Chapter 12: Pay Back Battle Start! Lyra Kayleigh VS. Hades! Part 1

All rightie ladies and gents! This is the exciting part of the story! But, it's only the beginning! Who will win? The Lyra Saint of the story or the God of the Underworld? To find out, stay tuned for the next chapters! Feel free to review and comment.

Disclaimers' note: I don't own Saint Seiya or Battle B-daman. Characters rightfully belong to Masami Kurumada and Eiji Inuki. All rights reserved.


The race started and Hades, with his team have been ahead of the others now. "And, Hades takes the early lead with his team. Super." Said Alberich. Mime then announced next. "And there seems to be fears about Taurus' running form, which happens to be realized." He saw the whole thing. Aldebaran has been behind his team and Team Silver as he's trying to pass through a couple of hurdles. Everyone in the audience, even the Princess were waiting for Kayleigh to return. On top of that, Team Bronze haven't started running yet because they're waiting too.

Kayleigh was hurrying back to the coliseum before she's disqualified according to the tournament's rules! It's almost up to five minutes before she gets there! "Kayleigh! Kayleigh!" Chanted Kikki with some other kids from an orphanage where Miho and Elli worked at. Shunrei's with them too.

Hades and the Black Saints were way ahead already! Mime saw it too. "Hades and his Specters, way out in front now!"

Just then, the crowd cheered! The Princess and the Bronze Saints saw why! Kayleigh had made it back before five minutes were up! Even though she's behind. "Kayleigh!" Cried Shun. "Come on, girl! Let's go!" Said Seiya as she came up to them. Then they all started running the race. "All right." Said Seiya while he's running. "Here's a plan. Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, Ikki, and I will get the first run off, Geki, Ban, Ichi, Jabu, Nachi, and June will come in for the middle with the Silver Knights, and Kayleigh will get the round up! Plan?" "Plan!" Agreed Kayleigh along with the others altogether.

They continue onward. Seiya and the rest of the Bronze Saints took the early heading ahead of Hades and the Black Saint Knights and later on, they had finished their three laps. The Black Saints were about to run after them but, Hades just ordered them. "Let them go. It's Kayleigh I'm against with."

In the first 15 minutes, they've took their places: Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki on first place while Geki, Ban, Ichi, Jabu, Nachi and June were on second place. Kayleigh followed Seiya's plan and stayed in the track running in the middle of Team Silver, heading over to beat Hades. The crowd roared and cheered for Kayleigh to keep running.

"Well, Team Bronze had their first and second places in their hands already and Lyra have just started the race earlier, first of all." Said Mime. "The girl's no hope down there, Mime." Said Alberich. "She's three laps behind!" "Yeah, well as you can see Alberich, it's already becoming two laps. In fact, Lyra Kayleigh is now one lap behind."

Kayleigh's now ahead of the Silver Saints and she's coming up towards the Four Black Saint Kings and Hades! Everyone cheered for her! Shun called out. "Come on! Come on! COME ON!!" "Go, Kayleigh! Go!" Shouted Tatsumi. "Hey!! Go for it, girl! Ha ha!" "Go Lyra!" Exclaimed Mel. Ban, Ichi, Geki, Nachi, and Jabu cheered too. "Let's go, Lyra! Let's go! Yeah! Yeah!"

Mime announced. "Lyra, Hades, and the Specters were now head to head!" "You still don't get it. Do you?" Asked Hades as he's running. "Give me one good reason why I should've ripped you apart in the first place at the very start!" Retorted Kayleigh. Then, she saw an orb of black light coming towards her! She quickly dodged it. It was all Black Pegasus' doing. "That's for escaping from us without our permission!" She then pulled out a piranha which she's been saving for later. Suddenly, she slaps it on his face! "Ow! Not again! That really smarts!" He yelped while he's running. The little biting fish dangled from his nose and he tried to pull it off. "Yeah!" She laughed "Because, that's for kidnapping me. Taking me to your little island of pyre. Which my brother's still going to destroy by the way, next year!" "Why you little. . .!" Growled Black Cygnus.

