Augusta was sitting in the living room when her owl came back in with the reply. As she read the letter she got up and told the family house elf to tell Neville to get ready. If her son and other grandson was in a coma she was going to be there. As she was ready, she saw Neville walking toward her confused on where they were going.
Augusta said, "Neville, I just got a letter that your Uncle and cousin is in a coma at the bank. We are going to go and see them and offer support. I wasn't there for your parents I need to be there for your Uncle."
Neville nodded as he thought about how much more pain could his grandmother endure before she couldn't take it anymore. He wanted to know why his Uncle was in a coma and at the bank for that matter. He hoped that the young man survived because he was sure that his grandma wouldn't survive if he died.
Once the two made it to the bank she saw one of the few goblins that she knew and said, "Excuse me Mr. Griphook.
Griphook was walking thru the bank going towards the offices to see if any of the bank mangers needed any help since it was a slow day today. When he heard a woman's, voice stop him. He turned around and noticed both Augusta and Neville. He brought them to the conference hall and asked, "How can I help you today Lady Longbottom?"
Augusta replied, "Mr. Griphook, I got this letter today about my oldest son Shiryu. I would like to see him. They just don't know that I'm here."
Griphook looked at the letter and said, "Everything is in order as far as I can tell. Let me get the manager in charge of Shiryu."
Augusta nodded as she thanked the goblin.
Griphook ran quickly toward Sharp Axe's office not wanting to make the old witch wait any longer than necessary. He just didn't have the proper authority to take anyone to the goblin infirmary without the client's manger approval.
When Griphook got to Sharp Axe's office he knocked hoping that the goblin was in. When Sharp Axe gave the come in Griphook quickly walked in and told Sharp Axe about Lady Longbottom's request.
Sharp Axe went out his door after he heard Griphook and went to go and meet Augusta. As he got to the conference room, he was hoping that the meeting went well since he had no answers for the old woman. He had remembered when she had come in after her youngest was tortured to insanity along with his wife. Opening the door, he saw the old woman looked worried while her grandson was trying to tell her everything would be okay.
Sharp Axe walked in and shut the door. He said, "I'm sorry about your son and adoptive grandson. They were doing a scan to make sure that they were fine of outside influence. Well sadly something went wrong because of their lifestyle they were thrown into a coma. I will let his teacher and wife tell you since they know the reason and only brushed it briefly with me."
Augusta nodded and said, "Yes, please I want to see my son even if he is in a coma."
Sharp Axe got up from the chair and lead them to the goblin hospital were the two humans were hopefully recovering. As he opens the door the old woman saw the two figures sitting in chairs while she could see the outlines of the two beds that held her son and adoptive grandson.
Shunrei looked up when she heard the door creak open and saw an older woman and a boy around her son's age. She got up and walked over to them and said, "Hello, my name is Shunrei. I am taking a guess that you are Augusta Longbottom and Neville Longbottom?"
Augusta saw the pain in the young woman's eyes and said, "Yes, I'm sorry for just coming but I wasn't there when my youngest son and his wife was tortured. I felt like I had to be here for my oldest."
Neville went to the boy that was in a coma and thought that he was just sleeping peacefully. He noticed that the lightning bolt scar was missing. Everyone was told that he got the scar when he defeated the dark lord. He smiled because that meant if he went by his new name then no one would know that he was the boy-who-lived. He also noticed how much muscle the boy had and wondered if the boy could help him lose some of his fat. He wasn't fat but he was slightly overweight.
Augusta looked at her son and noticed some differences and some similarities from the little boy that she had for a small amount of time. He had the same black hair and face as the little boy. Everything else was different and it hurt her that she wasn't there to raise him. She hated the man that took her boy, but she was glad that she got to see him again.
Augusta said, "I hate to ask, but why is my son and grandson in a coma. The goblins would only tell me that they were getting checked to see if there were blocks on them."
Dohko looked at the woman and said, "You will want to sit down to hear this."
Augusta sat down in front of him with the chair that Shunrei brought over for her. She sat down on the bed that held her son as she told Neville to sit down next to her.
Dohko said, "I knew your son since he was eight years old. He was sent to me to be trained as a Saint for Athena. I had the cloth of Libra which now my son-in-law wears. He originally had the dragon cloth which his son now wears. The reason for them being in a coma is the Dragon cloths fault. The Dragon cloth doesn't want anyone but its owner to know anything about it. They are bound to secrecy and they can't tell even if they want to. When the goblins were trying to take the blocks off; the magic tried to take off that block as well. The bond breaking almost killed them if the dragon cloth didn't come and help them out. Now they are in a coma and no one knows when they will wake up. Shiryu has been in a coma before but he had pretty much died and was only in a coma for a month. I hope this time around these boys will only be out for a few days.
