Cosmos rivalry...
"What happened?" Eos questioned.
"Lucria has been injured badly. He caused her a great deal of pain." Ceres answered. "Now he has called a devastating war between the gold and bronze saints. This shouldn't be."
"Where's Athena?" Eos asked as she looked at the dead body of the princess in the backroom.
"I do not know...she was here until something shot the princess." Ceres frowned as her hair flowed through the darkness of the halls.
The two goddesses walked through the dark hallways as their cosmos kept it lit dimly. Eos frowned at the thought of Aurora and the two other girls. "This battle will end soon...am I correct?" she spoke concerned.
"Yes...but the results are not likely positive." Ceres said crossing her arms. "Some will die and Lucria will lose her mind due to her loss."
"Who are you talking about? Who will fall in this battle?" Eos began to get suspicious.
Ceres waved her finger, "Nuh-uh, don't say and tell. I know it all, I revive the fallen but it isn't my job to everytime. I have been keeping my powers under control since the last battle."
"With Shion?" Eos teased.
"Shut up. Just because I fell in love with him doesn't mean I won't see him again." Ceres blushed lightly. Her thoughts about Shion made her smile sadly. "He will return. I know that."
"You still love that man." Eos smiled, "I knew he would make you happy."
"...! Aurora has spotted the bronze knights heading towards Miro's, Shaka's, Afrodita's, and Mu's temple. She is scared, I got to go." Eos said fading away.
"Got it." Ceres disappeared as well.
?lair watched Hyoga and Miro fight from the temple. "What the hell is going on here?" she thought as she glanced at the temples before her. "Something isn't right so why do I sense Lucria here...?"
"Diamond dust!" Hyoga shouted as ice crystals flew through the temple. Miro dodged the attack and laughed.
"You think that simple attack could hurt me-maybe you shouldn't pass here. Aquarius Camus will be disappointed." Miro said as Hyoga panted in fatigue.
"This battle has been going on for a few hours now...how long will Miro taunt this kid?" ?lair thought as she watched the Cygnus knight confront Miro.
Hyoga noticed ?lair watching him and glared at her, "Who is she?"
"Hey! Don't be staring at ?lair, you got that kid?" Miro said angrily. "She isn't the type to play around with kids like you. I'm not the type to fight them either." Miro shouted as Hyoga turned to him. "Scarlet needle!"
Beams of red light pierced through Hyoga causing him to fall back onto the jagged rocks. "Gah!" he landed pretty hard as ?lair watched him in silence.
"Hey kid." she called out to Hyoga.
Hyoga sat up. "Wha? What?" he shouted over to ?lair. "What do you want?"
?lair made an annoyed look and glared at him, "Don't give me a WHAT! You answer me in a respectful way besides-is Lucria here?"
"What? You know Lucria?" Hyoga asked surprised.
"Heh, again with the WHAT! Of course I know her, Lucria is my friend now tell me why you and your little friends are here-did she come with you?" ?lair asked as she twitched.
"Yes, we brought her back here. She wanted to see the Pope. Do you know what's going on here?" Hyoga asked.
"Wait a minute-you and those kids brought her back-" ?lair was about to ask another question until Miro cut her off.
"That's enough!" Miro shouted pissed off. "Let's finish this."
"Miro, don't be an ass! I want to hear more from this kid." ?lair ordered.
"My name is Hyoga!" Hyoga said glaring at ?lair evilly. Hyoga stood up once more as Miro watched him silently. "You don't know what the Pope is doing then...sucks to be you right now. I bet Lucria is still on her way there with Athena."
"Athena!" Miro was shocked.
"Athena is here too?" ?lair questioned. "If so, why can't I sense her cosmos? It seems that Ceres' cosmos is down too. Same with...! Pope Ares has lost it."
"What are you talking about?" Miro looked at ?lair curiously.
"Lucria isn't herself...her cosmos is fading off and on. In and out. Someone has harmed her. I bet it is..." ?lair spoke until she ran out of the temple.
"?lair!" Miro called out to her but ?lair continued to head towards the Pope's grounds.
"That son of a bitch-he has harmed her! I just know it." ?lair thought as she ran.
Saga was held in Lucria's arms. His body was rested as well as calm. Hoping that Saga wouldn't lose control of his sanity, Lucria nuzzled her face in his hair to comfort him. "Ceres...please give me some time. I know that Saga is a good person." Lucria thought as she held onto Saga gently. Feeling Saga's hands roam Lucria's body, Lucria made a sigh that proved that she was weakened by his cosmos.
"Lucria...am I a good husband to you?" Saga mumbled as his hands stopped at Lucria's hips.
"...Saga?" Lucria didn't understand exactly as Saga held onto her body tighter.
"Am I good to you?" he asked in his sleep. Saga's hair began to change slowly as his eyes began to open. "Tell me."
"S-Saga...!" Lucria tried to speak as Saga kissed her roughly. He lifted himself away from her and stripped his clothing off.
"Tell me woman." Saga ordered as he slid himself inside Lucria's body. Thrusting her every moment he ordered Lucria to scream for him.
Holding her voice inside, Lucria's eyes began to form tears as Saga held her down to the bed with his body on top of hers. "S-Saga stop!" she ordered.
"No. Not until you give me an answer!" Saga ordered as he began trailing kisses down Lucria's body. Right when he reached her chest Lucria allowed her cosmos to escape and force Saga to release her.
"Saga, you...you aren't yourself. So-" Lucria said getting off the bed and limping towards the doorway. "I won't let you break me!!"
"Lucria don't go too far with this." Ceres warned as she felt Lucria struggling to walk in a simple line.
Lucria shook her head and didn't respond as she entered the hallway. "I don't need to be blamed for his actions but there is no way that I am going to let my friends die." Lucria muttered as she continued to pant from Saga's force. As Lucria collapsed in the main room where Princess Sienna was trapped in her cosmos locked the two inside.