The Eighth Sin

Episode 8 - A Fearsome Pursuer

"Please... You promised..."

-Eleven Years Ago-

"Wow, so you really have a bad past with the Necropolis, huh?"

"Well, Captain, it's to be expected, you know, with the fact that it's the land of the dead, and the dead's memories are more pushy than the living's."

"Yeah, but still Y/N. That's not exactly something you brush off."

"Trust me, I'm used to brushing over a lot of things. That's what makes me the Sin of Forgetting."

-Present Time-

~Meliodas' Perspective~

That conversation that I had with Y/N eleven years ago flies through my head while we walk through the Necropolis, looking for Ban and King. My eyes flit back and forth between watching the path ahead of me and looking at Y/N, who's eyes are warily observing her surroundings. Y/N follows closely behind the rest of us, but doesn't utter a single word.

"Ban!"

"King!"

"Sir Ban!"

"King! Come back!"

We call continuously, trying to find our comrades, and get out of here before Y/N breaks down completely.

"Man. Where did those two run off to now?" Diane asks angrily, throwing a cautious look at Y/N.

"Yeah, the faster we get out of here the better, but those two are making it really difficult!" Hawk says. I nod in agreement and continue to walk forward, but suddenly stop, causing Elizabeth to knock into me.

"Is everything okay?" She asks me, placing her hand on my shoulder. I push it off, saying, "I don't think we're alone here." Elizabeth gasps and looks around, shortly afterwards saying, "Um, I don't see anyone around here but us."

"Yeah, no ghosts have appeared and tried to scare us or anything." Hawk says. His words cause Y/N to wince, her eyes shutting and hands clenching into a fist.

"Actually, I'd be terrified if one had." Elizabeth says, taking a step closer to me. I in turn take a step towards Y/N, who's looking kind of sick.

"The spirits... They don't like that term..." She mumbles, grabbing my hand for support as well as comfort.

Elizabeth and Hawk look at Y/N with a look of fear in their eyes, and Hawk says, "There's obviously no point in hanging around here. Why don't we go look for those two now?"

"Sounds good to me!" Elizabeth says, pushing our group forward along the long, bridge like path we were on.

"There's no sign of them." Diane says as we walk along, making sure not to miss any details that may lead to Ban and King's possible whereabouts.

"Maybe they both got bored and just went back to the real world?" Hawk asks.

I'm about to reply when Y/N gasps and leans against for balance. I look straight ahead to see a tall woman with long, black hair and a bright smile. Her eyes are also closed, which confuses me, because how can she see? She wears armored gloves and boots, but other than that she wears a light pink bodysuit and matching jacket, with a headband of a slightly darker pink. A sword rests comfortably by her hip.

"Who's that?" Diane wonders. Y/N takes a small step back, bumping into me.

"Hello, Meliodas the Dragon Sin. How do you do, Diane, the Serpent Sin?" The woman's tone is polite, but with an underlying coldness to it. "My name is Guila, a Holy Knight."