Chapter 11: "Hang on, Dohko! Lyra Kayleigh to The Rescue!"
Ring a ding ding! This is the final chapter to edit!! Now I can get back to my writing work as soon as possible! Enjoy!
Disclaimer's note: I don't own Saint Seiya or Battle B-daman. Characters belong to Masami Kurumada and Eiji Inuki. All rights reserved.
Minor note: The songs are not mine. The first one is from Disney's Hercules and Saint Seiya.
The very next morning, Dohko was still trying to push his house up to the top of the mountain. He then stopped at the moment and spoke to himself as he let go of the side he's pushing from. "One day, I will be too old to do this. But, that day will never come fore. . ." Before he can say another word, the house began to slide down to the foot of the mountain again on top of him! "Aaaaaah!"
Someone saw it stopping at the bottom of the slope and said. "House down there. Sliding down a hill, Alberich." It's a young man with a shining orange colored armor, blond hair and he's sitting next to another man with short, light red hair and he wears a dark blue armor in a tall balcony overlooking a large race track surrounding the golden hawk symbol of Nike, the Goddess of Victory. He then spoke as he saw the international television camera setting up in front of him and his partner. He spoke to the audience. "Oh! Yes, right. I'm Mime of the Benetnasch Eta God Armor and this is Alberich of the Megrez Delta Armor. Welcome to her highness', Sienna's Galaxy Wars Tournament!" Then the same speaker blurred out. "Sponsored by Star Leaf! The official snack food of the Galaxy Wars Tournament!" The stadium's dome like roof and everything was darkened. Then at that moment, the roof glowed and showed stars of the milky way! Everyone clapped and cheered that the event was finally started after almost a whole year!
Mime started off. "As you can see that the official opening ceremony was already underway." He saw Seiya in his Pegasus Cloth running up to a large bowl with a torch in his hand and lit it. Then he raised the torch high in the air. The crowd roared with excitement! "There's Saint Pegasus Seiya from Team Bronze with the grand Galaxy Torch there, symbolizing hope for the future of The Saint Knights of Athena and Greece."
Next, he saw big puff of theater fog and raining confetti. On two rising pillars stood Hyoga and Shiryu wearing their cloths too as they waved at the crowd. "And there's Cygnus Hyoga and Dragon Shiryu of Seiya's team with the grand Olympian flag and the national flag of Greece there, symbolizing. ." "The future of the Greek Olympics. Probably." Said Alberich.
Mime turned to him. "Okay." Then he took another look below. "And there's the two brothers from Team Bronze: Andromeda Shun and Phoenix Ikki. As most of you can recognize them." The brothers came in through the rising fog and sparkling confetti, jumped up and landed on two other pillars next to Hyoga and Shiryu. "And here they are! I mean, the crowd's going wild for those two! Especially for Andromeda. In that, he sure does have a lot of. . . Well, female fans." Alberich saw a lot of girls in the audience squealing and cheering for Shun.
"Andromeda Shun! Do your best!" "You're the coolest, Shun-sama!" He shyly waved at all of them. "You seem pretty popular." Spoke Ikki. "You're pretty popular too." He replied. Ikki then whispered something into his ear. "Well, okay." He slowly answered. Shun then smiled, and winked at the audience. "I promise you all, I won't lose!" He spoke out. The girls then squealed more louder!
"Next, there's Unicorn Jabu, Lionet Ban, Bear Geki, Hydra Ichi, Wolf Nachi, and Chameleon June, as most people have known." Said Mime. "And here are the Saints of Team Silver coming up, including the two popular and male-fan favorite female ones, Eagle Marin, and Ophiuchus Shaina!" The crowd cheered for them too when they came on another set of rising pillars among the fog and silver confetti. Most male fans cheered for the two females. They waved too.
Alberich announced next. "Now, we have the Saint Knights of Team Gold next!" The after another poof of the fog and rising of golden confetti, there rose all twelve Gold Saints! Aries Mu, Taurus Aldebaran, Gemini Saga, Cancer Deathmask, Leo Aiolia, Virgo Shaka, Scorpio Milo, Sagittarius Aiolos, Capricorn Shura, Aquarius Camus, and Pisces Aphrodite! Everyone cheered for them too. Mime then announced. "Of course, there's Princess Sienna." The Princess stood at another balcony ahead of his and Alberich's. She's wearing her traditional toga, her golden tiara and she's holding the golden staff of Nike while sitting on her throne. Tatsumi was asking Mel about his outfit for the day. A kendo uniform! "San-dan? Not san-dan enough?" Mel rolled her eyes and muttered. "Fashion victim." "What?!" He whined. She ignored him.
