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Part Three

The calm waves, clear blue sky and white sand had greeted them, just minutes away from Milo's house.

"Right, what do you usually do here?" Aiolia asked looking around, he found some kids around their age are playing in the water and making something with sand. Camus was also unsure about the ocean; he didn't like playing with the sand too. It was really not that interesting… plus it was so hot out here. Shaka for once, looked a little impress with the place; he had taken his sandals off and walked toward the shore, letting his feet being washed by the incoming wave. Mu had crouched down with Alderbaran who had found a beautiful seashell.

"You can play with sand, swimming and collecting seashell." Milo said, pointing to several groups of kids who were doing just that. The Scorpio saint had shouldered a big bag, too big for him actually; whatever inside would be anyone guesses.

"Somehow, I'm sensing an 'or'?" Camus comment flatly, his friend grinned back at him mischievously.

"Or we can go exploring a cave, come on." He chuckled. "Shaka! We are going." The blonde looked at the group, raising one of his eyebrows. He suppressed a growl but never less moving toward the group; once again depart into a new unpredicted adventure.

It was several minutes as they climbed up into stony valley toward… no where it seemed. The boys could see ocean from afar, but except Milo obviously, they had no idea where they were walking to.

"This is not another waterfall or forest, is it?" The blonde said. He had been quite annoyed with all the walking. Camus had also grumbled inwardly, he already sweat like crazy and the glaring sun above definitely not helping.

"It's a beach, all right. 5 more minutes." The stony area had narrow significantly and it was a dead end. They were all standing near the tip of the rough cliff, several meters down was the crushing ocean.

"Great, are we going to jump once more?" Alderbaran had remembered the conversation a day before between Milo and his dad. The Scorpion eyes glinted evilly.

"Gee… seriously?" Aiolia was contemplating as he moved near the tip, looking at the water below. Not that he afraid of it, they had jump from the place higher than this but it was on dry land. The ocean definitely gave them more challenge. He could felt his shirt was being grabbed from behind so he glanced back. It was Mu, looking at him with slight worry in his eyes, making sure that the boy didn't just tip over and plunged to the sea below.

"Naw, don't worry, we are not jumping. It is a short cut though, but dad had said no jump, remember?"

"Never thought you are obeying…" Camus was quite surprised of that.

"Come on, this way." Milo turned to his left, moving down, seeming avoiding the comment. Surprisingly there was a narrow path between the stony hills, practically deserted but a path no less. It would be difficult for even an adult but since they were saints, they had managed to jump and stepped down without much difficulty. As soon as they reached the lowest ground, they could see wide sandy beach with calm water. "Surprise, huh?"

"Wow!" The group couldn't hide their amazement, even Camus looked quite pleased.

"Come on, this beach lead to that cave." He continued walking toward it; taking off his sandals first before tottered away. The other followed suit, the fine sand on their feet felt really good too. It was a sandy beach that stretched to under the cave, the shadow also casted onto the water area. One part of the cave was sandy beach and the other were tunnel with clear blue water running into the deeper site of the said cave.

"… not bad." Shaka had to admit the cave was a great idea. It sheltered them from the sun too. If Milo could grin even wider, he would. He should really get that pat on the shoulder.

"Right." He put down the bag from his shoulder then pulled something out. No one had any recollection of what item it was, then another that looked like three part paddles.

"What are those?" Alderbaran was taking a closer look at it.

"Boat."

"Inflated boat?" It perked Camus curiosity but Milo could only blink.

"What?"

"Uh… you can puff it up?" Mu helped,

"Yeah. With this thing." He said pulling a manual pump. Shaka and Aiolia had lost all interest after they heard the word 'boat'. Their experience with ship yesterday was just too fresh and decided to drop the sandals near the group. This time, the boys had already worn their swimsuit since they were out from the house. Aiolia had practically tossing the shirt while running out, laughing when he finally dived into the water. The cool water immediately removed the sweat away. Shaka walked more calmly after folding his shirt next to the carelessly tossed cloth, letting his feet to the water once again. It was even better since it sheltered by cave's shadow.

"Here." Milo once again was pulling out items from his bag, this time a sun block and a water bottle. The trio around him just gawked and was eyeing him strangely. "What!" Did he do something strange?

"Are you feeling all right?" Camus was the first to react.

