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Characters Belongs to: Masami Kurumada
Xoco: Hello! So I bring a short story (maybe three chapters) that happens some years after the Hades Arc. It was made for the SS Siblings week in tumblr so, today is the first chapter and in the week I will submit the next one to then submit the end the last day x)
Btw, one of my hcs is that Ikki still goes to visit the Queen Death Island, but now lives in Italy. Why Italy? Well, not even the other four knows so... let's see if Ikki decides to say it. Tbh, this drabble has lot of hcs of Ikki and his relationship with each of his brothers, maybe some of the mare very different of what normally people sees the Phoenix Saint, but well, what can I say? I love this bird.
Hope you like it! All the commentaries are welcome! ENJOY!
A NEW ITALY
CAPITOLO I
Even if he was so excited about this trip, the Cygnus Saint needed to wake up the young one.
"Hey, we just arrived!" Hyoga pushed him softly as he was taking their backpacks from the top of the sit. "Seiya and Shiryu already are outside the airplane."
The Andromeda Saint smiled widely. Indeed he was excited, so much that he couldn't sleep since the last night and that's why he felt sleep in the last hour of the fly.
After almost two years without seeing his young brother, Ikki decided to talk with them via phone and ask them to visit him in his new home. They wasn't totally sure why he choose Italy but decided don't ask in the phone; Ikki is the kind of person who hates have long calls and lose his time. After a talk with Saori and even calling to Shiryu who was in China and Hyoga who was in Siberia, they bought four airplane tickets to have the fly as soon as they could. Now they were in Italy and didn't wait to take their luggage and go to see the oldest of them.
"Remember, did you forget anything in the airplane?" Shiryu asked to the other three. "We still have time to come back."
"I have all here!" Shun smiled pointing his pink backpack.
"I didn't use anything but my earphones so is ok..." Hyoga said very calm. "What about you, Seiya?" But they turned back to see why he wasn't answering.
The Pegasus Saint had some big red headphones and was dancing. Thanks to this only the body of Shiryu stopped him.
"Be careful." Shiryu said.
"What?" Seiya was yelling and made some people turned to see such noisy boy. "Shiryu, you should be careful, I almost fall." Hyoga didn't wait to hit his head in a way the headphones fell to his neck. "Hey!"
"Seiya, you must be kidding me." The Cygnus Saint sighed to then cross his arms. "We were asking if you forgot something in the airplane."
Seiya placed his hand over his chin as he was thinking.
"Well, no, I'm not that stup- my scarf!" He placed both hands in his face. "Damn! I needed my scarf."
"I bring one extra." Shun smiled as he turned his backpack to be in his chest.
"And why don't you have anything, duck?" Seiya asked seeing Hyoga.
He was with a red shirt and a leather jacket, Shiryu was wearing his everyday shirts but with a scarf and a sweater over it. And Shun was with a sweater and a green jacket. But the Siberian guy was smiling just using a simple t-shirt.
"Do you think that after being in Siberia for so long I will feel cold with this?" he moved his hands as he was showing something. "No, I don't thinks so. And please, don't call me duck."
Shiryu and Shun saw each other as the first one was placing a beautiful light blue scarf around his neck. Indeed, Hyoga had all the reason in this. The cold temperature was a summer day for the Ice Saint. Shiryu didn't want to keep going with the talk, so he just pushed softly to Hyoga and began to walk with the baggage. The other guys decided to do the same to come closer to the doors that would led them to the arriving room. Shun, being the young brother of Ikki, moved fast enough to be the first going out. But by his surprise he didn't find that special person. Hyoga and Shiryu were the next ones in go out as Seiya was trying to fix in a better way the scarf around his neck.
They moved a bit from the door to let everyone go out as they were looking for Ikki.
"Don't worry." Seiya smiled. "I have his address here..." the Pegasus Saint began to look for something in the pocket of his jacket just to remove his smile. "Oh... where did... Oh! Damn!"
