The Unheard

Meliodas ran out of the mansion and looked around the area. In the distance between the trees, he caught a glimpse of Angel running through some bushes. She was significantly slowed down after getting hit with her own attack, allowing Meliodas to easily catch up. Meliodas ran after her, trailing far enough away where she wouldn't notice him.

Eventually, Angel reached what appeared to be a large sailboat-like airship with an equine head adorned at the front. Inside the airship, Meliodas could feel the magic of five other powerful mages inside. 'So that's the Oracion Seis.'

Meliodas snuck on board, hiding in the storage area as he thought about his plan of attack. As he sat down, he heard the ship rumble as it began to take off from the ground and fly in the sky. Meliodas stood up and began walking around. The storage bay was dark and filled with many empty crates. As he peered around each crate looking for a doorway or exit so he could make his way to the cockpit, a door that he initially missed opened behind him.

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Angel boarded the ship and made her way through to the cockpit, regrouping with the rest of the Oracion Seis.

"You're late. And It looks like you took quite a beating. Did Jura give you trouble?" A tall man with a long nose and a large yellow spiky mohawk commented.

"I ran into some unexpected trouble, Racer. Nothing I couldn't handle." Angel said as she shakily took a seat.

"Doesn't look like you're alright. You could barely sit down in that chair." Racer commented.

"Now that you're here, we will begin." Said a large man with dark skin and long white hair with tattoos all over his face. He glanced at Angel but ignored her injuries as he was more concerned with his own plan. He pressed a few buttons on the control panel, starting up the ship and revving up its engines.

"Here take this." A man with tan skin and spiky maroon hair wearing a long white coat walked up to her. He handed her a pack of ice. "I can hear your bones creaking. Rest up."

"Thanks, Cobra." Angel replied.

"But did you know you were being followed?" Cobra added. A surprised look formed on Angel's face. She was certain her wool diversion would have kept Meliodas at bay long enough to slip away.

"I can hear his steps. He's walking around in the hull." Cobra continued. "Brain, what's the plan?"

"Cobra, how many?" The white haired man asked.

"Just one."

"Deal with him." The white haired man ordered. Cobra nodded and walked out of the cockpit as he began walking downstairs towards the hull. As he walked down the stairs, doubt began to fill his head. 'It's only one person...yet I hear seven heartbeats…'

Cobra arrived at the door to the storage bay and paused before he opened it. He hesitated as he reached his hand to the handle of the door. 'Is this person in here even a human?' Cobra swung the door open, letting in light into the dark storage bay. To his surprise, a small youthful figure with blond hair was standing next to a large crate, facing the other way. Meliodas noticed the door open behind him and turned around to face Cobra.

"Yo!" Meliodas greeted him.

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The four guild teams ran into the forest, enthusiastic about taking on the Oracion Seis. Above them, was the looming shadow of the Anti-Demon Assault Ship, Christina.

The group looked up in the sky excitedly as the ship flew over them, only for their smiles to vanish as their faces were filled with shock. The mighty ship that flew over them suddenly exploded, bursting into flames and falling to the ground in front of them.

"What just happened!" Ren exclaimed. The rest of the group watched silently as the ship crashed into the ground. The flames of the ship began to spread to the surrounding forest.

"Someone's coming out!" Natsu yelled. He glared into the smoke from the debris. From the smoke, five figures were seen walking out of it, all with very high magical power.

"That's strange...I recall there being six members, yet only five are present." Hibiki commented.

The legal guild mages stood in place, filled with astonishment, as they watched the five figures emerge from the smoke. At the front of them, was a man holding a staff with dark skin and long white hair who began speaking.

"Hmm...it appears Cobra was separated from us in the blast when he went to deal with the pest. No matter. The five of us are enough to deal with you worms." Brain commented.

"What...they already took down Christina?" Hibiki questioned.

"Of course we did. Your way of thinking was too predictable. We've already taken out Jura and Ichiya. And right now, Cobra is about to finish off Meliodas." Angel answered.

"Naturally, we finished our job as quickly as possible." Racer added in.

"Money makes a person stronger right? Well let me tell you that money is-"

"Shut up Hoteye!" Racer yelled as he looked at the tall man with a geometric shaped body and long orange hair.

"If you think Meliodas will be taken down by only one of your members, you're severely underestimating him." Erza responded. Suddenly, Natsu ran past Erza in a full sprint.

"You guys ready for an ass whoopin! I won't let Meliodas out do me this time!" Natsu yelled as he charged in.

"Do it." Brain ordered. A grin formed on Racer's face as he ran past Brain with blistering speed.

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Meliodas floated high above the forest, with his wings of darkness sprouted out of his back as he watched the massive airship fall to the ground below. Meliodas began his descent to the ground, perplexed as to what had happened. At one moment he was talking to Cobra and the next moment, there was a massive explosion and a hole in the storage bay where he fell out. Meliodas felt a presence behind him and turned around. There he saw a large purple snake with wings flying straight at him.

The snake opened its mouth wide showing its large, sharp fangs and bit down on Meliodas's arm as it dragged him down to the ground, crashing through the branches of the tree canopies until Meliodas broke free from the snake's grasp. The snake flew away as Meliodas fell to the ground.

Meliodas fell onto the forest floor. The ground underneath him cracked, forming a small crater around his impact spot. He looked at where the snake had bit him on the arm and saw two small puncture wounds where its fangs sunk into his skin. Meliodas stood up and looked in front of him. There he saw Cobra standing there smirking with his giant purple winged snake retreating to his side.

"That's enough Cubellios. He will die to the poison." Cobra commented. He turned his head and looked in the direction of where the airship landed.

"I can hear them. Your friends, falling one by one to our power."

"You must be going deaf then." Meliodas replied with a cheeky grin as he walked towards Cobra. Cobra's eyes widened as he saw Meliodas was completely unfazed by Cubelios's poison despite being bit. 'This is definitely no kid. No one can just shrug off Cubelios's poison like that.'

Meliodas's smile quickly turned serious however, as he sensed the other members of the guilds being taken down one by one. 'He's right. I need to finish up here fast so I can help them.'

"I can hear it...your thoughts...your worry. You shouldn't be worrying about your friends as you will die here by my hands." Cobra said. He and Cubelios simultaneously lunged at Meliodas. Meliodas narrowed his eyes and put his left hand on Mel Force's handle.

"Poison Dragon's Twin Fangs!"

Cobra twisted his arms out in front of him in a cross as a massive amount of poison leaked from them, taking the form of a large pair of fangs while Cubelios charged in with its gaping mouth open.

Meliodas glared at the two of them as they got closer. He gripped the handle of Mel Force tightly and charged at them.

"I don't have time to mess around with you!"

Cobra was stupefied as he watched Meliodas vanish from his sight without even blinking. With his magic, Cobra could hear Meliodas's movements to form a counterattack. But the speed of which Meliodas slashed could not be reacted to. In an instant, Meliodas dashed through both of them, cutting them both at the same time as he reappeared behind them.

"Sorry, but I need to save my friends." Meliodas said in a serious tone. He sheathed Mel Force back into its scabbard. The moment his blade was fully sheathed, blood erupted out of both Cobra and Cubellios's bodies.

Cobra looked back at Meliodas in shock as a large amount of blood gushed from across his chest. 'I-I could hear his movements...but the speed of his slash was too fast for me to react?! In a single moment… Is this the end…Cubellios…' Cobra thought as he fell to the ground, drifting into a state of unconsciousness.

Before Meliodas ran further into the forest, he stopped and looked back at Cobra.