Through the Times


Disclaimer:
Nanatsu no Taizai is owned by Nakaba Suzuki and Studio Deen
Doctor Strange
(2016 MCU film) is owned by Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures


Hello and welcome to my second experimental fanfic of Nanatsu no Taizai, in which an inspiration popped into my head in an unexpected way. I do heard of this anime a few years back but ignored it as I was focused on other anime, and I may have ignored further until the second season of the anime, Revival of the Commandments was aired on Animax-Asia (in Japanese audio with English subtitles), and there I get to watch it for the first time.

There I find myself intrigued as I watched the season 2, and felt quite interested, and season 3, Wrath of the Gods, was aired recently, also on Animax-Asia, and there I got to see it. While watching, the first few episodes focused on King and Diane, and while the past season teases the fact that the two characters are attracted at each other, and by episode 7 both admitted their love and kissed.

As I watched the subsequent episodes, it shifts its focus on Meliodas and Elizabeth, and in episode 10 of the current anime, under the subtitle of Wrath of the Gods (season 3 of Nanatsu no Taizai), I saw Meliodas and Elizabeth in a rather modern-like clothing (similar to a Victorian-era attire), in which at that time I learned about the CURSE those two underwent (Meliodas' immortality, Elizabeth dying three days after regaining a fraction of her memory of her past life), and that somewhat gave me an idea in making an experimental plot.

It made me wonder, what if Meliodas' curse extended to several centuries and reached the MODERN times (like in the present day)? This is somewhat similar to an anime where a character, who was born in the old times reached modern-day era, such examples as in the anime Flame of Recca, where Recca Hanabishi's mother, Kageru, born in the ninja-era was cursed with immortality and lived throughout and reached modern-day Japan. Another example would be the Bounts from BLEACH.

Another source of making this fic comes from a scene from Avengers: Endgame, where Bruce Banner went back in time to retrieve an Infinity Stone from the Ancient One in hopes of reversing time to resurrect Dr. Strange, and in Thor: Ragnarok, where Doctor Strange briefly interacts with the thunder god. There I decided to try this out and see what would happen if Melodias gets to meet with the Sorcerer Supreme by coincidence and see if he could help in breaking this curse.

These ideas inspired me to try a fanfic between the characters from different series and there I came up with an experiment and see if this would attract readers and fans alike.

Normally I really tend to avoid doing crossovers with anime and Marvel Comics, since I have difficulty in making stories due to the MCU elements as I'm more into OLD-SCHOOL stuff (the 80s and 90s plot-era stories in the comics), but I guess I'll give it a try and see how this goes.

Well then, read on and enjoy!


Ch. 1: Suffering and Moving On.

Britannia.

The scene shows that the world in in the midst of what is called the Holy War, where several races are involved in what appeared it appeared to be a civil war, which includes:

- Goddesses

- Demons

- Giants

- Fairies

- Humans

It was a very brutal and bloody war, as each of the races are trying to survive, whilst other are taking pleasure in participating in this brutal battle, and the casualties are increasing in every minute, as none of each factions are backing away, and you can see that they are determined to win regardless of the costs, whether it be their fellow brethren or comrades.

"ATTACK!"

"KILL!"

"DIE!"

"FOR BRITANNIA!"

"DIE, DEMON SCUM!"

"DIE, GOOFIE GODS!"

"TAKE THIS, STUPID GIANTS!"

"DEATH TO THE HUMANS!"

However, two participants seemingly decided not to take part in this meaningless battle, and fell in the process. A male demon and a female goddess met some time ago and began to befriend one another and their feelings reached one another.

They are identified as Meliodas, and the other being Elizabeth. As they continued their secret relationship they slowly began to lose interest in the war as they felt that it served no purpose whilst he no longer desired to succeed his demon father, and decided to abandon his family to live freely and attempted to persuade his younger brother to join him.

However the younger brother refuses as he is loyal to his race and branded Meliodas a traitor and told his elder brother to forget Elizabeth and participate in the war, only to be refused by Meliodas himself. This did not sit well with him and threatened to tell their father about Meliodas' betrayal though Meliodas remained defiant in the end, causing a wedge between the two siblings.