"Let me guess." Hyoga sighed. "You left the paper at side of your scarf in the airplane."
"Sorry guys." Seiya laughed a bit just to receive a soft push from Hyoga.
"I think I have his cellphone." Shiryu said taking out his cellphone from the pockets of his pant.
"I don't think is necessary!" Hyoga smiled and pushed him and Seiya to the point someone around the crowd of people. "There is our bird!"
The Andromeda Saint smiled widely when he saw his brother. He was wearing a simple red shirt with white lines and black jeans. Ikki smiled when saw them and rose his hand to let them know he was there. The Phoenix Saint was now taller and even cut a bit his hair, but still his cosmos never changed. The little brother didn't wait any longer to run with his backpack and leaving the baggage to the other brothers. He ran as fast as he could and jump.
"Shun!" Ikki smiled and opened his arms to receive a big hug.
"Nii-san!" everyone could heard those two talking in Japanese, something that some people found interesting. "Nii-san!"
The other guys didn't wait to come close. After so long they could see him now, reaching almost the twenties and being the older they still saw him as the big brother who was mature enough to go out and live by himself. But they never thought he could change his way to be, especially when he received so happy to Shun on his arms as if they were kids again and then... Ikki did something they didn't expect. He hold Shun's face and kissed his cheek.
"I'm glad you arrived well, brother." he then turned to see the other ones. "How are you? How was your fly?"
The other Saints saw each other, they wasn't sure if this man was Ikki. Well, they were sure was Ikki but... that kiss in the cheek? Showing some love? And... in public? Shiryu smiled and give the last step to give a hug to the Phoenix Saint in a very warm way.
"The fly was totally fine. Indeed long..."
"We flied from Japan to Moscow and then here." Seiya decided to just give his hand but anyway Ikki pulled him to hug him and scoff his hair. "Oi! Just don't give me a kiss, please."
"No, I don't kiss horses." ok, he was Ikki again. "And you, ducking saint." Hyoga smiled leaving the backpack at side of his baggage. "You are going to get a cold."
"You too, assbird." he didn't wait long to give a long step and hug Ikki in a very hard way.
The Phoenix Saint lift him a bit and now was like the hug between those two was more a proof to know who was stronger.
"I'm so happy you are here!" Ikki smiled to leave him in the floor and place his arm around his neck. "I thought you was busy in Siberia, brother."
All those movements were indeed rough, some people would think they were fighting instead of welcoming each other. But again, Ikki held Hyoga's face and kiss both of his cheeks, and Hyoga repeated the same to him.
"I needed to come. Why I shouldn't?"
Ikki was smiling and took the baggage from Shun. He just gave a glance to the others and saw Hyoga again, who was taking his things again.
"Just... I wasn't sure." he helped Hyoga with the backpack and give them the back. "Ok, let's go then to take the train."
"Train?" Shun asked when they began to walk. "I thought you had a car."
"Oh, I do have. But I leaved it in the parking of the train station. From here to my place we need to take a train first."
"Great!" Seiya smiled. "I want to take pictures! So I ask the window!"
"No way! I want a window!" Hyoga smiled. "Where is the train station, Ikki?"
"You need to take this street and then after two block to the right and you will find the sign."
He just finished to talk, Hyoga and Seiya ran at the same time still with the baggage in their hands. For some strong saints as they were, those things were easy to bear, at least weren't their cloths that were now in the Sanctuary to be repair. The Dragon and Andromeda Saint laughed seeing how they were even jumping some dogs or benches. But Ikki was serious, and Shiryu could see this.
"Does something happens?" he asked when they began to walk again.
"I really doubt of Hyoga coming..." Ikki answered.
"Because his... well..." Shun sighed. "That?"
"Brother, 'that' has name and is 'depression' and yes. The last time we talked he was into a big hole but..." and again he smiled widely. "That's why I'm so happy he is here. I mean, I'm happy you are too!"