"Hmm. What a thrilling sport occasion this is turning out to be." Said Mime.

As they continued to run along the track, Hades remarked angrily. "This is for you!" He fired a bolt of purple lightning from his hand! Kayleigh got hit as it caused her to fall on her back but, she made a back flip and continued running, not stopping to give up to them! "And this is for Onii-chan!" He stopped. His eyes glowed as red as the color of his hair and it's magic gripped her up in mid air. She can feel it's grip grasping her neck tightly! And then, his power threw her against an iron post and it hurt her very much!

The audience gasped! So did Sienna, Tatsumi, Mel, the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Saints! Even the Three Dragon Saints saw the same situation!

The entire audience then jeered and grumbled out shouts to Hades and his team but, they ignored their shouts. They continued running to win the race! Then, everyone urged and tried to cheer Kayleigh on to win against the enemy team! Even the other Knights cheered with them! Including Dohko, Kikki, the Steel Saints, Miho, Elli, Shunrei, and the young orphans when they watched her still lying on the ground by the post, not moving an inch on the TV. Dohko cheered on. "Kayleigh! The Lyra Cosmo Jump!"

Keir and the two brothers cheered. "Come on, Kayleigh! Get up!" "We know you can do this!" "Come on up and beat those slickers now, girl! Your siblings are counting on you!" Shouted Tatsumi. "Come on, Lyra Kayleigh!" Shouted Mel. Seiya shouted. "The Lyra Cosmo Jump, Kayleigh! Do the technique! It's the only chance to help you survive!" "Focus with your cosmo and let it flow in you!" Shouted Hyoga. "Get your cosmo into it!" Shouted Shiryu! "Don't give up, Lyra!" Shouted Ikki. "Come on, the Lyra Cosmo Jump, Kayleigh! The Lyra Cosmo Jump!" Shouted Shun in a determined way! "You can do this, Kayleigh!" Cried June. "Be strong and win, Kayleigh." Said Aphrodite.

Kayleigh was still not moving after the pain. Then she can feel all of her friends' cosmos together as she can hear Dohko in telepathy. "Use the Lyra Cosmo Jump!"

Then all of a sudden, Kayleigh's eyes snapped open after hearing him and everyone calling her name. The aura of her cosmo surrounded her body and expanded with pressure! She then cried out. "Lyra Cosmo Jump!" She then expanded her cosmo a bit more and the pressure made her jump from the ground and into the air! She went flying down towards the finish line like a shooting star! When Hades and his team caught the action in their eyes, they were surprisingly shocked! "That's. . . That's impossible!" Exclaimed Hades while he's running and facing Kayleigh with his eyes wide opened. "How did she get up so fast?!" Asked Black Dragon.

She sailed down towards them. Everyone watched. She and the team were getting close to the finish line and when they did, they touched it at the same time! A photographer caught the sight on his camera! Somehow, when they did touched the finish line, Kayleigh somewhat landed on top of Black Cygnus, then he bumped her off and she landed on the ground, head first. Before she can get up, she got trampled by the rest of Team Silver since Shaina, Marin and Misty were ahead of the other Silver Knights.

"Amazing jump! And is the photo finished there between her and the team?" Said Mime.

The photographer gave the photo to Tatsumi. After the photographer left, Tatsumi, Mel and the princess waited for the real picture to appear.

Everyone in the three teams ran to Kayleigh, lying on the ground. Shun hugged her tightly. "Kayleigh! You did it!" He noticed that the pearl hair piece in his pocket was blinking white and pink for happiness and love sickness. She can barely say another word. "I guess she still needs a little more control on that jump than I figured." Said Marin.

