Disclaimer: I don't own Saint Seiya,Saint Seiya belongs to Masami Kurumada and Toei Animation.

Setting: After Hades chapter ( gold saints are revived).

-Chapter 1: The First Encounter-

"INTRUDER!DON'T LET HER PASS!"

It was six in the morning at Sanctuary,but there was already so much racket. Saori got up from her bed and ran outside. She passed the Twelve Temples,which was surprisingly quiet. The gold saints were probably still asleep. Not long after, the goddess arrived outside Aries. There were a bunch of guards and soldiers running.

"What's going on?'' she demanded.

Seeing their goddess before them,the guards immediately knelt. "Yes,ma'am. There was an intruder passing through Sanctuary earlier. We were about to send her to Cape Sunion," one of them said.

Saori frowned. "May I see this intruder?"

The guards stood. The last one in the back row strode forward,and the goddess now could see that he was dragging...a little girl!

Saori's eyes widened. "You mean this is the intruder? Release her at once!"

"B...but ma'am..."

"No buts! She was still about seven! I don't deny that she's a stranger but I'm sure she means no harm! She's still a CHILD! Come here,dear."

The guard released the girl's arm and pushed her to Athena. The little girl had long dark hair,with a bruised body,probably because of running and falling a few times. When she looked up,Saori was surprised to see that she had eyes the colour of Milo's nail. Plus her face...it was so familiar...

"What's your name?"

"Ri...Rikka...my Lady," the girl replied. Her voice was clear but trembling.

"Well,then,Rikka,I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Please come with me to treat your bruises," Saori said,walking towards the Pope's Temple.

Rikka didn't answer,but she followed anyway.

*Two hours later in the Main Hall*

"My dear Saints,I am here to inform you the presence of a special guest that would be living in the Twelve Temples from now on," Athena's sacred voice rang through the hall.

There was a huge gasp from the audience.

"Therefore...please welcome Rikka,"Saori announced. The little girl stepped out from the curtain behind her,wearing a dark blue shirt and maroon pants. "Our Sanctuary guards have somehow...mistaken her for an intruder,so as a form of an apology,I let her stay here."

As soon as she said that,everyone started talking among themselves.

"Did Athena hit her head or something?" Aiolia whispered to his brother.

"Aiolia! Don't speak of her like that!" Aiolos snapped. But it was clear from his expression that he didn't like the idea more than his brother did.

" Pfft...a little girl? She won't last long with my roses around,"Aphrodite boasted.

"Who the hell is she? She looks so...scary...for a kid," Kanon stated.

"And so...familiar," Seiya added, "I've seen her somewhere, but...I can't remember when."

Shion,being the Holy Father,decided to convince the goddess that this is not such a good a idea. "Um...Lady Athena...are you sure about this?" he asked, "Sanctuary is a sacred place only for Athena,the Pope and the saints,right? Besides...some of the gold saints won't be treating her very well. Deathmask, for instance."

Saori smiled. "I'm sure it's fine," she said,lifting her head to look at the others, "she will be staying with me,but she will be spending her time in the Twelve Temples,so I hope you don't mind having her around." Then she turned and headed back to her chambers,leaving everyone exchanging nervous looks.

"Yeah," Deathmask said sarcastically, "we really don't mind." For once,nobody told him to shut up.

"You can play along with the boys now. Go on," Shion said gently. Rikka shot him a nervous look,and stepped down to look at the saints.

The golds were looking at her anxiously,praying something like, "PLEASE don't let her play with me!"

Meanwhile the bronzies were looking at them in amusement,except for Seiya.I've seen her before,he kept on telling himself,but WHERE and WHEN?

Camus and Shaka were the only ones that stayed calm. "That girl," Camus whispered to Shaka, "she has a dark aura. Moreover,she didn't HAVE a cosmo..."

Shaka nodded. "Yes. I feel it too. We must be careful."

Milo saw them whispering,but he didn't say anything. Instead,he approached the little girl and introduced himself. "Hi! My name's Milo. I'm the Scorpio gold saint. And these are all my friends. Aries Mu,Taurus Aldebaran,Gemini Saga and Kanon,Cancer Deathmask,Leo Aiolia, Virgo Shaka..." and so on. While he was speaking,the other golds were looking at him like he was an alien from Pluto. "What does he think he's doing?" Saga said,replied by nervous whispers. Milo could be very unpredictable at times.

"...and Pisces Aphrodite," Milo finished, "you know,if I were you,I'd play with Deathmask over there," he said,pointing to the Cancer gold saint, "he was REALLY nice,and whatever you do,he won't get angry!"

"WHAT?"

Rikka beamed. "Thank you,Milo-sama!" then she ran over to a cursing Deathmask. "Deathmask-sama,would you please accompany me play in your temple?"

Deathmask was about to Sekishiki the kid,but when receiving a death glare from the others,he grumbled,shot Milo an I'll-kill-you-when-this-is-all-over look,and walked away. Rikka laughed excitedly,and followed him.

When they were gone,there was a loud sigh of relief.

"Why did you do that,Milo?" Camus asked, "you purposely made her leave with Deathmask."

All eyes dropped on the Scorpio saint.

Milo's smile faded,and his expression turned serious. "She's different," he said, "something's not right."

A/N: Well,this is it for the first chapter! Sorry if it was too short,though. This is my very first fic,so reviews please! Criticism and suggestions are welcomed. Thanks for reading!