The Nymph's Redemption: Acantha's Journey (7ds fanfiction)

Chapter Twenty: Questions Unanswered

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Acantha's eyes widened at the sight in front of her. Meliodas was alive. And not only that but we was able to fight. Acantha was in awe as she stumbled up to the blonde. "Aww ya miss me that much?" He asked and went to pet her head but felt something else. It was Acantha with her arms around him, softly crying into his chest.  Now Meliodas was surprised by that and just smiled, hugging the small girl back. "I take a pretty long snooze and come back to things being pretty grim. I'm not surprised." The blonde said as Acantha pulled away and dried her tears. Elizabeth looked over at the two, overjoyed for Meliodas to be alive. "We're heading to the capitol right now. The kingdom is in trouble." She said.

Zaratras greeted the blonde as it all proved to be quite a touching reunion. Hawk flew from a tavern window and gave Meliodas his lostvayne. Suddenly they all sensed Derieri suddenly arrive as she punched Hawk's Mom in the side. Acantha stumbled a bit and felt Meliodas grab onto her hand before she could fall from the giant pig. Zaratras held onto the princess and they all jumped off of the green sow. Now on stable ground, Meliodas fought with Derieri. He seemed stronger and better at fighting than ever. Monspeet flew above them all, putting all his magical power into an attack before sending it down on the two. Meliodas kicked Derieri at Monspeet and used full counter on them.

Acantha had stayed with the others and watched closely. She sensed something off about Meliodas but wasn't sure what. Zaratras looked to the others. "Thankfully Liones isn't too far away. If we're fast enough. We might be able to make it." The man said. Elizabeth looked down at Acantha. "Aren't you able to use that form of yours from vaizel?" She asked. Acantha furrowed her brows and shook her head. "I can't ever manage to put so much energy and power to do that. When I was in that form, I could barely tell what I was doing. Things were blurry and right after I felt weak." She said. The group all decided on just running there as fast as possible.

Once they arrived to the kingdom, they all made it to where Fraudrin was attacking. The moment Acantha saw Fraudrin's true form, she hesitated. Merlin looked to the girl. "You've all arrived rather late." She said with a cocky yet seductive tone. The nymph just shrugged as Meliodas went to fight. "And I see the captain is alive." Merlin added. Ban looked to the young girl. "You guys have trouble on the way here or something?" He asked. "Well let's just say the tavern will need to be rebuilt." Acantha muttered. Although it was a sad thought since she grew an attachment to the tavern. There was a possibility she also lost most of her items. Merlin frowned. "That paper I gave you isn't ruined right?" She asked. Acantha nodded and pulled it out to show it before putting it back. They all watched the fight as Meliodas shot himself straight through the giant commandment.

Fraudrin stood there with multiple holes within him. Meliodas definitely seemed different. Just his entire aura and way of handling the situation. There was malice eminating from him. The commandment of selflessness started to get frustrated and decided that the only way to really do some damage was to self destruct. Merlin put the group of people around her inside of a perfect cube in the air. Acantha noticed only two people not in the cube. The young Griamore and Dreyfus. As Fraudrin spoke out his frustration, Griamore decided he would run into the line of fire. He begged the demon to not kill everyone and put himself and Fraudrin into a perfect bubble.

Now he was at a loss. He didnt know what to do. Would he kill everyone and himself or stop this for the sake of the boy he strangely felt attached to. In the end, Fraudrin didnt self destruct and sent Griamore to his father. The commandment looked down at Meliodas and demanded the boy killed him. Meliodas seemed almost too happy to carry out such a request and punched Fraudrin once, causing him to disintegrate. Merlin released them all from the perfect cube and had them safely on the ground. Ban was staring at the blonde, not sure what to say. The others all went to help those who were injured or dead. All except Acantha and Merlin, who stayed to watch what would happen. In the end Ban only felt happy for Meliodas to be alive but Meliodas wasn't sure how to take such a comment and tone.