The Newcomer

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The Newcomer is a short special set within The Seven Deadly Sins universe. It follows the sudden appearance of a new and powerful tactician that has a score to settle with the Sins, namely Meliodas.
==Preview==
"You're the great Demon King, Meliodas. Yes?"
"No, who are you?"
The Seven Deadly Sins come in contact with a powerful new foreigner who comes from a desolate land. The question is: will this troubled individual be a blessing or a curse to the Sins.
==Story==
The Kingdom of Liones enjoyed a very brief time of peace. The kids were running amok in the streets, state commerce was running smoothly, and the citizens were readjusting to normal life. However, a new crop of evil Demons spontaneously came onto the horizon, wreaking havoc wherever they went.
The Kingdom mustered the Seven Deadly Sins for support although Ban urged the kingdom to reward them "handsomely" for their efforts. The rest of the Sins didn't support Ban's recommendation; much to his chagrin.
As they arrived, Meliodas immediately dashed forward and jumped high in the air swinging his Dragon Handle at one of the Demons. The Demon managed to block one of his attacks but soon succumbed to Meliodas' overwhelming strength. King accompanied Meliodas' backside and fought off another Demon with a barrage of spears. 
Gowther analyzed the beasts that the Sins were fighting from a distance and concluded, "These spontaneous creatures appear to originate from the Demon Clan. Namely, they are called Orange Demons."
"Thanks for the info, Mr. Obvious," Ban said aloud amidst fighting.
"The phrase is actually Captain Obvious and I wasn't finished," Gowther retorted. "Their power levels are about 1,100."
"Why does it feel more than that?" Diane asked as she deflected multiple strikes from hitting the surrounding town. 
"Perhaps, it's just you that feels that way, Diane," Escanor posited while readying a scorching fireball. "Heads up!"
The fireball was thrown and it seared through the rest of the Demons with ease, ending the conflict. 
After a few moments of relative tranquility, the local populace began returning to the site of the flashpoint. Claps, cheers, and praise erupted from the crowd for stopping the menace. Ban took this chance to clamor unashamedly for monetary rewards earning him a facepalm from King.
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The fight wasn't over yet, however. Merlin sensed another unfriendly presence approaching their location. The thing that was weird, though, was that the presence approached from underneath. 
As soon as she alerted the others about the oncoming visitor, the ground started to shake. Citizens scattered out again with one of them shouting, "When will the carnage end!?" A large Copper Demon sprouted up from the ground and caught Meliodas off-guard with a quick swipe.
Merlin sensed another presence zooming to their location at hair-raising speeds. "Nice sucker punch," Meliodas commented, "but it's going to take a lot more than that put me down!"
The zooming presence then entered the battlefield and yelled out, "'Super' Cyclone!" A dusty, electrically-charged tornado spawned into existence and slowly ripped apart the Copper Demon while also zapping it. 
"Woah, is that you Howzer?" Diane asked.
"Nah, no way!" King quickly responded. 
Unfortunately, the technique ended up doing more harm than good as it wrecked several households and displaced dozens of citizens miles away from the town. Meliodas kicked down the stranger in question to stop the tornado turbulence. The stranger had on a red and white robe, schorl necklace, black shorts, knee-high socks, expensive-looking black shoes, and a small crown. Although, if you saw the crown you would think it's a tiara. The stranger laid on the ground motionless. "What did you do, Captain?" Ban said. 
"He's fine," Gowther said on the condition of the stranger. 
The outsider slowly got up and dusted himself off. He took minimal injury to the attack with the only thing really tattered being his robe. "Hey, mister," Diana prodded, "who are you?" 
The man did not respond but decided instead to engage Meliodas in combat. 
"Simulate," said the man. 
This guy's a nut, Meliodas thought. He and the mysterious man were whisked away to an empty, four-sided arena amidst a semi-thick lavender fog. For just two people, the arena was exceedingly gigantic. It was looked as if it stretched on for eternity. Meliodas had a sensation that he was no longer on Earth.
