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"Talking"

'Thinking'

I huffed as I used my hand to wipe away the blood that was skittering down my cheek. Shun laid on the ground in front of me, heavily damaged. It was too be expected since I knew all his weaknesses. It wasn't the first time a fight between us happened, after all.

About 57 lives ago was my first life. A curse was given to me. A choice that would haunt me in every life. A wish that would only be granted if I did the right thing and picked the right choices. It was because of the Gold Ophiuchus Cloth.

"If this is Andromeda's power, than I am ashamed Shun," I murmured, turning away from him. My hand turned into a tight fist as I looked away.

Shun, Ikki, Shiryu, Hyuga, and Seiya… they were all my friends. They used to be my friends. Not anymore. Not in this life. In this life, everyone hated me. I was fine with that. It made it less painful to my heart when I saw them get hurt… or so I thought it would. It was just the same.

I leaped back when Shun's chains suddenly attacked me. It wasn't the first time they attacked me after I knocked him unconscious, but they were more aggressive than usual. It wasn't like I hit him too hard; he should wake up soon. So it meant that I wasn't their real target.

In every life, I kept getting stronger and stronger in an attempt to finally make sure my friends didn't die. I knew that they would eventually, but I wanted to give them the longest life they could. I wanted them to be happy, even at the cost of me being in pain. They were my precious friends and my precious brothers.

'Axia… what is that supposed to mean?' I thought, watching as the chains started to form the word. My eyesight was starting to get blurry, probably from the loss of blood. I needed to lose the blood if I wanted to beat Shun's chains, though.

From my many times of dying and being reborn, I learned many things. One was the weakness of Shun's chains. By lowering my life force to near zero, practically zero, I was able to bypass it since my soul was technically gone. It was a dangerous plan, but it was the best one I had. There was a problem, a big problem.

'That's right! Ikki's supposed to be hiding inside of the Gold Sagittarius Cloth box. How could I have forgotten? Ugh… too many memories…' I thought, turning to face the Gold Cloth box. 'He's in there, but what do I know now? I'm not in the condition to fight him.'

Slowly, the Gold Cloth box opened and someone jumped out. I knew exactly who it was. The one man who was supposed to be dead. The one who was sent to Death Queen Island. The one who was Shun's older brother. Him. Phoenix Ikki.

The chains were shuddering. I knew that without Shun to hold them back, and with Ikki's strong thirst for blood, they would attack him soon.

Just as I was about to stop the chains, a pain crossed my leg and I fell onto my knee. I gritted my teeth to keep from crying out in pain. I wouldn't succumb to pain just yet. I wouldn't let my sanity fall until I made sure everything was right again.

I forced myself back onto my legs. At the same moment, Shun's chains attacked Ikki. Of course, he managed to catch the chains. Ikki was strong, and it wasn't much of a surprise. However, to be able to catch them was still amazing.

Suddenly, Ikki pulled his fist back. I knew immediately who he was aiming for.

Sprinting to Shun, I pulled him behind me and took the full force of the punch into my shoulder. I must've been lucky it wasn't any lower, or else I could've died. I also had to admit it was painful, but after feeling death over 20 times, it wasn't that bad.

'I'm one of the special people who earned a cloth. There is no way I'm submitting to him.'

"You've grown to be an even more disgusting man than you were before, Ikki," I said, holding the unconscious body against my back. "What happened to honour in battle? Do you always attack men who are down, and try to kill them? Or perhaps you lost all your humanity?"

"Funny coming from you of all people, Sai," Ikki replied, sneering at me. "What do you think you're doing? A girl like you has no right to participate in something like this."

I irked.

"Oya? Sexist aren't we, bastard," I replied, returning his sneer with a smirk. "You and I both know I do what I want, whenever I want. I couldn't give 2 shits that I'm a girl, you ass. Now, why don't you get your sorry ass down here and apologize to me."

"Oh, I'll go down there alright," he jumped off the box, "but it won't be to apologize to you. I'll make you the first blood I spill!"

I put up my arm and used it to block Ikki's kick. With the weight of Shun on my back, my injured leg, and Ikki putting more pressure on my injury, I was at a huge disadvantage. My blood was starting to stream out faster.

"Why don't you just get that cry baby of a dead weight off your back? You'll die by my hands easily, and I want a bit of a warm up," Ikki said, attacking me with his fists which I blocked with my arm once again.

"I would," I replied, and glanced back before hollering, "IF ONE OF THESE IDIOTS WOULD SNAP OUT OF IT AND HELP ME! CARRYING ANDROMEDA WHILE FIGHTING OFF THE PHOENIX IS NOT EASY!"

"Fine then, I'll help you," Ikki said, and threw a punch at Shun. I knew what I had to do. It would be painful, and I would have a 78% chance of dying, but what was living 16 years all over again to me? A lot. "DIE!"

I pulled Andromeda with me closer to the ground and ducked under the punch. My luck was golden today because I managed to move fast enough to only have the attack graze my upper forehead and not have it hit Shun at all.

"Whoops, looks like you missed Ikki," I teased, and threw a kick to his open chin, sending him flying back. However, at the same time, he used his foot to deliver a blow to my head as he went flying through the air.

"I missed?" he asked, towering over me. "You seem to be mistaken. Now, you shall die for your mistake."

"And what makes you think I'm afraid of death?" I replied, and managed to pull a punch to his face. "Everyone has a fear, death is just not one of mine," I said, and stood up. I laid Shun down gently on the ground. "Are you happy now?" I asked, turning to him. "My dead weight is gone."

"Then I shouldn't hold back!"

I moved left and right to avoid all his attacks. I decided that I would finish Ikki off quickly, even if it never was me alone who defeated him. It was all 5 of us together: Pegasus Seiya, Dragon Shiryu, Andromeda Shun, Swan Hyoga, and me.

Just then, the idiot Wolf Nachi stepped in between our battle.

"Heh, you seem a little confused, Ikki. You're not supposed to fight Shun or Sai… The tournament says you're supposed to fight me, Wolf!" Nachi said, pushing me back. With my injured leg, and lack of blood, I ended up tripping over Shun and falling onto my back.

"That idiot, I'll kill him!" I hissed, struggling to sit up.

'Shit, I must've used too much energy during that fight with Shun. Add that to the hits I took from Ikki and the fact that my body is losing a lot of blood makes me have no energy right now,' I thought, my body shaking. 'The only way to beat Shun's chains was to lower my life force to complete 0 by getting beaten up. Now…'

A hand was placed on my back, and someone helped me sit up.

'Shun.'

"Don't let his attack hit you," I told Shun, closing my eyes. "You'll fall to his illusions, and have your spirit broken from the horrors that he shows you."

With my eyes closed, I could feel the pain in my body grow more sensitive. It wouldn't be enough to get tears from my eyes, however. My head had started to pound, and I could feel my consciousness waver.

'I have to stay awake. This is for everyone. This is so I can save them. I won't let them die once again. I have… to…'

I felt my head hit the ground.

'I'm sorry… It looks like I've failed you all again, and this time I won't be able to save you.'