Augusta looked at the old man and sighed. She said, "I know of what you are telling me is true. I remember Shiryu's father always talking about the saints when we were together. I could tell that he was passionate about his research, but I never thought that he would do that to any of his children. He had told me that he wanted children but when he came back after his research to Greece, he was acting different. He took me to court after I told him that I would not let Shiryu be trained to be a knight and I wanted him to go to Hogwarts. As you know he won, and my wishes were dismissed. I'm glad to get the chance to see my son and hopefully get to know him and I'm glad that Harry was taken care of."
Shunrei sighed as she watched her two boys sleep and said, "I hate saying this but Dohko, I think that we should really just ask Athena to bring the boys to the Libra Temple. They need to feel comfortable to recover and we both know that Shiryu and Mushu aren't going to feel that here. The hospital is out of the question since they would be an easy target if Dumbledore wanted to put blocks on them again. Dumbledore shouldn't be able to reach them and if he can the other saints won't let the old man pass without them living."
Dohko said, "I understand Shunrei, but remember if I take them back to sanctuary then Augusta, Neville, and yourself won't be able to see Shiryu and Mushu until they are awake and moveable."
Augusta sighed as she asked, "Why don't you call this Athena of yours and see what she has to say? I will allow anything that she agrees to. As long as she allows my son to see me."
Dohko replied, "Augusta don't worry, we are going to allow you to see Shiryu and Mushu as they want to meet you as well. Shiryu may be shy at first but that is only because he never a people person. Athena wants these boys to have a life outside of their Saint life and only calls them when they are needed or if they decided to live in Sanctuary. I believe that Shiryu and Hyoga are the only two knights who don't live at Sanctuary. Hyoga grew up in Russia and his mom was buried there. He stays since he likes the cold, but his sensei makes sure that he doesn't forget to live and not crying over the dead."
Augusta looked at her oldest and went back to his bedside wishing that she could see him up and about. Shunrei was by her two grandsons and could tell that she was a great mother by the way that she acted with Neville. She also noticed that Dohko was in a meditated state and wondered why he wasn't writing a letter to his goddess.
Neville noticed that the old man goes into a meditative state instead of writing a letter. Shunrei said, "Don't worry Neville, he is using the cosmos to tell Athena what is going on and the urgency. Knowing Athena, she will come personally with probably the Pope and maybe two or all Shiryu's brothers. Even if they would never state it out loud all ten of them care about each other."
Neville nodded and said, "Aunt Shunrei, is the cosmos the same as our magic that we use?"
Shunrei replied, "I'm not fully sure. When Shiryu wakes up I would ask him, or you may ask Dohko. I am a witch, and I can't do half of what my boys can do. Then again Shiryu and Dohko can't do half of what I can do. They can be the same but how they are taught makes them different."
Neville nodded as they talked about how the schoolwork and he got a lecture from his Aunt about his potions grade. He knew after that he never wanted to get on his Aunts bad side. He did agree to her offer to help him with his potion making. He wondered how she was so good with potions but wasn't a potion's master.
Shunrei was loving spending time with her nephew. He reminded her of her husband when he was his age. She offered to help him on his potion making since he said that he was dreadful in that class but was excellent in his herbology class. She couldn't figure out why that would be since they go side by side. The two sat on the floor side by side as Shunrei gave him a potion lesson that he could follow and understood. He realized that part of his problem was that he didn't know the difference cuts were throwing off his potion and that Snape never taught them anything.
Half an hour later the door opened again showing an alive Lilly and James Potter. Augusta smiled as James came up to her and gave her a hug. Lilly also gave her a hug and told her that she had her condolences for Frank and Alice. Augusta caught James and Lilly up on what they had come up with. James and Lilly did not agree with their idea and wanted to let their voices be know about it.
The next day out in Greece Athena was having a peaceful day with no one complaining to her. She had to deal with Aioria a few weeks ago and had convinced Aioria to wait until winter break or spring break to test Ikki since Mushu would want to watch. Now she didn't have anything to occupy her time. She decided to have a meeting with the Pope and find out what needs to be done and how far the rest of her Legendary saints are at and when they should be able to be tested. She was glad that both Hyoga and Shiryu had gotten their cloths seeing as the others didn't have an excuse anymore.