Alberich spoke. "Well, I'll always say it. Am I right, Mime? Little Kayleigh. Brilliant!" Mime then turned to him. "I can't remember you saying that, Alberich. So, uh. . Don't make me get out the electric cosmo drainer." He got the little machine out and his own lyre in his hands. He set the machine next to his partner. Alberich pleaded. "Mime, I always say it. Little Kayleigh. She is. . ." Mime strummed and it made the machine turn on. Alberich can feel his cosmo burning in a low temperature for a bit. "Wait! I didn't say that! I'm a big God Saint liar. Okay! Come on!" Mime just ignored him as he sipped a cup of hot chocolate.

Tatsumi announced with the photo coming up in his hands. "And the winner, by the finish is. . ." Hades waited as much as everyone else. Tatsumi humbly announced about the news of what he saw on the photo. "Hades and his Dark Saint Specters." The crowd groaned. Black Pegasus then hissed at the three teams. "Yes!"

Seiya growled. "Why you!" "Wait!" Said a voice. He looked down and Kayleigh got up from Shun's arms. She already shook her head out of her dizziness. She looked up at Hades, walking off. "Hold on for a moment." They stopped, turned around and looked at her. Face to face. She continued. "There might be a source of error about this." Everyone was questioned. Kayleigh turned to Tatsumi at the balcony. She reached her hand out. "May I?" He paused and stared at her. Then, without making a flinch, he threw down the photo. It floated all they way down to her hands.

She took it and stared at it for a few seconds. Then she took out a red pen and scribbled something on it. "Now, what are you doing?" Asked Black Dragon. "Pictionary?" "Guess again. It's hen scratch." She answered. "Here." She threw the photo to him.

He caught it and he looked. His eyes widened . "What is it?" Asked Hades. "Uh, Hades-sama. Take a look." Hades looked at the photo. His eyes widened too. The photo shows a marked doubled arrow in red ink pointing at both: Kayleigh, himself and his team! "Why, it's not only us who won the race. Kayleigh was there, touching the line also when she landed." Everyone in the audience was questioned by the statement. Even the teams, Tatsumi and Mel. "Does that mean. . ." Asked Black Pegasus. "Yup!" She said. "It's something I usually liked when it comes to games. It's all a tie on that one." "EH?! IT'S A TIE?!" Everyone exclaimed in the entire coliseum. Kayleigh nodded her head.

"I don't quite get it." Said Black Cygnus who was stunned as much as his team's leader and the other three comrades. "Me neither." Said Black Andromeda. "I think we underestimated her, that sure is one smart little girl by the way." "And a strong one with a bold mind of her own." Agreed Black Pegasus. "Pity." Said Black Dragon.

"Cat's game you might as well say." Said a voice. Then came into the coliseum with a big leap from another corridor with a big leap was a young man with light blue hair, light blue eyes, and a light blue cloth! A girl wearing a casual toga and long blond hair was riding on his back. Everyone was astonished! Of course, he had a white lyre in his hands just like Kayleigh's! He played a small symphony on his lyre and the magic made flowers pouring down to the ground! He and the girl landed on the flowers for soft landing, then they all vanished.

Everyone kind of knew who he is. Mime announced. "The Legendary Silver Saint, Lyra Orpheus has arrived! Let's all welcome him back with an applause!" Everyone did!

He turned and walked over to Kayleigh. "You. . . You must be. ." She mumbled. "Lyra Orfeo, my friend." He answered. "You must be Lyra Kayleigh. It's wonderful to meet you." He reached in his hand. "Oh. Well. . . Glad to see you." She reached in hers and he shook it. "So, you're Poseidon's younger sibling. I've heard a lot about you." She stared at him at a moment and asked. "I thought that your name was Orpheus. And your name is Orfeo?" He answered. "Normally, my friends call me Orfeo. Others can intend to call me Orpheus."

