Ban, the greatest cook in the Seven Deadly Sins makes his appearance. And, as it turns out, is entirely too smug about his cooking skill. Though, compared to the skill of everyone else, it is no surprise that he's a better cook than them. I mean, Meliodas alone...

Well, anyway, I just can't stop imagining Meliodas sometimes trying to order the sins into doing things, only for them to blow him off. And it's only the mundane things, but still.

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A Feast Among Friends

It started after the first time they'd all defeated a great threat against the kingdom. All of the Sins were tired and hungry, and weren't looking forward to making dinner at the old house they'd set up in during their time tracking down the threat through a marshy bog(they chose that house because part of the roof and a wall had been knocked down so Diane could still see them easily). Especially since none of them could really cook anything more that spit roasted meat with raw vegetable. Meliodas wasn't even allowed to cook his food was so terrible, and none of them had been willing to risk letting Ban loose to cook for them.

He'd probably end up serving them up raw hearts stolen from various woodland animals, or something equally gruesome(Yeah, that whole, 'I can steal the hearts of my enemies,' thing was still at the forefront of their minds. It made some of the smarter Sins wonder what else he could steal… ).

So, they just resigned themselves to going to bed hungry and hoping that it would be easier to make food in the morning.

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It started with a sizzle, and a delicious smell. Roasted meat, vegetables, and potatoes, bread and eggs, and some kind of juice to go with it. As the sun began to rise they all one by one began to wake up, lured into consciousness by the smell of something that didn't smell barely edible.

As they all got up and headed into the room with the ancient kitchen/living room(the one that was open to the elements), confused as to what the source of that heavenly aroma could possibly be, the stopped short as soon as they got into the room.

A half naked Ban(because somehow his shirt had gotten destroyed in the fight again) was standing over a large makeshift fire-pit in the center of the room, cooking what appeared to be a veritable feast(Though, it was probably just enough food when you factored in the sheer size of Diane).

"Geeze, you'd think none of you guys had ever seen a decent meal before," Ban smirked proudly, "You're all lucky I managed to find a decent sized bear this morning, or I wouldn't have even bothered."

"Why would you even need a bear," King wondered.

Ban shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not going to cook unless I have enough to feed everyone, you know? So that's for Diane."

He pointed over to the side, where there was a massive roasted piece of meat(pretty much the entire bear), and said, "And the stuff that got caught in the snares I set before our fight is for the rest of us. So, dig in."

Then Ban loaded up his plate and sat on one of the makeshift chairs the Sins had appropriated a few days ago, eating with gusto.

When everyone else grabbed their food and began eating, they all had exactly the same thought, 'This is the best thing I have ever eaten.'

"That's it!" Meliodas shouted after they had all finished scarfing down the food, "Ban's the new cook for the Seven Deadly Sins, Captain's orders!"

"Naw," Ban yawned, "I only cook when I feel like it."

"I'm shocked," Merlin said, "You'd rather eat our terrible food than cook?"

"Who said anything about eating your nasty food," Ban replied as he stretched, "I just go out and find something better."

"Steal it, you mean," King muttered.

He shrugged, "Later. I'm going to go appropriate some new threads." And with that Ban wandered off at top speed. They all stared for a moment, before Escanor realized,

"Oh dear, he's left us with all of the cleaning up to do."

: So, when I say that Ban remembers a past incarnation of himself, they are not the same people. They have some of the same core personality traits, but they are still separate people who have separate experiences. Mostly, this is just because I want to put someone who could destroy the Ten Commandments without even really trying, but who would also respect the fact that they are a separate entity now and avoid interfering with Ban. So this is mostly Ban, who has the most awesome guardian angel on his shoulder teaching him a few things on occasion. (Does this count as a hint? With what I've mentioned about the sword, can anyone figure it out this early? I wonder...)