Hagaromo
Chapter 7
Spoiled Princess
"Princess!" the cygnus warrior shouted when they made it to the top, finally.
"Come out, now!"
"Silence!" A deep voice boomed from beyond a grand curtain at the far end of the
room. "Who dares to enter my layer without permission?" The thick dark curtain
flung open to the purple haired girl. She stepped out, still in a night gown and
slipping some gaudy earrings in either lobe.
"Where is my mother? Give her to me! Give her to me now or I'll..."
"You fool! Think you worthy of my mother?" her voice was commanding.
"Your..." Hyoga wanted to reunite her to her ancestors in the worst way for
daring to say such ridiculous words. Her mother?! Ridiculous!
"You are in no position to make demands. I am the princess of this castle. All
who enter it must bow to me and serve me unconditionally. You will not..." She
paused noticing the green haired celestial from the hot springs that night.
"You..."
"Stay back Shun. I won't let her have you." Hyoga growled.
"Jab! Jab!" The purple haired girl stepped back nervously. "Tatsumi! Wolf!
Hydra!" She called for her servant but no one came and soon her anger turned to
distress. "Anyone! Where is everyone? Tatsumi!"
"Sorry to keep you waiting." The grand doors of her chambers flung open and
three men stood at the entrance.
"Finally." She was relieved that she would not be inconvenienced by such unruly
intruders. "Kill these men! NOW!" The princess barked her orders.
"Is she talking to us?" Seiya tossed Hydra to the floor before them.
"She obviously doesn't have a complete grasp of the situation." Shiryu pushed
the wolf down on top of the first.
"Let's enlighten her, shall we?" Ikki kicked the bald, half dead man across the
room. He skidded to a halt before the princess's feet. Her light colored eyes
widened as she stepped back in horror. "Are you alright Shun?" The short haired
brunet touched his little brother's shoulder.
"I'm fine, thanks to Hyoga." he smiled at this older brother. "Uh! Did you find
Ivanava?"
"I called the best healer I know to help the wolf." Ikki assured them. "Shunrei
will ensure his survival. Shun nodded.
"Thank god." Hyoga barely spoke above a whisper.
"Now," the phoenix warrior stepped passed his brother and the others and right up to the little girl, "unless you want a royal spanking you'd better hand over the Andromeda Cloth."
"N-No!" she shook her head as frustrated tears pooled. "I will have you." the
frantic woman stared dead at Seiya, "No matter what!"
"Me?" the brown haired celestial blinked and pointed at his own nose.
"What?" Shun growled. "You didn't even want me? It was just some mix up?"
"What are you talking about?" the girl stepped back to the dark curtain. "I
ordered my men to take this man's hagaromo." she pointed at Seyia. "That's why
you're here isn't it?" she passed by the hulking raven brunet and took the hands
of the shorter youth. "You came to be with me. Your cloth is mine you have no
choice." she wrapped her arms around his meaty bicep. "My father taught me,
that's how it works." She explained.
"Uh, I guess it would normally work like that, sort of..." he rubbed his
chestnut hair. She was kind of pretty and her breasts were rubbing against his
arm, he couldn't help but blush.
"Please, tell me..." Hyoga would ask her nicely, only once, "where is my
mother?"
"You!" The girl's eyes were burning with hatred for the Siberian. "Mother ran
away and had you! Well your not my brother no matter what my father says."
"Brother?" Shun looked between them. Absolutely nothing alike, it can't be.
"I'm keeping mother this time." the spoiled princess let go of Seiya's arm.
"She's all mine and you can't have her. Do you hear?!" She ran away behind the
thick curtain.
"Come back!" Hyoga ran after her.
"Is she crazy?" Ikki had to ask.
"I would assume so." Shiryu shrugged.
"What's going on here anyway?" Seiya felt out to sea without a paddle.
"Hyoga's mother was a celestial, the king of this castle stole her hagaromo long
ago. The princess was born and shortly afterward she ran away during a harsh
winter. Hyoga's father found her and they had a son. Making Saori and Hyoga
brother and sister. When Hyoga's mother disappeared, she must have been taken
back here." Shun related the tale as he understood it and ran after the
siblings.
