I don't know. I'm just... so many ideas, and none of them are related to Justice. (Or maybe I'm just not confident I can get the next chapter right and am stalling instead.)

Concept: Camus finally gets answers. Why she's been brought to Sanctuary, what is expected of her, and her future comrades-in-arms.

Disclaimer: I do not own Saint Seiya or any of the included characters. They all belong to Masami Kurumada.


"I expect you have questions, let me see what I can do to answer them."

Sitting on the couch across from the Pope of Sanctuary, Camus feels very small, and very confused. She's grown up being told that she shouldn't question her elders-she should simply do as she's told and trust that those older than her know best-so Shion's words sound strange to her ears.

Camus hesitates, thinks hard. She needs to come up with a question that will require enough explanation that she won't have to ask too many more questions.

"What is a Saint?" She finally says. "You said I'm supposed to become one, but I don't even know what they are."

"Ah." Shion says, smiling. "That's an excellent place to start. Every two hundred and fifty years or so, the goddess Athena reincarnates in human form to fight against the gods Poseidon and Hades, who aim to destroy humanity. The Saints are the warriors who make up the army that fights for Athena. Saint use a power called Cosmo to fight, and wears an armor-called a Cloth-based on one of the eighty-eight constellations in the night sky. You will be training to become the Aquarius Gold Saint, one of the most powerful of Athena's Saints."

"What if I don't want to?" Camus asked, feeling rather petulant.

Shion's smile turns sad. "You were born to become a Saint. It was written in the stars the day you were born. You'll understand once you start to regain you memories."

That is, perhaps, the most confusing thins Camus has heard so far, so she asks for clarification.

"Sometimes, Saints will reincarnate from one cycle to the next, returning from the clutches of death to fight for Athena again. The best known instance of this is the Legendary Vanguard of the Bronze Saints, but sometimes there are others. Most of the Gold Saints from the last Holy War have reincarnated sometime in the last ten years."

Camus nods slowly. "Who are the other Gold Saints?" She asks next.

"You've already met a few of them. Saga is the Gemini Saint, and Aiolos is the Sagittarius Saint, and then there's the Capricorn Saint, Shura. Aiolia, Talus, and Nico are all candidates for the Leo Cloth. There's the Pisces trainee Aphrodite, and the Cancer trainee is named Mephisto. The rest of the future Gold Saints still need to be located and brought to Sanctuary, other than my student Mu. He will be the Aries Saint, but won't be ready to come to Sanctuary for a few months yet. They will all be your comrades-in-arms." Shion explains.

Camus pauses to think. She shouldn't ask too many more questions "I think I understand." She says.

Shion raises an eyebrow. "You're sure?" He asks, sounding skeptical. "I'm surprised you don't have more questions. Aiolos must have asked over a dozen questions."

Camus shrugs. "I've always been good at understanding things easily." She tells Shion.

Shion chuckles fondly at that. At Camus's confused look, he just shakes his head. "You're not the first person to say something like that to me. You should know that if you have any more questions you can come to me, or Aiolos or Saga. They'll be handling most of your training. But if that's all for now, I'll take you back down to the House of Aquarius so you can get settled. You start training tomorrow."

Camus doesn't see any reason to protest, so she nods yet again and gets up along with Shion, following him to the door of the sitting room.

They walk back down to the House of Aquarius. It's not all that long a walk, which is good because Camus suddenly feels exhausted.

They reach the House of Aquarius-Camus can't quite bring herself to think of it as hers yet-and Shion shows her where to find the entrance to the living quarters, then bids her goodnight and leaves.

Camus heads straight for the hallway that Shion had said leads to the bedrooms, and picks the one at the end of the hall. She doesn't know why, but it feels right. She sets her little pack down in a corner, changing quickly into her sleepwear, and falls into the bed. It's especially comfortable by any means, but Camus can't be bothered to care, and falls asleep in between thoughts.


Camus wakes to the rising sun, and the smell of food being cooked. She leaves her room and follows her nose to what she assumes is the kitchen.

Here she finds a woman, middle aged with greying brown hair, standing at the wood stove stirring a pan.

The woman turns to Camus. Her smile is kind, and instantly puts Camus at ease.

"You must be Camus." The woman says. When Camus nods, she continues. "My name is Maia. I'll be in charge of cleaning and cooking in the House of Aquarius for the time being. You'll be getting up at dawn each day to get ready for training. There's a bag with training clothes on the chair there. Go get changed, and I'll help you if you have trouble with any of the armor. Once you've had breakfast, one of the other Gold trainees will come to take you to the training grounds."

Camus bobs her head in acknowledgement. Everything is moving awfully quickly, so she doesn't think too hard about it and grabs the bag, returning to her room.

The clothes are a set of plain grey trousers and a tunic, and somehow fit perfectly, and the light weight, dark grey armor-leather, Camus thinks-is surprisingly easy to put on. Returning to the kitchen, Camus accepts a plate of eggs and sausage and a piece of lightly toasted bread along with a glass of water. It's good, and she's careful not to eat too fast as Maia does some cleaning around the kitchen.

Echoing footsteps draw Camus's attention to the hallway outside the living quarters.

"That must be Aphrodite." Maia says. She sets a canteen and a small bag on the table. "Here's water and food for when you stop for lunch. You'd best be going now, it's best not to be late to training."

Camus nods. "Thank you." She says, grabbing the bag and slinging it over her shoulder.

Leaving the living quarters, Camus steps out into the main hallway of the House of Aquarius, and comes face to face with another child.

She can't immediately tell whether the child-who seems to be a few years older than her-is a boy or a girl. They have long, wavy pale blue hair and eyes of the same color, and are dressed in pale purple with grey armor much like Camus's own. A bag bag is slung across the child's shoulder, the same as Camus.

The child raises one fine eyebrow at Camus. "You're the Aquarius trainee?" They ask. Their French is better than Shura's, but not as good as Aiolos's was, and is heavily accented.

"I am. I'm Camus." Camus answers the very casual question.

"I see. I'm Aphrodite, the Pisces trainee." The other child says.

Camus doesn't say anything as she follows Aphrodite down the hall and out of the House of Aquarius. The boy from the night before-Shura-is waiting for them. He nods at Camus and Aphrodite, and mumbles a quick greeting before turning and heading down towards the House of Capricorn.

Aphrodite follows silently, and, after a moment of hesitation, Camus also follows.

It's time to start training.


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There's probably more to come of this series as I already have some plans for it.