The Eighth Sin

Episode 24 - The Heroes

~Meliodas' Perspective~

I nod at Y/N and we walk back to the rest of the Sins. A quick smirk later and the six of us attack. However, it doesn't seem to be working very well. I sigh, and tell Gowther, "Let everyone know about the attack we discussed."

"Roger that!" Gowther says, reattaching his head from where it lay a few feet away. I raise an eyebrow, noting to ask him about how his head got cut off later. Nethertheless, the message gets passed along. 

I attack the demon with reckless abandon, as do the rest of the Holy Knights. I absorb attack after attack. "Almost there!" I call out. 

"Let me help." A voice whispers in my ear. I turn to see Y/N, and she places her hand on my shoulder. "Remember, you asked for this."

My body is filled with wounds that I vaguely remember sustaining ages ago. Y/N winks at me and asks, "Is that enough, or should I bring back some more. 

"No, that's perfect. I'm ready." I say, finally releasing all of the power I've been saving up. "REVENGE COUNTER!" I yell. 

"Disabling his own magical powers allowed him to store and charge every attack he recieved, then release them simultaneously." Gowther explains somewhere in the distance. "Unable to contain such power, he will inevitably self destruct. It isn't perfect, but it's the best chance we've got."  

The rest of the Sins groan. "Given the damage you've already sustained, I estimate the chance of you surviving this attack is .2 percent. Good luck." Gowther says, giving me a thumbs up. 

Y/N clamps her hand over his mouth. "Don't listen to him! As long as I'm around your chance is 100 percent!" She yells. 

Hendrickson tries to run away, but is stopped by Griamore, who apparently decided to show up for the finale of the battle.  Hendrickson easily breaks through the bubble, shouting, "You know you cannot win, why do you insist on standing in my way?" 

I float up to join him in the sky. "You still don't get, do you Hendrickson? You walked away from everything important in your life. For a magical power you're about to lose." I tell him before unleashing my final attack. 

I fall to the ground with an uncermonious "oompf", but I try my best to appear fine, flipping over and standing up for exactly .2 seconds before collapsing. Y/N runs over to me and I shift onto my knees. 

She grabs my hand with one of her own, using the other to brush some hair out of my face as I did to her earlier. "Hey, Meliodas..." She whispers. 

My grin stretches from ear to ear. 'She called me by my name! She called me by my name!' 

Instead of flipping out, I whisper back, "Hey, Y/N... I think you told me that you were planning on giving me a kiss every once in a while." 

"Oh, shut up." 

And I do shut up, although it's only because suddenly her lips are on mine. I pull her closer and return it with equal force. Her lips molding with mine are soft and warm, and everything I've ever dreamt of. 

"Ahem." A voice sounds from above. I ignore it and kiss Y/N harder. "Will someone please seperate these two?" 

"Got it, Your Majesty." Ban says, literally pulling the two of us apart. "The King wants to speak to us, so try to keep yourself under control, alright Captain?" 

I smile mischievously at Y/N and nod, pulling her up. I don't let go her though, keeping an arm wrapped around her waist. She's blushing, and before the King begins to talk I whisper in her ear, "You're cute when you're flustered." She pushes at my chest to silence me.