Authoress note: By the way, I should be saying that although teleport might be Mu's specialty, but all gold saint seemed to be able to do that. Mu though quite different since he could even teleport Shaka back to human world
Warning: grammar
Disclaimer: normal disclaimer attached
Our Memories
Part Two
'This is cold!' was the only thing that crossed Shaka's mind as he opened his eyes, his anger subdued quickly as he surrounded by icy temperature. Ok, he might be extravagating… not that cold but still! COLD! Then he felt someone tug on his hand, he looked at him but quickly glared. There was trail of worry on his face before it was replaced by a grin, the blue hair boy finally pointed up as he moved toward the surface. In the blur, he could also see two other boys dived toward him but stopped as soon as they saw Milo swam pass them toward the surface. He could feel their cosmo, Mu's and Camus'… it seemed he had submerged quite some time, hence the attention. He finally kicked his legs and gasped as he resurfaced, due to lack of oxygen and the cold.
"Are you all right?" Mu asked, he could hear a little anxiety on his youngest saint voice.
"I'm all right. It's freaking cold." He paused before he remembered something. He quickly knocked his friend's head.
"OW!" The Aries saint yelled more because he was surprise than pain. The Virgo saint swam quickly toward the closest saint which was Camus and punched his gut not that lightly too. The Aquarius saint coughed out air and let out a small groan, clutching the abuse area. Virgo Shaka quickly pursued the next target and hit him on the gut but the Scorpio saint used his fast speed to block, what he didn't count though was Shaka head butting his face. A yelp had followed as Milo clutched his nose; he had felt something running down from it. By this time, Aiolia and Alderbaran already realized that the Virgo saint would be hunting them and swam as far as possibly could toward the dry land and had made a mad dash.
But, he was not called closest to God for nothing as the blonde hair saint teleported quickly to position above them and basically jumped kick Alderbaran's back. With Alderbaran ran closely to the smaller Aiolia, his huge body fall forward like domino pinning the latter. The blonde saint purposely landed on the pile and sat in triumph. "Hmrf, no messing around with me." The six guardian said proudly forgetting that he was nude and let out a smirk as he surveyed the damage.
"Damn, Shaka, we had rules, no face punch." Milo whined slightly as he looked up and pinched his nose, he could feel the blood running down from one of his nostrils.
"Ow, Shaka! Come on! Up!" A groan came from below, Aiolia could feel slight pain on his groin, damn stone! Even if he could protect it perfectly, it was no fun getting a hit there… and being squashed. The bull star body, Alderbaran just laughed as he finally pushed his body, freeing the shorter boy. Shaka quickly jumped down from the pile as soon as the Taurus saint pushed himself up and looked at the trio who was just walked out from the pool. Mu was nursing his temple while Camus pressed his hand onto his belly and grumbled.
"That's for you specially." He glared to the Scorpio boy and let out a huff.
"Why?!" The blue hair saint protested, still nursing his nose and hoping for the blood to stop soon.
"This." Reverted to the earlier prank. "Must be your idea."
"Eeeee!"
"Actually… this time, it was me." Camus confessed which made Shaka double took.
"What! You?" Now the blonde hair kid really began to wonder if the boy really hit his head first on the last teleport or the Aquarius saint definitely spent too much time with Scorpio… "… I'm sorry, I guess…" He said half heart; he never thought he could get wrong with his assumption.
"You guess?! Geez!" The blue hair saint finally trotted to the rock and sat down grumbling, steams comically appeared above his head. The Virgo saint paused; he could feel the others were eyeing him quietly, as if nudging him to make another apology. Sincerely this time… so he let out a sigh.
"Fine, fine." He said reluctantly and then made his way toward the sitting boy. "I'm sorry." He offered his hand for a shake, a habit that is pound to basically every gold saint by papacy every time they all had a fight. Milo finally looked at him and slowly broke into a grin.
"Nah. No biggie." He said, gladly accepting the apology then shook his hand with his other unoccupied hand. The blood had finally stopped too. "But, you owe me a jump." He smirked.
"Geh…" Shaka was about to curse but he paused. Everybody also sensed someone who was walking toward the place and would be there any moment. Milo though already knew who it was.
Saint
Seiya
"Sigh… I believe I forget to mention something..." The blue hair man was grumbling as he forced his way toward the bushes and glared at six kids, which by the way naked… "Milo…"
"Hi, Dad." He grinned as he moved his hand from Shaka's to waving. The father just let out another sigh before rubbing his head. Headache set in fast when dealing with a bunch of foxes… So this is why papacy sent them here.
