---Tsuki's P.O.V---

"Will you be my girlfriend?" He asks me and my heart skips a beat. Yes. I nod and he immediately rushes forwards and hugs me, squishing me against the pillow.

"I could have lost you." He says.

"So? I'm a monster. I deserve it." I say sadly.

"No, you don't. It's not your fault. You didn't know. They never told you anything. It's not your fault." He comforts me. I shake and he holds me tighter, rubbing my back for comfort.

"They're all gone!" I cry.

"It's okay." He comforts me. I cry my eyes out to him and he waits patiently, comforting me the entire time. King is so sweet. He pulls away from me. "Are you ready to go back now?" He asks, starting to get up.

"No." I say and cling onto him.

"Come on, we've got to go back." King says, trying to lift me up. I keep holding onto him, trying to pull him down.

"I don't want to. Just five more minutes?" I beg and look up at him with tears forming in my eyes.

"Aw, it's okay, don't cry. I'll stay here with you." He says and we lie down on his giant pillow. He rubs my back comfortingly and we just sit in silence, enjoying each other's company. I close my eyes, and soon I fall asleep. For the first time in a while, I don't have nightmares.

I wake up to find that I'm outside the tavern. I walk out to the front to find Diane and Elizabeth there.

---timeskip---

Everything's okay now. I explained what happened and everybody's friends again.

"Gather up anything that looks edible. We can sort through them later." Diane says. I nod and walk around until I hear Elizabeth scream. I rush over to find a giant mushroom waiting for us and Elizabeth sitting on the floor. Diane walks over and knocks it on the head. "Ingredient located and captured!" She smiles and the mushroom spits out a ton of pink dust. I sneeze. I look at my hands. They're so small! My clothes don't fit either...I look up to see Diane normal sized and Elizabeth a bit taller than me. We're tiny!

---timeskip---

King catches up to us. I'm hiding in Diane's pocket and Elizabeth is in between her...nevermind.

"Hey, Diane, is that really you?" King asks. She turns around and nods. "Where's Tsuki? And the princess? And Tsuki? Weren't they with you?" He panics.

"We're here!" We call out and Diane reveals us. King looks at my unclothed body and immediately gets a nosebleed while I blush. My chest-down is covered.

"No way...is that really you...Tsuki?" He reaches out to touch me. Diane pulls me away.

"Pervert!" She huffs and King gets another nosebleed.

"N-no! I didn't mean to stare! Anyway, we should tell Captain!" He says and brings captain into the small storage shack that we're in. Diane explains what happened. Meliodas asks why she didn't say anything sooner.

"It's just...I really wanted to surprise you Captain!" Diane jumps into his arms. Diane tells Meliodas that all the stuff that he does with Elizabeth, he can do with her. Meliodas denies her. Diane gets upset and Meliodas comforts her. We walk back to the fight just in time to see King fight. I cheer him on. King goes for a punch but falls. I wince. He's so weak without his weapons. But he's still adorable, so that's okay. The old man hits him on the head.

"Man, he's tough!" King says, holding his head. King goes to use his power but the old man knocks him out of the ring. Meliodas catches him in the pillow. "That was so mean!" He whines. I lean forwards and pat his cheek.

"It's okay, you'll get him next time." I comfort him. Ban and Meliodas go out to fight.

"Ban, if you lose this match I'm gonna tell Elaine~" King teases. They fight. I love watching them fight, it's so cool! Meliodas wins. He walks up to us. It's Diane's turn now. She rips off a bit of cloth, covers me in it, and hands me to King. She hands Elizabeth to Meliodas. King stares at me. I blush and he looks away. Diane walks up to her fight.

"Go Diane!" I cheer her on. King lifts me up, accidentally lifting the cloth up as well. I yelp and rush to cover myself. King almost passes out from a nosebleed. Diane gets hit by a tornado, ripping up her outfit. Now a giant tornado engulfs her. Suddenly, it disappears. The guy she was fighting is knocked out. Diane walks back and now, it's Meliodas against the old man. Diane holds Elizabeth and I'm on King's head. "Your hair is so soft~" I play with it. He laughs.

"S-stop! That tickles~" He laughs. I lie down and smile, swinging my feet in the air. When I look up, the fight is already over. It looks like Meliodas won. The old man must have surrendered. The final fight is coming up.