Alberich looked over one more time. "And now, here come the three Silver Dragon Saints!" Then came in Keir, Wen, and Li in their cloths.
"Oh my." Said Mime. "So, on with the games. And, everyone is questioning of course, which Saint Knight would be the star."
In a training room, Hades was getting ready to fight and win the tournament with the Black Saints as he don his surplice armor. Black Pegasus peeked from one of the doors. Then he turned to Black Dragon and whispered. "I don't even see the girl in sight here, so we must be good." He peeked too and he didn't even see Kayleigh at all in the hallway. "You're right. Just now, Hades-sama was in a good mood. So, we're lucky." He replied. "What is it about me being in a good mood?" Asked a voice. They spun around and saw Hades, fully armored in his surplice. "Oh! For the. . . For the s. . . Stain that Black Cygnus got on the new cloth you gave him." Answered Black Pegasus, stammering a bit. "I did not!" Quarreled. Black Cygnus. "Ssssh!" Shushed Black Dragon. "I don't see a stain." Answered Hades.
"No? Well, good then. The tournament just started by they way. Can't wait for the first killing around the first preliminary rounds." Said Black Pegasus. "Oh, but one reminder for everyone." Announced Hades. Black Pegasus was now nervous. He continued. "No mistakes this time. Everything should be as smooth as Pandora's silk." "Oh, okay." Chuckled the Black Pegasus Knight. "Well, we better get going." Said Black Andromeda.
Later on, when he entered the stadium, Mime announced. "Well, now. What do we have here? We had Hades and some particular Saints who do look similar to Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, and Shun. Except their cloths are all black. And I wonder why Hades is among them. For some returning champion." "That's right, Mime." Announced Alberich next. "These guys with Hades are called. . ." "Hades and the Dark Saint Specters!" Most of the crowd clapped and some were asking questions to each other about Hades and the four Black Saints for they didn't know their real team name. Even the Princess thought about this situation too.
After all the pillars in which all the Saints were standing on lowered down to the ground, Seiya and the rest of the gang have saw the whole thing too. "Hmm. Hades and his Black Saints, huh?" Said Seiya. "Him being on their side means that he'll be betraying on us." "It'll be almost time for the first announcements from the Princess. I hope Kayleigh's all prepared too." Said Hyoga. "She will be. It'll be all right." Said Shiryu.
"And now. . ." Said Mime. "Before we begin the Preliminary Rounds, we should hear an official opening announcement from her highness, Princess Sienna." The Princess then stood up with her staff in her hand. Everyone quieted down to listen. She spoke out from her balcony. "Okay, thank you all for your patience. Now, one and all was welcomed to see this year's Galaxy Wars Tournament. Now, we had a one special prize for only one Saint Knight to be chosen after demonstrating his or her true abilities in many situations. The Eternal Cloth of Lyra!"
She pointed to the cloth box sitting in the middle balcony among the crowd with her staff. Everyone was astonished. Sienna announced again. " If one winning Saint has a different guardian constellation other than Lyra, the cloth itself, should be renamed and changed. And, as I said before, only one Saint Knight will be knighted Eternal Saint of Athena. I hope all of our Saints today will fight valiantly, respectfully, and well. And before we begin, our Bronze Saint Knights will present you something new that all of you would simply refuse to believe." Everyone in the audience murmured quietly, questioning each other. "They all seemed surprised." Whispered Shun to Hyoga.
Seiya had a microphone and tested it a bit. "Is this thing on?" The crowd laughed a bit. He then spoke in it. "This year, we're all introducing the only young female Bronze Saint who can play her lyre and absolutely use her singing voice as both; offensive and defensive." "As you all know, there is a saying that defense is the perfect offense of course." Announced Mel next. Everyone laughed. "Thanks, Capricorn Mel." Said Seiya. Sienna finished from her balcony. "Please welcome to the Galaxy Wars Tournament of Greece, Saint Lyra Kayleigh!" She raised her staff and it glowed!