He spoke up and said, "Yo, where are we right now?"
"You're the great Demon King, Meliodas," the man finally spoke in a deep voice, "Yes?"
"No," Meliodas replied now serious. "Who are you?" 
"You can call me, Fantasi," the man replied with a smirk. "This is going to be a good fight."
Fantasi shot up from the ground flying upward with Meliodas following close behind. Once they met high above the arena, Fantasi blasted dozens of energy beams at his opponent. Meliodas remained undismayed and dodged them all at blurring speeds while descending towards the ground.
The man of mystery then suddenly appeared behind Meliodas and punched him in the back of the neck down to the ground.
"Come on, Demon King," Fantasi remarked, "you can do better than that."
Meliodas brushed himself off from the hard impact and yelled, "I am not the Demon King! I am Meliodas, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath!" 
The Sin of Wrath shot back off from the ground and continued his battle with Fantasi. Their punches and kicks met each other equally; neither of them gave an inch for almost a minute. Meliodas then landed a hard knuckle slam square on Fantasi's face. However, the man shook it off and showed very minimal signs of injury while touching his schorl necklace. 
Meliodas, in all honesty, was enjoying the thrill of the fight. He was further excited by the fact that Fantasi was able to tank his slam without critical injury or death. Even so, Meliodas needed to return back to the kingdom as the other Sins were probably wondering where he disappeared off to. He thus began scanning for potential weaknesses on the mysterious fellow. 
The two fighters traded blows punch-for-punch and kick-for-kick. However, Meliodas landed another critical hit on Fantasi by elbowing his stomach. Fantasi coughed out dark red blood as Meliodas followed up his previous attack with a swift kick to Fantasi's right side.
The mysterious man crash-landed onto the ground, now with very clear signs of damage. He held onto his necklace again and Fantasi's wounds began to heal almost instantaneously. This was where Fantasi made his fatal mistake.
Meliodas caught wind of the man's gesture from up above as he was still descending back down to the ground; thus, shifting his battle tactics. 
"You're a pretty strong guy," Meliodas relayed. "I've underestimated you. That much is for sure. I have a feeling this fight is gonna end pretty soon."
"Yeah, how's that?" Fantasi replied as he stood up.
"This."
Meliodas punched Fantasi in the kisser spontaneously, sending the man flying. Meliodas dashed in pursuit as Fantasi readjusted himself to land on the ground gracefully; gripping the necklace as per usual. The Sin of Wrath then momentarily unsheathed his Dragon Handle before sheathing again which caused Fantasi to break out in lethal wounds and sores.
"What the hell is happening to me!?" Fantasi exclaimed while collapsing onto the floor.
"It's a technique that you were clearly too slow to catch," Meliodas nonchalantly explained. "To be fair though, most people don't catch it whenever I use it."
Fantasi threw one last punch to which Meliodas easily blocked before snatching the man's necklace. 
"NO!" shouted Fantasi in a much higher voice. "THAT'S MY WAY BACK HOME!"
Meliodas and Fantasi were suddenly whisked back to the kingdom where the rest of the Sins and now Elizabeth and Hawk remained. 
"He's back," King announced. "And so is the other guy as well."
Elizabeth ran over to Meliodas and hugged him. "I'm glad that you're okay." 
Meliodas embraced the hug and felt the plumpness of Elizabeth's breasts. You could say that it was a mind-numbingly euphoric experience for him. 
"Hey!" called out Hawk, "I see what you're doing Meliodas!" The pig ran over to stop the "experience" that Meliodas was having as Fantasi picked himself up.
The man, however, fell right back down on his rump as he took in the full scenery of the surrounding town. "Wow, this place is majestic," Fantasi commented, "just like the history projections."
"History what?" said Ban. 
"Who are you?" Hawk said in a standoffish manner.
"Allow me to formally introduce myself. My name is Elijah von Russo III. And⁠—"
"Wait, hold on," interrupted Meliodas, "your name isn't Fantasi?"
