got payback.

"I'm sorry Ban, this sword is... my burden. The only way to atone; I'll never let go of it for as long as I live." Meliodas spoke, head slightly lowered so his hair would cover his eyes.

I sighed, getting up and dragging Ban back to his seat, by his ear, making sure to pinch it.
"Hey hey what the-?"

"You will sit your ass down Ban or I will cut your legs off. Now stop your yapping, let me bandage that wound and go to sleep." I ordered him, (E/C) eyes glaring at him, daring him to challenge me.