Everyone was technically surprised! After the staff stopped glowing, Sienna pointed to the rising cloud of theater fog and flying confetti. There, it all revealed Kayleigh in her Lyra Cloth and she's wearing a mask almost like Shaina's! Everyone roared with inspiration.
She ran to the middle of the stadium and waved. "Hello everyone!" Kayleigh spoke through her mask. "I'll be very welcomed to fight honorably for today's tournament! Now, it's time to begin my musical introduction for everyone in the audience, the Saint Knights of Athena, and Princess Sienna too." The audience awed. She announced again. "From me, Lyra Kayleigh to all, here comes 'Go the Distance' and 'Pegasus Fantasy'!" Everyone clapped. All the knights faced the large and tall statue of Athena ahead on the top of the stadium and raised their right hands up towards the air to show respect to it.
Kayleigh had her lyre ready to play music and she's ready to sing the first two songs.
"I have often dreamed of a far off place where our heroes welcome and be waiting for me. Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face. And a voice keeps saying 'this is where I meant to be'! I'll be there some day. I can go the distance! I will find my way if I can be strong! I know every might will be worth my while. When I go the distance, I'll be right where I belong!"
The crowd applaud loudly.
Then another unusual thing happened!Seiya shouted out. "Pegasus Ryuusei Ken!!" And Kayleigh revealed her hidden face from her mask before she began the next song! She played her lyre again! Everyone was surprised and they cheered once more! Kayleigh joined up with Seiya and the other Bronze Saints and they all sang in different roles.
Seiya: "The cosmos of the heart are embraced! Burn it high and make a miracle happen again!
Kayleigh: "Even though, we have to be wounded. It's our promise to the faraway galaxy!"
Everyone: "Pegasus Fantasy!"
Seiya & Kayleigh: "Yes! Only dreams of the wings of the heart is the thing that no one can steal!"
Everyone: "Saint Seiya! All young men are. . . Saint Seiya! The great warriors of tomorrow! Oh yeah! Saint Seiya! Just like Pegasus. . . Saint Seiya! Flap your wings now!!"
Their singing ended. The crowd roared with impression.
Mime then announced."Kayleigh, the Lyra Saint has finally arrived! Let's welcome her and her singing voice with an applause!" Everyone did so. Kayleigh and the others waved. Kayleigh shouted out loud. "Yeah!! Thank you! Thank you, one and all!" "Yeah! Lyra Kayleigh!" Shouted one of the male fans in the audience. Most of other male fans shouted for Kayleigh at once. She did blew a few kisses for them to keep them happy! It made them cheer even louder than before! "She's now getting more popular than what we think." Said Shun to Ikki. He nodded and whispered back to his brother. "The guys in the audience are sure up for a little entertainment."
"And now, it's time!" Said Sienna again. "Let the Galaxy Wars Tournament of Athens, Greece begin!" Everyone applaud again!
The tournament started at last! Everyone did fight each other during the preliminary rounds. Even Kayleigh did get a chance to have her abilities tested out during her first matches against Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki. Even Shaina, Marin, June, and Misty. However, she's after the only main opponent of the tournament. Hades and the Black Saints! Hades and his team were already ahead since they've tied with the other Saint Knights. Mime announced. "There's Hades and his Specters in a majestic form already." The crowd cheered for all of the Saints, including Kayleigh for they've already won the preliminary rounds with Hades and his team.
Later on, the Steel Saints were having a spin on their vehicles from their cloths. Then, they found Dohko under his house, trapped. He mumbled weakly as he can barely see them. "Oh! Help! Help! My house is trying to kill me! Ow!"
The tournament was still going on when everyone was still cheering for all of the Saint Knights. "Super for all of them to pass the first rounds at the same time." Said Alberich. Mime agreed. "And now we have the main event that was now to come. The Steeple Chase." "That's right, Mime. The Steeple Chase. On account of this part of the tournament, there'll be no right for any Saint Knight to jog on the track with their cloths on so, they should remove them in case if there's a Saint Knight Battle to be needed." Agreed Alberich. "Thanks, Alberich." Said Mime. "And, about Kayleigh. We do have her as a late entrant."