As she was discussing with the pope on how to get the other two saints to go for the gold, she felt the desperate cosmos of Dohko. The pope felt it as well and knew they had to go and check on him. They quickly went and got Seiya, Ikki, Hyoga, and Shun. If Dohko was the one giving off the desperate cosmos then more than likely he was fine, but Shiryu wasn't. As they raced down the stairs, she grabbed the four saints and told them that she thought something might be wrong with Shiryu. That got the four saints to go with her. On the way down Seiya had asked Aiolos to send a letter to the other five bronze and meet them at the gate. Aiolos had agreed and started to write the letter. Aiolos now was thankful that he lived so far up in the temples.
Nachi and Gekki were training together when they saw two arrows come their way. They saw the letter and read it and was off to the gate at a run. They may have not been close to Shiryu but, he was their brother. When they got to the gate, they noticed that Ban, Jabu, and Ichi had already arrived. When Nachi looked at group Jabu said, "We were closer to the gate talking when we got the letter."
Gekki just nodded as they waited for the rest of their group to get there. Jabu not liking the silence said, "I wonder why Athena wants us to come with her. I mean she doesn't know for sure it's Shiryu who is in trouble."
Ban replied, "No matter what if Shiryu is involved then we should be there for our brother. He would do the same if it were us."
Jabu nodded as he knew that was true. Shiryu was the one that had the most common sense out of all the brothers. Even when they were teens it was always Shiryu who seem to know what to do in any situation if not Shiryu then Hyoga. He did think it was funny that the two that had the most common sense also had the bigger egos. They didn't have long to wait as the rest of their group showed up.
The pope looked at them and said, "I need you all to teleport were Dohko's cosmos is coming from and we will go from there. Jabu nodded as they all started to feel where Dohko's cosmos was at. When they teleported, they were outside of what looked like a bank. Athena saw that Dohko was nowhere to be seen and decided to go inside to find him. The group noticed Athena walking and followed her.
The pope walked next to Athena and asked, "Athena, what are you doing?"
Athena replied, "We aren't going to get answers just standing around. I'm going inside to ask if Dohko is here since it seems that we can only teleport outside of wherever Dohko and his family is."
Hyoga just said, "In other words Pope Shion, she is doing her normal I'm gonna do whatever I want, and you can't tell me otherwise."
The Pope understood what Hyoga meant since he talked to Saga and was shown the letter that Athena had sent him. He had laughed himself sick when he read it. As they walked in, they were somewhat creeped out by the creatures in the bank which they heard one witch, tell her son that they were called goblins. Athena went up to one that didn't look to busy and said, "Excuse me sir, but I was wondering if my friend Dohko is still here. He came here yesterday to see if he had any blocks with his family and the Potters."
The goblin looked up and said, "Wait here I would have to get the goblin in charge may I ask who is asking?"
Athena replied, "Tell the goblin in charge that Athena is here to see them. If he doesn't believe me then just have him bring Dohko to verify."
The goblin nodded as he ran to Sharp Axe's office. He told Sharp Axe who went to go and get Dohko to verify that it really was Athena. He wasn't going to put anything against Dumbledore. When Dohko and Sharp Axe came up to the main office Dohko said, "Sharp Axe, let them pass, the young lady is my goddess Athena, with the Pope and some of her bronze saints and one gold saint that happen to be Shiryu's brothers."
Sharp Axe nodded as he went to the group and told them to follow Dohko to where Shiryu was. As the group followed their retired saint, they were told exactly what had happened. Ikki said, "I know that Shiryu always said that he couldn't talk about his cloth's secrets but to actually put a block on him so he couldn't say anything is barbaric. Even to Shiryu no wonder he never blabbed. I wouldn't either. Now he's in a coma because the goblins hit that block and my nephew is the same state."
Athena replied, "I will see what I can do Dohko, but you know as well as I do that, I can't do much. They have to wake up on their own."
Dohko replied, "Both Shunrei and I know that, but Shiryu's mom and Mushu's biological parents wish for you to try."
Athena nodded in defeat she decided just to give it a try since they all seem to be able to make miracles happen.
As they got to the room the group walked in, they noticed the hard truth that their brother and comrade was lying their motionless. They also noticed their nephew in the same state. Ban didn't want to believe it. The last time he saw his brother like this was after the fight with Saga and he was in a coma because he was barely alive; now it was because the bond between him and the cloth was almost destroyed. He knew that they had a connection but not that strong.
Athena walked over to Shiryu and moved some of his hair out of his face and moved over to Shunrei who was by Mushu. She put her hand on Shunrei's shoulder and said, "I'll try to wake up these two boys, but I can't promise that it will work. I know from your husband that in his darkest time your prayers help more than anything. Don't give up hope Shunrei."
