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Disclaimer : Saint Seiya is property of Masami Kurumanda and Toei Animation
The White Saints and other characters who live with them in the Forest of Artemis belong to me.
Part One: The Traitor
Aioria that's the thought that ran through my through my head as I ran. I had to get him but I knew I couldn't. I had to protect her, the infant that squirmed and wiggled in my arms. She was the person I'd sworn to protect even if it cost me my life. And it looked like it was going to.
The wounds that Shura had given me hurt, but what hurt far worse was the fact that Saga had betrayed the Sanctuary. The person I trusted the most. How could he do that betray the Sanctuary whose laws he swore to uphold. Something didn't seem right that he of all the Saints would turn traitor. Saga had always been calm, loyal, and honorable, the epitome of a true Saint. Something had happened to turn his friend into a killer. And if he survived he would find out what had happened and try to fix it.
The wounds that covered my body oozed blood. "Oh my god I'm dying." the thought raced throughout my mind like wildfire. "I can't leave not now not when I still have things do. If I die no one will be left to guard her.''
I had left Sanctuary and had reached the relative safety of Athens. But I was still half expecting Shura or one of the other Gold Saint would show up to kill me and take Athena back to Sanctuary where she would be murdered. The pain was making it so hard that I could barely concentrate let alone walk. It was near the ruins of some old temples that had survived since the age of myths that I collapsed near a pillar and could go no further.
A man came as I knew he would. I tried to tell him how important she was how she needed to be protected. And that she was the hope of the world. He nodded and I think he understood. I felt that the light of the world had been taken from me. But I knew that she at least would be safe. Safe from Saga and the other Saints from the corrupted Sanctuary. I hoped that she would grow strong and wise that when she was old enough she would return to Sanctuary leading Saints who were loyal, brave and strong.
But that would be along time coming. Barely able to breath I collapsed and knew no more.