"Just wait here a minute, okay?" Diane looks at us.

"We have to do something about the way that they're dressed." Hawk says. "I guess I'll do it." Hawk says and King brings me down. He changes Elizabeth's rags into a pretty dress. He turns to me. "Tsukiko, I'm going to need you to hold your arms up for a second." He says. I do the same and my rags slip. An a flash, they're transformed into a dress identical to Elizabeth's. King looks closer to me.

"That pig's one amazing tailor!" King exclaims. looking at me. I watch the fight. Diane slams Meliodas into the ground. She keeps trying to hit him but he dodges. Now they're fighting one on one. They've stopped. Diane has her fist to his arm. Everyone stops. Now I sense it. Holy Knights on the way. Strong ones too. I sit on King's shoulder. We stand in the arena.

"I'm the captain of the Eight Deadly Sins, Meliodas, the Dragon Sin." Meliodas yells. Wait, what're we doing? "And we're claiming the entire village of Vaizel as our own!" He continues. "I'm giving you one minute to clear outta this town! Understand? If you don't, we'll kill you all!" He yells. That's right! The Holy Knights! The people will only get in the way. No one believes us. "Get the hell outta here!" He screams. Suddenly, balls of fire come raining down on us.

"Guila!" I yell. King puts me inside his coat.

"I'll keep you safe." He whispers. That's right! I can't fight in this form. Just as a ball of fire is about to hit us, Meliodas uses Full Counter.

"The gear she's holding is sacred treasure class." King says.

"Guila's probably going to be way stronger than when you saw her last." I add. Three Holy Knights drop down.

"Even worse, there's three of them this time." Meliodas says. "Let's split up." He says and goes for Guila. Ban takes the other Holy Knight and I shrink back into King's jacket. He rubs me on the head, in between my ears.

"It'll be okay." He reassures me. "Let's go check all if all the residents have been evacuated." He smiles. We fly around on the pillow, and it looks like everyone's already evacuated. We fly around to see Meliodas and Ban on the floor. I wince and sink back into his jacket. I hate seeing Meliodas hurt. "Hey! Captain! It looks like all the residents have been evacuated." King says, flying overhead. "Captain? Ban?" He says worriedly. I cover my ears. I hear King yell, but I'm fine. "Just kidding." I poke my head out to see his mini spears protecting us. I smile. King protects me. "Well, I'm good and warmed up now, so why don't we get down to-" King starts but I cut him off.

"I think they're done already..." I say.

"Good work, King!" Hawk says to us. I wave to Elizabeth and she waves back.

"They aren't dead yet. I have some questions for them so look after those two, will you?" King asks and Hawk agrees. I move closer to King's face, so he can hear me when I talk.

"Do you want me to go too?" I ask him. He blushes and looks at me.

"No, you can stay right where you are." He pushes me down into his jacket and I giggle. "Now then, what's your real objective here?" King asks the Holy Knights on the floor. I climb up on top of his head and play with his hair again. It's so soft. They lie on the ground, unconscious.

"It looks like they're out cold." I say, and move closer to his ear. He moves a finger out and I crawl on it, swinging my legs as I sit down.

"You're so cute, like a little pixie." He says, rubbing my cheek a little with his other thumb. I grab his thumb with my other hand.

"S-stop, that tickles." I laugh.

"Remind me when we get back to the tavern to have Hawk make you some tiny pixie-type wings. I think you'd look adorable." He laughs.

"Maybe." I say and plant a small kiss on his cheek. He blushes, smiling. His face goes serious for a moment.

"What seems to be the trouble? You're looking rather pale, Fairy King." Guila says from behind us. I wonder what happened...

"What have you done to the Captain and Diane? Ban too, I guess." He asks. Diane? Is Diane alright?

"If you hurt Diane, I'll kill you myself!" I yell at them. Guila looks straight at me and continues to be silent. King shushes me.

"Fine, I'll check on them myself." He says and turns away. "Oh, and just so we're clear, if you two get in my way again-" King starts but is cut off by Guila sending explosives at us. The other girl is behind us. King immediately flies really high into the air. "Let people finish when they're talking." He says annoyedly. "If you two try to get in my way again, I'll end you." He says and draws a giant sunflower from the ground. "I'll admit, you two are fairly powerful. Just train for another century, and you'll be on the right track." He adds and sends beams of light towards them. Suddenly, it stops. Chastiefol's been cut in half!

