A/N: I am not sure how many more chapters this will be...Anyhow, special thanks goes to AuroraExecution since I used her idea on Rhad remembering Pan in their past lives. Thanks, for the permission, AE, the idea was too cool not use. Anyhow, that's all other than I don't own Saint Seiya...if I did...well...I wouldn't be writing fanfics about Rhad and Pan, they'd be together. Enjoy!

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Rhadymanthes always drank alone. He supposed he could have drinks with Minos and Aiacos, the closest things he had to friends, but he preferred to drink alone. He would sit and stare at a picture of her when she was just a little girl. As a child, her smile was bright, and her eyes glowed with the enthusiasm of youth. He sighed and reached for the bottle, pouring another measure of brandy into his glass.

Rhadymanthes could still recall the first time he'd met her, many life times before. She'd looked almost exactly the same as she did in the present. She'd had the same lovely figure, not too thin, not too heavy. She'd always been a healthy weight. She always had the same long, dark hair, the same pale skin, the same beautiful face. The only thing that really changed were her eyes. The very first time he'd ever met her, her eyes had been green.

His memories of his previous lives were usually pretty fuzzy, but there was one memory that haunted him no matter how many times he was reincarnated. He would never forget the first time he'd spoken with her, many, many lifetimes ago. Like etching on glass, the memory remained with him. He leaned back in his chair and replayed it in his mind like an old movie being viewed in slow motion.

She was sitting by herself in front of a fireplace, her wet hair soaking her elaborate emerald dressing gown. A candle sitting beside her provided the only other source of light in the room. She looked absolutely stunning, the little bit of light illuminated her pale skin and highlighted streaks of deep purple in her wet black hair. He sat down beside her and set a hand on her shoulder. The girl turned her head and gazed at him, green eyes round and wide.

"Why are you sitting here all by yourself?", he asked.

She drew her arms around herself, giving him view of the bracelet around her wrist. The elaborate black snake crept up her hand and ended as a ring around her delicate middle finger.

"Just thinking, I guess", she whispered in a soft voice.

"Try not to think too hard. You will put wrinkles in your pretty face." Rhadymanthes mentally smacked himself once the words were out of his mouth.

She rose gracefully to her feet and placed her hands on her hips.

"Thank you for your concern, Sir, but I believe I will be alright."

She turned to leave with such a dignified air to her that Rhadymanthes was taken aback.

"Wait!", he said, also rising to his feet. "I am sorry. I did not mean to offend."

She whirled around, her green eyes dancing with some sort of unreadable emotion.

"Well, Sir. Regardless of if you intended to offend or not, you did. Now if you excuse me, I am going to go calm down before I do something I regret."

Rhadymanthes winced. His first time actually meeting the Lady Pandora and he'd made an enemy out of her. He could only imagine what Minos and Aiacos would say if they found out.

He knew it was stupid, but for some reason, he could not bear the thought of her hating him. He rushed forward and caught her wrist in his hand.

She startled and glared at him, anger evident in her eyes. She yanked her arm away from him with such force she actually knocked him to the ground.

"I did not want you to hate me", he said bitterly. "But it appears you will no matter what I say."

Her gaze softened.

"I know you are one of the three judges-which one are you?"

"Wyvern Rhadymanthes", he replied.

She glanced down at him.

"Well, Wyvern Rhadymanthes, you have succeeded in irritating me so much I have forgotten why I was upset initially."

Rhadymanthes winced again.

To his surprise, she gave him a small smile, and her green eyes danced with amusement.

"Thank you", she said.

"Uhh...you are welcome...", he murmured, rising slowly to his feet.

She turned and left then. He watched her go, his heart racing. The look in those eyes when they'd glowed...he was already in love with her. He sighed. This could not end well...

The present-day Rhadymanthes sighed. How many decades ago had that been? He couldn't even remember. Yet it was the same every time he was reincarnated. He always fell in love with her. He set his empty brandy glass on the table. Part of him wanted to stay in his chair and have another glass, but the other part of him knew the stuff he liked to drink would put him to sleep after a few glasses. He did not want the bitter dreams he knew sleep in his current state of mind would bring him.

He stood up and cracked his neck, then stretched his arms and shoulders. He must have been seated in his chair much longer than he thought to be so stiff. He heard the sound of a harp playing and smiled lightly as an idea crossed his mind. What did he have to lose? If she rejected him, she rejected him. He would get no where just watching her from the distance.

He walked towards the music and poked his head in her room.

"Lady Pandora?", he asked.

She stopped playing. The cool, violet eyes that she possessed in this life time gazed at him.

"Rhadymanthes?"

Rhadymanthes walked into the room. As one of the judges, he could speak with her fairly candidly. He did not have to waste excessive formalities with her. Still, he knew to be careful-he was close to her rank, but he was still beneath her and it would do no good to make her angry with him.

"I was wondering if you have eaten yet, Milady."

Pandora tipped her head to one side.

"Why do you want to know?", she asked.

"Well, if you hadn't eaten yet, I was going to see if you wanted to join me. I have not eaten yet."

She regarded him thoughtfully.

"I suppose I could join you for dinner", she said finally.

Rhadymanthes smiled and extended his hand to her. She took his hand in her own.

His golden eyes landed curiously on her wrist. His heart skipped a beat as he took in the snake curving up her hand and around her middle finger. It was the same bracelet she'd worn the very first time he'd met her.

"What are you looking at?", her quiet voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Oh. That's a nice bracelet", he said.

She smiled.

"Yes, yes it is", she said.

Her violet eyes sparkled the same way the green eyes of her past-life-counterpart had and Rhadymanthes's heart leapt.

"It's a very old bracelet", she added, and Rhadymanthes wondered if she remembered meeting him the same way he remembered meeting her.

The two walked off together hand in hand. As they did, they came across Aiacos, who gave Rhadymanthes a thumbs up and an encouraging smile.

Rhadymanthes returned the smile and walked Pandora past. This wasn't his ideal first date, but beggars could not be choosers, and really, all that mattered was being with her.

He looked at her face and smiled to himself. She didn't have green eyes anymore, and her skin was actually paler this time around, but that didn't matter. Pandora was still Pandora, no matter what little changes occurred to her appearance. The future was uncertain, what would happen in the war this time around, that was also uncertain.

No, the only thing that was certain was that he would always love Pandora. Little by little, she was showing him that she felt the same way. He only hoped things worked out between them before their time ran out.