"Trippy." Seiya scratched his cheek.
"I'll say." Ikki nodded following the others.
Behind the curtain
"Stop!" The blond grabbed the girl's wrist.
"Let go of me!" They struggled in the darkness.
"Hyoga?"
"Tell me where she is!"
"You'll pay for ever...touching me!" The girl reached for something and was able
to give it a good strong yank.
"Shun?" Just as Ikki and the others were coming through the curtain, the dark
cloth fell. "AhghOof." Seiya, Shiryu and Ikki were all covered in the heavy
curtains.
"Hyoga, there you are." Shun was finally able to see. Hyoga still had the
struggling girl by the wrist but that was merely a side effect of his frozen
state. Blue eyes were focused on a huge tank of water and a mysterious woman
suspended in it. "Oh my Zeus." the andromeda warrior marveled at the monstrosity
that lay in the tank. It wasn't just a woman. There were wires and tubes and all
manner of strange devices hooked up to her. You could barely see her face beyond
the contraption protruding from her head and covering her left eye.
"Mother was bad so father had to make her better. She's much better now." the
girl laughed, there was an odd tone in her voice.
"Hyoga's mother?" green eyes looked between mother and son. Three huge gasps for
air popped out of the curtain behind them. The Phoenix emerged first.
"I thought I was gonna to die!" Seiya squirmed free.
"Shiryu stop acting so cool, everyone can see your as pale as a ghost." Ikki
pulled him out. His dark eyes focused on something distant. "What?"
"Eew. Hyoga just threw up!" the chest nut brunet pointed. "Dude, that's not
cool."
"I don't blame him. If you saw your mother like that. How would you react?" Shun
asked them, hugging himself and averting his eyes from the monstrosity.
"That's Hyoga's mom?" Seiya stepped up to the glass.
"Please get her out of there." Hyoga managed cleaning his mouth off.
"I agree. She was a celestial. It's our duty to help her. But how?" Ikki looked
around.
"That shouldn't be hard. See she wants out." Seiya pointed.
"What?" Hyoga exclaimed. The figure in the water didn't have any legs that could
be seen. There were huge, thick cords coming from her pelvis. Her arms were thin
from mis-use but they moved. A red light emitted from the metal piece over her
left eye.
"Guy's, where's that princess?" Shiryu glanced around.
"AH," Seiya clasped a hand over his eye, "F-" Shiryu clasped a hand over his
friend's mouth.
"Shut up! Are you trying to get us canceled?" Dark eyes darted around nervously
to see if any of the network executives noticed. Satisfied he let the boy go.
"Any way, What's wrong?" The long haired brunet asked.
"She just blinded me." The chest nut brunet told them. The red light flashed
from where her eye should be over to Shiryu's right eye.
"Ah," the dragon blinked, turning his head away. "What is she doing?"
"I think she's looking for something." Shun stood his ground when the red beam
touched his eye. When it glanced away, he held his eye like a broken limb but
made no sound.
"Shun." Hyoga took a step toward his beautiful friend and the red beam found
him. As soon as the red touched his eye it was gone and the woman in the tank
opened her mouth as if trying to say something. Her thin arms and pointed
fingers reached out, pulling against the wires and cords. Blue eyes stared in
horror as the blond stepped back, shaking his head trying to deny that he even
saw such an atrocity. His actions seemed to create desperation for the creature.
"Hyoga," Shun took a step towards him, "What are you doing? It's your mother."
"That...that's not mama." As the words escaped his mouth, the huge thick cords
that extended from her pelvis stirred. They curled and twisted like octopus
tentacles. One on the left planted itself on the watery floor then one on the
right. The one behind it followed suit and began pulling the torso forward, but
her head was still attached to the metal contraption.
It wasn't clear if the creature was capable of intelligent thought, but the arms
made no effort to remove the head gear. Instead the rest of the body pulled on
the abdomen ripping the attachments from the head and a few other places on the
body. The force of her struggle sent her released body flying into the glass
that contained her. Blood flowed in clouds from her head and her hair cascaded
like the lights of the aurora borealis, just before the water from the tank
forced the cracks in the glass to burst out. The cold liquid spilled out like a
title wave, knocking Seiya, Shiryu and Shun down. Ikki and Hyoga managed to stay
up, for what good it did them.
