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COUPLE: SHAKA X IKKI

UNIVERSE: SAINT SEIYA

WORDS:1,481

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Virgo Temple was full of a special light; it wasn't strong like the Aries one, the light that Mu normally used to see the people who was arriving to the Sanctuary, but wasn't so dark like the Cancer Temple were was hard to see and gave a terrible scenery alongside the masks and the saint that lived there. No, the light was peaceful and white, something that anyone would think the Virgo Saint liked it.

Shaka, the illuminated man and the closest to God was meditating as always in the entrance of his temple. He wasn't wearing the armour but a white cloth that covered only part of his chest and body.

"Are you going to stay here longer?" he asked to the other Golden Saint who was stand at his side with a smile. "I already told you I need to stay here, doesn't matter what you say."

"If you say so." Mu answered starting his way to downstairs. "But if you want to eat with me and the guys, we will be in my temple."

"Thank you for the invitation." Shaka made a little reverence and smiled. "See you tomorrow, my friend. You promised me we will train together."

"And we will. Then good luck with your meditation."

Aries Mu, one of his best friends and a Saint that had always his respect, opened his umbrella to go out and try to don't run. Shaka smiled hearing the sound of the water drops heating the tool for the rain and took a deep breath to smell the glorious essence of the earth being showered. He was in lotus pose and with the eyes closed, indeed was meditating even since his friend arrived to invite him to pass time with Aldebaran, Aiolia, and Milo to eat something. But Shaka needed to stay there, for him wasn't just because the rain and his meditation the reason why he didn't accept the friendly invitation.

The minutes made themselves hours that passed slowly to his mind. Virgo Shaka was inside the meditation; deeply breaths enough to full his lungs and exhalations that made the air go out without problem. His mind was in just one thought and his body was in a straight pose without moving. It was cold, he could feel the breeze and could hear the raindrops hitting the stairs, the marble and the ground around his temple. Virgo Shaka was paying attention to everything and his mind was open to even hear the insects looking for a place to cover themselves from the rain and the sounds of Dohko turning on his pipe and began to smoke. Surely he was outside his temple thinking about the old days or even waiting for someone. It was easy for him to reach that illumination and let his sense explore everything around him, but that wasn't the only reason why he was doing that.

One hour, two hours and almost a third one was appearing since Mu left his temple. The insects were now under the ground, Dohko was talking with someone and laughing about some jokes and storied of his old days, the heartbeat of Shaka was going slowly almost reaching the silence and his blood was making a slowly sound in his ears. But everything finished when he heard the rain drops hitting some cloth. He opened the eyes and his senses were going down to be normal again, and before that his nose could sense a delightful fragrance. Shaka smiled and took a deep breath to catch it; were flowers and some strong aroma of wood. His heartbeat began to go up slowly as he rose up from his pose. He could feel anxiety in his hands and bitted his lips when the fragrance became stronger. His smile was now bigger when a young man entered to his temple. Shaka couldn't hide his emotions in that moment.

"Indeed the weather hates me..." the new guest chuckled as removed part of the cloth that was covering his head. "The last time was raining too."

The owner of the temple gave quickly steps and his hands moved to take the face of this man. Shaka smiled and his eyes where shinning, the other man just gave back his smile and laughed a bit seeing the reaction of the older.

"Ikki, my phoenix" Shaka let his fingers explore those wet lips and part of his cheeks to reach the Phoenix Saint's hair and show the scar that was almost like a mark of himself. "You are here."

Both forehead touched and Ikki sighed with a smile feeling the warm hug of his lover. Both blue eyes saw each other and he couldn't wait a second to kiss the edge of Shaka's lips.

"Of course I'm here." he said moving a bit to leave his Pandora Box in the floor, close to where Shaka was meditating. "I always tell you, Shaka. I will come back... after all, you are the main reason why I'm here."

"My beloved, you can't imagine how happy I feel every time I know you come back." Ikki laughed a bit about this and crossed his arms to see Shaka. "I know you are an explosive man and I don't know when you will be fighting and if you do..."

"If you love me and know me, then you know I will never lose a fight. And if for some weird reason I begin to do it, I will just let my cosmos burn enough to still alive. Remember my constellation, I'm always being protected by those stars."

"And Virgo's too."

Ikki rolled his eyes and smiled warmly when Shaka smiled too. He knew it meant his lover was always taking care of him, even if he really never needed his help. Shaka, once more, came close and held his face.

"I missed you, Ikki."

"I know that."

The both saints saw around from inertia and, knowing they were alone, their lips marked a smiled. Ikki saw those refined lips and could feel the warm breath close to his cheeks, his eyes closed when he felt Shaka's lips posing themselves over the scar in his forehead. All the story was known by the Virgo Saint and even so he waited too long for Ikki's heart to be open again. Then his lips kissed his eyes, those ones that had seeing the world but too had cried when nobody was seeing him. And for the last, his lips didn't rose up enough to still caressing Ikki' skin and reach the lips that said his name in a way full of love.

Shaka felt great when the kiss marked both lips and could feel the bitted and dry lips. For sure Ikki was being worried too for something, for sure he didn't stop since the boat arrived to Greece because wanted to be with him. Ikki never said he missed Shaka, but the way his hand was caressing his face and the way his lips were meeting each other were screaming it over and over. But he was more than happy; Shaka's lips were always sweet and soft as he remember the last kiss one year before. Green tea with some orange drops were the flavour of those soft and well done lips. Their kisses kept going without caring if someone else could see them; they were always in secret but when their feelings were in the skin like that moment they really didn't care. After all, who would try to be against one of the most powerful Gold Saints and one of the most violent and explosive Saints in the whole Sanctuary?

That young man lick his own lips when the kiss finished and smiled to his lover. Shaka, feeling great about it, laughed a bit.

"Let me give you something to eat and tell me where you went this time, Ikki."

"Of course, Shaka." he answered taking again his Pandora Box, just to be taken by Shaka's hands. "You will happy to know I pass some days in India. I even brought you some incense."

"Then I must let you sleep in my temple, don't you think so?"

Ikki chuckled as he moved his head. Shaka smiled once more and held him close to kiss him quickly.

"I accept the invitation... after all, not even Mu knows I'm here."

Now Shaka was serious and sighed like if he were tired.

"Once more, Ikki, you need to ask him permission to enter to his temple. You just can't sneak up and arrive here quickly. He will say yes." they both were moving now to the internal chambers. "Or did you do something to his tools?"

"So, Shaka, what do you have to eat? I'm really hungry." he winked to Shaka.

"My beloved, indeed you are something that can't be controlled."

"And you love me like that, Shaka."

"Indeed, indeed I do."