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The fourteen remaining Saints looked at each other with nervous looks, than at the therapist, who seemed to be watching Shaka's butt as he carried Mu off. "I don't think anyone's safe anymore", Shura whispered. His eyes drifted to the Bronizes. "Well, maybe Shun, Seiya, and Jabu, since they're only thirteen. Everyone else is doomed!". "Gee, thanks for the confidence, Shura!", Aiolia moaned. "I am straight! I have a girlfriend!". "Yeah, my sister!", Seiya said cheerfully. Aiolia stared at the boy for a minute. "And why are you so happy?". Seiya pointed to a booth declareing "Free Ice Cream!" across the food court. At that, Shura smiled. "You don't even LIKE icecream!", Camus pointed out, fearing Shura's smirk. "No. No, I don't", Shura admitted. But I know how to avoid Roobabega...he can't rape all of us if we're separated!". Milo started to smile, too. "You saying split up?", he asked. "That's EXACTLY what I'm suggesting", Shura replied. "I'm game", Hyoga said. The others nodded. "Ok. On three, then", Shura started. "1...2....3!!!!!!!". On three, there was a scramble as the Saints ran their seprate ways in groups of two or three: Shun, with Ikki and Hyoga, Seiya, with Shiryu and Jabu, Camus with Milo, Deathmask with Aphrodite, Aiolia with Aldebarran (to reclaim their sanity!), and Saga with Shura (Heaven help us all!). Roobabega looked away and saw all the Saints bounding off in opposite directions. He was about to try to round them all up, when he noticed something black and shiny on the floor-Aphrodite's hair ribbon. He picked it up and sniffed it. It smelled like roses. Roobabega hugged it like a teenage girl who found her crush's notebook would, and then pocketed the hair ribbon. He stood up and blinked-they were already gone. Well, Seiya, Shiryu, and Jabu were in clear view at an icecream stand on the other side of the food court, but he didn't care about a bunch of children. He set off to find his prey.
"Oh, no!", Aphrodite gasped, realizing his hair was flowing, unbound, around his shoulders. "What is it?", Deathmask asked, not even looking back at the distressed man. "I lost my hair ribbon!". "So? You look better with your hair down.". "I know! But that's not the problem. The problem is if he finds it. I dunno where I lost it!". Deathmask turned and looked at Aphrodite. His face paled slightly. Without a word, he grabbed Aphrodite's wrist and pulled him into the closest store-Spencer's Novelty Shop. There, on the opposite end of the store, was a costume rack. Spotting the clown costume from Stephen King's "It", Deathmask smiled. "Come on. Let's see that thing", he said, pointing. Aphrodite wrinkled his nose. "What are you going to do with that ugly thing?". "Scare Aiolia so badly that he runs back to his girlfriend crying for his brother". "Death, you are so cruel". "And you're a narcisist. Let's go.". Deathmask grabbed Aphrodite's wrist again and pulled him over to the costume rack. Aphrodite sighed. Not because he felt sorry for Aiolia, of course. He sighed because there wasn't a single mirror in the store.
"Ok, I have no idea where we are", Ikki admitted. He was blushing because every five minutes a different girl would pass by him, Hyoga, and Shun, and start giggling. "I don't think we're supposed to be here", Hyoga said finally. "No, we're not", Shun whispered. He was as red as a tomatoe, his green hair only half-hiding his embarased face. "Hmmm...OH, GOD!", Ikki exclaimed. "WE'RE IN VICTORIA'S SECRETS!!!", Hyoga yelped. A sales lady came up to the three boys. "Can I help you gentlemen?", she asked. Sweet Shun looked ready to die and shook his head furiously. "Yeah. Where's the dressing room?", Ikki asked. The lady grew very angry and chased Ikki out of the store, yelling curse words Hyoga and Shun and never even heard before. The Cygnus and Andromeda Saints followed out the store at a more leisurely pace. "Thank God we're gay", Hyoga murmured. Shun nodded in agreement. "Nii-San? Are you allright?", Shun asked, going over to a very bruised, very beaten up Ikki. "Two plus two is four", the dazed Ikki replied. Hyoga and Shun sweatdropped and dragged him to a nearby bench to recover from his attack.
