Protectors of Chaos Arc: Part 2

Part 2 of the "Protectors of Chaos Arc" follows the adventures of the remaining Protectors of Chaos as well as the lore behind the one responsible for stealing a portion of Arthur Pendragon's original Chaos magic.

## The Legendary Seven Deadly Sins

After Comet retrieves the mission to help Kiriko train for his battle against Mordred, he decides to form a newly reformed "Seven Deadly Sins". He visits Alciel, attempting to persuade him into becoming the sin of pride given how Sunshine once belonged to the former Lion Sin, Escanor. Comet enters one of Camelot's bar, finding Alciel arm wrestling the people of the kingdom and slamming them through tables. In a confident tone, Alciel says, “Is there no one who can face my great might?” Comet would walk to him and look upon his gigantic old friend and say, “No, no, no one wants to arm wrestle you buddy. Wanna grab a drink with me?” Alciel would put his arm around Comet and take him straight to the bar. After speaking for a bit, Alciel questions who will protect Camelot while he's away. Comet promises there are many capable soldiers and besides, there won't be a Camelot to protect without his aid in this huge battle of Chaos. Alciel finally agrees, becoming the Lion's Sin of Pride.

## The Bargain for Chaos

After finding Kiriko engaged in a conversation with Azura, wife of Fairy King Comet, in Giant territory, Megadozer, Comet goes on to present himself before them, seemingly serious and determined to speak a truth. He reveals that Kiriko is needed in their plan to battle Mordred, the enemy who stole the fragment of Arthur Pendragon’s Chaos. He also states that in order to save Britannia, he and the rest of the Sins were required to train and understand Kiriko’s dormant power of Chaos. In the midst of Comet’s conversation, Kiriko began to experience a variety of emotions, all which triggered some sort of small Chaotic transformation.

**Kiriko's ears popped, his ears having deafened momentarily before he fell on his knees, palms resting on the soil beneath him. That's when he remembered. As his eyes radiated in a purple light, his memories flooded his mind, overwhelming his brain's capacity. His emotions grew stronger. The desire to build a Kingdom. The desire to become King. The desire to save lives and protect those he loved. Each ambition or goal became stronger as his aura fluctuated wickedly, his aura reminiscent to Tristan which should only be noticed by Comet. He had been going through a small Chaotic transformation, one that would serve as a sneak peak to what he would eventually be in possession of at 18 years old.** "Comet... Get out of here..." **Finally, his eyes became an ominous purple, his hair became a darker orange, his dark and contradicting aura began to dance around his body. Now, in this state, every ambition or goal became contradicting and opposite. If he held Camelot in his heart, in this state, he wanted to destroy it. Whoever he loved, he would hate. His contradicting feelings would explode, serving as the basis for this small fragment of power.**

Comet immediately takes guard, keeping Azura behind him as he called his Spirit Spear into action. He pleads for Kiriko to remain calm, furthering this attempt by stating that he would one day become King of Camelot. With no choice, Comet changes his Spirit Spear’s form to control the situation, freezing Kiriko in place. Finally, now frozen in place, Comet speaks calmly, reminding Kiriko he is the one in control and that he the only one who can overcome Chaos. He even states that he’d be destroying Shino’s will should he continue to let Chaos overpower him.

Though, it doesn’t work. Kiriko states that he is no longer the man Comet knew. With a calm emergence of antimatter magic, Kiriko managed to escape Comet’s grasp, taking notice of a party of newcomers. Saikō Tensai presented himself above Kiriko, having noticed the abrupt contradicting energy levels of the possessed boy. Karma also reveals herself, taunting at the situation considering beings of all races had been cluttered together. Yami remained nonchalant, appearing besides Karma.

Kiriko’s aura fluctuated continuously, the purple energy roaring and seemingly bearing physical characteristics every few seconds or so. He then raised Excalibur before planting it firmly to the soil beneath him. He stated that it had been too easy to be presented with children of both the Demon King and the Supreme Deity considering he wanted to kill them. Saikō proceeds to stating that the rest of the lot should work together in order to face off against the threat that washed over Kiriko. The rest nod in approval.

**Kiriko sighed, ruffling his hair, prepared to take a rather drastic course of action. In fact, he only had a couple minutes left. Though he couldn't care for the actual body of Kiriko, he needed the vessel alive and well for the plan to gather the Protectors of Chaos to actually work. And so, he used the small amounts of Chaos in the most creative of ways.** "Stay back!" **He swung his sword in a horizontal slash, carefully using Chaos in the simplest of ways. Karma's fist shot straight into Saikō's jaw. Comet landed a devastating kick that would send Yami tumbling to the dirt below him. Before the two could react, Kiriko fell to his side, the power of Chaos leaving his body for another time, Kiriko now having lost conscious but not before causing immediate conflict. One that wouldn't end the way everyone had intended.**