"You don't need to hide Hyoga is your favourite after Shun." Shiryu laughed. "And yes, I would feel the same if you visit China and he goes. The last time we wanted to visit Seiya in Greece but he decided to stay in Siberia."
Shun nodded. He didn't want to say anything about it, for him was a very hard topic. He cared about Hyoga as the brother he was for him but never knew what to do when the Cygnus Saint had those called 'holes' or even when his brothers were talking about it.
"Anyway," Ikki smiled to give a faster walk. "Let's go, I bet you are all tired. You can tell me how is Shunrei, by the way. I hadn't talk with her for so long."
The Dragon Saint couldn't understand well how Ikki decided to have a friendship with his girlfriend instead of any other girl that was around Seiya or Shun, but that made him happy enough to talk all he wanted as they were reaching the train station.
When they reached there, Hyoga and Seiya were already in the floor because their velocity wasn't something easy to control sometimes. Shun and Shiryu helped them as Ikki went to buy five passes in the ticket office.
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Even if Seiya was with his camera and fought enough with Hyoga to have a window, he was now sleeping. But as well, Shiryu and Hyoga were in the same position. Shun was so happy that never stop talking with his brother about all that happened. Ikki, as always, was in silence listening and just nodding sometimes to let him know he was listening. But in the end, Shun took a deep breath and smiled widely.
"So, you should see them. It doesn't matter where Saori goes, she always ask to have Shiva at her side." Shun laughed. "I think they are something."
"I don't think so." Ikki said in the end. "I did visit the Sanctuary between these years." Shun looked a bit surprised. "Saori called me, she needed to give me something. But, let me tell you, I saw Shiva. As you remember, I didn't kill them but just knocked them, but still Shiva was so mad at me!" he laughed.
"You should saw his face." Hyoga said as he moved from his pose.
The Cygnus Saint was over Ikki' shoulder. He didn't look so happy, nor sad. Hyoga was in a sleepy phase and even the other two could swear he needed only to close his eyes to fall sleep again.
"You went to the Sanctuary too?" Shun asked. "Why? You never told me..."
"Saori wanted to give me something from my master." Hyoga said, showing a bit of sadness in his eyes. "Anyway, I was there when Shiva appeared. I must admit..." he smiled and fixed a bit his hair. "She was pretty."
"She?" Shun asked.
"That's why Saori and Shiva aren't nothing but good friends." Ikki said. "Shiva is a girl, well... he feels like a girl. But looks like Hyoga liked her!" He turned to see the Cygnus Saint, but was with both eyes closed and, again, his head fell over Ikki's shoulder. "It doesn't work if he isn't wake up. Forget that."
Shun laughed about it, but he was now curious about why Ikki went to the Sanctuary as well.
"You never told me about it."
"Shiryu went too." Ikki crossed his arms and was now looking like the young Phoenix Saint his brother and the others knew. "Libra Dohko and Aquarius Camus left things in their temples and Saori thought would be a good idea to give them to Shiryu and Hyoga. Of course, my theory is that maybe that's why Hyoga went to Siberia to train harder..."
"Yes... and why did you go?" Shun kept with that.
The Phoenix Saint yawned and moved a bit his shoulder to don't make Hyoga fall again. He smiled to Shun and pointed to the Russian guy.
"I wanted to help him. That's all."
"I see..."
"So, brother, I really enjoyed our talk. But I think you should rest a bit before we reach the town." Ikki smiled and took a book he left at his side since the begging of the trip. Talking with Shun was more interesting. "Maybe we will be there in less than forty minutes, but I prefer you sleep a bit as well."
"Good idea, nii-san." Shun answered to then move and have a better pose over the seat that was in front of Ikki's. "Wake me up when we arrive."
"Yes, Shun."
The Andromeda Saint gave a last sight to the window and smiled seeing such beautiful landscapes. His eyes closed some seconds and his body was now sleeping once more in the day.
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