"Oh no! Old fart's angry because his finishing move's been interrupted!" The arena guy yells. He keeps talking and reveals that he saved Guila and the other Holy Knight. He turns into a Holy Knight. King looks upset. "It's good to see you again, Harlequin. Oh, it's 'King' now, isn't it?" A deep voice says.

"How are you alive? I saw it myself that day, i'm sure!" King says nervously. What's going on?

"It doesn't matter. That's in the past." He says.

"Sir Helbram! Allow us to assist you!" Guila calls out.

"No. It's quite alright." Helbram says. "While I keep King occupied, you two go retrieve what we were sent for." He says. Guila nods and they run off. King lifts me up to face him.

"Listen now, I want you to get as far away from here as possible. And stay safe too. Run back to the tavern or find Hawk, if you can. I'll catch up. Got it?" King says. I nod and give him a kiss on the nose. He sets me down on the ground. "Stay safe." He says and I nod again, running away. I hope he's alright. I keep running and don't look back. I can't cover much ground in this state. Up ahead, I see a giant explosion. That's the direction where Elizabeth was! I run faster. I hope she's alright! I see another explosion, but closer this time. I sprint. I see some sort of dark magic. Meliodas! He's alright! I'm so relieved, he must be protecting Elizabeth. I run fast enough and I finally arrive at the scene. Meliodas is in his demon form, or most of it. This should be interesting. I climb up and sit on one of the stones, my dark blue dress flowing around me. The other Holy Knight collapses to the ground and Guila looks upset. Her hand's been cut off.

"How dare you?!" She yells. Meliodas sends a blast of some sort of force towards her. When the dust clears, Guila's hand is back.

"That's some seriously bad news, Jericurl." Ban goes up close to them.

"The name's Jericho!" The other holy knight yells. So that's her name.

"Sorry, my bad. Oh, and I also took the liberty of restoring myself. Oh, nice Spell Beads. You've got some fun little toys." He teases and holds up the stolen Spell Beads.

"When did you-"

"Watch out!" I yell as Meliodas goes rushing towards them. He cuts through Ban. All of a sudden, he's on a platform with Elizabeth and Hawk. He sniffs her. He raises an arm, which transforms into a wing and flies away. What's going on? I run up to Elizabeth. "Elizabeth! Are you alright?" I ask.

"Oh, you're still mini. How come you haven't changed back?" She asks me.

"I'm a Neko, and we're naturally short. It takes a while to change back from shrinking and growing." I explain. She puts me on her shoulder. We just sit there, unable to think of what to do.

"Was that really Sir Meliodas?" She asks me.

"It's a long story..." I trail off, not wanting to explain. We see a giant crater in the mountain. Meliodas! King! I get up. "Hurry, Elizabeth, we need to go to King and Meliodas! They're in trouble!" I say. Ban covers my mouth with a finger.

"Keep it down. You three can still run, right?" He asks us. My heart sinks as I see King, unconscious in his arms. I climb up his arm to sit in King's jacket. "What are you doing?" He asks me. I just sit there sadly. I wish I could have done something. "This is really messed up." He ignores my actions.

"Sir Ban, we're going to abandon Sir Meliodas?" Elizabeth asks. Ban takes off running. "Let go of me!" Elizabeth yells.

"Yeah, I'll do that once we're in the clear." He says. I hang my head. I really don't want to abandon him. But I can't do anything. I'm useless. The ground explodes behind us.

"What the hell?! What the hell?!" Hawk yells. Diane...We keep running. We stop, right in front of a big boulder, waiting for Diane. I sit with King, playing with his hair. I hope he wakes up. He better wake up.

"Hey!" Diane calls out. Ban picks King and I up. I don't want to move. I just want to stay here until he wakes up. I see that Meliodas is okay and Ban knocks him into a rock. Elizabeth helps him up and hugs him. I only hang on tighter to King's hair. I remember when we were like that. King shakes and I fall to the ground, hitting my head. Everything goes black.