Yami uses a technique which utilizes branches in the battlegrounds to all shoot towards Comet. The Fairy King easily uses his sacred treasure Unmei to make light work of this, attempting to talk his way out of a fight he had no control in starting. Yami instead taunts Comet, stating that he still had Lennox under his control due to his commandment. Comet attempts to ignore his petty taunts, instead using his spirit spear to speed himself up dramatically, making Yami feel as though time is slowing. He then proceeds to asking what Yami is fighting for. Yami shakes his head, thinking about the love of his life Charlotte. He had only been fighting to retrieve Kiriko’s power of Chaos for the revival of Charlotte. He states that he and Karma have a mission to take Kiriko to the Demon King in order to successfully break the sealing placed on him by Chaos. His payment will be the resurrection of Charlotte. Before Comet could do anything else, Yami uses his signature technique “Reject Negate”, sending Comet backwards in devastatingly strong forces of wind. Within the main battlefield, Comet tries to intervene in aid to his master Saikō. However, this in turn meant he would turn his back from Yami, triggering Yami’s commandment, forcing Comet into submission.

Meanwhile, Saikō was in combat with Karma. Karma, using the borrowed power from her father, the Demon King, had been pushing Saikō back into the defensive. Her magical ability allowed her to send orbs of Darkness towards Saikō, though to no avail considering how fast he was. Saikō then proceeds vanishing completely, appearing almost as fast as heft, now flaunting an unconscious Kiriko. By this time, Yami arrives to the scene, also holding Comet hostage. After a few seconds, a sword appears out of Kiriko’s chest from behind.

*”One minute. That’s the amount of time I give this human to live. Try it, you’ll find that killing Comet won’t come so easily. And if he does die then that’ll be the last mistake he makes. I warned him about the commandments if he couldn’t avoid your curses that’s on him. I advise you and your friend Karma chose your next actions very carefully because this child’s life is in my hands now.”* (*Saikō* *speaking to Karma and Yami)*

Yami laughed in response, shrugging his shoulders as he levitated a blade coated in hell blaze fire underneath the Fairy King’s chin. He stated how Saikō couldn’t save Shino and now he was going to get Comet killed. Karma places her hand by the hilt of her sword, threatening Saikō to release the boy before she sends him back to the Supreme Deity in pieces.

*”The Supreme Deity has taught me much just like my elder sister Elizabeth and my other sister, Karma. I’ve witnessed the second holy war and what the Demon King is capable of. I’m all honestly neither the Supreme Deity nor the Demon King should have this child. Allow me to tell you a story of the Demon King. Once apon a time the king wanted to gain more power. So he ordered his son, Meliodas, to collect all Ten Commandments so he could become the demon king. But in reality all the demon king wanted was to possess Meliodas and take his own sons power for himself. And that’s exactly what he did. He took over Meliodas’s body and controlled him like his own puppet. Eventually he failed and was forced to take control of his second sons body. He caused chaos throughout the world and came very close to destroying it. And what did the Supreme Deity do while all this was happening? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But doing nothing is better then doing what the Demon King pulled. Honestly I don’t think either of those two should get this child.”* **Saikō looked back at Karma with a rather disgusted look on his face. For all her years to him she seemed rather ignorant to how Saikō sees things** *”It’s not ones race that determines how others look at him but rather their actions, Karma. A simple principle we all should be familiar with. I actually liked you, you know. But because I was a goddess you had hate for me.”* **Saikō looked back at Yami and sighed. He knew what kind of fate was ahead of Kiriko if either the Demon King or Supreme Deity got their hands on this child but the decision was out of his hands.**

*”Release Comet. Do that and the boy is yours. But believe me, I’ve seen what the demon king is capable of and the supreme deity isn’t far behind him. If you want to bring this child to him so be it. But what happens next is on your heads not mine. You choose to believe a nearly 1,000 year old archangel or not, someone who was physically there to see it all. Free Comet, that’s all I ask Yami.”*

*”And of course I’ll heal the child too. You wouldn’t get far without that.”*

Yami, arms folded, sighed, letting another puff of smoke escape from his lungs before tapping his index finger on his arms, immediately releasing Comet from his grasp. Saikō released the sword from Kiriko's chest and the child began to float in front of the goddess with his head pointed at Saikō's chest. The goddess placed both hands on the side of Kiriko’s head and his body began to glow. At that moment, he implants in Kiriko’s mind the events that happened during the second Holy War. He states that this world will be determined by his actions and one day he will come face to face with a decision carrying the burden of all in Britannia. Visions of the past flooded Kiriko's mind at an overwhelming pace, enough to instantly wake him up. He tried to regain his composure, fluttering his eyes, realizing he was in Yami and Karma's grasp. He then turned towards Saikō, wearing a pained expression, as if understanding what he had to do. He gave Comet a small smile, secretly thanking Saikō for the knowledge given to him about the 2nd Holy War. This, and the knowledge he began to piece together as a vessel of Chaos slowly became his to understand.