Eight Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War - Hiatus

Chapter One

3rd pov

This is a tale of ancient times

An era before the human and non-human worlds were forever divided

Hendrickson. Dreyfus. The battle to reclaim the capital from the Holy Knight Grandmasters has ended

Still, the signs of Holy War have yet to be eliminated and a new battle is about to begin

But some bravely face the danger

They are the Eight Deadly Sins

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"Ughhhh, my head." (Y/N) opens her eyes slowly. She glances around and sees bottles everywhere and people passed out. "This place looks like a tornado hit it." (Y/N) stands up only to see herself in her wolf form on top of the bar counter. "What the- Why the hell am I in this form?!" She shakes her coat and a few droplets come off. "And why the hell am I sticky?" A memory dances across her eyes of last night; Ban drinking with his arm around her, people cheering her on to shift, and alcohol being split on her fur. "Damnit...I need a bath." She hops off the counter and goes upstairs to refresh and comes back down in her human form. "Much better," she exclaims. (Y/N) heads outside stepping over everything. She opens the door and quietly closes it. Raising her arms in the air, she stretches out her body and breaths in the fresh air. "It's a nice day today," she says looking around. In the corner of her eye, she sees a familiar female silhouette jogging up to the tavern.

"Good morning (N/N)," she sang once she reached the entrance. "Morning Ellie, did you sleep okay?" "Yes, I did. How about you?" (Y/N) rubs the back of her head. "I could have slept better, but oh well." "I see, is everyone still asleep as well?" "Yup." (Y/N) opens the door. "As snug as a bug in a rug," I giggle as I close the door again. Ellie picks up a mop and starts to clean. (Y/N) finishes stretching and joins her, summoning small gusts of winds to dry the floor.

"Woah! Elizabeth, (Y/N), cleaning up this early? You guys are a breed apart from those other employees," Hawk snorts. "Oh Hawk! Good morning!" "Morning Hawk." They turn around to see a big piggy, but none to be seen. "Hawk?" They look down to see the tiny piglet standing next to the water bucket. "There you are!" "Sorry porkchop, guess we're not used to your new size yet," (Y/N) chuckled. "It's cool and no pun intended, but it's a small price to pay for saving the kingdom and those scoundrels. Plus, this size has advantages, like my usual bowl of scraps, is ten times bigger. It's not all bad." "Oh, you silly piggy. You did a brave thing you know. That's why you're my favorite hero, but don't tell Ban," (Y/N) giggles and winks at the pig. "You're the best (Y/N)!" "Still, you need to promise you won't do anything that reckless again." Hawk snorts, "That depends on those passed out idiots inside." "Yeah, but I'd still feel better if you didn't leave (Y/N) or I's side, okay," Ellie states. "Okay." Ellie lowers her hand for Hawk to climb on and lifts him up. "Whenever Ban or I cook, I'll make sure your scraps are extra delicious for being the best pig ever," (Y/N) praises rubbing the pig's head causing him to squeal in delight.

"I've got a question for you two." "Sure." "What's up?" "Do you know where Sir Meliodas is heading next? Has he said?" "That, I don't know." "Don't look at me. I may be second in command, but even the captain doesn't share all the details," (Y/N) comments. "Speaking of which, where is he now?" Ellie opens the door and they all head in. "You're right. He doesn't seem to be in the tavern." "Here I am," Meliodas beams, voice muffled. Ellie gasps and shrieks causing (Y/N) and Hawk to look down and see Meliodas under her skirt. (Y/N) raises her fist and punches him in the head. "Damnit, pervert!" Hawk lands on his head and jumps up and down on it. "Can't you just show up like a normal person?!" "For me, this is normal," he says wincing with every jump due to the growing bump on his head from (Y/N)'s punch. "You are crazy!" Hawk jumps of his head and lands on (Y/N)'s shoulder.

"So, you were fast asleep with the others, Sir Meliodas?" Meli shakes his head. "No, no, not at all. I was busy making a whole new food item." He pulls out a plate with a tiny roasted pig on it. "This is it! It's a meat pie that looks like a roasted pig and the best part about it is that it's totally made of leftovers and vegetable scraps, no meat at all. Aren't I a genius?" Ellie, Hawk, and (Y/N) stand there sweatdropping. "Ah, visually it's a bit..." (Y/N) shivers. "Leftovers and vegetable scraps, isn't it just plain old scraps."

