Infinite Possibilities chapter nine. This time, excitement. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Saint Seiya or any of the included characters. They all belong to Masami Kurumada.
Shun sighed as she walked through the village of Rodario outside Sanctuary, keeping her head down a bit.
Amoung the Saints of Athena, there were the Bronze and Silver Saints, along with the Twelve Gold Saints of the Zodiac.
The Gold Saints were the most powerful of Athena's Saints, and were tasked with the immediate and direct protection of the goddess herself.
The Silver Saints had a commander of their own, Silver Lizard Misty in this generation, who was in charge of commanding the Silvers with the protection of Sanctuary in general, as well as with searching for signs of impending Holy Wars.
The Bronze Saints, as the lowest ranking of Athena's Saints, didn't have their own commander. What they did have, was the Legendary Vanguard. The five Bronze Saints who were tasked with leading the rest of the Bronzes into battle against the enemies of their goddess. The Vanguard always consisted of the same five Saints, chosen by Athena herself over the course of many Holy Wars, who reincarnated alongside their goddess to fight in the Holy Wars.
The full Vanguard had finally assembled just recently.
Pegasus Seiya.
Dragon Shiryu.
Cygnus Hyoga.
Phoenix Ikki.
And then there was Shun, the Andromeda Saint.
Shun had long since gotten used to the level of respect that was afforded to her as a member of the Vanguard, both by the other Saints and by the civilians in Rodario, just outside Sanctuary. But there were days when Shun really missed the days of her training, when things were simpler and no one looked at her twice.
That was what brought Shun to where she was now, disguised as a simple civilian of Rodario in order to do some shopping without the constant attempts of the citizens to give her free food. Not that free food was a bad thing, but Shun always felt bad, knowing that these shops were the lively hoods of the people.
It hadn't been hard to disguise herself. Shun had bought some simple clothes during her last outing into Rodario a few weeks ago. That, combined with plain brown hair, courtesy of one Pisces Aphrodite, pulled into a simple ponytail, and Shun could easily pass as normal person, rather than a Saint. She had not left her Cloth behind, the small dog tag on a chain around her neck a strange but simple comfort.
It was refreshing, being able to wander around the village without people crowding her to ask questions or offer help. Already, Shun had acquired some fruits and vegetables for the Zodiac House where she was staying.
Being a member of the Vanguard, Shun was afforded a better living situation than most Bronze Saints got. Instead of a small house in the residential division of Sanctuary, Shun lived in the Zodiac House that corresponded to her own sign. In this case, the House of Virgo. Her older brother, Ikki, lived in the House of Leo. Seiya was situated in the House of Sagittarius, while Hyoga lived with his master's old teacher in the House of Aquarius. Shiryu was a Libra, but with the House of Libra standing empty, he spent most of his time in the House of Aries with Master Mu.
Shun stopped at a stand selling peaches, the sweet smell of the fruit drawing her attention. Master Shaka would most likely not approve of her bringing any home, as he believed in living a frugal life with no indulgences, but he wouldn't scold Shun for buying one to eat on while she was in the village. Already Shun partook in many of the Virgo Saint's living practices, so the blond man did not attempt to force Shun to live exactly as he did.
As Shun was reaching into her belt pouch to grab the coins to pay for a peach, her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of screaming in the distance. She almost dropped the coins as she whipped around to stare in the direction of the screaming.
There, in the distance, was plume of dust and smoke.
Shun didn't hesitate, and took off running, dropping her bag of vegetables in the process as she headed in the direction of the screams.
It took longer than Shun would have liked to reach the source of the smoke, but there were crowds of people running in the opposite direction that Shun was going in. It made the girl feel like a fish swimming up stream.
Finally, Shun was able to slip into an empty side street, making her way around the majority of the crowds. She reached the source of the smoke a matter of moments after that.
Pressing herself against side of a building, Shun leaned around the corner, peering cautiously into dense cloud of dust and smoke. She couldn't see anything.
Suddenly, a figure came flying out of the smoke and straight past Shun's hiding place.
The temporarily brown-haired girl ducked back behind her building, turning to watch the figure that had escaped the smoke.
It was a man, blond hair obscuring his eyes, clad in dark purple armor.
Shun froze. The man was a Spectre.
Yeah. So, that happened. Hope you liked it.
See you next time.
