AN: I don't own any of the characters of ANY of the Saint Seiya series that's in this story. The character Kohaku and Kai are Original Characters that belong to a friend and me. So don't think that I'm placing a claim on any of the real characters of this series... But if I was the owner, I wouldn't have let the Gold Saints die!
Chapter One: Encounter and Defiance
The sound of the clock ticking seemed like torture to the young saint as she was soaking in the hot bath water, the floral scent making her tense body weaken from relaxation with each passing second that the clock revealed to her.
'What am I gonna do if I can't sleep tonight, too…? If I tell Shun, he'll just worry about me again if I don't get some rest soon.' She thought as she washed her body thoroughly.
"Maybe I could take a sleeping draught tonight… Milo-sensei used them on me when I had insomnia before in the past." The young woman said to herself as he untied her long golden and ebony hair and washed it as well before sighing. She then held her breath as she sunk beneath the water to cleanse herself of all impurities. When she resurfaced and laid back to take in the scented steam, her emerald and ice gray eyes stared at the clock upon the counter.
Every so slowly, the young woman's bi-colored eyes became hidden as her eyelids grew heavy and shut as she drifted off to sleep for the first time that week.
The soft touch of fingertips traced across her body, awakening the young saint as her eyes fluttered open while her ear tickled from a gentle whisper into it. She then heard a soft chuckle when she tried to move, only to notice that she was pinned down beneath someone's body.
"Such beautiful skin… It's too bad that your body is riddled with light, faint scars as these from fighting and training…" A man spoke from above her, his voice was filled with darkness as well as a chilling tone that made a cold feeling rush through every fiber of her being. She then gasped when the man softly nipped at her neck.
"Wh-what are you doing? GET OFF OF ME!" She yelled out and knocked him away to where she could sit up, covering herself with the onyx silk bed sheets and glaring at the man you was the culprit.
His long raven hair was in slight disarray from the fall as well as seeming like a river of obsidian over his shoulders and cascading down his back, the man's eyes shined like lost souls while he was garbed in a dark Greek tunic. He was the God of the Dead and Ruler of the Underworld.
"H-Hades…!" Hades then smiled as he heard her utter his name with a trembling voice, standing to his feet and reproaching the bed as well as pin her down to the bed once again. His smile and touch made her body shiver, remembering the last time they met.
" I'm happy you remember me, my love… This time, you will become mine and no one will interrupt us." He murmured in a loving tone as he kissed her collarbone, holding her arms down so that he had control over this ordeal.
"I STILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY! I'm not yours, Hades, and I NEVER will!"
"Still as fiery as ever, my dear… But that's where you're wrong. So long as you are my beloved queen's vessel, you as well as your beautiful soul are forever mine no matter what you do." He chuckled then gazed into her eyes.
"You will always be mine, forever." Right when he was about to kiss the young maiden, she suddenly head-butted the lord of the Underworld and glared at him darkly.
"I never will! I am loyal to Athena as her saint of Cassiopeia! You will NEVER have me!" She yelled at him in defiance, only making him chuckle even more while holding her head in place so that she was kept still.
"My dear Persephone… My defiant Kohaku. No matter what you say you are or who you're loyalty lies with, nothing can change the truth of just what your destiny is… To be mine for all eternity until your soul is reincarnated once more." Hades stated as he began to lean in to kiss her and right when their lips were about to meet, Kohaku screamed as she awoke. Finding herself back within the calming bathe she had been taking. The clock was still ticking as she gripped onto the side of the tub as she was gasping for breath.