The woman's blond hair stuck to her pale body, particularly her chest,
conveniently covering her enough to pass censorship regulations. Blood came from
the lesions the machinery left on her, mingling with water as it flowed down her
face. The tentacles from her pelvis reached out, whipping and grasping at
Cygnus. The blond stammered back guarding his face with both arms. One cord
managed to wrap around his waste, squeezing him tightly. Swan cried out pressing
on the massive cable to make it release him.
"Hy-Hyoga." Shun shouted, reaching out to his friend. "Ah." The green haired
celestial grabbed his stomach, grit his teeth and curled his body inward,
pressing his forehead on to the wet floor.
"HA ha ha ha ha ha!" The princess laughed like a mad woman at her half-brother's
plight. "There you see! Mother wants you dead like I do. My father wouldn't let
me kill you but he didn't say anything about mother. HA HA HA!" The stringy,
pale woman touched Swan's shoulders. Her hands were weak and bony but they
grasped hungrily. Her pasty eyes opened slowly as all her tentacles writhed in
anticipation around the blond. Her mouth opened as if to speak but only water
poured from her lungs.
"M-mama." The blue eyed boy stopped struggling. Her face was frightening but her
features, her hair...this is what became of her. Suddenly the warrior of Cygnus
turned into a guilty little boy who was powerless to help his mother. Perhaps,
he thought to himself, it's right that she kill me. I don't deserve the life she
made me, if I couldn't do the same for her. "I'm sorry." He closed his blue eyes
accepting his fate as the spoiled princess cackled somewhere far away.
"Perhaps you're forgetting something." Ikki's voice growled. Hyoga felt the grip
around him loosening. "First," The phoenix was pulling arm fulls of tentacles
from behind the monstrosity, "He's not alone. RAAAAAW!" He anchored his weight
on one leg and pivoted, throwing the monster into the nearest wall. The creature
squeaked when she hit. "And Second," the raven brunet sloughed the water from his hands, "Once a celestial, always a celestial. Seiya."
"Right!" The chest nut brunet shook some water from his hair and took a fighting
stance.
"What are you talking about?" Shiryu suddenly appeared behind the purple haired
brat.
"Why don't I keep you out of trouble for a while." he smirked, grabbing her
hands behind her back. "While we're at it, lets go find the hagaromo, hmm?"
Shiryu kept the princess busy while Seiya readied himself.
"Wait." Hyoga was still in pain from being nearly crushed but he didn't want his
mother to die, not like...not like this.
"You're a celestial now Hyoga. You have the power, but not much common sense.
We'll teach you soon. For now, trust us." Ikki winked at the blond.
"Okay." he nodded, keeping his eyes on the target, his mother. "It'll be alright
mama. I promise." The pale form was twitching now, slowly recovering from the
shock.
"Alright! I haven't used this one in a little while." The chest nut brunet
bounced with excitement.
"Alright already, do it." Ikki insisted.
"Geez, can't you let me enjoy it?" Seiya grumbled. "Jerk."
"What was that?" the raven brunet glared.
"Nothing, I'm ready." His hands started to move, up, down, across to the left,
across to the right, up again, and down again. He was making a pattern of
thirteen movements, it looked so similar to what he was using as a killing move
in the courtyard.
"What is he doing?" Hyoga had to know.
"You already know his Pegasus Meteor Punch." Shun's older brother explained.
"This is a variation. The legend of the Pegasus goes back to ancient times.
Medusa was slain by a great hero, I forget his name, and from the monster's
blood was born Pegasus and something else I think. Oh well, it's not important."
he crossed his arm waiting for the boy to gather his energies but still ready in
case the creature tried to attack again. "Pegasus is a magical creature that
embodies goodness from evil and light in the darkness. His powers will awaken
her true form. In her condition though, even if she's able to speak with us she
may be already dying. Only her hagaromo can save her body, but Saint Seiya can
save her soul."
