"Pope, you asked for us to assemble?" Mu, the Aries Gold Saint, asked.

Twelve Gold Saints stood -in two lines vertically- before the Pope.

The day after Gemini reported, the Pope ordered the Gold Saints to meet at his hall.

"Indeed. An enemy as surfaced. I'm sure you're aware of Gemini's report." The Pope said, walking between them; receiving nods from them. "Athena ordered to send a group of Silver Saints with the lead of one of you, Gold Saints, to inspect Ragnarok's castle before taking further actions."

"Have you decided who would lead the Silver Saints?" Dohko asked.

"We did," the Pope answered the Libra Saint and then pointed at the chosen one. "it will be Aquarius Justin."

The Aquarius Saint bowed his head as a thanks for the trust he was given.

"What about Athena?" Soul, the Sagittarius Saint, questioned. She was not present with them -on her throne- nor can he feel her in her chamber. "Where is she?"

"Her Lady, in this very moment, is at the Athena Colossus -statue-" the Pope walked toward the Goddess' throne, placing a hand over it. "Athena is using her Cosmo to build invisible protection barriers around the Sanctuary, so that if anyone -with a threatening Cosmo- tried to intrude will get pulverised."

"Is it safe? Will Athena be alright?" The Gemini Saint asked.

Without thinking twice about it, Soul answered Elizabeth:

"I'm sure she will. She's doing that to protect the Sanctuary, we should have faith."

The Sagittarius Saint said, looking at the ground, missing the way Dohko -who know about him and Maka- looked at him.

"Soul is right." Mu, the Gold Saint of Aries, nodded his head.

"Worry not about her Highness," the Pope's stern voice stopped their little conversation. "What you have to do now, Saints, is go back to your temples and guard them. While you Justin, gather some Silvers and head to the location given."

Justin took off his golden headpiece from his head and knelt down, act of respect, then stood up and turned away, taking his leave.

All the eleven Gold Saints left slowly started departing as well, except for one.

The Sagittarius Saint walked up to the the Pope who stood next to Athena's throne.

"Your Holiness, allow me to stay by Athena's side while she's up there." Kneeling down -on one knee, head bowed- the winged Saint said.

"Sagittarius Soul. Someone as wise as you should know that it won't be necessary." The Pope answered. He watched how the Saint's fist clenched, murmuring a quiet 'thank you' Soul stood up and started walking away. "But if you shall, do not disturb her."

Snapping his head up, looking at the Grand Pope. He just nodded, briefly smiling down at the Saint. Heading on to his chamber, the Pope left the Sagittarius Saint where he was.

Making up his mind, Soul walked past the curtain behind the throne and made his way to the other exit.

Stepping outside, he was faced with a countless staircase which led to the Athena's gigantic statue.

Jogging the stairs, the Gold Saint finally reached the end of them. There stood Maka, beneath the huge statue -staff/spear in her right hand- an immense Cosmo radiating from her.

Respecting the Pope's request, Soul just sat down leaning on a pillar.

The Gold Saint just sat there, feeling that warm and gentle Cosmo coming from his childhood friend.

The Aquarius Gold Saint stood, along with five Silver Saints behind him, before the gates of the castle. The troops must be behind this gate.

Walking toward it, the Aquarius Saint placed a hand over the gigantic wooden gate.

The gates started to slowly freeze under the Gold Saint's touch. The Silver Saint watched in awe as the iced gates exploded.

"Let's get in." Justin, the Aquarius Saint, said; already walking through, what used to be a gate, having the Silvers following him.

Their arrival wasn't left without a welcoming. A group of Ragniaks gathered around Athena's Saints.

Leaning against the frozen-broken- gate, Justin just sighed in annoyance, eyes closed.

"Lord Justin?" One of the Silver Saints said; puzzled. They got a group of enemy right before them yet the Gold Saint doesn't want to move a finger.

"Aren't you going to fight?" Another Silver Saint asked.

"No." The Aquarius Saint simply answered.

