The House of Aries was still well lit by the sunlight that filtered into the temple through the wonderful crystal dome at its center. Guarding the entrance to the temple is the huge body of the Golden Taurus, arms crossed, looking up at the empty stairs that descended ahead.
"Damn you, Mu. Ever since she went to the Temple of Eris, no more Ghosts have appeared around here and I can't even leave the Aries temple to help Seiya and his friends."
The disappointment was real.
Aldebaran heard the moans of pain that Saori let out behind him and ran towards her small body. Her eyes twitched, as if some of her consciousness had returned to her body; with amazement, the huge Aldebaran saw the reason why she was suffering: the golden arrow embedded in her chest slowly penetrated a few more inches into her skin.
The huge Gold Saint despaired with an enormous desire to pull that arrow and solve the problem at once, but he knew that if he did, maybe he would kill her for good. It was terrible not being able to do anything. He wished he could do something.
Saori's face slowly returned to its full and calm state again.
He glanced at the entrance to the House of Aries and ran to the rocks beside the temple steps. He brought from there a couple of beautiful flowers that had survived in that place, growing where they could never grow, but persevering and doing the impossible that was to bloom through the cracks in the stones.
He brought it back and put one in Saori's ear and one in Alice's ear.
"Fight, girls."
He closed his eyes as if praying for them, but then his concentration was cut off by a powerful sensation that made him stand up and look toward the exit of the House of Aries.
"But what the hell does that mean?" he said to himself. "Two Gold Saints are about to fight."
Aldebaran was a little in shock.
"Again."
The thunder that reverberated in the House of Virgo was not the harbinger of a storm but the roar of an enraged Lion.
"What is the traitor's brother doing here in the House of Virgo?" asked Shaka. "This is not your temple. Return to the Leo temple that you so poorly defended, Aioria."
Aioria, however, if he wasn't possessed by the Demon Emperor, without a doubt he had anger in his eyes and he didn't budge from there. On the contrary, he walked in the direction to place himself in front of the Virgo Saint.
"What do you want here anyway? Have you come to plead for the lives of these useless Bronze Saints, surrendering at last to be a traitor like your brother?
"No, Virgo Shaka. I came here so I could save your life."
Shaka immediately let out an incomprehensible laugh.
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Saint Seiya: The Legend of Seiya
FanficThe novelization of Saint Seiya. The story of Seiya reimagined, written and told with some important alterations on the story. Cover Artwork: Tiago Fernandes (@tfernandes)