Arcadios flew into a fit of rage, his fair skinned face turned red.
"You incompetent fools! What do you mean the princess has been kidnapped? By who?!"
One of the guards began describing the events that happened and to the best of his abilities, how Meliodas looked like. However as he described him, the traumatic experience caused him to begin exaggerating the details, as he remembered Meliodas suddenly appearing in front of them and knocking them out in a single hit.
"It was a blond kid with green eyes...but he was no kid. He knocked all three of us out without any trouble... like some kind of monster. A demon! After he knocked us out he flew away with wings as dark as the night sky, carrying the princess on his back." The guard said nervously.
"Flew away?? With wings?!!" Arcadios questioned. Arcadios quickly rushed over to the corner of the room. Sitting on a wooden pedestal was a communication lacrima. He picked it up and began contacting the council.
"Arcadios, Squadron Chief of the Cherry Blossom Holy Knight Squadron, reporting. I am calling a national state of emergency. The princess, Hisui E. Fiore, has been kidnapped."
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Meliodas flew high in the sky with the wind gently blowing in his face. Below him, were vast open fields and flowing rivers. He stared forward in silence at the horizon. The bright blue sky was above them with very little clouds.
His original goal was to get information from other guilds about returning to his world. Yet for some reason, he found himself going out of his way for this mysterious little girl he encountered. For some reason, having this young girl riding on his back made him think of what things could have been between him and Zeldris over three thousand years ago when they were still young. If times were peaceful and there had been no war. He could have been the older brother figure he regretted he never was to Zeldris, giving a younger child Zeldris who was still too young to use his darkness to fly a ride through the skies of the demon realm.
The trip back to Magnolia Town was relatively silent, with little interaction between the two, as Hisui was too engulfed with the overwhelming beauty of the countryside and was left speechless, although she would occasionally ask Meliodas questions about Fairy Tail.
"Look! A town!" Hisui exclaimed, breaking the silence.
"Yup. That's Magnolia Town. That's where Fairy Tail is." Meliodas said. Meliodas sped up slightly and began descending, until he was just above Fairy Tail's building. Hisui's eyes lit up as she saw the guild insignia on the building.
"Wow so that's Fairy Tail! It's like a small castle!" Hisui commented with a large grin on her face.
Meliodas gently landed on the ground, right in front of the entrance. He got on a knee and let Hisui crawl off of his back. Meliodas was just about to walk inside but noticed Hisui was not following him. He turned around and saw Hisui standing still, not moving a muscle.
"You coming?" Meliodas asked.
"Oh sorry...I'm just a bit nervous and excited." She said as she briskly walked up to Meliodas to catch up.
The two of them entered the guild and Hisui was immediately enamored by the cheerful atmosphere.
"Hey, hey it's Meliodas! Welcome back!" Wakaba greeted as he waved at Meliodas. Wakaba was sitting down at his usual spot with a mug of ale in hand. He noticed the little girl wearing a cloak standing next to Meliodas.
"Well look at that. You come back with a girlfriend. And one who is your size. Although she seems a bit young." Wakaba teased. Meliodas shook his head.
"Nah. She's someone I met while in Crocus. She wanted to see Fairy Tail so I brought her over." Meliodas replied. Makarov, who was sitting at the bar listening in, walked over to Meliodas and Hisui.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail young one. I am the Master, Makarov Dreyar." Makarov greeted her with a warm smile. Hisui lowered her hood, letting her long green hair fall out as she smiled at Makarov.
"Thank you." Hisui responded with a large grin on her face.
The entire room suddenly grew quiet upon seeing Hisui. Makarov's warm smile vanished as his face contorted. It turned into a look of despair and shock as he saw who the little girl was. Some of the other guildmates look at her in shock too. Cana put down her drinking barrel as Lucy covered her mouth.
"Why did everyone get so quiet?" Natsu asked out loud, breaking the silence.
"Natsu, you don't know who that is?" Gray asked, with a surprised look on his face. Natsu looked at Erza and saw even she had a shocked expression. Meliodas looked around the room, confused at the situation.
"P-p-p-p-p-p-p….PRINCESS HISUI E. FIORE?!" Makarov yelled out.
"Princess?!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Meliodas! What have you done?! Why is the PRINCESSS WITH YOU!!!!" Makarov yelled out in anguish as he looked at Meliodas who was still indifferent despite the situation.
"Princess? I see, it makes sense now." Meliodas commented.
"Please, do not blame him. It is not his fault. I asked of him to take me here. He did not know who I was at the time." Hisui pleaded.
"Master." Erza said as she approached Makarov. "Meliodas may have taken the princess, but he did so with good intention. I'm sure this can all be explained to the council and they will understand."
Makarov's distressed face slowly began to fade away as he regained his composure. He scratched his head as he tried to think of a way out of this.
"Okay...maybe they haven't noticed the Princess is missing yet…" Makarov said to himself. "We might be able to get out of this mess…"
"Oh what's going on?" Mirajane said as she walked in through the entrance of the guild and saw the guild hall was completely quiet and all staring at Meliodas.
"Umm...I got some new missions for the job bulletin!" Mirajane said, trying to break the silent tension in the room. Makarov walked up to her and took the stack of papers from her while Mirajane looked around the room curiously as to why everyone was so tense. Her eyes widened when Hisui turned around and faced her.
"Princess Fiore?" Mirajane questioned.
Makarov turned over a page on the new jobs stacks and his eyes widened. He dropped the stack of papers on the ground, only keeping that one job in his hand.
"Master what's wrong?" Mirajane asked. The other guild members, including Meliodas, began to gather around and look at the flyer Makarov was holding. On the paper it read, "Urgent Quest. National Emergency!!! Princess Hisui E. Fiore kidnapped by The Blond Demon. Report any information about their whereabouts immediately to the council."
On the paper was a picture of a child who looked similar to Meliodas, except that he had black horns, black wings, and a wicked smile. Underneath his picture was a bounty listed for 30,000,000 Jewel.
"Well well well. That's pretty good for a wanted poster." Meliodas commented, remembering his last wanted poster from when the Seven Deadly Sins were framed, which looked absolutely nothing like him.
"Oh no…" Makarov said, shaking his head. "Meliodas you need to go back to Crocus and return her NOW! I'm going to go to the council and see if I can explain this situation to them…"
"Please don't be mad at Meliodas! He was only trying to help me... I apologize if my presence here is a burden to you all…" Hisui said.
"Don't worry about it Hisui!" Meliodas said reassuringly as he patted her lightly on the head.
"But how will Meliodas get there. A thirty million Jewel bounty will make it hard for him to travel there safely…" Lucy mentioned. "As soon as he even sets foot outside the building, he will be recognized…"
"Escorting Meliodas won't be the only problem…" Makarov said. "There is the issue that it has been made public that her majesty is missing. Not only will people be actively hunting down Meliodas, but the Princess as well."
"Then we'll just have to bring them there ourselves." Gray mentioned.
"Yeah! And if people get in our way, we'll knock em out!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Aye sir!" Happy chimed in.
"Like a real MAN!" Elfman yelled out.
"So this is Fairy Tail…" Hisui said in awe as she watched everyone. Despite the drastic situation, their spirits were high.
"Very well…" Makarov said. "Erza I am leaving you in charge of forming a team to escort the Princess and Meliodas to the capital. In the meantime, I will call the council and try to get this mess-"
"That will not be necessary, Makarov." A voice said from the entrance of the guild.