"Uhhh..Camus? What ARE you doing?", Milo asked. They were standing in the middle of an appliance shop, and there was Camus, trying to plug in one of the freezers. "I'm dying of heat", Camus replied. "OK, but you do know it takes a freezer twenty-four hours after it's plugged in to gain optimum cooling capacity?". Camus blinked at Milo. "And here I am, thinking you're an idiot". "Oh, I am. I just read that sign". "What sign?". "That sign". Milo pointed at a large sign proclaiming "Please plug your freezers/refridgerators in for 24 hours before putting food in them to gain optimum cooling capacity". Camus groaned and fell over. Milo laughed. "Learn to read the signs, ice cube".
"Uggghhh...I've had enough ice cream for the rest of my life!", Jabu gasped. "Same here", Shiryu agreed. "How can Seiya eat so much?". "Oh, that's nothing. Remember how Shun gave us all candies on Valentine's Day?". Jabu nodded. "I had to hide mine so Seiya wouldn't eat them after he devoured his whole box in under a minute!". Jabu stared at Shiryu with disbelieving eyes. "Come on, Seiya. Let's go", Shiryu said, grabbing the younger Saint's arm. Seiya struggled in Shiryu's grip. "Let me go! I'm not done!". Jabu sweatdropped and throught "This could take a while".
Saga and Shura were "minding their own bussiness", walking through the mall. (Translation: Shura took advantage of Saga being his gentle self and not Ares and dragged him into every store that had something even remotely interesting). "Ummm...Shura?". Saga's voice was calm and peaceful, but held a faint note of panic. "What is it, Saga?", Shura asked, admiring (drooling) over an insense burner he thought would look great in his temple. "I see Roobabega", Saga whispered. "ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!", Shura screamed, and proceeded to run up the down escalator. "What are you doing?", Saga asked, looking ver confused. "Running away!", Shura replied. "O...K...". Blinking, the Gemini Saint got on the up escalator, rode it to the top, went to the down escalator, and waited. Twenty minutes later, the Capricorn Saint was at the top, too. "How'd you get up here so fast?", Shura asked. Saga pointed to the up escalator. "Oh.", was all Shura replied, before grabbing ahold of Saga's wrist again and pulling him into a store called "Hot Topic".
Aphrodite had never been so embarassed in his life. He was dressed like a slob, walking with a clown! A CLOWN! Not just any old clown, either. The scariest damn clown he'd ever seen in the history of clowns. Aphrodite wasn't clown-o-phobic, and he was frightened by Deathmask in the costume- Aiolia was gonna flip! They spoted Aiolia and Aldebarran sitting in the coffee shop, drinking frozen cappacinos and minding their own bussiness. "MWAHAHA!!!!!!!". Deathmask laughed evilly, jumping on the table. Aiolia screamed and broke off into a run. Deathmask chased after him, laughing like a lunatic. Aphrodite sighed and looked at the gentle giant. "Sit with me?", he asked. Aldebarran took his seat again, and Aphrodite claimed Aiolia's seat. "I've never been so embarassed in my life!". the Picses Saint moaned. Aldebarran just nodded and went back to sipping his cappacino.
"STOP STOP!!!!!!!!! GO AWAY!!!!!!!!", Aiolia yelled. Deathmask could hear him almost hyperventilating. It brought him joy, because he'd never liked the Leo Saint, just as he hadn't liked Aiolos when Aiolos was alive. Aiolia ran into the bedding shop, jumping on the bed occupied by Shaka and Mu. "WAKE UP!!! KILLER CLOWN!!!", he screamed, running out of the store. Shaka and Mu woke up, and blinked. "I'm hungry", Mu said, getting off the bed. Shaka nodded. Together, the two of them made their way out of the bedding store.
Deathmask didn't know when to stop. He continued to chase the poor, tormented Leo Saint around the mall, laughing. Little did he know that Aiolia was very close to completely panicking. All over the mall, the other Saints could sense Aiolia's cosmos going haywire and ran out of the mall. They convered in a group, safely away from the mall, and waited. "Deathmask is gonna be sorry", Aphrodite murmured. He was sitting on Aldebarran's shoulder like a spoiled princess. Inside the mall, Deathmask had Aiolia pinned against the wall. The Leo Saint was crying, hyperventalating, calling for Marin and Aiolos. It was heaven for Deathmask. Until...Oh, no. Aiolia was preparing to blast the clown away. He used his Lightning Plasma technique. The attack missed Deathmask, but hit many key points to the mall's foundation. It was the bowling ally all over again, as Deathmask dropped the clown costume, mask and all, grabbed Aiolia's wrist, and teleported them to the rest of the group. The mall collapsed. "Maybe Roobabega died!", Deathmask exclaimed hopefully to the other fifteen Saints. No sooner were the words out of his mouth did Roobabega drag himself from the rubble. The sound of a jet was heard-Tatsumi's jet.