Hyoga watched intently as the boy threw his healing punches. He knocked off the
cords and stemmed the blood flow to her open wounds. The being writhed and
choked up water, clearing her lungs. Her legs were spotted with injuries from
the countless cords, but whole. She looked so malnourished and pale.
"Mama," Hyoga saw her eyes change back to the blue he had remembered. His eyes
filled with tears as she reached out to him, as herself not a monster.
"My baby." her voice finally reached his ears. Her mouth had made the same
shapes as before, he couldn't read her lips, but he knew now. Tears started to
pool in his eyes, he looked for Shun's support as Seiya covered his mother's
body with his cape.
"Well done." Ikki nodded his approval, "She's even conscious!" He patted Seiya on the back. The boy laughed his embarrassment.
"Shun. No Shun!" The Siberian exclaimed finding Andromeda curled up slightly on
the stairs to the platform. The other two snapped their attention to that direction. "Shun." Hyoga touched his shoulder, when he didn't move the blue eyed
celestial pulled him to the platform gently and turned him carefully to rest his
head on Swan's lap. "No, no." he shook his blond head looking at the large glass
shard in the other's stomach.
"Ikki look." Seiya wrapped Hyoga's mother in the dark blue cape that he had worn
and was now carrying her in his arms. The chest nut brunet indicated the trail
of blood that had been spread by the water that now painted most of the stair
case.
"Where is Shiryu with that cloth?!" The raven brunet barked.
"I'll go get Shunrei." Seiya put Hyoga's mother down carefully beside the blond.
"Good thinking. Go quickly. I'll find Shiryu." The two celestials nodded at each
other and left.
"Shun." Hyoga didn't dare touch the glass shard in his friend's stomach. It was
acting like a cork in a bottle, keeping his blood flow under control. It was
also maddening to look at so he focused on Shun's face. He stroked his fingers
against the man's cheek. "Shun, you'll be alright." He seemed to be making that
promise a lot lately. Blue eyes let the tears fall, but for a different reason
than they pooled. A crystalline tear touched the other's face. Green eyes opened
to see those beautiful blue fields of ice.
"Hy...yo..." Shun reached a hand up and Cygnus caught it.
"No don't move. You shouldn't, you shouldn't be talking. Save your strength." he
told the injured celestial. "Help, help is on the way. Just, just stay still."
"Shun." The blond woman, bound carefully in the dark cape reached out a hand and
touched the teen's arm. Green eyes looked over to her with a smile.
"Ma'am." They smiled at each other for a moment before Hyoga spoke.
"Mama. This is Shun. He's the Saint of Andromeda and I...I love him."
"Oh." She half squeaked, her excitement at such news. A tear touched her cheek
and a smile of serenity painted her face.
"I've become the Saint of Cygnus mama. There's...there's so much I want to tell
you."
"Their's so much I want to know." She touched her son's hand squeezing it
tightly. "Perhaps you'll visit me in the Elysian fields."
"What?"
"I love you, my son. Hyoga." Her hand stretched out as her hair cascaded down the stairs, carried by the flow of water. "Take care of him, Shun." She took hold of the robe Shun was wearing. A mysterious light, like the light that transformed Cygnus erupted in this spacious room. The pale and sickly looking woman was suddenly in the air hoovering and seemingly in perfect health. A crown of gold glowed just above her head as long ribbons of thick cloth moved around her body. Shun was in the blue cape and the robe was on Hyoga's mother.
"Ma-Mama, what...?" He knew it had to be true but there was always a part of him
that couldn't believe that there was something so important about his mother
that he didn't know.
"I haven't long Hyoga. My son. I am happy that you have found happiness. I wish
you good fortune and long life with this one that you have chosen."
"What do you mean? If that was your cloth then you'll be alright. You'll never
leave me again." he picked up Shun in his arms to stand before his heavenly
mother. "And when we find Shun's..."
"I'm sorry Hyoga." she shook her blond hair. "This form is not immortal. It burns so brightly because of its impermanence." she explained. "I just wanted a moment to...to..." She leaned forward to touch his face. "You have grown into a
handsome and honorable man. I'm so proud of you." she kissed his forehead.
"Mama."