"Huh? Why?"

"You, making sure that we are not in trouble." Mu finally chipped in but a smile adorned his face. Milo had just glared.

"Usually it is Mu or Camus." Alderbaran laughed.

"Piss off, you guys." The Scorpio just grumbled but was back to tinker with the inflated boat, the Brazil decedent was laughing even harder. Camus however, let out a ghostly smile before taking the sun block; he knew he was quite pale to begin with and his skin was easily burned too.

"Mu, can you help?" Camus was removing his shirt before popping out and squished the cream out off the tube.

"Sure." The Aries saint had also removed his shirt and processed to help with Camus' back. "You two, sun block!" While the Virgo saint was back toward the group, Aiolia continued swimming toward the part that was not shadowed by the cave, playing happily under the sun without care. Mu had frown, he didn't want to deal with the older saint when he begun to whine about sunburn! Minutes later after the trio of the paler skin saints had their share of sunblock, the youngest gold saint quickly chased the Leo saint in effort to drag him back toward the cave.

"You guys go ahead." Milo said, using both of his hands to inflate the boat. He had removed his shirt in the process and putting it aside with the other pile.

"Should we just help catching Aiolia?" The Virgo was eyeing Mu who was teleporting but the lion star had evaded him swiftly.

"Why not?" Alderbaran grinned. As soon as it was said, both of the saints moved toward the water. Camus had just squished another dose of cream into his hands before he walked toward the blue hair saint.

"A little warning next time? Your hands are cold." Milo almost jumped in surprise, feeling the cold hands on his back. And… He really forgets on how long it took to inflate that boat.

"I know, I'm the ice master." The Aquarius smirked lightly. "Here." He said; squishing cream onto his friend's arm and shoulder. The blue hair kid smeared it toward his chest stopping his pumping for a little while. Camus though didn't move far and sat near the boy with his eyes scanning the game his peers do near the water. It seemed Aiolia had been able to dodge Mu so far but with two other kids tailing behind, it was a lost cause. The Leo had just tackled down by Alderbaran and landed into the water. Taking the chance, the master of telekinesis finally teleported both of them to the place near the boat.

"Ow! Al! That was cheating!"

"No, we are not. You better use this." Grumbled followed… meanwhile both Virgo and Aries saint had finally moved further into the ocean, by now the water had reached their waist. The shadow supplied by the cave was gone and replaced with sun ray that reflected onto the blue water. After making sure the cream was spread, Aiolia was back to the water.

"Al." Milo called suddenly when the biggest boy was about to run back toward the water.

"Yeah?"

"You see that rocks at the center there?" The kid said, pointing his finger toward the ocean. Indeed, Alderbaran could see some kind of volcanic type rocks formation standing alone in the middle of the sea. "You can swim until there and turn back. Don't cross those, it is dangerous."

"Oh, your dad told you so?" The Big Al said teasing slightly.

"… Yeah." The boy said but silent followed. Camus blinked, did something happen in the past that made Milo so affected? Alderbaran also looked a little surprise but decided not to push. The oldest boy nodded and moved toward the water. Soon he and Aiolia were swimming toward the said rocks; Shaka and Mu were still swimming around at the place where their feet could still touch the sandy ground. The ice master was back eyeing his friend lightly, he was curious.

"Milo." He carefully called but he understood if his best friend didn't want to share it.

"I crossed that line once. Dad was so quiet when he knew…" There were paused. The sound of air pumping didn't stop at all. "Some kids had died before, and he said he didn't want that to happen to me." His eyes was sadden.

"…"

"He is not yelling like he usually does, you know. It was creepy." The boy couldn't pinpoint whatever feeling he had that night. But since then, he had promised himself to not let his dad down anymore. Camus nodded in understanding; he finally looked at the boat.

"Can I help with the pump?"

"Huh? Oh, sure." Milo moved back and let his friend took over. "You know, you should be swimming instead of pumping this."

"… no, it's ok." Camus replied. He just didn't want to leave the boy alone by himself. Besides, it was no fun without Milo and… he might have been a little too attached. He was sure even Milo's father had already noticed that. The Scorpio saint let out a grin before he gave Camus a bear hug from behind. "Eck! What are you doing?! It's hot!"

"Thanks, Camus." Hearing that, the ice master flushed slightly.

