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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:40 pm
"I still need to learn how to walk..." Talk about flying... gosh, that was so way ahead of her. Even though she has managed to discover her cosmos not to long ago. It was still but a small step forward.
Now that was something entertaining for a change... Listening to the both of the girls surely made the saint curious. On one hand he felt kind of glad seeing Elektra spacing out like this in her own cheerful mood as usual. At least she was the one who managed not to lose herself no matter how hard the training was. Pondering on his long lost disciples Shaka felt some sort of singing sadness deep inside. After all, he was the one who's failed... and they were the ones who have payed for his mistakes. As for Ayako... She was fragile like flower blossom that was about to sprout... No one new what her petals hide. yet she could be easily broken... How much further could she go..?
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:21 pm
Kanon gave her a hard look. He was no genius at reading body language like his twin was, nor did he have that eerie psychic-like ability to know what a person was thinking like Mu and Shaka seemed prone to, but he could see that something was on Diana's mind. If she was Mu's student, he had no doubt she had inherited some of the Aries Saint's traits. The two that readily came to mind were curiosity and compassion, an unhealthy mix in his opinion, even worse in the mind of a woman.
"You shouldn't be so nervous," he said finally, "I am human, you know."
For a moment, Elektra wanted to turn around and run to Shaka when she felt his familiar cosmos, but before the reflex could be carried out some primal part of her heart looked again. It was Shaka, but it wasn't her Shaka. There was a difference, painfully slight and nearly invisible, but a difference nonetheless in this Shaka's cosmos and the one she had trained under and fought alongside. There was an air of sorrow about him, regrets and fears. 'You're as afraid of failing as she is, aren't you?' she thought. She wondered if her Shaka had felt the same when she was first spreading her wings.
She still smiled. Even if he wasn't her Shaka, he was still Shaka and his presence alone was enough to, at least for a while, make everything seem right again. "Don't walk too much," she replied, "or you'll get so attached to the ground that you'll forget you have wings." Shaka had once told her that that was how Bronze and Silver Saints became that way, stayed that way. Teach them how to use their power, but never how to make it grow. Teach them to walk, but never how to spread their wings.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:21 am
Phobos patiently waited for him to finish. He was not happy about it's not the time yet, but smirked into his mind when the permission was granted. "I shall not fail." He bowed down, turned and left the room. He needed to know no more. If there was a way to kill one or two saints he shall do it.
Walking out of the castle Phobos came to the gate leading down to Earth. He walked through grinning. Soon, he shall reach Earth and Athena's sanctuary.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:58 am
"I should... really be going.." that weird feeling being watched by someone started to freak the girl out after a moment or so. Especially the fear of having said something wrong or out of place. Even though she couldn't quite tell who the person exactly was because of the lack of skill it was easy to guess. Eventually she took a light breath smiling under her pale mask. No matter what this conversation could lead to it was... sort of nice. It felt good to talk your thoughts out, just to have someone to listen. Like some time ago.Perhaps she should be more open the next time.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:02 am
"That is true, but..." Or maybe he was right? Those days when Diana was only a student have already passed. Now she has some right to talk to the Gold Saints, right? Even though it still somewhat made her feel uncomfortable. "Never mind..." The girl added after a short break and once again looked up at Kanon, and also at the light pink color blossoms that were surrounding him. Blue and pink colors always suited each other, the view Diana was looking at that moment once again proved it. "Do you like this place..? The cherry blossom tree, I mean."
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:41 am
"If you insist," Elektra said, smiling, "It is getting late and Athena forbid Shaka should have to stand there waiting for us to finish chattering like a couple of birds any longer." She turned a quick grin in the Virgo Saint's direction before giving her attention back to Ayako. She felt a bit guilty about ignoring custom (again) and not putting her mask back on when she knew there was a man nearby, but it just felt so absurd to be wearing the thing when Shaka himself had told Saori that her wearing the thing pointless when you considered the fact that everyone had seen her face already. 'But that was there and this is here,' she reminded herself, but she did not put the mask back on.
Kanon leaned back and gazed up at the flowers around him. As long as he could remember, this tree had been in perpetual bloom, as though it was always spring in this one corner of Sanctuary. "My favorite place in the world. My brother and I came here when we could take our training no longer or when we wished to meet up with the other students. Our own personal Sanctuary."
This tree was full of memories. He, Saga, and Aiolos had spent every moment they could here and had, in time, brought the younger Saints here as well. He could remember Aphrodite, in the process of trying to impress Saga, falling out of one of the high branches and breaking his arm. His master had been furious with them.
