Today is May 30~ I have this story lying in my drive and decide to post it in celebration of the twins' birthday 😂 Happy birthday, Saga and Kanon!
Sorry if the idea is a bit clichéd. The idea has been bugging me for a very long time. The story takes place after Hades, combining the elements from both LC and the classic.
Hope you like it! 😄
Konya, Yu and Ananda, this is for you. I apologize for disappointing you all.
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"Ah, a Gold Saint. Gemini isn't it? I would never forget that face—the one who sealed me."
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Chapter 1
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The purple haired goddess felt a headache coming as she took into the scene displayed before her very eyes.
Her two ancient warriors, Aries Shion and Libra Dohko, were currently trying to get a certain brown-haired toddler to stay still. Shion was obviously having difficulties holding the toddler as the boy was trying to tug Dohko's hair with one hand and clutching the front of his robe with the other.
("Oi, let go! O-hey, don't start climbing on me. Ouch, why are you tugging my hair anyway? It's so short. Look, Shion gets longer hair. Grab him."
"Just what are you teaching him, Dohko." The Pope chastised his long-time friend before sending a warning look at the advancing toddler. "Don't even think about it, kid. Play with Dohko all you want, but don't even think of touching my hair."
"Hey—")
In other times, it might be quite interesting to watch the normally composed and wise warriors panicking over a mere toddler. But with their current situation...she glanced at her right where the other problem resided and frowned.
Gemini Saga was standing uneasily with a rather nervous looking, mini-replica of himself clutching onto his left leg. The second their eyes met, the small blunette had cowered and immediately hide behind Saga's leg much to her surprise.
"Anyone care to explain what the hell happened here?" As usual, Deathmask was the one frank and blunt enough to voice what was in everyone's mind. All gold saints have been suddenly called to the Pope Hall with no specific explanation, and so far, they have been watching in confusion as their seniors struggled with the two children. "What is with twerp and wimp here? Did you get anyone pregnant without our knowledge, Saga?"
The older Gemini glared at him.
"Please stop. Shun, Seiryu, if you would kindly explain the situation to our companion."
"Yes, Saori-san." The Dragon started. "We were walking down from Leo Temple when we felt an enormous cosmo approach..."
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"...and that was what happened. We couldn't leave these two behind and decide to bring them here."
As the two bronze finished their tale, the present gold saints frowned at the possibility of facing yet another evil incarnation in the near future. They thought that the war with Hades would be the last one, but it seemed that they were wrong.
"Whose turn is it to watch Pegasus?" Shura asked. The gold saints had been taking turn in watching the boy following their return. Pegasus had pissed off enough gods to warrant a high price on his head, so they had wanted to be prepared just in case someone decided to take advantage of his current condition. One of them would usually accompany him in his daily excursion or simply watch the brunette from afar. It was all to prevent something like this from happening.
"It was my turn last week," Aiolia replied, "so the next one should be either Kanon or Saga."
"It's Kanon's." Milo stated, looking up from watching Dohko frantically pulling the toddler from chewing his hair, "I called him to talk about these amazing scorpions I found this morning. But he wouldn't even let me speak before hanging up. Stingy."
The small blunette behind Saga started fidgeting nervously.
"And where is he now?" This time the question came from Taurus Aldebaran who looked around for the younger Gemini twin.
"Knowing Kanon he could be anywhere, sleeping or planning his next pranks."
More fidgeting.
"Che, how irresponsible."
A flinch.
Milo rolled his eyes, "Like you're one to talk about responsibility, Masky."
"What do you mean by that you damned Scorpio?!"
The said Scorpio just shrugged, "Just what it means, Masky."
"Bastard..."
Whimpering, the small blunette clutched the figure before him tightly. He tried to hide himself behind the larger frame, seeking refuge from the accusing looks and snide comments. His movement caught the attention of Saga, who looked down at the trembling form on his legs and felt a deep ache running through him. The first Gemini turned to his still bickering juniors and commanded, "Stop it!"
All eyes turned to Saga who had spoken all of sudden.
"Kanon is already here."
The older twin stepped to side only to show the little blue-haired boy who had been clinging to his leg.
"This is Kanon."
Several sets of eyes stared at the aforementioned child in open surprise.
Deathmask swore. "That wimpy kid?!"
A grave nod.
"And that one is Seiya." Saga pointed to the toddler currently munching on a piece of chocolate, courtesy of one Libra saint to save his precious hair. The small brunette, apparently recognizing his name, waved cheerfully at the assembling saints.
Those who had been close the boy returned the wave weakly. Aiolia especially was feeling a bit embarrassed as he failed to notice the similarities between the grinning toddler and his teenage self. Beside him, Shaka didn't help the matter as he muttered something about idiotic monkeys and sensing cosmo beforehand. The golden lion groaned in embarrassment.
"Their identity aside...who are going to take care of them?" Aphrodite asked lightly. He didn't really care about those two, but he was sure as hell wouldn't take care of them. At his question, the other gold saints traded glances with each other. They apprently just realized that they now not only had a future foe to think about but also two small kids to babysit.
"I'm sure that Saga can take care of Kanon." Aiolos commented. They all looked at Saga who, in their moment of confusion, has picked up his much younger brother and was patting his back soothingly. He didn't seem disturbed that the small blunette was digging his face onto his neck, trying to hide under the older long mane of blue hair. Well, Saga certainly would take care of his little(er?) brother, so that left them with one remaining problem—Pegasus.
"Don't look at me. I'm not with good kids." The Cancer responded snidely to the speculative look thrown his way.
"Neither do I." Shura added quickly.
Milo glanced around him, searching for potential unfortunate caretaker to deal with mini-Pegasus. Don't get him wrong. He liked the boy and children in general, but taking care of one was a pain in the ass. Not to mention that people kept reminding him how he couldn't take care of children since he was still a child himself. His eyes finally landed on his most favorite friend, a certain ice-block Aquarius, "Well, Camus—"
"Don't even think about it, Milo." The ice saint commented without opening his eyes.
Milo pouted, disappointed that he was missing the chance to see Camus babysitting the small fella. Surely it would be interesting to watch. The Greek immediately set his gaze on his next target, "Mu?"
The gentle Aries somehow managed to appear relieved and apologetic at once. "I'm sorry, but Kiki proves to be a handful already."
None bothered to question Shaka and Aprodhite for obvious reason. But, to say that Aioria and Aiolos didn't volunteer to take on the babysitting duty was quite surprising. The Leo appeared to be holding his brother hand tightly, whispering something along the line of little Seiya and devil spawn, as he stated that they, especially his still recovering brother, unfortunately couldn't take care of younger Pegasus no matter how much they wanted to.
When there was seemingly none wanted to take responsibility of the little trouble maker, Aldebaran mentioned helpfully, "Well, I could—"
"Great! He is yours then!" With a great speed that only befitting to his title as one of the fastest gold saints, Milo had somehow scoped the chocolate mess of a toddler and dumped him on Aldebran's arms.
Surprised at the sudden movement and change of surrounding, Seiya blinked at the giant man that was holding him. He looked around his surrounding in confusion before grinning widely at what he had found. He tugged at Aldebaran's hair and pointed excitedly to the ground in clear demand to be set down.
Blinking, the Taurus followed the request and gently placed the little one back on the ground. He received another blinding grin for his effort, and watched silently as the toddler crawl back at full-speed towards Shion and Dohko.
Everyone, sans the two 18th century saints of Athena, took a moment to stare as the toddler made himself comfortable before the old Aries and Libra before finally agreeing.
"Well, that settles it then."
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Chapter Ends
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