Hagaromo
Chapter 5
Hyoga the Swan
There was fire and ice and Hyoga couldn't focus on either because the blood was draining out of his body. He could hear Shun shouting something to the great and terrible beast. It looked like he wanted to fight the thing. He can't be serious, he's just a man. No man can defeat this creature. In a disoriented haze he could have sworn his green haired friend whip that chain through the air wrapping it around the creature's foot and tripping it. He even felt the ground shake when the beast fell but it's back legs helped it quickly recover.
"Hyoga." Another blurry person, this one looked like...
"P-papa?" Now the blond knew he was going crazy from blood loss.
"Hyoga, it's here." the man's deep voice echoed in his ears.
"Huh?"
"The cloth that can save you and your friend."
"What's a cloth going to do against a fire griffin?" the blue eyed boy knotted his brow with confusion trying to make sense of this proposal.
"It's armor like the men you saw before and it chooses its owner. I think this one will choose you."
"How do you know?" Hyoga's head was swimming.
"Trust me. But you've got to dig for it."
"I'm kind of tired Papa and I think I'm dying so why don't you dig it up for me, huh?"
"Hyoga! There's not much time. One punch, you're strongest punch right here and the cloth will be yours."
"Papa." The blond child of this snowy world watched his blood fall into the frost.
"Right here!" The specter pointed.
"Alright, Papa." Hyoga pushed himself up. His muscles trembled and his legs shook but he stood.
"Hyoga what are you doing?" Shun noticed the man get up but there was still so much dark blood and Hyoga's skin was starting to get really pale. "Hyoga?"
"Right here." he mumbled touching the spot with his fist gauging the distance and strength he had left. "One...punch." he stumbled but recovered quickly.
"Hyoga!" Shun thought he might fall. The griffin took advantage of the warriors distraction batting the chain baring fighter to the side. The great beast seemed more interested in bloody and half dead prey. "No," Shun strained to get back up after being thrown against some icy rocks. "Hyoga. Leave Hyoga alone."
"One," all at once his blue eyes and entire body focused on this one point. "Haaaa!" he shouted focusing his energies to the limits. A bright light erupted from the cracking earth and ice. The griffin jumped back, taking to the skies. In that moment Shun felt the intensity of a heavenly being's awakening. A great cry tore through the air it was deep and angry.
The light took form finally spreading out with great white wings and a long graceful neck and deep blue eyes a blond streak striped the back of it's neck. It took to the sky after the griffin. Shun ran up to the furthest edge of the mountain top and watched the great creatures scratch and bite and attack one another. Green eyes watched a miracle, the awakening of one of the great warriors of heaven lost to earth and now...regained. Shun was still worried about the outcome of this fight because of Hyoga's injuries but a calmness settled on his heart. Shun knew that everything would be alright, but most of all, he knew that when he finds his cloth he wouldn't have to leave Hyoga. Yes, Shun wanted to get to know him better, wanted him to know Shun better. That's what the green haired warrior wanted more than anything.
"You can do it, Swan!" Shun encouraged his friend. He seemed to be having trouble getting used to this form, but he'll learn. "Hyoga!"
The Griffin grabbed the swan's throat with one bird claw and scratched his breast with his lion back legs. Feathers fell from the sky and turned into snow flakes. This seemed to give the swan an idea. His webbed feet kicked and he batted the griffins face with his great wings. The Griffin let go but burned the swan's wing tips, batting his own wings. The swan got a little distance between them and summoned the energy of winter itself before he made one final swoop. Stars burst into life as he flew. Green eyes noticed that those stars weren't stars at all but snow flakes. The griffin froze literally, turning into a ice brick that fell to the earth and shattered into a million pieces and the village people in the valley made jerky and feathered hats when it thawed out that spring.
"Swan," the great bird came to Shun, flapping his wings to cushion his decent. He brushed a lock of green hair behind his ear and waited patiently for Hyoga to focus on transformation. The great swan spread his wings and the bird's physical body turned into a silhouette of light with Hyoga right in the middle. The frame melted away as the blond seemed to float down toward his green eyed friend. "That's right. I'm right here." He spread his arms to receive him.
