Chapter 24:

Let The Battle Begins

(Maria's POV)

We all woke up in the tower of Babel and only Koga was the last one to wake up.

- Koga.- say Yuna.

- Where are we?- ask Koga.

- I don't know. But… it seems that we were brought here from the Dark Ruins… to the road that ascends to the sky above the tower of Babel. Aria… with the last… last… of her powers- say Yuna. Everyone was sad about what happen to Aria but, I was sure that what we were about to face will be the hardest one of all. Then something inside me make me feel strange about this place and… familiar too. Then from my mind came the memory of what my mother and Mars were planning. This was… the new sanctuary. The twelve new houses. Then Koga stand up and start to walk up the stairs.

- Lets go. Aria… brought us here with the last of her powers that were left. I… we… are going to keep going! We most keep going!- say Koga and keep going.

- Koga…- say Yuna. I start to follow him without thinking about it.

- Let's go.- say Soma.

- Yes.- say Haruto. And the rest start to follow Koga. And we found the first house.

- This is… Koga!- scream Yuna. But Koga keep going.

- I was waiting for you. Young Saints. I'm the Golden Saint that protect this place.- say a voice.

- Golden Saint?- ask Yuna.

- Fine then, come in. To this house of Aries from the new sanctuary, construct it by Mars!- say the voice.

- House of Aries? So then, this is…- ask Koga.

- Yes. Here has been born the new sanctuary of Mars, the new 12 houses.- say the voice and I was the first to enter the house.

- Maria! Wait up!- say Yuna. But I didn't stop and enter the house where I found the Golden Saint, later the others were behind me. - That's the ring of time.

- The ring of time?- ask Yuna.

- Before the ring of time have mark 12 hours… you will have to pass throw all the houses protected by the Golden Saints. And reach the top where Mars is waiting. If you don't make it… the Earth will be destroy.- say the Golden Saint.

- The Earth..?- ask Koga.

- Look. - say the Golden Saint. And the garden change into the Solar System.

- The Solar System…?- ask Yuna. And we saw that the light of the Earth was making that planet Mars start to move.

- The light of the Earth is…bringing Mars!- say Ryuho.

- Mars is… moving toward the Earth!- say Yuna.

- Is it going to crash over the Earth?- ask Soma.

- No! Mars is getting between the Earth and the Sun…- say Yuna.

- That's right. Mars will block the sunlight.- say the Golden Saint.

- It will block it?- ask Koga.

- It means that, the Earth will be in an eternal darkness. The Earth will transform into a dead planet. With that, Mars will revive as the new paradise.- say the Golden Saint.

- The Earth will disappear… So that's what Mars was doing all along!- say Koga.

- The hours start to mark. What will you do, young Saints?- ask the Golden Saint.

- In another words, we don't have much time. So to get up there, we most defeat all of you Golden Saints?- ask Koga.

- That's right.- say the Golden Saint.

- Then let's stop with the talking! Let's Go!- scream Koga.

- Koga!- scream the others but, it was too late and he attack the Golden Saint.

- Pegasus Ryusei Ken!- scream Koga.

- The Pegasus Ryusei Ken… it's been so long sends I saw it. But with a cosmos that weak like this it will not work with the Golden Saints!- say the Golden Saint went he return the attack of Koga.

- Koga!- scream Yuna. For some reason I understand the meaning of him, and it was not necessary to attack him.

- Other wise… that spirit of fight without fear… you will need it later.- say the Golden Saint went he punch Koga in the stomach. I only smirk at that. - Do not forget that.

- Your… no our enemy?- ask Koga.

- Yes. I'm your ally.- say the Golden Saint and everyone else was shock except me. I start to walk toward him. - I'm the only repairman of armors in this world. The Saint that rules over the regeneration and the climate. The Golden Saint that protects the house of Aries, Aries Kiki!- say Kiki.

- Aries Kiki?- ask Haruto.

- So you… are…! The master of Raki!- say Soma.

- You're a Golden Saint?- ask Yuna.

- But, it's incredible that you guys were able to come here with this damage armors.- say Kiki. And with his hand start to repair the armor of Koga.

- What are you doing?- ask Koga.

- I'm going to repair your armor. Theirs no time left, it's going to hurt you!- say Kiki. And Koga's body start to light up and I heard him scream.

- The armor that was very damage is now…- say Ryuho.

- Do you understand, Pegasus? The one that's waiting at the end of the 12 houses is Mars.- say Kiki.

- Mars!- say Koga.

- This fight… is the destiny of the one that has the Pegasus Armor. Fight… Fight all of you… until the end with all your forces. Theirs also something important. Probably you already know that. The power of the Golden Saints that awaits you in the next houses… is unimaginable. The power of the Golden Saints… is not just the armor. It's because they have reach the sense of the maximum cosmos. To be able to defeat them. You most rise your truth cosmos to the maximum, even just for a moment. The maximum point of the cosmos, in another words… you most awaken your seventh senses. Sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch… and even the sixth sense that surpass the five senses of the man. And the sense that surpass all of them. The seventh sense.- say Kiki. And by the time he finish a high breeze came to us, and it show us the new armor of Koga.

- This is… the new armor that has been repair!- say Koga and later he start running toward the end of the house.

- Koga! Let's go!- scream Yuna and the others start to go with her except me.

- Wait! Not jet! You will follow him went I have finish repairing your armors too.- say Kiki.

- Koga…- say Yuna. By the time Kiki finish repairing our armors…

- It return to it's original form! With that it's enough. I'm going with Koga!- say Yuna. But Kiki keep going with the repair, in that moment my armor was fix not like the rest of them.

- If the armors are not fix you will not be able to pass the 12 houses! Maria, you can go on, your armor wasn't as damage as I thought. Now go!- say Kiki.

- Right.- I say and I start to run toward the second house. By the time I reach the second house Koga was on the floor. - Koga!

- Ah so your friend over here came to save you.- say the Golden Saint.

- Don't touch her.- say Koga. And then he rise his cosmos to a higher level.

- What? What is this? Does this shine in his cosmos?- ask the Golden Saint.

- Aria! I… I…! Going to defeat you! I swear! Pegasus Ryusei Ken!- say Koga and I understand that she was his strength after all.

- This is… the Pegasus Ryusei Ken of the legend! Then… I will use in you this technique! Great Horn!- say the Golden Saint. And I heard Koga's scream.

- Koga!- I scream.

- What a great sound! The sound of the bones been broke. But… there's a sound that I like much more. Is that… the sound of the heart been destroy.- say the Golden Saint. And Koga fall to the ground… dead.