"I don't want this."

"Meliodas!"

"Come with me…we can live peacefully…"

"I'm staying!"

"…"

"You're a traitor!"

"…"

"Hope you die, you traitor!"

-x-

In the days that passed, the Holy War rages on which casualties rises exponentially and many suffered tremendously, and in the midst of it, Meliodas' leader, known only as the Demon King, and Elizabeth's leader (known only as the Supreme Deity, queen of the goddesses) appeared before them and separately ordered them to join the war and kill their respective enemies, such as ordering Meliodas to kill Elizabeth and vice versa.

However both Meliodas and Elizabeth refused and said they will stand by each other for they loved one another, which did not sit well with the two leaders, and they told the two secret lovers that they will regret it tremendously and that there will be no turning back once Meliodas and Elizabeth continue to defy the orders given to them.

"Elizabeth…"

"I'll stand by you, Meliodas."

"Elizabeth…I'll protect you."

"Same here."

"Let's go…fight for our freedom!"

"Yes…for our freedom…"

"Let's go!"

"Right!"

Refusing the order, both lovers fought to the end, but the Demon King and the Supreme Deity are too much for them to handle, and in the end both perished and the two leaders took their leave to attend to their own matters.

However, something unexpected happened as an undetermined amount of time passed and Meliodas woke up, his wounds seemingly healed but as he looked to his side he is horrified to see that Elizabeth is dead, and he cried out loud in anguish that his beloved is lost to him, and after some time he buried her and aimlessly wander the land as he felt that his life is no longer complete now that Elizabeth is dead and he has nothing left behind.

-x-

An unspecified amount of time passed and Meliodas wandered aimlessly and while resting near a pond he saw his reflection on the water and is surprised that he hasn't aged, which baffled him as he wondered how this happened, and as he wandered again, time has passed and there he came across a woman in a barbarian-like attire, standing over a hill.

Meliodas stared in shock and awe as the barbarian-wearing woman resembled Elizabeth, and there he was invited to live at her village, where days passed and both fell in love, as Meliodas had no idea how and why Elizabeth is alive, however, one day the woman's right eye changed color, which resembled the same eye color of the goddess Elizabeth.

That, along with other properties such as healing magic, also appeared, yet Meliodas was baffled, until he slowly deduced that Elizabeth was reborn, having the same feature and voice, and name. nevertheless, Meliodas is happy that he has found his love, and he hoped that this happiness lasts forever until the end of time itself.

However, one day, out of innocent curiosity, Meliodas told Elizabeth about everything he knows, and little by little, she began to recollect something and soon Meliodas saw that Elizabeth has regain the memories of her past life, which he is happy to hear, but Elizabeth sadly told him what his and her fates have become: they were cursed.

Meliodas was baffled, but she made him promise something, which he reluctantly agreed, and there she told him what really happened before the climax of the Holy War":

Elizabeth was cursed by his mother – the Supreme Deity, in which she will be reborn as a mortal, and whenever she regain the memories of her past life, she will die in three days, and then reborn again and so on. An endless cycle of rebirth and death, which will continue throughout time. And each time she is reborn, she will meet with Meliodas and fall in love with him, and when she regain her memories of her past, she will die in three days.

Meliodas is cursed by his father – the Demon King, in which he becomes immortal, where he cannot die and cannot age, and he will live a life full of torment and emotional suffering as time passes by.

Meliodas was shocked by this and wondered how this happened, but Elizabeth told him to remain strong and urges him that if she dies, he should keep moving forward and find a way to break the curse, which he nodded and said he will keep his promise.

"Meliodas."

"Elizabeth…"

"Promise me…when I die…keep living…find a way to break the curse."

"…"

"Meliodas."

"I…promise."

"Good."

"Elizabeth…"

Three days later, Elizabeth died as she was impaled by the sharp edges of a wooden beam, piercing her heart and Meliodas was emotionally hurt, as she died in front of him and felt helpless he couldn't do anything to save her. He buried her and kept on crying as he lost her like last time during the climax of the Holy War.