"Shun will be fine." She smiled as the ribbons became soft beams of light that
jumped into the green haired celestial. "I promise." Finally when all the
ribbons were gone and Shun was casting an aura around him she plucked the crown
from above her head and placed it on the other's. "I'm glad I was able to meet
you, Shun." She leaned down and kissed his cheek and a pulse of power rippled
through the air. A weightless feeling immited through out the room. "Hyoga."
his mother looked at her son.
"Yes."
"Please turn away."
"What?"
"You've already seen me as a monster. I want you to remember me like this, not
what I will become."
"But..."
"Please, this will be my last wish."
"Mama."
"Goodbye."
"Good-" He was suddenly facing the other way. Shun was standing before him,
wrapped up to his chest in the dark cape that Seiya had carried with him since
the incident at the hot springs. "Bye." Green eyes blinked, he was fine just...in need of proper clothing.
"Hyoga?" A heavy splat sound was heard just behind the blond. Without thinking,
Swan wrapped his arms around Shun's shoulders. "Hy-hyoga?" Andromeda's arms came
around the other's waist tentatively. The man holding him was shaking and a look
over the blond's shoulder told him why. His mother's body was in her robes with
the glass shard getting out of her stomach and all the injuries she had before.
She had transferred all of the sickness and injury to herself and as a
result..."I'm sorry." He felt his own body shaking from the pain of knowing what
he had caused. "I'm so sorry."
"Don't." Hyoga's voice made Shun pause. His voice was shaky and barely above a
whisper, but the message was clear. "I'm not. If it wasn't for you. I never
would have found her. You're the reason I can be happy."
"But..." his arms wrapped tighter around his friend.
"Maybe not right now, but in a minute..." Swan was holding back his sobs as long
as possible, he needed to say this. "I'll smile again. In a minute...I'll be
able to laugh again." the tears were rolling down his cheeks, Shun couldn't see
it, but he could feel it. "Just...for now...stay with me...like this."
"Of course." Green eyes closed as he buried his face in between Cygnus's neck
and shoulder. "I'll stay will you, as long as you need."
Princess's Sayori was brought before a celestial court and judged by Athena.
The verdict guilty of theft of a saint's cloth and assault of two celestials.
Her kingdom was placed in the charge of the local Church and is now a monastery
and rumored to be a sanctuary for celestial beings, Saints. Many of the former
residents of the castle converted and are now devoted servants of Athena and
Zeus. Sayori would not repent for her crimes and was sent to Tartarus where
Hades found a fitting punishment of serving others for the rest of eternity.
As for Ivanava, Miho called in a favor from Hermes who had some connections to
the Siberian gods. Ivanava was renamed and given a role in Ragnarok. I hear he's
playing with some other wolves in the sky until that day comes. Shiryu and Seiya
still come to earth every now and again to play. I heard Ivanava comes too
sometimes. Shunrei and Miho are still daring each other to confess their
feelings for those guys. They're such children. Ikki has become the commander of
the armies of heaven. Me? I fight by his side, when he needs me.
Hyoga and I are happily married. I'll never forget that day. I was honored that
Hyoga's mother and father came to see it. The Elysian fields were never so full
joy and good will. I'm not telling you about our honeymoon, sorry fan girls.
"Shun?" Hyoga noticed Shun stop writing in his journal.
"It," the quill in his hand trembled and dropped, "It was like a thousands of
voices cried out all at once then suddenly silenced."
"The fan girls again?" The blond rolled his eyes and slipped off the bed. He
pulled the other up from his chair. "You really need to be less sensitive to
those crazy chicks." Swan held the green haired man tightly in his arms and
leaned closer for a kiss.
"I'm sorry." Shun turned away, looking depressed. "It's just who I am."
"Come on." Hyoga touched his lover's chin, focusing his attention on the blond.
"You know I took all of you into my heart. Your body," He kissed those petal
soft lips, "Your soul," this kiss was even deeper as Shun wrapped his arms
around the other's neck. Their tongues played freely, touching and tasting the
other's. Being married means you don't have to have a special occasion to suck
face. Shun moaned feeling Hyoga's hands in his hair. "Hmm." The blond savored
his taste. "And the trail of fan girls scrambling to get even a look from you.