He saw Kayleigh putting away her cloth with the other knights, according to the rules that every single knight should wear a jump suit when running at the track. Shun gave an advice to her as she was warming herself up for the race. "Remember, Kayleigh. Focus! That's something you should know when you dodge my counter part's Black Fang Chains." Aphrodite then came up to her. "Kayleigh, dear. I do accept your apology from this morning about leaving that note to me months ago. I do know how you feel when you're worried. But during the next time when you are, please tell me directly to me or any other knights in person." She nodded and bowed her head slowly. "Yes. I was very sorry since then. I do hope you'll forgive me of all those foolish things I've done on running away with fear." he laid his hand on her head and said. "Don't worry. You are an honest girl, you know. And an honest Saint Knight of Lyra I've ever known." She then hugged him.
Mime stared at her and said. "On experiencing the way she sings during the introduction, she does seem to have some kind of special. . . lyre by the look of things." Alberich answered. "Well, you are questioning about young Kayleigh there, Mime. And of course, she is the only younger sister of Poseidon Julia. . ." Then he's interrupted by Hades. "Don't say that name." Then, he left.
There's a pause of silence and expectations before the race begins. Just now, Mel and Tatsumi were arguing about his kendo outfit again. He had his elbow laid on the edge of the balcony. And before he knows it, he knocks over a ceramic vase! "Tatsumi! Scold Sienna. "Oops." He said. They saw it falling down, and downwards. Kayleigh saw it too. She then saw a young boy carrying a bag of popcorn and an autograph card sitting on the ground, eating some of his snack carelessly. He hardly notices that the vase was going to fall on top of him in seconds! "My baby!!" Cried a woman who's about to run towards the little boy before it's too late! But, she wasn't fast enough! The woman was his mother! Everyone gasped!
With no time to lose, Kayleigh picked up her lyre and ran over in great speed to protect the little boy. "And look at that little mermaid princess go!" Said Mime. She strummed her lyre and the strings formed a spider's web! She then picked up the little boy and brought him back to his mother for safety. The vase bounced off the stringed spider web and it flew back to Tatsumi's hands. "Nice catch by the way." Said Mel. The crowd cheered happily for that rescue!
Hades was now shocked! "I thought I got rid of her!" He then glared at the Four Black Saint Kings angrily. They gulped nervously when they knew that he will find out the truth that they hadn't finished her off yet.
Kayleigh signed on the boy's autograph card and gave it back to him. Then his mother cried with joy as she hugged her son tightly. She replied. "Thanks, Lyra Kayleigh! You saved his life!" "Did you see that, mama? I got an autograph from the singing Saint Knight! She's a hero!" The boy jumped happily with the card and the popcorn bag in his hands as he walked to his seat with his mother in the audience. The boy turned and waved at Kayleigh. "Bye bye!"
Seiya stared at Kayleigh waving back at the boy. "Kayleigh sure is well known even from outside of her ocean home." "She sure is." Answered Ikki. Jabu crossed his arms. "She is one amazing girl. I want to know all about her." He said. Shun then ran over to Kayleigh and hugged her. "Kayleigh! I never thought you were so brave!" He released her and he did blushed a bit. So did Kayleigh. Everyone from Team Bronze congratulated her.
Hades can see the crowd cheering for Kayleigh now. He grumbled. "That little. . .!" "I'll handle it." Said Shaina. She then cried. "Thunder Cobra Claw!" She summoned her attack right behind Kayleigh. But just in time, Kayleigh strummed her lyre and created a sound wave which made Shaina's attack fly right back at her and sliced her mask in half! She became shocked when she saw Kayleigh staring at her revealed face.
Kayleigh stared at her for a short while and said. "Oh my! Shaina-san, I didn't know you're so pretty! When I did my training with you, I thought I'll never get a chance to see what's behind that mask! The only faces I see were Marin-san's and June-chan's."
Shaina scoffed a bit and said. "Kayleigh. Let's not beat around the bush. If you do love Aphrodite, you'll do anything to please him as much as me since I've trained with you. I don't want you to run in the Steeple Chase. There. That's sorted out. Must go." Just when she's about to leave back to her team, Seiya was about to protest. But, Kayleigh just said to him. "Don't get mad now, Seiya-san." She turned to Shaina and spoke to her calmly. "Sorry, Shaina-san of Ophiuchus. I'm going to run and try to win and everything. Unless on the other hand, I won't mind doing another Saint Knight Battle with you again." Shaina spun over and replied. "No, no, Lyra. How it works is this. Before Lyra Orpheus ever gets back, Hades wins, he gets famous, he gets me out of this dive and. . ."