The jet landed, and the Saints scrambled into it. "GO, GO, GO!!!", Aphrodite screamed. "Wha-", Tatsumi started. Then he spotted Roobabega and got a steely glint in his dark eyes. "T-Tatsumi?", Seiya stammered. He was in the passanger seat right next to the butler. "Randy", Tatsumi whispered. "Randy Roobabega". "Uhhh...you know him?", Aphrodite asked nervously. "Know him? That pervert used to hit on me when I was 19-years-old, as hard as it may be for you all to believe". "Oh, believe me, it's not hard to believe at all", Shura said. The others nodded. Tatsumi took off...or so they thought. "W-Why are we landing again?". Aphrodite sounded almost as scared as Aiolia had been ten minutes earlier. The Jet came down-right on top of the therapist! The Gold Saints stared at the butler as though they'd gained respect for the man, and the Bronzies, who allready had a degree of respect for him, gaped. "I won't say anything you you all don't", Tatsumi said. They exchanged looks with eachother and nodded.
-Later that Night-
"So, how'd this session go?", Saori asked. "The therapist said for me to tell you they're cured, Princess", Tatsumi replied. "Oh! That's wonderful!", the girl exclaimed. She looked at the jet. "What's that stuff on the jet?", she asked. "Nothing. Nothing at all.". Tatsumi escorted Saori back inside. The Gold Saints dissappeared into their respective temples, and the Bronzies followed Saori and Tatsumi inside. Saori turned on the TV. "Let's watch the news.", she said. "Ummm, actually, Princess...I...uhh..." "Why don't we play a game of cards?", Seiya suggested. "The news gets depressing at times.". And that's what they did.
THE END
A/N: Ok, that's that for Group Therapy. Hope you enjoyed it! Loved writing it. Sorry I didn't get this up sooner. It was ready Saturday, but my interent was not working. Better late then never, though, right? I think I'll try my hand at something serious next. Anywho, hope you enjoyed this story!
The fourteen remaining Saints looked at each other with nervous looks, than at the therapist, who seemed to be watching Shaka's butt as he carried Mu off. "I don't think anyone's safe anymore", Shura whispered. His eyes drifted to the Bronizes. "Well, maybe Shun, Seiya, and Jabu, since they're only thirteen. Everyone else is doomed!". "Gee, thanks for the confidence, Shura!", Aiolia moaned. "I am straight! I have a girlfriend!". "Yeah, my sister!", Seiya said cheerfully. Aiolia stared at the boy for a minute. "And why are you so happy?". Seiya pointed to a booth declareing "Free Ice Cream!" across the food court. At that, Shura smiled. "You don't even LIKE icecream!", Camus pointed out, fearing Shura's smirk. "No. No, I don't", Shura admitted. But I know how to avoid Roobabega...he can't rape all of us if we're separated!". Milo started to smile, too. "You saying split up?", he asked. "That's EXACTLY what I'm suggesting", Shura replied. "I'm game", Hyoga said. The others nodded. "Ok. On three, then", Shura started. "1...2....3!!!!!!!". On three, there was a scramble as the Saints ran their seprate ways in groups of two or three: Shun, with Ikki and Hyoga, Seiya, with Shiryu and Jabu, Camus with Milo, Deathmask with Aphrodite, Aiolia with Aldebarran (to reclaim their sanity!), and Saga with Shura (Heaven help us all!). Roobabega looked away and saw all the Saints bounding off in opposite directions. He was about to try to round them all up, when he noticed something black and shiny on the floor-Aphrodite's hair ribbon. He picked it up and sniffed it. It smelled like roses. Roobabega hugged it like a teenage girl who found her crush's notebook would, and then pocketed the hair ribbon. He stood up and blinked-they were already gone. Well, Seiya, Shiryu, and Jabu were in clear view at an icecream stand on the other side of the food court, but he didn't care about a bunch of children. He set off to find his prey.
