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All the characters belongs to Saint Seiya/Masami Kurumada and/or Toei Animation

This story contain (an intent lol) of Gore, violence and lot of torture.

I really hope you enjoy this story. It was supposed to be post it in the Halloween night but I'm terrible with times and some other things (some of them were exams) came in the way. Anyway, I did finish it and decided to post it.

English isn't my first language so I hope you can understand anyway and enjoy the story. I'm always open to change the grammar and more.

THANK YOU!

While the sun was going down thru the beautiful landscape that was in front of the Virgo Temple, the Phoenix Saint was just arriving so he turned at his back to see everything. As a Leo and as the Saint under the wing, literally, of the Phoenix constellation, see those red colours going out of the biggest amount of fire and heat close to the earth was something that made him feel calm and his cosmos could traveling faster and fluid enough to feel it from his fingertips to the head and toes. Ikki closed his eyes and took a deep breath seconds before feeling a hand over his shoulder. As a habit, he turned with an impressive face to attack but now it wasn't necessary when the young Golden Saint smiled because this.

"Shaka..." Ikki now relaxed. "I had tell you don't do that."

"Did I scared you?" Shaka looked younger even if now was twenty-five, maybe the lack of wars helped around.

"No, but someday I will punch your beautiful face if you keep doing that." Ikki smiled. "At least you should show a bit of your cosmos."

"Right now I can't. I already did the meditation to have it in a zero level. The mission we will go is necessary to can pass as simple human beings."

The Phoenix Saint laughed for this and gave a friendly pat at his back as both walked towards the Virgo Temple.

"O! With great bless the women and men who will see our Buddha and God Shaka had being grateful."

Indeed this Buddha decided just smile with this joke. His friendship with the Phoenix Saint was already known since they came back from their terrible destiny.

"My master isn't a God." From the inside of the house, the Lotus Saint arrived with his civilian clothes and the Pandora box at his back. "You should already know this, Phoenix Ikki."

He smiled and nodded. For Ikki, he would never forget when Shaka told him to kneel down and call him God, or at least superior to him.

"Anyway, are you ready to go?"

"Ikki, are you trying to make me go before time?" Shaka laughed. "Are you going to make a party with Hyoga?"

"That's a perfect idea! That's why I want you to go now."

Both smiled. Shaka trusted enough on the Phoenix Saint to let him be the one who would take care of the sixth Temple. The reason was simple; Shaka' students were going with him if anything could be wrong in the mission and someone else he could trust was only Mu but he was already busy in his Temple, fixing some cloths of past missions, teaching to Kiki and helping to both leaders of the Sanctuary alongside his old master Shion. Those leaders were Saori, the goddess Athena, and the Patriarch... or better say, Matriarch Marin.

"So your last option was this man."

A feminine voice made the entrance of the second and young Virgo' student. Shiva smiled holding his Pandora box with an arm. But that wasn't the reason why Ikki was impressed and seeing the Peacock Saint with big eyes.

"What?" Shiva asked removing her own smile.

"You have pants." Ikki said pointing to them. "And a shirt... a man shirt!"

"And? Is there any problem?" The Virgo' student just crossed his arms and pouted a bit. "When I began to use my beautiful dresses and skirt everyone was pointing them and now everyone does the same with my man clothes."

"What do you expect, girl?" Shaka smiled to Ikki hearing his point of view. "I had seen you as a girl all these months and suddenly you look like the first day you came back to life." He sighed as he came close. "It is part of your costume?"

Shiva showed his tongue in a childish way and quickly kiss him. Ikki just make a disgusted sound.

"Today I'm a boy." He smiled as he and Agora walked to the stairs. "But in the end I'm always me."

"A weirdo." Ikki chuckled.

"Don't call to my sister like that." Agora looked a bit angry.

"That's true, Ikki." Shaka placed his hand over his student's shoulder. "Please respect my students as you respect me."

"Ok, ok... sorry then." Ikki smiled coming close to both students. "So, wish you luck to you both. Take care of this asshole, doesn't have cosmos."

"Ikki..." Agora made another angry expression.

"Hey, he knows I love him. Anyway, wish you the best."

"Thank you, and take care." Agora give his hand and moved some stairs down.

"Bye, bye, handsome!" Shiva smiled to hug him and kiss his cheek.

"Yes, indeed you are yourself. Take care, darling."

Both students walked downstairs and Ikki came close to Shaka. Both smiled and turned around to see the Temple the young Saint needed to take care.

"If you need any help, Mu will be glad to help you. And my servants will help with some things, even cook for you."

"Don't worry, you gave me all the instructions and I do remember them all."

"Well, another important thing. There is a candle in the meditation room... don't turn it off, please."

"Isn't dangerous to have a candle all night there? You have a lot of carpets and flammable things."

"You are the most flammable thing in the whole Sanctuary... you and Aiolia." Shaka smiled to begin to walk to the stairs alongside Ikki. "But I'm being serious. Don't turn off the candle, any night. When I arrive I'll turn it off myself."

The Phoenix Saint see him as he couldn't understand the language the Virgo Saint was speaking.

"If that makes you happy." Ikki shrank his shoulders. "I'll not turn off the candle."

The Virgo Saint smiled and nodded to make him know he trusted totally. He gave his hand to shake it and say goodbye but Ikki didn't mind and held his hand to pulled Shaka and hug him. They were like that some seconds as Ikki pat his back.

"Take care, Shaka. You need to come back, I will not be the Virgo Saint forever."

"Don't worry, I'll come back. And please, do not turn..."

"Off the candles. Yes, yes, I mean... no, I'll not turn it off."

"Perfect. Then see you in four days."

"I'll count them, honey!" Ikki said turning his back to begin his walk to the Temple.

The Virgo Saint smiled and began his walk to reach his two students, leaving his temple and that candle under the Phoenix's hands.