Disclaimer: I do not own Saint Seiya.

Note: This is kinda parallel universe, where all the Gold Saints are alive and well, except Aiolos is still dead and Dohko/Roshi is still in old man form. Also, I know the Bronzies have times when they're normal. Just bear with me for purposes of the story.

1. The Idea

"Shiryuu?" a little voice said from the doorway. The Dragon stretched lightly. He would have preferred to be more asleep than his present situation allowed.

"What is it, Shun?" Shiryuu asked. Shun came through the door in his green and white striped pajamas. Shiryuu's room, like all of the Saints' quarters in the Sanctuary, was only large enough to contain a single-sized bed, a tiny dresser, and a Saint cloth. Other small personal items could be placed on the dresser. Shiryuu, for instance, had an alarm clock. No wonder he's always punctual to breakfast, Shun thought, Maybe we should get Seiya one too.

Shun sat on Shiryuu's bed, the only place in the minuscule room where it was possible to sit. "Do you…do you think," Shun said shyly, "Do you think we could have a…well…a day off? Where we could do normal stuff and not think about fighting? Just one day?"

"We're Saints, Shun. Saints aren't exactly normal. Look at Deathmask for example."

"I know," Shun replied, "but I just thought it would be nice to have a day off. I mean, I don't mind fighting with my friends and nii-san, and I'm proud to be a Saint of Athena, but one of these days, in one of these wars, I'm going to fall and not get back up. Between now and that day, I want to be a normal teenager once." Shiryuu considered this.

"Hey, Shun?" the Dragon inquired, "Why didn't you go to Ikki about this? Or Seiya?"

"They're both asleep already. Plus, I don't know if Seiya will actually remember by tomorrow morning." Shiryuu and Shun both laughed.

"All right," Shiryuu consented, "We'll talk to the others tomorrow at breakfast. Just make sure Seiya gets up in time." Shun grinned and returned to his own room. Shiryuu blew out his candle and went to sleep.

It was 8 o'clock already. Breakfast had started half and hour ago, Ikki and Hyoga had been updated about the idea, and Seiya was still absent. "Shun," demanded Shiryuu, "Did you wake him up like I told you to?" Shun nodded vigorously.

"I called him at 7:15 when I came to help with breakfast, and I thought I heard him answer." Ikki laughed.

"He probably went back to sleep," the Phoenix told them with a sparkle in his eyes, "Shall we go wake him?" Shiryuu and Hyoga grinned and followed him, while Shun trailed anxiously behind.

Seiya's room, although the same size as everyone else's, was much more crowded. While Shiryuu had only an alarm clock and a candle to accessorize his chamber, Seiya had clothes, papers, books, socks, gadgets, and all manner of other belongings piled over his two pieces of furniture and his Saint cloth, as well as what room was left on the floor. There were also scraps that looked like remains of another day's lunch scattered about. Seiya, with a contented smile on his face, was lying on top of all the things on his bed, fast asleep.

"Do you think we should get him an alarm clock like Shiryuu's?" Shun asked.

"He might already have one buried under all this crap," answered Hyoga wryly, "How does he sleep so long on top of all that stuff?" Ikki chuckled before replying.

"I think it feels like a cushion to him—what are you doing?" The last part of this was addressed to Shiryuu, who was starting his Rozan Shou Ryuu Ha. A liquid Chinese dragon reared up out of Seiya's wash basin of dirty water, stretched its head, and sprayed itself onto Seiya's prone form. Shiryuu grinned proudly.

"Don't worry. It wasn't a very strong attack. Just strong enough to make Seiya really wet." They all looked over at Seiya, who grunted and began to snore. Shiryuu groaned and prepared to do his attack again. "Rozan Shou Ryuu Ha!" Again, the dragon extended from the wash basin. Again, Seiya was soaked by the dragon's descent. Again, Seiya stayed asleep.

"No need to be merciful, Shiryuu," Hyoga called over, "If two 'Rozan Shou Ryuu Ha' attacks don't wake him, he deserves whatever you give him." The Dragon nodded and started once more.

"ROZAN SHOU RYUU HA!"

The others listened as the fluid dragon crashed on top of Seiya in all its fury. There was an enormous splash, then Seiya's voice amid the splattering, "AAAHH! The roof is leaking!" The four others broke into laughter.

"How do you sleep so soundly?" asked Shiryuu incredulously.

"Huh?" Seiya said, looking around in confusion. "Why is everything so wet?" Ikki began to guffaw, as Shiryuu covered his face with his hands. Even Hyoga let out a quiet snort.

"Seiya," the Dragon explained patiently, "I just hit you with three "Rozan Shou Ryuu Ha"s in varying degrees of strength. It took the hardest to wake you."

"Oh." The Pegasus Saint let this sink in for a moment before shouting, "What! You didn't!"

"Yes, I did. Because we need you to get up."

"Did you have to make me wet, too?" Seiya demanded, annoyed.

"All right, next time I'll let Ikki burn you awake," Shiryuu calmly shot back, "Or I'll tell Hyoga to turn you into an ice cube." Ikki grinned cheerfully.

"All right, all right, I get the point," grumbled Seiya, "So what was it you wanted me for?" The others conspiratorially gathered around (or rather, waded through Seiya's stuff) and began to explain.

"Saori-san?" Seiya called into the temple. The violet-haired incarnation of Athena came towards them happily.

"Yes?" she asked.

"We…um…wanted to ask you…um…something," Seiya mumbled abashedly.

"Intelligible would be helpful," Hyoga added under his breath.

"Anything," the goddess said.

"Well…We'd like to have a sort of day off," blurted Seiya quickly, "Just for one day so we can experience being teenagers once. In case we don't get to."

"Please, Saori-san," Shun added imploringly. Athena considered for a few seconds.

"I think it's a good idea," she decided with a smile, "You guys don't have anything to do right now anyway. How about this Saturday? I'll call you back if something happens."

"Thank you, Saori-san!" the five Saints each replied in turn.

"And that reminds me. Could you tell the other Saints they can each take a day off this Sunday?"

"Of course!" Seiya answered willingly. The others thanked Athena again as they walked down her temple steps.

"So, Seiya," Hyoga asked lightly, "Is there something you want to do on Saturday?"

"Sleep?" replied Seiya, grinning.

"Seiya!" the others half-groaned, half-protested.

"Just kidding." At the bottom of the stairs, they had a hurried consultation and figured who was going to each of the Gold saints. Then, each young Saint set off for one of the Zodiacal temples.