Shunrei nodded as she backed away from her boys and let Athena do her job. She noticed that Dohko was talking to Augusta and the Potters on what was going on while Neville was with the others talking to Seiya. She smiled since Seiya always seem to bring out the joy in people. As she got close to the group Shun went up to her and said, "How are you holding up Shunrei?"
Shunrei sighed, "Not well Shun, I hate that they fight for a living, but I can deal with that, but when they are in a coma because of the goblins magic to remove blocks from the body; it's too much for me to deal with. They weren't fighting so why do they have to be in a coma."
Dohko looked over as Shunrei who was now crying into Shun's shoulder and thought finally she breaks down. Shiryu you need to wake up soon or your wife isn't going to survive for long. He went back to listening to the three adults complain on what his goddess can do that the goblins couldn't.
Athena used her cosmos and tried with all her might to heal the internal wounds on Mushu but noticed that there wasn't any his body was just trying to adjust to all the cosmos that was now unleashed in her saint. She now understood what was truly going on. She also noticed that Mushu was on the verge of waking just not yet. She figured he would be out for about a week which would give him two weeks before school starts. She smirked as Mushu would not be seen for the rest of the holidays once he gets his supplies. Everyone at Sanctuary knew that if Mushu had a book that he hadn't read you weren't going to see him until it was done and when it comes to class books will good luck, he wants to know everything before class would even start.
As Athena finished, she went over to Shiryu and thought okay Shiryu please be like your son and be close to waking up. As she flared her cosmos over him, she was flung back a little by the dragon's cosmos. As she opened her eyes, she could see Shiryu laying there is the dragon cloth, and she was completely at a loss.
Jabu was watching his brother Seiya talk to Shiryu's nephew and knew that he was just trying to cheer the boy up by joking around. He couldn't figure out how Seiya could do it when everyone was depressed. Suddenly he felt Athena's cosmos go over is older brother Shiryu just for the dragon cloth to cover Shiryu and fling Athena back a little.
Athena tried one more time just letting the cosmos work more slowly. When she got the same response she said, "I'm sorry everyone. Mushu should wake up by the end of the week or start of next week. Shiryu on the other hand I don't know the Dragon cloth won't accept my cosmos its being overprotective once again."
Seiya replied, "I thought that when you get the gold cloth then the bond with the bronze is dissolved. At least that was what Hyoga said when he became Aquarius."
Dohko replied, "It normally would Seiya in a way. I wouldn't say dissolves just that the bond isn't as strong as it once is, and you start to get a bond to the gold cloth. The problem is that we don't know much about the dragon cloth and Shiryu is the only one to ever wear the cloth. It is why I call him the true dragon. We will never know the extent of the bond with Shiryu but for him to still wear the cloth means that it's still strong as ever even with a new owner."
Pope Shion added, "Plus Shiryu always had a higher aptitude to the cosmos than anyone in his generation. He could fight with or without his cloth makes him a hard opponent to defeat. He is like his sensei in that sense, but he also knows how to use his environment as a weapon be it through knowledge or in an actual battle. The dragon cloth is just like Shiryu which is the reason why Mushu was accepted since he acts like his adopted dad even his cosmos was the same as Shiryu's was at that age from what Dohko tells me."
Seiya went to his brother and said, "Come on Shiryu, you got to wake up soon."
Ikki replied, "Yea, Shiryu you need to help me keep Seiya and Hyoga in line plus Aioria is going crazy that he can't let me get the gold cloth until Christmas break, so you need to be awake otherwise I know Athena won't let me go for the gold. Not that I care either way Aioria just wants to go on a long vacation maybe permitted."
Hyoga smirked as they all knew that the gold saints right now wanted to retire so they can see more of the world not that he blamed them as they were all young when they took the gold cloth, and they are now given their chance they want it. Hyoga and Shiryu had figured out that after they got their gold cloth it would be Ikki, Seiya, and Shun in that order only because both Shun, and Shiki are still working on some of Shun's cosmos to be able to handle it. Let's just say that they never let their sensei hear them complain.
Athena replied, "They can't stay here, they aren't safe. I would like for both to be at sanctuary until they are awake and can think properly on what they want. Shiryu doesn't have a choice since Dohko contacted me; it automatically allows me to take Shiryu to sanctuary as he is an injured gold knight.
Hyoga asked, "Why weren't we told this rule?"
Dohko replied, "Easy if we told you or Shiryu then neither of you would become gold knights as you both hate being told what to do."