Saint

Seiya

"Shaka, look." Both Mu and Shaka hadn't walked very far from the shore but the water had significantly deeper. It was now as high as their chest, and the Aries saint had just dive down to take something on the sandy ground. Second later he surfaced with a pinkish starfish on his hand. "Sea Star" The Virgo saint was eyeing the animal then moved his hand onto the starfish, feeling the prickly leathery surface.

"That is so strange."

"It is?" Before Mu could even say something else, someone had just moved in behind him in a flash and swiftly put something into his swimming trunk. The Aries saint yelped when he felt movement on his butt cheek. The animal on his hand was thrown in process toward Shaka. Splat! It comically pasted onto his face. Aiolia finally surfaced from under the water, smirking. Alderbaran who was not far behind, couldn't help but let out a snigger.

"Revenge!" The Leo saint let his tongue out and pulled one of his eyes down with a finger, referring to the force – teleporting event earlier. The blonde hair kid slowly took the starfish, pulling it out from his face and letting it dropped back to the ground before he moved forward; in effort to tackle the lion star but Aiolia evaded him quickly as he swam away. Shaka groaned in annoyance, he began to chase swimming the Leo saint.

Meanwhile, Mu was still having a hard time with something inside his pant. He definitely didn't like the feeling of mucus and scales on his butt cheek! He teleported toward the drier ground; appearing near the water line and moving his short quickly down to the ground, letting something out. He didn't care about being naked, that thing inside his pant is the priority.

From his swimsuit, one small yellow fish jumped up to the ground; it jumped desperately several times on the sandy surface back into the water before it made a final jump into the deeper water and swam away. Milo who was still latched on his best friend's back, laughed hysterically; even Camus stopped his pumping and let out a smirk. The lilac hair boy swabbed mucus from his butt, letting out a disgusted 'eww' in process. Swaying his slippery hand in the air to remove the mucus away, he growled. His other hand finally pulled the short back up before trotting toward the water. He would make sure Aiolia will pay for it!

10 minutes later, Milo and Camus sighed in relief, the boat had fully inflated. The blue hair kid finally attached the paddles. He dragged all the items and the boat away toward the water which are inside the said cave on the other side of the shore. He asked Camus to take his bag and called the other to come. When he saw his friends approached him; Mu was still pouting; Aiolia comically sprouted a red big angry lump on his head while Shaka smirked. Camus came with the bag and Alderbaran not far behind him.

"Come on." Milo finally walked to the water and climbed into the boat. Mu elevated and dropped slowly onto the boat while Camus pushed the flashlight first before climbing in. Alderbaran next but Aiolia paused and looked a little uncertain. Shaka had not closed his eyes at all today since they were on 'vacation'; he crossed his hands and glaring.

"No, I don't want it." The blonde hair began, refusing to climb aboard. Aiolia was nodding in agreement.

"It's a slow cruise. There were hardly wave, ya know."

"Nope."

"I am better swimming back there." The Leo saint pointed back to the beach where they came from earlier.

"Oh, come on. There will be another area on the back of this cave."

"No. Whatever you talking about, it's not worth getting sick like yesterday."

"… fine." Milo growled then paddled away leaving both of the boys.

"Eh, are you sure leaving both of them?" Alderbaran had another paddle on his hands but he hesitated to use it. He didn't want to leave his friends just like that. Mu and Camus also quite surprise with it, Milo especially would usually persuade his friends into every activity they were doing, rarely leaving behind anyone.

"Nope." The blue hair saint finally grinned, after some distance he nudged the youngest boy. "Mu..." He whispered, the lilac hair let out a toothy grin as he teleported both Shaka and Aiolia above the boat. His skill was really useful.

"DARN IT!" Both kids had thought they could really get away from it so they were not suspected anything. They were floating before slowly lowered into the inflated float.

"MU!" Aiolia were about to stand but the boat rocked slightly.

"Stop making sudden movement, if this moved up and down more, you two may get sick in no time." The Leo saint grumbled but had stopped making any unnecessary moves. Shaka glared, this is the second time that Mu teleported just to drag him into activity. Adding up his friend was now giving him a puppy eyes too! The Virgo saint growl, he would kick Milo if he had another seasick.