"Shun." the blond took his hands in his own. "I didn't know what to do at first but...I guess it worked."
"I'm so glad." Shun was smiling but tears were falling at the same time.
"What's this now?" Hyoga brushed a tear away from those beautiful green eyes and the green haired warrior couldn't contain himself any longer. He threw himself against the blond man and sobbed tears of joy into the blond's dark blue shirt. "Shun," Hyoga welcomed the other into his arms, "were you that worried about me?"
"I," he pulled back but not to break their embrace, "I'm a heavenly being and so are you and I'm so happy because when I find my cloth then we'll be together."
"Shun." Blue eyes looked at those beautiful lips of his companions then back to those green eyes that didn't seem to object. Before either of them realized it their faces were so close their breath was mingling. The frosty slopes their witness and if there was any hesitation before it was gone now as both closed their eyes and allowed their lips to find one another's. Hyoga pulled Shun closer as the green haired man put his arms around the blond's shoulders. Their kiss deepened as their tongues touch one another's in an enjoyable harmony of movement, warmth and taste.
"Shun?" Ikki's voice came from behind the green haired young man.
"Whoa, I think I'm too young for this!" Seiya looked at them through his fingers faining embarrassment.
"I'm glad to see you're safe Shun." Shiryu smiled.
"Thank you." He blushed, but he was not embarrassed of his choice but of his lack of privacy.
"I see you have chosen the Swan." the man's deep voice seemed to have a subtle growl.
He stepped forward, his aura was ominous and his face serious. Hyoga recognized a threat when he saw one. Blue eyes noticed that Seiya and Shiryu didn't move. The blond stood his ground. He wasn't necessarily intending a proposal with that kiss, but he wasn't going to regret what he did. And if he had to fight this man to get another kiss from his beautiful friend, he would give his swan cloth another battle under his belt. But...he didn't want to fight Shun's brother. Shun might not like that.
"I chose, Hyoga." Shun stepped up to his brother, taking the blond's hand tightly in his own. Green eyes stared into Ikki's deep dark blue. The tension in the air was as thick and heavy as a frozen fog in a winter valley. Shun needed support and the blond was not going to be shaken.
"Good." Ikki smiled and the tension fell away like a gossamer curtain in a summer breeze. "Welcome Hyoga of the Cygnus constellation, Swan." Ikki extended his open hand and the blond took it.
"Ikki." Shun smiled and hugged Hyoga's arm. "It's wonderful isn't."
"I think it's great! We've got a new warrior for heaven. I can't believe it!" Seiya smiled brightly rubbing his pointer under his nose.
"It is good, he can't help retrieve Shun's Andromeda cloth." Shiryu folded his arms over his chest. That man with no hair said something about a princess Saori."
"Princess Saori?" Blue eyes widened, "Did she take your cloth?"
"It's more than likely, Jab mentioned something about a princess before he escaped." Ikki pointed his thumb in the direction.
"I see." The blond looked out at the woods where Ivanava might be.
"What is it Hyoga?"
"I know where to find her and something like this sounds like just her brand of excitement." the blond told them. "With this cloth and all of you, together we can beat down the castle walls if we have to. But, Shun. I'm worried about Ivanava."
"Your right he must be hurt." the Andromeda warrior was worried too.
"Are you talking about that white wolf?" Shiryu asked.
"Yes, you've seen him?" The blond kept Shun's hand as he stepped toward the long haired brunet.
"I thought I saw that wolf armored guy carrying a white wolf." Seiya added. "It was bleeding but alive."
"Ivanava." Hyoga's blue eyes were distant. Shun squeezed the other's hand to get his attention.
"We have to find him." green eyes focused on blue.
"And your cloth." the blond nodded.
"Hyoga." the green haired man smiled.
"Lead the way." Ikki rustled Seiya's short hair. "Seiya's been dying for some action."
"Alright, I'm ready!" he readied his fists for battle.
"Due south my friends," Hyoga stepped to the mountain's snow covered edge, "we'll find her castle among the evergreen fields."