Hyoga sighed as he knew that he was right not that Shiryu or he had a choice in the matter since Dohko and Camus were known to just scheduled a fight and tell them when they were in the arena. Shun walked over to his older brother and picked him up. He was always the most caring one.
Lilly watches them figure out what was best for the boys and that no one was putting up a fight to keep them in England. She wasn't going to keep quiet she could take care of her little boy.
Lilly said, "You are not taking Harry. You stated that he would wake up either at the end of this week or next week right. He can stay with us at #4 Private Dr and be ready for when school starts. It's not fair to keep uprooting the poor boy. Specially since school starts in three weeks."
Athena replied, "Private drive isn't safe. It may have been my adoptive grandfathers' home but I'm sure Dumbledore could access it how else did he get your son there when you went missing. He can't make it up to Sanctuary and if he did then our saints will stop him at the gate. Trust me I have sensed how strong you wizards are and even our bronze saints could take him out if not the bronze then defiantly the silver. He would be the safest there."
Augusta replied, "If you are only worried about keeping him away from Dumbledore than they can stay at my manor. I don't support he-who-must-not-be-named but I am also no friend of Dumbledore. He would be safe there as my wards were made from the goblins and the Potters throughout the ages."
Athena looked at the saints and Pope for help she really didn't have an argument against that. She was worried about them being vulnerable with them not awake. Hyoga looked at Athena and decided to speak out against these stupid civilians except Shunrei since she was next to her son and about to pick him up to give him to whoever won. Hyoga said, "Look our goal is to protect both Shiryu and Mushu. We have better doctors at Sanctuary that we know won't go running to Dumbledore and will keep it secret. Plus, he is a saint of Athena's which means that what Athena says is law. So, since she said that both boys were to go to sanctuary then both boys are going."
Shunrei now knew that Mushu was also going to Sanctuary and put Mushu in Ikki's arms and whispered, "Keep me posted on both of my boys."
Ikki nodded as he turned around and walked out of the bank with Shun following him.
Lilly was pissed and was yelling about bring her baby boy back and that it was kidnapping.
Pope Shion replied, "Actually madame, since Mushu is a saint we are in our right to take him to where we think that he would be the safest which for us is Sanctuary. All parents lose their rights to their child when they start their training. We understand that you didn't have a say in your son's life, but we cannot bend the rules even for you."
With that Athena and the Pope started to walk out with the other saints leaving behind them making sure no one attacked them.
Once Ikki and Shun made it outside the bank they teleported back to Sanctuary with their precious cargo. Okay maybe precious was not the best words to describe their brother and nephew but who cared. They decided that the easiest way was just go god and fly to Libra temple that way no one would see Shiryu or Mushu in this state. When they made it to the Libra temple, they were surprise to see Shina and Mu finishing up on making the bed.
Mu smirked and said, "See Shina, I told you that the beds would need to be made. This isn't the first time Shiryu went into a coma I just hope that it's the last."
Ikki replied, "I'm more surprised on how far Shiryu and dragon's bond is. I mean yes, I bonded with the Phoenix but it's not as strong as Shiryu's is. He still can call the cloth back to him even thou Mushu wears it."
Shun replied, "I think it has to do with being the first wearer. I mean we know practically nothing about the cloth and we now know that Shiryu was not lying about not being able to talk about it."
Mu looked at his good friend just lying-in bed and shooed everyone out of the temple. He decided to take first watch and call Taurus for the next watch and keep going from there. As he wrote the note asking Taurus to watch in two hours, he wondered what happen to Shiryu and Mushu. He knew of the bond between to two when he went to fix the Pegasus and Dragon cloth. Since he fixed Pegasus cloth first Shiryu went straight into a coma after giving blood from the blood loss. Before he was halfway done with Pegasus he had to stop and work on Dragon because Kiki ended up saying that they were losing Shiryu. One Dragon cloth was stable Shiryu stabled as well. He had never seen anything like that before.
Two hours later Aldebaran came in to relieve Mu. He said, "Mu don't worry I told the others the plan. Saga and Kanon are throwing a fit about Shiryu's and Mushu's condition."
Mu nodded and said, "I wouldn't be surprise if Shura or Camus are throwing a fit either."
Aldebaran burst out laughing since it was true. Shura saw Shiryu as a brother and hell both took Mushu under their wings. Aldebaran looked at Mu, and said, "Athena isn't going to send Mushu to that school, is she?"
Mu replied, "I believe that she will since Mushu wants to go, but only if he is strong enough for her liking."
Aldebaran nodded as he watched his comrade leave the room.