True to his words, the boat slowly cruising into the cave tunnel, the water had hardly any wave and the more they go inside, the darker it get. The flashlight was taken from the bag and had been turn on as soon as they moved deeper; it was not a pitch black dark as some of the cave ceiling still had holes in it. By now, Aiolia had his mood lighten up; he even asked for the paddle that Alderbaran had. Milo still had his since he was the only one that had experience with it. The air inside the cave had cooled down slightly much to Camus relief. Mu had also moved slightly to the side, playing with the cool water with one of his hand. The Virgo saint was still mute but there were no nausea or anything so far.

"What is that?" The Aquarius saint moved the flashlight upward, the cave was gleaming beautifully when the light casted onto it.

"That is eh… sta… something." Milo stopped his paddle and nudged Aiolia to do the same thing. The boat didn't stop the advance, still cruising forward but a little slower.

"Woah, That's huge."

"What the name… oh stalactite!" There was movement from the front as the boat rocked once again. "Oi! Camus, what are you doing?"

"I want to take a closer look."

"Uh…you should stop moving, I don't want Shaka or Aiolia throw up on the boat." Suddenly a splash could be heard from behind. "Great… who's fall?"

"More like voluntarily jumping into the water." Virgo saint voice could be heard murmuring before a flashlight shone upon him. The boy was the one that had been jumping into the water earlier. "Ei!" His eyes instantly closed as soon as he saw the light.

"Really, Shaka?" Milo looked at him blankly while the dub Buddha boy smirked and floated on his back, hand attached at the side of the boat. Another splash could be heard and this time it was Camus. The flashlight that he got had been given to Alderbaran before the kid slide down into the water. The bull star began to chuckle; It was so strange for Camus or Shaka to cause a problem but it was also rare for Milo to act like mother hen. The Scorpio saint sighed, rubbing his hair. "Fine, careful though, down there a little jagged." There was another jump. This time the splashes came a little forcefully. "I said be careful. Damnit!" Aiolia grinned from the water; Alderbaran took a chance to lie down on the boat looking at the huge stalactite on the ceiling while Mu took the paddle.

The Aquarius saint had swum to the side of the cave, not far from the boat. There was smaller stalactite that could be reached. Camus was trailing the rough surface. His eyes couldn't see the detail of it. "Milo, can you shine your flashlight toward this?" The Scorpio saint rolled his eyes as he took the flashlight from big Al and turned it into the spot where Camus was. On the same time he stole a glance on Shaka and Aiolia, making sure they were all right. He knew from experience with his dad, on the cave like this even if it was not that dark, someone could had scratched his legs unnoticed. Mu had lay on his stomach near the side of the boat, watching his friends. Al was still lying on his back, stretching his feet.

The Aquarius saint looked at stalactite in curiosity, so it was not ice like he thought it was. It was more likes a crystals. Pretty salt crystals that covered the surface, it was a wonder to him and this is the first time he ever see something like this. It was several minutes passed before Camus moved back toward the boat. Milo hand was outstretched at him and he smirked. "Satisfied?" The boy nodded and reached out; second later he was pulled onto the boat.

"You two, come on up!"

"Can I just float here? Besides it's relaxing."

"Me too!"

"Nope, I don't want anyone getting scratch or bleed because of sharp rocks and corals." There were huffs but both boys finally climbed in. They continued forward and minutes ticked by as the boat slowly making it way forward.

In the distance, they could see the huge opening, the cave finally split in the middle. It become more like an open water tunnel, some parts shadowed, some parts had sun shine. Alderbaran had turn off the flashlight as soon as they came out. The water was still, without wave whatsoever. Several minutes passed by as they finally find themselves on the huge open space salt water loch. There was no opening except from where they came in. High cliff surrounded the place but there is an area that was quite sandy and perfect to land too.

"Land, ahoy!" Milo shouted then grinned.

"Are we playing pirate now?" Aiolia eyes were glistening with glee.

"Forward, mate." The blue hair saint had passed his oar to the Aries saint. The place was secluded and to his knowledge, there were no high rocks and corals on the right side where they want to go. It was safe for beginner rower.

"Aye, captain!" Alderbaran saluted joining in the game. Mu just let out a grin and began to move his oar too. Shaka could be seen rolling their eyes. Camus let out a sigh.

"As soon as we land, I show you where the treasures are."

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