"Oh, no!", Aphrodite gasped, realizing his hair was flowing, unbound, around his shoulders. "What is it?", Deathmask asked, not even looking back at the distressed man. "I lost my hair ribbon!". "So? You look better with your hair down.". "I know! But that's not the problem. The problem is if he finds it. I dunno where I lost it!". Deathmask turned and looked at Aphrodite. His face paled slightly. Without a word, he grabbed Aphrodite's wrist and pulled him into the closest store-Spencer's Novelty Shop. There, on the opposite end of the store, was a costume rack. Spotting the clown costume from Stephen King's "It", Deathmask smiled. "Come on. Let's see that thing", he said, pointing. Aphrodite wrinkled his nose. "What are you going to do with that ugly thing?". "Scare Aiolia so badly that he runs back to his girlfriend crying for his brother". "Death, you are so cruel". "And you're a narcisist. Let's go.". Deathmask grabbed Aphrodite's wrist again and pulled him over to the costume rack. Aphrodite sighed. Not because he felt sorry for Aiolia, of course. He sighed because there wasn't a single mirror in the store.
"Ok, I have no idea where we are", Ikki admitted. He was blushing because every five minutes a different girl would pass by him, Hyoga, and Shun, and start giggling. "I don't think we're supposed to be here", Hyoga said finally. "No, we're not", Shun whispered. He was as red as a tomatoe, his green hair only half-hiding his embarased face. "Hmmm...OH, GOD!", Ikki exclaimed. "WE'RE IN VICTORIA'S SECRETS!!!", Hyoga yelped. A sales lady came up to the three boys. "Can I help you gentlemen?", she asked. Sweet Shun looked ready to die and shook his head furiously. "Yeah. Where's the dressing room?", Ikki asked. The lady grew very angry and chased Ikki out of the store, yelling curse words Hyoga and Shun and never even heard before. The Cygnus and Andromeda Saints followed out the store at a more leisurely pace. "Thank God we're gay", Hyoga murmured. Shun nodded in agreement. "Nii-San? Are you allright?", Shun asked, going over to a very bruised, very beaten up Ikki. "Two plus two is four", the dazed Ikki replied. Hyoga and Shun sweatdropped and dragged him to a nearby bench to recover from his attack.
"Uhhh..Camus? What ARE you doing?", Milo asked. They were standing in the middle of an appliance shop, and there was Camus, trying to plug in one of the freezers. "I'm dying of heat", Camus replied. "OK, but you do know it takes a freezer twenty-four hours after it's plugged in to gain optimum cooling capacity?". Camus blinked at Milo. "And here I am, thinking you're an idiot". "Oh, I am. I just read that sign". "What sign?". "That sign". Milo pointed at a large sign proclaiming "Please plug your freezers/refridgerators in for 24 hours before putting food in them to gain optimum cooling capacity". Camus groaned and fell over. Milo laughed. "Learn to read the signs, ice cube".
"Uggghhh...I've had enough ice cream for the rest of my life!", Jabu gasped. "Same here", Shiryu agreed. "How can Seiya eat so much?". "Oh, that's nothing. Remember how Shun gave us all candies on Valentine's Day?". Jabu nodded. "I had to hide mine so Seiya wouldn't eat them after he devoured his whole box in under a minute!". Jabu stared at Shiryu with disbelieving eyes. "Come on, Seiya. Let's go", Shiryu said, grabbing the younger Saint's arm. Seiya struggled in Shiryu's grip. "Let me go! I'm not done!". Jabu sweatdropped and throught "This could take a while".
Saga and Shura were "minding their own bussiness", walking through the mall. (Translation: Shura took advantage of Saga being his gentle self and not Ares and dragged him into every store that had something even remotely interesting). "Ummm...Shura?". Saga's voice was calm and peaceful, but held a faint note of panic. "What is it, Saga?", Shura asked, admiring (drooling) over an insense burner he thought would look great in his temple. "I see Roobabega", Saga whispered. "ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!", Shura screamed, and proceeded to run up the down escalator. "What are you doing?", Saga asked, looking ver confused. "Running away!", Shura replied. "O...K...". Blinking, the Gemini Saint got on the up escalator, rode it to the top, went to the down escalator, and waited. Twenty minutes later, the Capricorn Saint was at the top, too. "How'd you get up here so fast?", Shura asked. Saga pointed to the up escalator. "Oh.", was all Shura replied, before grabbing ahold of Saga's wrist again and pulling him into a store called "Hot Topic".
