Mock battle

Akane and Ban were standing opposite of each other as they both waited for the other to move. Akane had kept a look out with her observation Haki, while Ban just lazily waited for her to move.

As Akane still didn't take the initiative, Ban began to smile as he grabbed his weapon tighter in his hand.

"If you don't want to start, the I will." Ban yelled with a grin on his face as he swung his weapon towards her. Ban's weapon looked like an ornate staff, while it was devided in four section, it was connected with chains. At both ends the staff ended in spikes. Along the length were many ornate decorations.

Akane smirked back as both of her swords appeared in her hands. Akane dodged the strikes she could, while parrying the strikes she couldn't. Ban was very fast, his movements well executed. This wasn't even the real battle yet, as they were both just warming up.

Akane attacked back as her katana slashed straight through Ban. Not expecting Ban not to pary or dodge, Akane worriedly looked as Ban fell down, his upper and lower body separated.

What the hell? Why didn't he dodge? Akane looked closer at Ban as she feared she had killed him. When she was about to crouch down and see if he was still alive, Ban just began to laugh as steam emitted from the slashed part.

His upper and lower body began to connect and it appeared as if the wound wasn't even there to begin with.

"Wow, You're really fast, aren't cha? Ya really took me off guard there. Who knew you had such deadly swords." Ban said as he heartily laughed at he poked his finger against the edge of Akane's katana. It sliced straight through his finger, separating it entirely from the hand.

Ban whistled in amazement as the finger just grew back. Akane wasn't amused as she really thought she had killed him.

"Ban, you idiot!" Akane yelled as she ran towards him with her swords slashing at him. "Wow, calm down, little fox. No need to be angry." Ban said as he dodged the swords, the grin still on his face as he clearly found her reaction funny.

"Hahaha, I didn't mention? I'm known as the Undead, Ban. I can't die." Ban said as he continued to dodge Akane's attacks.

"Say that sooner, you idiot!" Akane said as she continued to slash at him.

"Alright, I'm sorry. Happy? Let's continue our spar." Ban said as he really wanted to battle more.

Akane stopped slashing randomly as she became serious again. This time Akane started the offensive. Akane slashed at Ban, not holding back as she really enjoyed battling. She slashed at Ban trying to find the gaps between his parries and his blocks. Ban attacked her in return. They both clashed as they moved across the terrain, forest and mountain, as if the ground was even and there wasn't any obstacle.

As the battle became a bit stale, Akane lit up her fox fire and surrounded herself with it, sending it towards the small gaps that would appear every time Ban blocked or parried. When the flames got close, Ban would find a way to dodge.

"Heh, is that your magic?" Ban said as he looked at the fire in different shapes with a slight interest.

"Magic? What's magic? This is part of my devil fruit." Akane responded, as she hadn't heard of anyone using magic before.

"Devil fruit, eh. Then I should show you my magic, little fox." Ban said, as he moved forward again and sped up his movements. While Akane was busy parrying Ban's strikes, Ban just drew one of his hands back. "Snatch." Once the word left Ban's mouth, one of Akane's weapons appeared in his hands.

The wakizashi glinstened as Ban appreciated the light as it refracted from its surface. "See, my ability 'snatch' let's me steal from the opponent. Objects, strength, even body parts if I want to." Ban said as he weighed the Wakizashi in his hand.

Before he could do anything more with it, the short katana trembled before it flew back to Akane, leaving one of Ban's hands on the ground. The wakizashi flew straight at Akane, the point stabbing straight through her as the weapon disappeared, leaving no sign of injury on her body.

Ban seemed curious as he walked forward and looked at her chest in wonder. He didn't see a single wound.

"Do that again." He said all giddy as he saw Akane stab the other katana straight through her chest as it too disappeared.

"Wow, does it work with other weapons too?" Ban said as he really wanted to see it.

Akane shook her head before Ban would even think to try it. "It only work with these two, as they are stored in my body." Akane said as they both had lost the interest of battling.

Ban plopped down on the ground with his legs crossed as he was even more interested in the little girl in front of him. Heck, the girl looked the same age as Ellain, body age then. They both looked like twelve year olds. How the hell can a kid get so strong.

Akane seemed to see what he was thinking as she saw him look her over from head to toe. She pouted slightly as she couldn't help but lament her lack of growth.

"I'm telling you this in advance, but I'm already seventeen." Akane said, irritated with the way he looked at her.

Ban just laughed at her remark. "No kidding. How do you keep looking like that if you're seventeen?" Ban said as he kept laughing. She reminded him of the captain as he looked the same too, even after all the years they spent together.

(A/N: I'm not explaining Ban's background story, so if you want to know, just watch or read Nanatsu no Taizai.)

"It's my devil fruit, alright!? I don't age as fast as others." Akane said as she couldn't stand the laughing. She really wanted to punch Ban in the face, so she did. Though he got hit, Ban just kept laughing.

"You even respond just like a kid." He said as he rolled around on the ground holding his stomach. "Just stop it. I can't stop laughing." Ban said.

Having enough of this, Akane turned into the giant version of her beast form and lay with her head and claws on top of him. Ban began to tap the ground in defeat as he couldn't escape from the heavy head that was pressing on him.

Akane released him as she smirked her foxy grin at him. It was as if she was saying, Had enough already?

Ban didn't coment as he just jumped on her back and relaxed in her fur. "Ah so soft. Please become my pillow." Ban said as he burried his face in her back. Akane snorted as she just let him do what he wanted. She regarded it as her apology for cutting him in half. Though this would be the first and last time she would do so.