"…" He stared at the boys, checking slightly for injuries that might occurred but it seem the kids is more resilient… being gold saints anyway… he let out another sigh as he moved his hand up and showed them a package. "I bring gyros for snack." He said as he heard his son let out a yell of 'yay' and as if on cue, Alderbaran's and Aiolia's stomach let out a growl… a chuckle came from the man as he finally barked orders. "Go dry yourself and put some clothes." There was unison of 'hai' second later as he took a sit on the closest rock.
He guessed he had been worry for nothing… the waterfall was the safest place to play. He reasoned as he put the package down on his side. There were other high place near the cliff surrounded the sea that Milo dare to take without his supervision… he shuddered in horror, imaging the fatal accident that might occurred if they jumped from there even though the kids were gold saints… he unconsciously walked toward his boy while the blue hair Scorpion saint was putting his boxer. His hand automatically took the towel on his shoulder and slowly drying the hair. Milo let out a giggle and turned around, looking at his dad as the man smiled, patting several times.
'How long can I take care of him like this?' He thought sadly… the boy was destined to die in battle for Athenas' sake… his train of thought continued as he saw the other kids. 'They all too… so young...' He found the emerald hair boy was staring at him as if he didn't trust him being so close to Milo. He remembered his son always mentioned his name. 'Camus?' He chuckled inwardly. Based on the story he heard, his boy was always the one that took the quiet kid under his wings and dragged him into the group, it seemed unconsciously Camus reciprocated the feeling.
"There, put your cloth on." He said then walked toward to the just graduated Aquarius saint. He could hear his son 'aye, dad.' answer as he processed toward the other boy. He stopped at Camus while the boy was gazing at him in question. He let out a smile as he moved his hand toward the boy shoulder, taking a towel. The emerald hair kid was staring blankly at first before realizing what the man was about to do. The father moved down to meet his gazes as he draped the towel onto his hair.
"Thank you for looking after Milo." Camus was taken aback by the words, he could feel the hands that began to rub his wet hair and he blushed slightly, either it was because of the gesture or because of the words was undecided. He hesitantly give a slight nod as an answer. The man, after being satisfied with the current condition of his hair finally strolled away from him and found the next target; a very wet hair Aiolia.
Several hours later after making sure the kids were feed and safely back to the house, the father sighed in relief. 'Well, at least Milo still listens to me.' The boy basically didn't break any rule as he did not mention any waterfall. 'Meh, he is smart.' He chuckled proudly. He paused once again as he realized how quiet the house was. Milo usually quite boisterous and if everything's quiet, that means… he immediately stood and pacing toward the boy's room. 'Silent usually means trouble.' He pushed open the door, ready to yell but stopped as he caught a sight of the boys. They were piling side by side on the beds and fast asleep. He let out a sigh of relief; an idea came to him as he exited out and took a camera, one thing that given by papacy to him, to make a memory he said. He would be sending this copy out to the current ruler too, like what the leader of Sanctuary had done for him.
After he satisfied with the camera, he put it down onto the table. He moved toward the bed where his son was, Aquarius saint was laying on his boy's side while the Leo saint on the opposite side. He moved to take a blanket and slowly tug them in but stopped when he felt stares. He smiled faintly as he covered them. 'As expected from a gold saint, even when they were asleep, a slight movement can wake them up.' His eyes locked to Aiolia then Camus, both were looking at him slightly but closed their eyes as soon as they saw who he was, back quickly to slumber. The dubbed ice boy moved to his side and seemed to be leaning toward Milo as if he wanted to cuddle but restraint. His son on the other hand, didn't open his eyes but looking at the boy's faint smile; the father knew that the kid also notice his present. He moved quietly as he lightly kissed his forehead.
"Sleep tight, son." He whispered and waited. True enough, a faint murmured of 'Night, dad.' reached his ears. He turned around to the makeshift bed that he had prepared this morning and began to tug the other saints. Shaka eyes looked at him piercingly for a second. He could feel the cold shiver on his back. 'So young yet, so dangerous.' The trail of his thought was cut short as soon as those eyes closed. He shook his head as he moved the blanket. He could catch a peek that came from the purple hair saint and a low grunt from the biggest kid, a sign of gratitude? He hoped so… he finally walked out, tucking his camera with him. With the kids asleep, he finally began to start his day.