Another time has passed and Meliodas met a child, who turns out to be a reborn Elizabeth, and one day she told him that she regained her past memories and that the curse hasn't been broken, and three days later she died in a fire and he was restrained by the villagers as they are unaware of Meliodas' immortality and told him that there is nothing they can do to save Elizabeth, as she is burned inside the burning house.

"Elizabeth!"

"No, don't kid!"

"Let go!"

"You can't! you'll burn to death!"

"I can save her!"

"There's nothing you can do!"

"Elizabeth!"

"…"

As the flames finally died, Meliodas frantically rummaged the but remains of the house, where he finds a now-dead and burnt Elizabeth, and he cried out in sorrow as the other villagers could only watch in sorrow as they sympathize with the grief-stricken Meliodas.

Throughout time, in which nearly 3,000 years have passed, Meliodas wandered and wandered, meeting a total of 107 women who are the rebirthed Elizabeth, and whenever the memories of their past life resurfaces, she (and countless other Elizabeth) die after three days, and Meliodas is starting to waver as the emotional pain is getting too much for him to bear.

However one day he meets a woman who is identical to Elizabeth, and is dressed in a Victorian-era dress, and meeting her, the two began to fall in love and in the years that passed, both got married, but in a twist of fate, this Elizabeth was unable to bare children and more years passed, Elizabeth became an elderly woman, and until now she hasn't regain the memories of her past life, and Meliodas opted not to tell her anything.

Eventually Elizabeth passed away from old age, and Meliodas is heartbroken by this yet he promised that he will move on and find a way to break the curse, and once more he became a wanderer.

-x-

In a bizarre twist, the scene shifts somewhere else, where the you can see that a map is shown which is identical to the country of Britannia, but as the scene zoomed closer, it turns out that the place is actually Scotland, as in the modern-day Scotland. It was brimming with life and you can see people walking around, doing business and having fun.

Vehicles are seen (bus, taxis, motorcycles) and you can hear the drivers honking their horns and told the other drivers to give them passage as they are disrupting traffic, which the other drivers rebutted the shouting of the other drivers.

"HEY! MOVE IT!"

"GET YOUR ASS OFF THE ROAD!"

"IT'S TRAFFIC! YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING!"

"GET OUT OF THE WAY OR I'LL RAM YOUR CAR!"

"YOU WANT A FIGHT?"

"SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE!"

"I'LL SHOOT YOU DOWN!"

"TRY IT!"

The scene shifts at the road, where a man is walking by the sidewalk of the busy street, and while wearing a present-day attire, you can see what appeared to be an amulet is worn around the person's neck, who sports a short hair with white streaks, and with him is a Tibetan monk, who is carrying books that they purchased from a nearby bookstore.

The two person are identified as Stephen Strange and Wong, and they are here for a short vacation as well as looking for something mystical to find, and there Strange told Wong that after their stay in Scotland is over, they will head back to New York City in order to make some preparations, which Wong nodded, and reminded that in a few weeks from now it will mark the 1st death anniversary of their elderly master, an old man who was once the owner of the place they are staying, identified only as the Anicent One.

"Wong."

"Yes?"

"You got the list?"

"Yes."

"And the money?"

"Right here."

"Oh, and be ready…I have a feeling that we might get into a fight…are your mystic powers ready?"

"As always, Strange."

To Be Continued...


Hope you liked this chapter, as it mirrors episodes 9 of current anime series, which would set up for the next chapters as this fic takes a turn, as at this time Melodias has not met with the rest of the Nanatsu no Taizai characters yet, as it focuses more on Melodias and Elizabeth solely…

And in a STRANGE twist of fate…Doctor Strange makes an appearance…along with the modern day Scotland.

What gives here? And how is this connected to Meliodas?


Preview:

Meliodas encounters another Elizabeth and tries to protect her…but something tragic happens to him…

At the same time Doctor Strange encounters a formidable opponent, resulting in a battle that involves CROSS-DIMENSIONING, and might encounter someone he would not expect to meet…

See you in 6 to 8 weeks (probably around the end of February or early March)…

Reviews are welcomed, but needed…