Kayleigh then spoke out. "Oh! I get it now. A lot of people just liked to call you that because of this little story about a man named Orpheus who plays the Lyre and he falls in love with this woman named Euridice." He smiled and nodded. "Indeed, yes. Well, if you want to know, this girl here is my love mate, Euridice." "It's wonderful to meet you, friend of the Bronze Saints." The girl spoke, smiling sweetly. "Welcome." Kayleigh answered, blushing a tiny bit. "Very pretty." She thought, staring at her. "It's very likely for those two to get married."

Then,Orfeo turned to Hades and the Black Saints. They were shocked at first. He then played a song with a curious like melody in his lyre. He finished and asked. "So, I've heard there's trouble after Kayleigh, here had tied with you. You have been jealous of her and her family again, haven't you Hades?" "How did you know?" Asked Black Pegasus. Orfeo glared and asked again. "Is there something that's needed to be fixed with this?" "Yes." Kayleigh answered. "There might be, at least there was a tie."

"Indeed in agreement. Now, the real question is if it's true and it's the real source of error, then what should we do?" Asked Shun. "Yeah!" Said someone in the audience after over hearing him. "Who's going to win the Eternal Cloth, now?" Asked another person. Everyone roared in the crowd with agreement. All the saints in the fields saw the whole thing. "I had a suggestion!" Said Hades. The crowd quieted to listen. Hades continued. "To see who wins the match, we should go into another race. Or perhaps, a battle!"

He then point at Kayleigh. "Are you up to it, young lady. It's now one on one! You against the my Black Saint Knights!" She asked. "You're not going to fight, Hades?" He then chuckled. Then, Black Dragon remarked. "Here's a fair warning about this battle, though. If you lose, you'll have no other choice but to join with us as Black Lyra. Refuse again and it'll be the end of the line for you!" "Fine!" Kayleigh answered, crossing her arms. "But, if the four of you ALL lose, you will all receive a fierce punishment from my brother for taking me to Death Queen Island. You'll become the next quartet of prisoners, conceived in his time warp of souls who are lost at sea. You'll be wandering about in a dimensional prison, lost for all eternity!"

Everyone was stunned. "So, this match will be deciding the fate of Saint Lyra Note." Said someone in the audience again. "Now that was brave! Who will know about her, risking her life for not only her family, but for the Saint Knights of Athena!" Said another. Everyone questioned in agreement.

"Very well put." Said Orfeo. Kayleigh turned to the Princess. "So, Sienna? What do you think? Have my opponents and I got a deal or have WE got a deal?"

Sienna stared at her for a bit and thought this over. She did feel a little worried at first, but she shook it off when she finally made her mind. Then she stood up. She cleared her throat and announced. "All right, everyone. Since the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Saint Knights have won their places and have finished the Steeple Chase round, and we all don't know about who wins the tie between Kayeigh and Hades, I suggest that we'll see who's the winner of the Galaxy Wars Tournament with a Saint Knight Duel! With the players, Kayleigh VS. The Dark Saint Specters of Hades!"

Everyone cheered! Kayleigh stared at the Black Saints as they stared at her back. Almost everyone can feel the negative energy intertwining against each other from the two fighters. "You're going down, pesky Black Saints!" She thought. They thought to themselves too. "Go ahead an try, Lyra." "Because your next Saint Battle is going to be your last."


Seiya: All right! The moment we've all been waiting for is here!

M.S.K: Hmm. Exciting, isn't it?

Hyoga: Your character was very smart on making that correction in there.

Sienna: Kaoru, this is becoming fabulous! Do keep up the good work.

M.S.K: Arigato, ohimesama.

Shun: Really, you are a story teller.

M.S.K: (Blushes a bit.) Shun-san

Ikki: I bet the battle will be a really big one on the next chapter.

Shiryu: Indeed. But, you wouldn't be spoiling about that one like Ikki did last time. Would you, Kaoru?

Ikki: (Stares at Shiryu and snorts)

M.S.K: Of course not.

Ikki: Phew!

M.S.K: At least in the chapter after the next one will have some laughs, right?

Everyone: Laughs?