Unconsciously, a soft smile spread across his face at the thought.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:06 am
"A smile really suits you." Diana smiled. Too bad the mask hid everything. "If you and Saga were so close when you were kids, then why did you both break the chain that kept you close to each other..? Everything has passed and everyone has forgiven you.. and Saga... Why don't you want to be together again..? Like real brothers should be..."
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:31 am
She's right. There were even the very first signs of stars showing in the evening sky. It made the girl wonder what sorts of secrets she'll find out during her late lesson this evening..? After all, there was something mysterious about this thing called "cosmos". Something sleeping deep inside of every single one, yet for the most of them left undiscovered and unknown* "I bid you good evening.." *she turned to leave bowing to the smiling girl. "And thank you"
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:51 pm
Sensing that Shaka was coming closer to his temple, to get to his, he sat up. He wondered why he was downstairs anyway. Shaka never was someone to socialize before. Or maybe it was because he didn't notice anything about the others because he was all the time with his brother.
He smiled at the thought; Aioros was back and both brothers had decided to catch up a little.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:57 pm
"I bid you good evening..." It would be no wonder if the guardian of Leo would suddenly ask what's this all about. After all, curiosity was one of his usual futures, right? Shaka stopped smiling weakly. yes, it was unusual for him, but sometimes one needs to make even the smallest changes to keep on living, moving on. Somehow this whole day was beginning in an unusual way. So shall it end.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:36 pm
"Good evening to you too," replied Aiolia, getting up. "Just a question, what were you doing downstairs, if it's okay to ask you."
This wouldn't surprised Shaka much; he was, by nature, someone curious and asking something like that was very normal to ask.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:45 pm
"Good night, Aya-chan," Elektra said, giving a small bow. She truly looked forward to seeing what became of Shaka's student in the future. 'Is it wise for me to be getting so attached to her?' she wondered as she returned her mask to her face. She did not belong in this world, in a place where she was required to hide behind a mask and behave differently around those she had never been expected to change for. Even if it was a nice change from her dimension where she and her brothers were required to look over their shoulders constantly, always ready for something else to come out of the woodwork to try to kill them, it did not feel right. Never in her life had she so much missed the Bronze Saints, even Seiya, who she shared nothing if not contempt and animosity with.
'Don't be stupid, Elektra,' she scolded herself as she began to head in the direction of the Pisces temple, her current temporary home, 'You're here now and you have no idea when and how you're getting home. You may as well enjoy yourself, take advantage of what you have.'
Kanon did his best to school his face back into a scowl, but it failed miserably. He sighed and swung down from his tree branch, "It's not so simple. Not only did I betray my brother and our friends, our goddess, I created the demon that Saga became."
He knew those words would make very little sense. They hardly made sense to him, but he knew they were true. That dark creature Saga had become, the one who murdered Pope Shion and tried to kill Athena, had been planted in Saga by Kanon's own cruel intentions. Even if that wickedness had been erased from them, how could Kanon possibly ask his brother's forgiveness for such a thing? "I caused him to kill the closest thing he ever had to a best friend."
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:22 pm
Aphrodite stared at the garden in front of him. It had grown rampant in the few weeks he had been away from it and, thus far, he had been too busy to trim it down. First there had been Yami to see to, his student would always be his first priority, and then Elektra had suddenly appeared in his temple. Rain-soaked and startled, she had collapsed before Aphrodite could get anything out of her. Now he was wondering how he had ended up with two teenage girls living in his temple and what on earth he was going to do with them when they finally met. Considering some of the horror stories he had been told by the female saints about what their training had been like, he dreaded what might come of those two together.
With no sign of either girl and night coming quickly, a measure of concern crossed Aphrodite's mind. Just as quickly, he funnelled it into something useful. He grabbed a pair of shears and began to attack the jungle that had become his garden. Sometimes he regretting having such bizarre plants.
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:19 am
"I just felt like it..." is it..? after all, he had more important things to do than wondering around the sanctuary with no aim. "I simply need to get some fresh air..." Not to mention the wish to get the earlier meeting with the saints out of his mind. To much thinking about things youshouldn't pay your mind to surely bothers...
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:42 am
"Back then you were blinded by the thought of ruling the world. But now it's different. The past is the past, it should be forgotten if you want to reach for something new. Spread your wings. Talk to saga. I'm sure he has forgiven you for everything, he has a kind heart. So do you." At that moment Diana had no clue what came up to her that she started to talk so much to Kanon. The cruel past should always be forgotten if one wants to take a step into a new, a much better life. With the same smile on her face that she had a few moments earlier, Diana came closer to the cherry blossom tree and lightly touched a few blossoms with her fingers.
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