Vision of the Past
"Darkness, nothing but darkness… Seika!! Where are you Seika? I need you; I can't see anything but darkness. Please Seika, I need you!!"
"You can open you eyes now." The boy heard a voice coming beyond the darkness. Weakly, Seiya opened his eyes and winced when the light reached him. When the boy's eyes adjusted to the brightest of the room he was in, the first thing the boy saw was an older boy with long golden hair, a rosary on his hand, and his eyes closed; Seiya immediately recognized him as the person he has seen before the darkness had consumed him.
"Where am I?" Seiya asked. Suddenly the brow haired boy's eyes widened and he sat down from where he was laying. "Where's Seika?!!" The boy exclaimed as he looked around, he could conclude that no one had bother trying to decorate the bedroom where he was, it was as plain as they came. (A/N: In this fic, there's a section in each of the twelve temples that is set up as, somewhat, normal house)
"You should calm down; you're still weak after sleeping for four days" The same voice that had awoken Seiya up reached the boy's ears. Seiya's attention was once again turned to the blond on the room. The older boy hadn't had move from his position or opened his eyes.
"Who are you?" The brown haired boy asked, slightly embarrassed that he had completely ignored him.
"My name is Shaka, and, may I know your name?" The blond asked as his head directed towards Seiya.
For some reason, Seiya couldn't think of a reason to not trust the older boy in front of him with his name. "Seiya, my name is Seiya."
Shaka stood silent for a couple of seconds before a small smile came into his face. "Arrow, uh?" The smile of his face widened slightly. "I knew someone that could have related to that, but he has been gone for a while now." The smile on Shaka's face weakened.
"I'm sorry if my name brought back bad memories." Seiya apologized.
"No need to apologize." Shaka said. "It's not your fault."
Seiya nodded before looking at the room again. "Where are we?" The brown haired boy asked.
Shaka directed his head towards Seiya once again before answering. "We're in the Sanctuary" The blond said simply.
The brown haired boy almost made a comment at the blonde's answer but remembered the situation that he was in, and that Shaka probably had taken care of him.
"But tell me about you Seiya, you kept calling for 'Seika' while you were asleep." The blond wondered, immediately the younger boy's faced saddened. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to" Shaka added.
"No, it's alright" Seiya begun. "Seika is my sister, we where separated when I was adopted and taken here from Japan and now I found out that she…..she suffered an accident where she lost her memory and during the confusing she ran away. And I can't do anything about it; I'm not strong enough to help her…."
Shaka stood in silence once again as his head stayed on Seiya's direction. It was apparent to the blond that Seiya wanted to become stronger to be able to find his sister, and he certainly had an incredibly potential, a cosmos so powerful that if harnessed correctly it could exceed Bronze, Silver, and maybe it could even exceed….. "Seiya, do you wish to become stronger?" Shaka asked simply.
The younger boy looked up towards the blond and examined his face, though Shaka's facial expression was completely unchanged, Seiya knew that the blonde's offer was a serious one. "What do you mean?" The brown haired boy questioned.
Shaka didn't know why he made this offer, maybe it was his Saint's curiosity or pride, if he hadn't detached himself from those long ago; maybe it was just destiny, the same fate that had led him to find Seiya at the bottom of that cliff that night. "If you stay here in the Sanctuary you will become stronger and be able to find your sister someday." Shaka explained. Immediately Seiya's face lighted up slightly. "But…," The older boy continued. "If you decide to stay in the Sanctuary you will have to swear loyalty to the Pope and, above all, to Athena" The blond finished.
"Athena?" Seiya asked confuse.
The blond smiled slightly before answering. "The protector of Earth and the goddess of the Sanctuary, everyone here trains to become one of her Saints with the duty of defending the Earth and Athena herself" Shaka explained.
By the time the older boy had finished, Seiya's had given his complete attention to the explanation, for a lone second he had completely forgotten about his sister, Seiya frowned at that thought. "And, is Athena here in the Sanctuary?" The brown haired boy wondered.
Immediately, Shaka's faced darkened. "No, she's not here" The blond answered simply. A long minute of silence followed the older boy's words before he decided to end it. "You have not answered me Seiya; do you want to become stronger?"
Seiya kept on processing over the matter, he did needed to become stronger if he wanted to stand a chance in finding his sister, but if he did stayed in the Sanctuary he had to swear his loyalty to something he didn't understand or care much for.
Shaka could sense the younger boy's indecision. "Let me show you something before you make you're decision." The blond said. Shaka gathered his cosmos and focused on Seiya.
