Ruthless

The Arrival

A/N- Sapphira, an attempted drawing by me. I'm sorry if you go blind after seeing it.

The next morning, Meliodas and Elizabeth were woken up by Sapphira, as promised. Elizabeth got up, dragged Meliodas out of bed and got ready quicker than usual. She hummed quietly to herself.

"Someone's happy today." Meliodas chuckled sleepily, kissing her cheek. He pulled on his clothes; Black trousers, waistcoat and a white shirt with red tie. He sat on the bed, waiting for Elizabeth to finish.

"Aren't you going to brush your hair, Meliodas?" Elizabeth questioned curiously, staring at him from the mirror.

"Nah, it's just our friends anyway." Meliodas shrugged.

"If you say so." Elizabeth stood up, finished with her hair. She was wearing a white dress with a lace cuffs. She grabbed his arms and practically pulled him out of the room. "Let's go."

"Sapphira?" Meliodas called, as Elizabeth skipped along the corridor. Sapphira appeared and Meliodas asked "Do we have time for breakfast before the Clans arrive?"

"I'm sorry, but you don't. The Clans are staying for breakfast. Remember, shorty?" Elizabeth flashed a grin at Sapphira.

"You're all just ganging up on me!" Meliodas moaned. "Not fair!"

"Whatever. The guards want me to do a patrol of the gardens, so later, Elizabeth, shorty!" Sapphira cackled and jumped out the nearest window.

"Why did we hire her, again?" Meliodas sighed as they entered the room where the Clans would meet. A large room with a long table that had allocated seats for all members.

The couple took their seats at their respective seats, Elizabeth smiled at her husband fondly. "You did, remember? As a favour for her help years ago?"

"Oh, yeah." Meliodas said. "When are the others arriving? I'm hungry."

"In a few minutes." Elizabeth reassured him.

Shortly, the other Clans arrived one by one. An old, wrinkled angel with one wing announced them as they walked in.

"Diane, Leader of the Giant Clan." Diane walked in, smiling happily when she saw her friends. She wore a short orange dress.

"Harlequin, Leader of the Fairy Clan and his sister, Elaine." Elaine and King flew in, wearing heir usual outfits.

"Ban, the Embassador of the Human Clan." Ban strolled leisurely in, wearing his usual outfit but with a muddy red overcoat on top.

The meeting started once they all sat down.

"So, anything unusual happening in your clans?" Meliodas said, cutting straight to business.

"There was some increase of bandits and thieves and fights happening on the other side of the Forest of White Dreams." Ban said, reading of a piece of paper.

"Which side?" Diane asked, leaning forward.

"Uhh, Towards the north side." Ban answered.

"How about I send in a few of my Clan to breakup any fights? They enjoy a good fight." Diane smiled.

"I'll send in some of the holy knights to do some snooping, as well." Ban shrugged.

"Alright. We've had a few skirmishes with demons objecting to the All-Clan Alliance." Meliodas said seriously. "We've stamped them out, but I'd keep an eye out."

"It's of the upmost importance that this Alliance is not broken, since that would mean more war." Elizabeth nodded. "And we can all agree, the Demon-Goddess War from five years ago did nothing but cause pointless bloodshed."