Aphrodite had never been so embarassed in his life. He was dressed like a slob, walking with a clown! A CLOWN! Not just any old clown, either. The scariest damn clown he'd ever seen in the history of clowns. Aphrodite wasn't clown-o-phobic, and he was frightened by Deathmask in the costume- Aiolia was gonna flip! They spoted Aiolia and Aldebarran sitting in the coffee shop, drinking frozen cappacinos and minding their own bussiness. "MWAHAHA!!!!!!!". Deathmask laughed evilly, jumping on the table. Aiolia screamed and broke off into a run. Deathmask chased after him, laughing like a lunatic. Aphrodite sighed and looked at the gentle giant. "Sit with me?", he asked. Aldebarran took his seat again, and Aphrodite claimed Aiolia's seat. "I've never been so embarassed in my life!". the Picses Saint moaned. Aldebarran just nodded and went back to sipping his cappacino.
"STOP STOP!!!!!!!!! GO AWAY!!!!!!!!", Aiolia yelled. Deathmask could hear him almost hyperventilating. It brought him joy, because he'd never liked the Leo Saint, just as he hadn't liked Aiolos when Aiolos was alive. Aiolia ran into the bedding shop, jumping on the bed occupied by Shaka and Mu. "WAKE UP!!! KILLER CLOWN!!!", he screamed, running out of the store. Shaka and Mu woke up, and blinked. "I'm hungry", Mu said, getting off the bed. Shaka nodded. Together, the two of them made their way out of the bedding store.
Deathmask didn't know when to stop. He continued to chase the poor, tormented Leo Saint around the mall, laughing. Little did he know that Aiolia was very close to completely panicking. All over the mall, the other Saints could sense Aiolia's cosmos going haywire and ran out of the mall. They convered in a group, safely away from the mall, and waited. "Deathmask is gonna be sorry", Aphrodite murmured. He was sitting on Aldebarran's shoulder like a spoiled princess. Inside the mall, Deathmask had Aiolia pinned against the wall. The Leo Saint was crying, hyperventalating, calling for Marin and Aiolos. It was heaven for Deathmask. Until...Oh, no. Aiolia was preparing to blast the clown away. He used his Lightning Plasma technique. The attack missed Deathmask, but hit many key points to the mall's foundation. It was the bowling ally all over again, as Deathmask dropped the clown costume, mask and all, grabbed Aiolia's wrist, and teleported them to the rest of the group. The mall collapsed. "Maybe Roobabega died!", Deathmask exclaimed hopefully to the other fifteen Saints. No sooner were the words out of his mouth did Roobabega drag himself from the rubble. The sound of a jet was heard-Tatsumi's jet.
The jet landed, and the Saints scrambled into it. "GO, GO, GO!!!", Aphrodite screamed. "Wha-", Tatsumi started. Then he spotted Roobabega and got a steely glint in his dark eyes. "T-Tatsumi?", Seiya stammered. He was in the passanger seat right next to the butler. "Randy", Tatsumi whispered. "Randy Roobabega". "Uhhh...you know him?", Aphrodite asked nervously. "Know him? That pervert used to hit on me when I was 19-years-old, as hard as it may be for you all to believe". "Oh, believe me, it's not hard to believe at all", Shura said. The others nodded. Tatsumi took off...or so they thought. "W-Why are we landing again?". Aphrodite sounded almost as scared as Aiolia had been ten minutes earlier. The Jet came down-right on top of the therapist! The Gold Saints stared at the butler as though they'd gained respect for the man, and the Bronzies, who allready had a degree of respect for him, gaped. "I won't say anything you you all don't", Tatsumi said. They exchanged looks with eachother and nodded.
-Later that Night-
"So, how'd this session go?", Saori asked. "The therapist said for me to tell you they're cured, Princess", Tatsumi replied. "Oh! That's wonderful!", the girl exclaimed. She looked at the jet. "What's that stuff on the jet?", she asked. "Nothing. Nothing at all.". Tatsumi escorted Saori back inside. The Gold Saints dissappeared into their respective temples, and the Bronzies followed Saori and Tatsumi inside. Saori turned on the TV. "Let's watch the news.", she said. "Ummm, actually, Princess...I...uhh..." "Why don't we play a game of cards?", Seiya suggested. "The news gets depressing at times.". And that's what they did.
THE END
A/N: Ok, that's that for Group Therapy. Hope you enjoyed it! Loved writing it. Sorry I didn't get this up sooner. It was ready Saturday, but my interent was not working. Better late then never, though, right? I think I'll try my hand at something serious next. Anywho, hope you enjoyed this story!