She realizes something new. "You spoke to me! Kayleigh, unlike you being shy when it comes to loving Aphrodite, you can't even speak to me because of my claw attacks during your training. What on earth are you up to?" Kayleigh answered slowly. "I grew up. Now, I can talk to anyone I like." Shun asked Kayleigh "Kayleigh. You all set?" He smiled at her. She looked at him and his smile and sighed as she began to blush upon looking at his light cerulean green eyes. Shaina grabbed an extra mask she's been keeping with her and put it on. "You'll have no taste." She spoke as she walked off.
Kayleigh ignored her as she felt dizzy, still gazing in Shun's eyes longingly. He asked her. "Kayleigh? What's wrong?" She can barely say a word because, she's lovesick! "What's the matter, Kayleigh?" He asked again.
All of a sudden, the Steel Saints came to them, running frantically. They puffed under their breath exhaustedly. "Kayleigh! Dohko's trapped under his house! We can't lift it, Kayleigh!" Puffed Daichi. Kayleigh snapped out of her love sickness when she heard the news. She then asked. "He is?" "Yes! You're the only one who can do this if you can try. You're pretty strong for that task since I've seen you bash a boulder during your training!" Puffed Sho next.
The speaker just blurred out. "All Saint Knights, assemble for the Steeple Chase!" Shun asked. "Kayleigh, what are you going to do now?!" Kayleigh noticed Dohko's cosmo shrieking in telepathy for hers. She then made her choice. "Hang on, Master Dohko! I'm coming! Lyra Kayleigh to the rescue!" She left Shun and ran off with the Steel Saints.
Mime watched her and said. "Well now, Lyra was eventually running out of the stadium!" Alberich reminded. "She'll never win a race that way, Mime. That's inexperience."
Kayleigh found Dohko, barely moaning. She asked. "Dohko! Can you talk to me?" He can't answer because he's still weak under the house. She tried to lift it up but, she's not strong enough! "Too. . . Heavy! I need. . . Something. . To wedge underneath!" Daichi handed her a rock. "Thanks, Daichi-kun!" She grunted as she stuck it underneath but it didn't help much. "It's not enough!" She exclaimed. Daichi handed her another rock. A pointed one this time! "That can work!" Kayleigh spoke, smiling. She stuck it underneath and when the opening was big enough, she pulled Dohko out.
She sobbed a bit, believing that his life was about to end because of the accident. "Everything's going to be all right now, Dohko!" He barely opened his eyes and mumbled. "See? Kids strong. Very strong." "It's 'get strong' Dohko." Moaned Sho with his voice trembling a bit. "Dohko! Please don't go away!" Kayleigh cried. "Farewell. . . Kayleigh friend." Whispered the old man. She cried again with tears streaming down on her face. "Libra. . .!! Goodbye. . ."
She began to notice some aura around him. It's his cosmo! Then, Dohko's old body began to transform before her eyes! He turned into a young man and he's no an elderly one anymore! His hair was crimson red instead of white and he had a tiger tattoo on his back. Kayleigh stared as she saw him lying on the ground. She wiped her tears away. "I. . . Can't. . . Believe it. He must be in his late twenties after all." The Steel Saints nodded. "Shiryu's right." They all said in unison. Kayleigh walked over to the young man. "Dohko? Is that really you?" Dohko just got up, looked up at her and asked. "Now, when does this race start?"
They heard a couple of fire works banging! The race just started in the stadium except for Kayleigh! "Well? Run!" Cried Dohko. Kayleigh took off without waiting a second or two and headed for the coliseum!
Seiya: Phew! Now that took a lot of work for you. Doesn't it.
M.S.K: Yeah. I can sure use a little break before my writing work on the next one.
Shun: Well, the best thing is to never work too hard each day.
M.S.K: (nods her head.)
Sienna: I do wish you good luck too.
Ikki: Yeah. You're sure are a fast typer.
M.S.K: Thanks and I do accept your apology for putting up a spoiler since the last chapter.
Shiryu: Great!
M.S.K: No! Really! This chapter is what I call a delivery!