Chapter 5
Hyoga the Swan
There was fire and ice and Hyoga couldn't focus on either because the blood was draining out of his body. He could hear Shun shouting something to the great and terrible beast. It looked like he wanted to fight the thing. He can't be serious, he's just a man. No man can defeat this creature. In a disoriented haze he could have sworn his green haired friend whip that chain through the air wrapping it around the creature's foot and tripping it. He even felt the ground shake when the beast fell but it's back legs helped it quickly recover.
"Hyoga." Another blurry person, this one looked like...
"P-papa?" Now the blond knew he was going crazy from blood loss.
"Hyoga, it's here." the man's deep voice echoed in his ears.
"Huh?"
"The cloth that can save you and your friend."
"What's a cloth going to do against a fire griffin?" the blue eyed boy knotted his brow with confusion trying to make sense of this proposal.
"It's armor like the men you saw before and it chooses its owner. I think this one will choose you."
"How do you know?" Hyoga's head was swimming.
"Trust me. But you've got to dig for it."
"I'm kind of tired Papa and I think I'm dying so why don't you dig it up for me, huh?"
"Hyoga! There's not much time. One punch, you're strongest punch right here and the cloth will be yours."
"Papa." The blond child of this snowy world watched his blood fall into the frost.
"Right here!" The specter pointed.
"Alright, Papa." Hyoga pushed himself up. His muscles trembled and his legs shook but he stood.
"Hyoga what are you doing?" Shun noticed the man get up but there was still so much dark blood and Hyoga's skin was starting to get really pale. "Hyoga?"
"Right here." he mumbled touching the spot with his fist gauging the distance and strength he had left. "One...punch." he stumbled but recovered quickly.
"Hyoga!" Shun thought he might fall. The griffin took advantage of the warriors distraction batting the chain baring fighter to the side. The great beast seemed more interested in bloody and half dead prey. "No," Shun strained to get back up after being thrown against some icy rocks. "Hyoga. Leave Hyoga alone."
"One," all at once his blue eyes and entire body focused on this one point. "Haaaa!" he shouted focusing his energies to the limits. A bright light erupted from the cracking earth and ice. The griffin jumped back, taking to the skies. In that moment Shun felt the intensity of a heavenly being's awakening. A great cry tore through the air it was deep and angry.
The light took form finally spreading out with great white wings and a long graceful neck and deep blue eyes a blond streak striped the back of it's neck. It took to the sky after the griffin. Shun ran up to the furthest edge of the mountain top and watched the great creatures scratch and bite and attack one another. Green eyes watched a miracle, the awakening of one of the great warriors of heaven lost to earth and now...regained. Shun was still worried about the outcome of this fight because of Hyoga's injuries but a calmness settled on his heart. Shun knew that everything would be alright, but most of all, he knew that when he finds his cloth he wouldn't have to leave Hyoga. Yes, Shun wanted to get to know him better, wanted him to know Shun better. That's what the green haired warrior wanted more than anything.
"You can do it, Swan!" Shun encouraged his friend. He seemed to be having trouble getting used to this form, but he'll learn. "Hyoga!"
The Griffin grabbed the swan's throat with one bird claw and scratched his breast with his lion back legs. Feathers fell from the sky and turned into snow flakes. This seemed to give the swan an idea. His webbed feet kicked and he batted the griffins face with his great wings. The Griffin let go but burned the swan's wing tips, batting his own wings. The swan got a little distance between them and summoned the energy of winter itself before he made one final swoop. Stars burst into life as he flew. Green eyes noticed that those stars weren't stars at all but snow flakes. The griffin froze literally, turning into a ice brick that fell to the earth and shattered into a million pieces and the village people in the valley made jerky and feathered hats when it thawed out that spring.
"Swan," the great bird came to Shun, flapping his wings to cushion his decent. He brushed a lock of green hair behind his ear and waited patiently for Hyoga to focus on transformation. The great swan spread his wings and the bird's physical body turned into a silhouette of light with Hyoga right in the middle. The frame melted away as the blond seemed to float down toward his green eyed friend. "That's right. I'm right here." He spread his arms to receive him.
