Disclaimer: Even though I've disappeared for a long time, that doesn't mean I was off buying the rights to Saint Seiya.
Notes: So, my first StS fic in a VERY long time~ I think it's because I was watching Gundam Wing last weekend and Quatre makes me think of Shun. So I churned out a short little oneshot drabblish thing for you all. Shun POV.
This Is My Heart
Everyone says I'm too kind to be a Saint. I suppose I do cry a lot, and I don't like having to kill, but...
But...this is my duty as a Saint, and I will see it through to the end. Even if I hate watching others hurt, especially if it's because of me, I did promise to give everything to Athena, and this is something my fellow Saints also began to understand about themselves. No matter what we may need to give up, we will do it, if it's for the goddess and the cause in which we believe. For the beautiful, imperfect world that we love for what it is.
This is my will.
I want to do all I can to achieve the beautiful peace that we often say lies in the future. Maybe it doesn't exist, but we believe it does. We need to believe it does. That's the type of world we give our lives and our innocence to achieve. I would do anything. Even stain my hands red with blood and surround myself with the deaths of friends and of enemies that should be friends.
This is my determination.
Every day, I cry a little less. I grow up a little faster, and walk a little further, and damn myself a little more. But I love harder and stronger than ever before, and that's enough to keep me going. I sacrifice for Athena, for the world, for all those I love. It hurts in my chest, but I'm a Saint: it is part of my duty to handle pain. I will reach into the pain in my chest and take this out for you, for all of you. It may be battered and weak, but, here, take it...
This is my heart.