Hey," Hyoga had that naughty rock star look in his blue eyes, "let's make this a
night the fan girls will be drooling over for at least six months."
"Hyoga." the green haired man blushed horribly and backed away from the
Siberian, "The last time you said that, I could walk for two days. I don't even
know where you got all those...those..."
"Toys?"
"If that's what you call them." in his attempt to escape the green eyed
celestial mistakenly backed up to the bed. "I just don't think," Hyoga wasn't
stopping so he had to crawl back ward on to the bed, "so much of a good thing is
so..." The blond crawled faster, quickly over taking him, "so..."
"You love it." The blond teased kissing the other's tender lips then, down to
his chin and all the way down his neck.
"You just use the fan girls as an excuse to...to do strange things to me." His
temperature was rising as his face got more and more red.
"Hmm," Swan lifted his head from Shun's open shirt, "you could be right." As if
it was a passing thought he went back to what he was doing.
"Alright!" The green haired man shouted getting Hyoga's attention in a different
way.
"Huh?"
"Alright, but..." if it was possible his face was getting more red, "but I get
to use the purple thing on you."
"The purple thing? Which purple thing?"
"You know," Shun seemed to be getting smaller as he hid in the sheets. This was
too embarrassing, "the thing...you know." A few question marks floated around
for a moment then suddenly a exclamation mark drove them all away.
"Ohhhh, that thing!" those blue eyes went back to the naughty rock star look as
he leaned closer, letting his body down on Shun's. "You do like, it don't you?"
Rather than an answer, Andromeda kissed Hyoga. This was a signal to the blond
saying, "Let the games begin."
Far far away on the other end of the galaxy the pirate ship 'Fan Girls' exploded
from bustling excitement. A tall big breasted beauty in a skimpy leotard saluted
a little girl with thick glasses wearing a school girls uniform and short
braids.
"Captain, it's andromeda and cygnus."
"Andromeda? Bring it up on the main viewer! Get the chocolate and cancel the
locker room raids we're gonna have a full night of pleasure here girls."
"AAHHHHHH! ANDROMEDAAAA!"
Chapter 7
Spoiled Princess
"Princess!" the cygnus warrior shouted when they made it to the top, finally.
"Come out, now!"
"Silence!" A deep voice boomed from beyond a grand curtain at the far end of the
room. "Who dares to enter my layer without permission?" The thick dark curtain
flung open to the purple haired girl. She stepped out, still in a night gown and
slipping some gaudy earrings in either lobe.
"Where is my mother? Give her to me! Give her to me now or I'll..."
"You fool! Think you worthy of my mother?" her voice was commanding.
"Your..." Hyoga wanted to reunite her to her ancestors in the worst way for
daring to say such ridiculous words. Her mother?! Ridiculous!
"You are in no position to make demands. I am the princess of this castle. All
who enter it must bow to me and serve me unconditionally. You will not..." She
paused noticing the green haired celestial from the hot springs that night.
"You..."
"Stay back Shun. I won't let her have you." Hyoga growled.
"Jab! Jab!" The purple haired girl stepped back nervously. "Tatsumi! Wolf!
Hydra!" She called for her servant but no one came and soon her anger turned to
distress. "Anyone! Where is everyone? Tatsumi!"
"Sorry to keep you waiting." The grand doors of her chambers flung open and
three men stood at the entrance.
"Finally." She was relieved that she would not be inconvenienced by such unruly
intruders. "Kill these men! NOW!" The princess barked her orders.
"Is she talking to us?" Seiya tossed Hydra to the floor before them.
"She obviously doesn't have a complete grasp of the situation." Shiryu pushed
the wolf down on top of the first.
"Let's enlighten her, shall we?" Ikki kicked the bald, half dead man across the
room. He skidded to a halt before the princess's feet. Her light colored eyes
widened as she stepped back in horror. "Are you alright Shun?" The short haired
brunet touched his little brother's shoulder.
"I'm fine, thanks to Hyoga." he smiled at this older brother. "Uh! Did you find
Ivanava?"
"I called the best healer I know to help the wolf." Ikki assured them. "Shunrei
will ensure his survival. Shun nodded.