"No. That's just a made-up name one of my friends gave me⁠—"
"Who the hell are you and what do you want?" Ban interjected."That's what he'll explain to us if you shut up," King rejoined."Me shut up? Captain interrupted him first!" "Doesn't matter you should⁠—"
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Diane yelled so loud that practically the entire kingdom heard. "Please continue, Elijah bon Russo III."
Elijah facepalmed and continued, "Anyways, I'm here because I'm in need of your services ... this may come as a shock to you, but I'm from the future." Elijah held up his necklace and let the sun's light dance and beam across the precious jewelry. "This right here is an Augmented Chronosynthmagi 2000 X or AC2X for short. It allows the wearer to travel up to 2,000 years back to the past and 2,000 years forward back into the present. My present. It can also travel up to 100 years into the future. The future-casting technology still needs to be refined, but in any case, I've seen the future and it is bleak.
"It's a future ruled by a Dark Lord with overwhelming magical abilities that no amount of science or logic can counteract. So I've taken it upon myself to gather a group of people that could possibly stand up to this occultic bully and you're the people that can do it." 
The Sins stood in silence for what felt like months on end. Ban finally spoke up and said, "Is anyone actually believing what this dude is saying?"
"Yeah, I don't know how I feel about this," King admitted.
"Surely there must be some truth to what he's saying," Elizabeth posited, "he was capable of teleporting himself and Meliodas just moments ago. What do you think, lady Merlin?"
Merlin got up close to Elijah and analyzed the piece of futuristic technology. She was spellbound. As a glutton for knowledge, Merlin sought to learn all aspects of magic in the world and just when she thought she discovered it all, there was something novel. She observed that there was not even a hint of actual magical energy within the necklace. It was more akin to an augmented, synthetic type of magic. Merlin questioned whether the term magic should even be associated with an object such as the Augmented Chronosynthmagi 2000 X. But if it was truly capable of time travel, then perhaps she could.
"This is a very odd instrument you got here, Elijah," Merlin remarked. "Do you know how it was made?"
"This is made with technology way ahead of your time," Elijah stated. "You wouldn't know how this was made no matter how I explained it to you."
"Try me," Merlin contested.
"Do you know what a radio transmitter is?"
"No, I've never heard of such a thing."
"Do you know what a battery is?"
"No."
"Well, I can't help you then."
"Just like that?" asked Escanor.
"Just like that."
Meliodas had an inquiry of his own as Gowther added the suggestion, "How about you demonstrate the device's capabilities for us to witness first-hand. Showing would be far more proficient than telling in a case like this."
"Wish I could, but the AC2X is limited to one time jump per day. Any more than that, and we're treading dangerous waters over it being overworked. Tomorrow we can do it."
"Who says that we're going?" Meliodas interjected. Elijah froze up in confusion. "Why did you attack me earlier on?"
"It was just a prank. I wanted to play a bad guy for a little bit and... yeah. There was no intention of actually trying to kill you.""Sure didn't seem like that when we were fighting. How do we know that you're trustworthy?"
Gowther took a look into Elijah's mind in search for validity and boy did he find it. Not only did Elijah mean what he said, but he also found out about the Dark Lord's gruesome reign of terror. The human population was greatly diminished and the Earth was now mostly populated by an assortment of monsters and unholy creatures alike. Famine, war, corruption, and strife became the norm in the future. 
Gowther relayed his findings to the rest of the group and the decision to go the future was almost unanimous. Ban initially rejected the call to duty because he didn't feel like it. But everybody else was going so why not?
"Hey, Meliodas?" Elizabeth denoted. 
"What's up, Elizabeth?" Meliodas asked. 
"I know this may be a bit much to ask but, can I come with you?" she asked in an adorable manner. 
Meliodas held her hands and gently said, "Of course. It wouldn't be an adventure without you."
The two of them inched closer until someone's stomach grumbled loudly, breaking the moment.
"Ban, you ruined the moment!" Diane exclaimed.
"Actually... that was me," King said with a nervous laugh.
==Trivia==
*There are rumors of a potential series centered more on Elijah being in pre-production.
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