"What?!" The five silvers exclaimed in unison.

"You are going to fight." Opening his eyes, Justin looked at them. "I just came here to assist you and make sure that you'll not get lost or do stupid things."

The seriousness and sarcastic tone that both laced the blonde's voice struck the Silver Saints.

"If I want to, I'd destroy them all with a single move." His ocean blue eyes felt like they were piecing their souls. "Now go. And show me what you're made of as your label of Silver Saints."

Determination shone in the five Saints as Justin's words sunk in.

Without much talking the group of Saints turned to face their enemy.

While observing the battle, you can tell that Athena's Saints had the upper hand. Throwing Ragniaks around and striking them with their silver Cosmo.

For a second, Justin thought that they had this battle in their pocket until a silver Saint was thrown and hit the ground full force.

Although said Monoceros Silver Saint stood up again and went to attract, the result was the same. He'd end up on the ground; face first.

"Monoceros, stop this mockery at once!" Justin said, voice roaring.

"But Lord!" The boy stood up again and charged again at the enemy, only to be rejected back.

"I told you stop making a fool of yourself." The Aquarius Gold Saint looked at the Browne eyes of the Monoceros Silver Saint. "This will get you nowhere. If your will and resolve are weak, so is your fist. This is entirely not how a Saint of Athena should fight. Find the reason why you became a Saint, Find your Purpose again; And then match into the battlefield."

The Gold Said watched as the Silver Saint sat on the ground for a couple of moment, did not even budge when a Ragniak started to punch him.

The Monoceros Saint's Cosmo started to rise up from where he was sitting.

He has found his Purpose yet again.

Justin looked at the five Silver Saints with pride.

After defeating all the Ragniaks, the silver saints gathered up around Justin, who gave them an approval nod.

The Gold Saint pushed himself off the gate he was leaning on.

"Wait here." Justin ordered.

The silver saints watched as The Aquarius Saint went into the castle. They waited for a few minutes until they heard about screams and saw ice spreading from the inside of the castle to where they were standing.

The whole place got covered in ice.

Walking out of the castle, he looked at the Silvers, he said;

"Let's get back, our mission here is done."

At their arrival to the Sanctuary, the Aquarius Gold Saint ordered the Silver ones to go on their merry way and that he's going to report to the Pope on their mission.

On his way to the first temple, Aries, he found Mu waiting outside of the temple, on the top of the first staircase of the Zodiac Houses.

"Justin." The Aries Gold Saint greeted as the Aquarius one of the two stepped on the last step. "Quickly go to the Scorpio House, at once."

"What? why is that?" Justin's icy blue eyes pierced Mu's green ones.

"Scorpio Azusa health suddenly went downhill. A very bad fever is consuming her body." The Gold Saint ,who repairs Cloths, said. "Leo Aiolia is already there."

Without say much of a word to the Aries Saint, the Aquarius Gold Saint walked past him on his way through the Zodiac Temples till he reaches the Scorpio one.

Scorpio Azusa always had a heart condition since before she even became a Saint.

With her burning Cosmo, her heart issue got harder, but over the years she mastered the control of it.

But it's at times like this that she can't really do anything about it.

At times, her hearts suddenly starts burning, creating a fever that devours her body; like it's eating her alive. During these times, it's hard for her to concentrate on taming down her heart.

That's where the Aquarius Gold Saint comes in the picture. Justin is the only person that has the ability to control Azusa's high fevers, allegedly for his unique ability of handling the ice.

Arriving at the Scorpio Temple, the blonde man walked in the labyrinth of the Temple until he reached the woman's chamber.

In the faint light that illuminated the room, the Ice Saint noticed that the Scorpio woman was laying in her bed, her Scorpio Cloth off, standing next to her was Aiolia of Leo.

"You're finally back," Aiolia looked at his fellow comrade. "I tried to help her but I can't drop this fever."

Not answering the Lion, Justin just walked over to stand beside him, looking down at Azusa, who's face was flushed and breathing heavily.