Meliodas looks up and says sweetly, "You wanna try it?" "Uh, I already had breakfast, so may another time." "Yeah, eat it yourself." "Aww, so you won't eat it either Hawk?" "I have Ban and (Y/N)'s yummy cooking to look forward to," Hawk steams. "(N/N), will my second in command try it?" "I love you Mel, but no. Not after last night's drinking fiasco." "Speaking of Sir Ban, where is he?" "That's a good question. Ban's never up this early," (Y/N) mentions. Meliodas walks over to Gil and Howzer's table. "Lil Gil. Howzer. Wake up, got some food for ya." Gil and Howzer groan and stretch as they sit up. "Ahh what a headache." "Good morning Meliodas, thanks for the food." Meli places the plate down. I whisper to Ellie and Hawk, "This isn't gonna end well." They nod in agreement. Mel pulls out a knife and three forks and divides the pig into thirds. They each pick up a piece. "Breakfast time," they shout. Then take a bite. "Here we go." Meliodas spits out his food, Gilthunder runs outside, and Howzer is frozen to his seat. Meliodas stands next to us wiping his mouth, while Gil throws up his stomach. "That wasn't the flavor I was going for." Hawks shouts, "Your cooking always sucks!". Mel looks over at Howzer. "Hey! Howzer, you seem to have taken a liking to it... He died in mid-bite." "Oh geez." "How gross was that stuff?" Ellie walks over. "Do you think he fainted," she asks. "I'm starting to think you took out Hendrickson with your cooking." Meliodas looks down thinking, "I wonder what I did to make it taste so awful." "The same thing you always do," Hawk and (Y/N) shout. A shock of realization crosses Mel's face. "I know, it won't taste right unless I use real pork instead." "Ahhhh, you gotta be kidding me!" Hawk hops off (Y/N)'s shoulder and runs away. "Hawk! Wait, it's dangerous out there!" "Hawk, come back!" (Y/N) jogs to the door. "Oh well, he'll be back soon enough," Mel says. (Y/N) comes over and smack the back of Meliodas's head. "Nice going short stack, he could get hurt out there." "He'll be fine, he'll back," he says nonchalantly. (Y/N) stands there and suddenly gets a shiver and feels anger. 'Ban? What's he up to?'

~~~~~~~~~ A few hours later~~~~~~~~~~~

Hawks bowl sits on the floor untouched. "Hmmm, still not back? Wow, he really did get out of dodge." Elizabeth starts to panic. "Oh no, what if something were to happen to him at that tiny size." Ellie's face turns blue in fear. 'What images was she picturing?!' "All right."

King and Diane start to stir back to life on the floor. "Huh, what you say?" "So, Hawk's missing?" King rolls over surprised to see Diane on his pillow. "Starting right now, we're all going to search for Hawk together. As your captain, that's an order." Meli shouts seriously. "I second it," (Y/N) agrees. "But shouldn't you be the one looking for him, Captains," King asks. "I'm still sleepy." Diane turns over and closes her eyes. "No way, Diane's all snuggled up and asleep on my Chastiefol," King blushes. "You got a backup plan? I mean I could easily find him like that, but these lazy bones need to get moving," (Y/N) thinks to Meli. "I got this," he thinks back. "All right, I got it! Whoever's the first one to capture Hawk, can ask me to do whatever they want for a whole day." (Y/N) gets another shiver, this one colder. 'Ban...' Diane sits up quickly, now intrigued. "What?! Sounds good, I'll do it!" "Wah-what? Count me in too!" "I'll participate too," Gil says raising his arm in the air. "Wait, Gilthunder? Are you sure you're well enough," Ellie asks him concerned. "After purging my stomach, I feel fine. You'll be joining in on the search too, won't you?" Ellie looks up shocked, then nods. "It's settled then, let 'Operation Snag Piglet' start!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" (Y/N) looks around and sees everyone in agreement. 'Ban, I know you heard everything.... what are you planning?'

~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~