"Seiya!" Marin stared at her disciple angrily behind her mask.

Seiya could feel her anger. "Marin-san, it isn't what you think!"

"You...you!" Marin marched towards them - a frightened Seiya and a confused Saori. She grabbed Seiya by the arm and dragged him out of the cottage. "You know the rules! How dare you!" She started to beat him. "I was looking for you all day! Don't tell me you went to a brothel-"

"Wait!" Saori ran after them despite her painful ankle. "I was hurt and he is helping me!"

"Sa-I mean-Sienna, it's all right," Seiya said to Saori, trying to smile. "Go back inside. You need to rest."

"You can't!" Marin tried to stop Saori but Seiya stepped in between them. Seeing that Marin wasn't friendly, Saori quickly ran back inside with the door closed. Seiya rushed to the door and blocked Marin's way.

"Seiya, what is going on?" Marin demanded. "You know that Sanctuary does not allow any outsider!"

"She isn't an outsider exactly," Seiya replied.

"If you don't want trouble, take her back to where she belongs before anyone finds out!"

"I can't."

"What?" Marin's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean you can't?"

"I need her," Seiya said. "She's the reason I'm here, or sort of."

"Okay, what is this all about?" Marin asked. "Who is she?"

"Remember I told you about a spoiled, nasty girl I had to put up with in Japan?" Seiya began. "That's her."

Marin found it hard to believe. "How did she ended up here?"

"I found her on the street in Athens. She was almost beaten up by some rough men until I saved her. I took her to a hospital, and she can't remember anything, not even her name. She has nowhere to go."

"Really?" Marin folded her arms and said, "You found this girl, who had tormented you back in Japan. She somehow ended up in Greece and is suffering from amnesia. You decided to be her knight in the shining armor by saving her and taking her in? Seiya, this is so not you! Since when you became a bighearted person?"

Seiya looked at Marin and turned away. "I also told you I have a sister Seika. I haven't seen her for ten years."

"And?"

"By the time I earn the Cloth, I will return to Japan with her. Her grandfather Mitsumasa Kido will be grateful that I bring back his granddaughter to him safe and sound. In exchange, he will not refuse my request to see my sister again."

Marin looked at Seiya and couldn't believe what she heard. Since his arrival, Seiya had been careless with no heart in training or in anything at all. She sensed that coming to Sanctuary isn't his choice. Whatever his life in Japan - based on what he had revealed to her - Marin knew it wasn't sweet. Yet, none of the Saints had a decent life. Marin herself had a brother who is lost to her. All along, she had saw Seiya as a hopeless disciple; but now, she realized that Seiya is more clever than she thought.

"Seiya," Marin said slowly. "What is your real plan? You are not going to take care of her until you earn your Cloth, are you?"

"I will make sure she's safe," Seiya replied honestly. "But I will keep her busy. She can help around with chores and house cleaning."

"You know she doesn't have that background? Seiya, you are trying to punish her and this isn't right."

"This isn't right? I saved her from thugs and took her in when she is lost and alone," Seiya said. "While she and her grandfather separated me from my sister and sent me here against my will. She treated me like a slave. My plan is taking her back to Tokyo, eventually. She will be back with her grandfather and I will be reunited with my sister. What isn't right?"

For the first time, Marin saw Seiya stood his ground, which was what she wanted to see when he was bullied by other disciples, particularly Silver Saint Shaina's disciple, Cassius.

"What if her memory comes back? What then?" Marin questioned. "Seiya, you are angry at her, but you don't have cruelty in your heart. You will end up with training to earn your Cloth and taking care of her."

"I can handle it."

"Regardless, you can't have her here," Marin shoved Seiya aside and went into the cottage. She saw Saori wrapped herself in a blanket in bed, obviously asleep. She was about to say something, but stopped. For some reason, she couldn't go to her. She stared at Saori for a few seconds before turning her back to leave.

"Just keep her out of my sight," Marin said to Seiya.


As soon as the door closed, Saori sat up. "Is she gone?"

"For the time being," Seiya replied. He took the pillow and was going to sleep on the ground.

"I need a pillow too," Saori said.

"You have the bed and the blanket," Seiya said. "Be content with that."

Saori peeked at Seiya. Her heart filled with endless questions.

"Do we have family? You said that you are my cousin but is there anyone else in our family?"

"I have a sister Seika, and that is it."

"Where is she?"

"In an orphanage," Seiya said.

"What about my parents? Where are they?"

"Don't know, probably dead." It wasn't a lie to be exact. Seiya had seen Mitsumasa Kido, but never Saori's parents.

"So it's just us then? What happened? Was there a plague? A hazard?"

"I don't know but here it's just you and I."

Saori was silent but then burst into tears.

"What is the matter now?" Seiya asked, annoyed.

"You...you are my only family. I woke up by the sea and I wandered around. You went all the way to find me and took me back here..."

Seiya said nothing.

Unfortunately, Marin was right. Hearing her cry, his anger towards her disappeared instantly. Saori wept for a long time until she finally fell asleep. Seiya meanwhile remained sleepless the whole night.


Saori did not have a good sleep. The bed was hard and the blanket wasn't exactly warm. She did hope that when she wakes up, she'd be elsewhere. Literally, nothing in this cottage was familiar; nothing clicked. Perhaps it was all a bad dream?

But it wasn't.

When she opened her eyes, Seiya was before her, pulling the cover away.

"Wake up, it's time for breakfast."

"Breakfast?" Saori yawned. "What did you make?"

"What did I make? You are the one who's making breakfast."

"What?" Saori's mind was a complete blank. "And how?"

She looked around and sat on the bed; and she remained there for almost an hour until Seiya went out. Within minutes, he came back with apples and fruits. Saori watched as he placed them on the table.

"What are you sitting on the bed for?" Seiya asked. "I am not going to bring them to you."

Carefully, Saori got off the bed. Her ankle was better but still hurting. She sat by the small wooden table and watched as Seiya ate.

"How am I going to eat?" She asked.

Seiya stared at her in disbelief. "Just eat like regular human being."

He grabbed an apple and bit into it.

Saori continued to stare at him, totally lost.

"Here," Seiya placed the apple in her hand and guided her to bite it. "Like that."

Slowly, she took a bite, and another; and another.

"I have to go training," Seiya said.

"Can I come with you?"

"No, you stay here," he said, handing her a broom. "You are going to clean up this place. That is what you usually do."

"Wait," Saori stopped him before he could leave. "Seiya, are we really cousins?"

"Yes, you don't believe me?"

"It's that...I don't any familial feelings towards you. In fact, I sense that you despise me, somehow."

"How could it be?" Seiya said, trying hard to sound cheerful and friendly. "We fight and argue, which is normal. Stay here, and do your chores!" He ran out of the door quickly, leaving Saori alone in the cottage.