Guessing that the Aquarius is not going to talk he just said:

"I'll come back later to check on her."

With that, the Leo left.

Taking in the Scorpio's current state, face and neck -and probably her whole body- flushed. Strands of her short black hair sticking to her sweaty forehead. Chest uncontrollably heaving. Breathe labouring.

Placing an icy hand over her red cheek, he felt the woman shiver under his touch.

"You haven't had a fever like this in so long." He said.

"I'm fine." Azusa said back, in a whisper. Not wanting to show that she felt as if her heart was going to explode in any second.

"Definition fine." The Aquarius Saint sarcastically responded.

Moving his cold hand from her cheek to her forehead, watching Azusa sighing in bliss. The ice aura coming from his was somehow comforting. After quite some time, the Scorpio got irritated.

"Are you going to do something about my burning heart or you're just going to stand here?" The woman Saint said, frustration lacing her voice, making the blonde man smirk.

Taking his hand away from her face, Justin placed it on her chest, over where her heart was beating furiously. Concentrating his Cosmo on said hand, he started to transmit waves of ice cold Cosmo to her heart.

His face briefly showed, for a mare second, A relief expression as he saw the pained face of Azusa fading away to a more calm one.

Azusa felt her body, that was on fire a couple of moments ago, cool down as a wave of cold Cosmo spreads through her.

Although Justin's Cosmo is as cold as ice, the woman still managed to feel the warmth of it; as contradictory as it sounds.

"Feel any better?" Justin asked although he already knew that the Scorpio Saint was fast asleep.

Justin kept his hand over her chest for a couple of more minutes, making sure that her fever has dropped.

Standing up, the blonde grabbed the sheets and pulled them to her neck. Sitting on the chair that was a couple of feet away from the woman's bed, Justin crossed his arms.

This was their routine; whenever and wherever Azusa's heart burns out of no where Justin would be there to help control the organ, present as she falls asleep from exhaustion and would not leave until she wakes up, making sure that she's fine.

Both Saint do not talk to each other much on daily basis, yet they somehow developed this bond that no one, not even themselves, can understand.

A couple of hours later, the Scorpio woke up and quickly bottled up from her laying position when she felt another presence in her company, but immediately relaxed at the sight of the Ice Saint.

"You're still here?" Azusa asked, hands going where her heart was; it was beating normally.

"Waited till you woke up. Per usual." Justin said, standing up and walking toward her. The blonde placed a cold palm on her forehead. "The fever is here no more."

Withdrawing his hand, the Aquarius Saint turned around and started to make his way to the wooden door.

"Thank you." Justin heard Azusa say.

Still walking, he waved his hand in a responsive manner.

Sighing, the Scorpio Saint stood up from her bed and grabbed the cup of cold water that was sitting on her night stand.

Sensing a familiar Cosmo entering her Temple; Azusa recognised it as the Leo Saint.

As anticipated; the Leo Gold Saint, Aiolia, entered her chamber.

"I see you're fine now." Aiolia didn't go any further in her room, just leaned on the door frame, donning his Leo Cloth. Azusa just hummed in approval. "Justin just now is going to the Pope, for the report of this morning's mission."

"Why haven't he reported earlier?" Setting the cup down, the woman looked the way the Lion was standing with a raised eyebrow.

"He was supposed to go this morning, but when Mu informed him about you; he stayed here the entire time." Aiolia Marched his way to where Azusa was standing. The man was about to place a hand on her forehead but quickly got his hand slapped away.

Rolling his emerald eyes, Aiolia figured that the only person Azusa would ever allow in her personal space is Justin.

Justin and Azusa where like Ice and Fire. They don't meet in simple logic but they somehow get along.

"Do you need anything?" The Leo asked. "I'll take my leave."

"Just leave." The Scorpio's answer made him laugh.

Bidding his goodbye, The Leo Gold Saint took his leave through the labyrinth of the woman's Temple.

Author's note: as mentioned before, a Cloth is the armor that Athena's Saints fight cladded in. :)