Saint
Seiya
It was late in the morning when Milo opened his eyes. The sun annoyingly peeked between his bed room's window and the temperature seemed to be risen a little. He moved his body slightly, groaning as he felt Aiolia's leg across his abdomen. His right hand though felt asleep as he tried to nudge it up to no avail. A question mark was popping above his head and looked at his right. He chuckled, so that's why… his right hand was cuddled by his younger friend. Camus might be cold when he was awake but in his sleep, he liked to hold onto something or someone. Milo chuckled; Camus liked to cuddle wasn't that strange, at least for him. Aiolia had habit of kicking or turning wildly, hence, the leg on his stomach. He moved just enough to see the makeshift bed to check if anyone awake yet. Alderbaran was sleeping with belly down and he saw Shaka sleeping on his back with his hands crossed on his chest while his legs crossed almost in lotus position. Mu was leaning… correction almost lying on top of Alderbaran…
He didn't mind to sleep in more but he needed to go to take a leak… so he nudged Camus and whispered. "Camus, I have to go pee." A small grunt was all he got when the blue eyes boy finally gave him a tired glance. The emerald hair saint let out a groan as he released the hand and moved to his other side, deciding to sleep more. Milo chuckled as he's slide out from his bed, moving Aiolia's leg in process and walked out from his room quietly. The door creaked a little when he closed it but never bothered his comrades. He moved quickly to the toilet and minutes later after he finished his business, he moved toward the dining room. As usual, his dad was not in the house at this hour but he found a note.
'Yogurt in the fridge with cheese and olive, bread inside the cabinet.' It said. Milo let out a yawn, moving toward the cabinet, he peered inside and saw a plate of breadstick and took it out. He also saw something near the end. 'Is that Karydaki?!'His eyes beamed, his dad always had that in store when he was home and even taught him how to make it once though he sure he had to practice if he want to make it himself. He wanted to take the jar but decided against it, he didn't know how long had it been there and don't want to risk ruining it as he closed the door. He moved the plate of bread toward the table before going to rampage the fridge. He took the plate of cheese and olive that had been prepared out but beaming once again as he took another thing out, slices of cured pork. After putting it all toward the table, he moved once again to the refrigerator, this time taking a jar of yogurt and put it into the table.
"Milo?"
"Oi, big Al, Mu."
"Morning, where's your dad?" The purple hair saint said as he rubbed his eye slightly, Alderbaran though already walked to the table and looking at the breakfast with interest.
"Dad is going fishing; he will be back." He said looking at the clock on the wall. "Maybe in one or two hours."
"Eh? He's fishing at night?"
"Uh huh." Milo nodded.
"So he leaves you alone every night?" The Tibetian asked in surprise. In Sanctuary, the adults usually over shadowed them everywhere, ready to tend to their needs/wounds or ready to interfere if they are fighting or even scolded them if they must. Papacy had already prepared basically a full fleet of maid and silver saint mentor even teachers.
"Of course not, he's going fishing two or three days a week. Other time he hunted things in the forest. Like this one." he said proudly pointing at the sliced cured meat on the table. "He also guards the island." He paused. "Sometimes dad took me fishing at night."
"How's fishing like?" Alderbaran finally asked in interest. Mu had finally sat on the chair, poking bread in front of him.
"It's fun!" Milo chuckled as he took bread stick and dipping into the soft cheese, the Brazilian took one too as he began to munch. He took the meat sliced before putting it into his mouth. Mu after asking for cup and spoon finally gone elevated looking for it in the cupboard; finding them easily, he removed the jar seal and plopped some yogurt into it.
Several minutes had past… when finally Milo moved toward the bedroom once again. He opened the door and walked toward his bed; he purposely jumped into it and talked in louder voice. "Oi! You guys, come on. Wake up!" groans could be heard from Aiolia and Camus while Shaka let out a murmur as he took the pillow and covered his head.
"Oi, come on, Camus, Aio!" He said as he shook Camus' body. "We are going to play at the beach." At the word beach, the Leo saint finally jumped.
"We are?" Santuary was mountainous area with high cliff surrounded by the sea, so they basically never really gone to the seaside before.
"Yup. Breakfast on the table." He said lowering his voice this time, Aiolia immediately zoomed out toward the dining room. Milo pause when he saw Camus didn't react at all as he moved in for a jump and giving him a squash/bear hug. "Camus, come on."
"Milo! Can't breathe!" He glared. "Get off." Contrary to anyone believe, Camus and Shaka were not a morning person… The ice boy finally sat as soon as Milo moved from his body. Rubbing his eyes, he finally moved down from the bed toward outside, the toilet… The Scorpio jumped toward the makeshift bed and moved the pillow that covered Shaka. The Virgo let out a groan before he felt the shaking followed by the irritating name calling. He glared as soon as he heard his name for the umpteenth times. He could feel that the Scorpio saint had climbed and sat onto his stomach.
"Milo! If you don't shut up, I'll make sure you lose your voice."
"So? Wake up then? Or I'll launch needle!" The red nail had appeared and was hovering slightly above the Virgo's head though the length was not fully appeared. The Virgo made another deadly stare before he sighed.
"Fine." As soon as he blurred out the word, Milo moved and slide down from the bed and walked outside happily. The Virgo saint let out another grumbled, something about leaving him alone before he finally jump down from the bed and started the day.
To be continued…