"Shun." the blond took his hands in his own. "I didn't know what to do at first but...I guess it worked."
"I'm so glad." Shun was smiling but tears were falling at the same time.
"What's this now?" Hyoga brushed a tear away from those beautiful green eyes and the green haired warrior couldn't contain himself any longer. He threw himself against the blond man and sobbed tears of joy into the blond's dark blue shirt. "Shun," Hyoga welcomed the other into his arms, "were you that worried about me?"
"I," he pulled back but not to break their embrace, "I'm a heavenly being and so are you and I'm so happy because when I find my cloth then we'll be together."
"Shun." Blue eyes looked at those beautiful lips of his companions then back to those green eyes that didn't seem to object. Before either of them realized it their faces were so close their breath was mingling. The frosty slopes their witness and if there was any hesitation before it was gone now as both closed their eyes and allowed their lips to find one another's. Hyoga pulled Shun closer as the green haired man put his arms around the blond's shoulders. Their kiss deepened as their tongues touch one another's in an enjoyable harmony of movement, warmth and taste.
"Shun?" Ikki's voice came from behind the green haired young man.
"Whoa, I think I'm too young for this!" Seiya looked at them through his fingers faining embarrassment.
"I'm glad to see you're safe Shun." Shiryu smiled.
"Thank you." He blushed, but he was not embarrassed of his choice but of his lack of privacy.
"I see you have chosen the Swan." the man's deep voice seemed to have a subtle growl.
He stepped forward, his aura was ominous and his face serious. Hyoga recognized a threat when he saw one. Blue eyes noticed that Seiya and Shiryu didn't move. The blond stood his ground. He wasn't necessarily intending a proposal with that kiss, but he wasn't going to regret what he did. And if he had to fight this man to get another kiss from his beautiful friend, he would give his swan cloth another battle under his belt. But...he didn't want to fight Shun's brother. Shun might not like that.
"I chose, Hyoga." Shun stepped up to his brother, taking the blond's hand tightly in his own. Green eyes stared into Ikki's deep dark blue. The tension in the air was as thick and heavy as a frozen fog in a winter valley. Shun needed support and the blond was not going to be shaken.
"Good." Ikki smiled and the tension fell away like a gossamer curtain in a summer breeze. "Welcome Hyoga of the Cygnus constellation, Swan." Ikki extended his open hand and the blond took it.
"Ikki." Shun smiled and hugged Hyoga's arm. "It's wonderful isn't."
"I think it's great! We've got a new warrior for heaven. I can't believe it!" Seiya smiled brightly rubbing his pointer under his nose.
"It is good, he can't help retrieve Shun's Andromeda cloth." Shiryu folded his arms over his chest. That man with no hair said something about a princess Saori."
"Princess Saori?" Blue eyes widened, "Did she take your cloth?"
"It's more than likely, Jab mentioned something about a princess before he escaped." Ikki pointed his thumb in the direction.
"I see." The blond looked out at the woods where Ivanava might be.
"What is it Hyoga?"
"I know where to find her and something like this sounds like just her brand of excitement." the blond told them. "With this cloth and all of you, together we can beat down the castle walls if we have to. But, Shun. I'm worried about Ivanava."
"Your right he must be hurt." the Andromeda warrior was worried too.
"Are you talking about that white wolf?" Shiryu asked.
"Yes, you've seen him?" The blond kept Shun's hand as he stepped toward the long haired brunet.
"I thought I saw that wolf armored guy carrying a white wolf." Seiya added. "It was bleeding but alive."
"Ivanava." Hyoga's blue eyes were distant. Shun squeezed the other's hand to get his attention.
"We have to find him." green eyes focused on blue.
"And your cloth." the blond nodded.
"Hyoga." the green haired man smiled.
"Lead the way." Ikki rustled Seiya's short hair. "Seiya's been dying for some action."
"Alright, I'm ready!" he readied his fists for battle.
"Due south my friends," Hyoga stepped to the mountain's snow covered edge, "we'll find her castle among the evergreen fields."