For some reason unknown to the brown haired boy, Seiya opened his eyes just to find himself in a totally different place. "Where are we?" Seiya asked the older boy as he gazed at the sight in front of him, a mountainous area with hundreds of warriors training on Ancient Greek-like structures.
"This is only an image of the Sanctuary that is been projected into your mind." Shaka stared. "An illusion if you will, but don't be mistaken, this is an image of the real Sanctuary, I have altered nothing." The blond informed.
"Why are they all fighting?" Seiya asked as he watched kids his age compete with each other.
"They are fighting to become stronger." Shaka continued. "So that someday they will become one of the 88 Saints of Athena, her ultimate guardians."
Seiya's eyes widened slightly with amazement. "They are doing all of this, because of her….?" Shaka nodded at the brown haired boy. Suddenly, Seiya felt a warm presence envelop him, something that for some reason made the boy feel safe and happy. The brown haired boy turned around; there, in front of him, stood a blinding light that shun with incredible pureness. The only things Seiya could make out of the sight in front of him was that it was a girl in a white dress and holding a scepter, but he couldn't see her face at all. "I-is she….?" The boy was unable to finish the question.
"Yes" Shaka responded, knowing what it was on the younger boy's mind. "She's Athena…." The blond added.
"Why…?" Seiya begun. "Why can't I see how she looks like….?" The boy asked.
Shaka's face saddened slightly. "Because….I never met her, I've never seen her. What you are see right now, and what you are feeling, is just the way I see her and the feeling received from her…..so long ago." Immediately after Shaka's words, Seiya found himself back on the room along with Shaka.
A long silence took place between the two boys on the room as Seiya had his eyes set on the nothingness and Shaka was facing directly up front. "Now that you seen the Sanctuary, what's your answer….?" The older boy asked after a couple of minutes
After a couple of seconds more of silence the younger boy spoke. "I'll stay, I want to stay in the Sanctuary for two things, to become strong enough to find my sister and to be able to be her, to be able to meet Athena someday." The brown haired boy answered.
Another slight smile came to Shaka's face as he turned around and started out of the room. "You better rest now." The blond said at the threshold. "Your training will start tomorrow" The older boy left the room after those words.
Seiya watched the door until Shaka's footsteps faded away. The brown haired boy smiled. "Now I have another reason to keep on going" The boy thought as the image he had seen in the light appeared once again in his mind. Seiya fell asleep trying to remember that feeling the light was emitting.
"Here, take this" Shaka said passion a piece of cloth to Seiya.
The brown haired boy's opened weakly. "Is it morning already?" The light that came out of the window answered the boy's question. "What's this?" Seiya wondered as he examined the piece of cloth.
"It's for your training." Shaka answered simply.
Seiya looked at the older boy with confused eyes. "How's it's this for my training?"
The blond sighed before answering. "Have you ever heard that when someone their sight, their other sense enhance?" Shaka waited until Seiya nodded before continuing. "Well this works with the same principle." The blond explained.
"So…., is that why you have your eyes closed? It's not because you're blind?" The younger boy asked amazed.
Shaka chuckled slightly at the boy's reaction. "One of the reasons." The blond said simply.
Seiya was about to wrap the cloth around his eyes, suddenly he stopped and look straight at Shaka. "Could I see your eyes?" The boy asked; the mystery of the blonde's eyes had been bothering the brown haired boy since the older boy had presented himself.
Shaka smiled slightly, it was the closest thing to a smirk the Seiya had seen on the blonde's face. "Let's hope you'll never will."
Seiya glared at older boy for a second before sighing, the last thing the boy saw Shaka's head directed at him before his world turned to darkness once again.
"So, what was the order?" A voice sounded through the silent hall.
Shaka stopped on his track and his head directed to the right, even though his eyes were closed the blond knew of the young man wearing a golden cloth similar to his standing to his right. "Aioria" Shaka said acknowledging the other Saint's presence. The Leo Saint stepped forward and waited for his answer. "He was sent to Japan to retrieve the Sagittarius cloth." Shaka stopped for a second before continuing. "And to kill the other Bronze Saints" A silence followed the Virgo Saint's words.
Aioria closed his eyes and sighed. "I was afraid it will be something like that." There was silence between the two Gold Saints once again. "Ikki and his comrades are in danger now." Aioria added. Shaka directed his head forward once again before starting to walk away. Aioria watched the blond for a couple of seconds. "It's wasn't your fault." The Leo Saint begun. "You had not power over what happened." Aioria assured the blond.
Shaka stopped on his track once again for a couple of seconds before starting on his way again.