"Thank god." Hyoga barely spoke above a whisper.
"Now," the phoenix warrior stepped passed his brother and the others and right up to the little girl, "unless you want a royal spanking you'd better hand over the Andromeda Cloth."
"N-No!" she shook her head as frustrated tears pooled. "I will have you." the
frantic woman stared dead at Seiya, "No matter what!"
"Me?" the brown haired celestial blinked and pointed at his own nose.
"What?" Shun growled. "You didn't even want me? It was just some mix up?"
"What are you talking about?" the girl stepped back to the dark curtain. "I
ordered my men to take this man's hagaromo." she pointed at Seyia. "That's why
you're here isn't it?" she passed by the hulking raven brunet and took the hands
of the shorter youth. "You came to be with me. Your cloth is mine you have no
choice." she wrapped her arms around his meaty bicep. "My father taught me,
that's how it works." She explained.
"Uh, I guess it would normally work like that, sort of..." he rubbed his
chestnut hair. She was kind of pretty and her breasts were rubbing against his
arm, he couldn't help but blush.
"Please, tell me..." Hyoga would ask her nicely, only once, "where is my
mother?"
"You!" The girl's eyes were burning with hatred for the Siberian. "Mother ran
away and had you! Well your not my brother no matter what my father says."
"Brother?" Shun looked between them. Absolutely nothing alike, it can't be.
"I'm keeping mother this time." the spoiled princess let go of Seiya's arm.
"She's all mine and you can't have her. Do you hear?!" She ran away behind the
thick curtain.
"Come back!" Hyoga ran after her.
"Is she crazy?" Ikki had to ask.
"I would assume so." Shiryu shrugged.
"What's going on here anyway?" Seiya felt out to sea without a paddle.
"Hyoga's mother was a celestial, the king of this castle stole her hagaromo long
ago. The princess was born and shortly afterward she ran away during a harsh
winter. Hyoga's father found her and they had a son. Making Saori and Hyoga
brother and sister. When Hyoga's mother disappeared, she must have been taken
back here." Shun related the tale as he understood it and ran after the
siblings.
"Trippy." Seiya scratched his cheek.
"I'll say." Ikki nodded following the others.
Behind the curtain
"Stop!" The blond grabbed the girl's wrist.
"Let go of me!" They struggled in the darkness.
"Hyoga?"
"Tell me where she is!"
"You'll pay for ever...touching me!" The girl reached for something and was able
to give it a good strong yank.
"Shun?" Just as Ikki and the others were coming through the curtain, the dark
cloth fell. "AhghOof." Seiya, Shiryu and Ikki were all covered in the heavy
curtains.
"Hyoga, there you are." Shun was finally able to see. Hyoga still had the
struggling girl by the wrist but that was merely a side effect of his frozen
state. Blue eyes were focused on a huge tank of water and a mysterious woman
suspended in it. "Oh my Zeus." the andromeda warrior marveled at the monstrosity
that lay in the tank. It wasn't just a woman. There were wires and tubes and all
manner of strange devices hooked up to her. You could barely see her face beyond
the contraption protruding from her head and covering her left eye.
"Mother was bad so father had to make her better. She's much better now." the
girl laughed, there was an odd tone in her voice.
"Hyoga's mother?" green eyes looked between mother and son. Three huge gasps for
air popped out of the curtain behind them. The Phoenix emerged first.
"I thought I was gonna to die!" Seiya squirmed free.
"Shiryu stop acting so cool, everyone can see your as pale as a ghost." Ikki
pulled him out. His dark eyes focused on something distant. "What?"
"Eew. Hyoga just threw up!" the chest nut brunet pointed. "Dude, that's not
cool."
"I don't blame him. If you saw your mother like that. How would you react?" Shun
asked them, hugging himself and averting his eyes from the monstrosity.
"That's Hyoga's mom?" Seiya stepped up to the glass.
"Please get her out of there." Hyoga managed cleaning his mouth off.
"I agree. She was a celestial. It's our duty to help her. But how?" Ikki looked
around.
"That shouldn't be hard. See she wants out." Seiya pointed.
"What?" Hyoga exclaimed. The figure in the water didn't have any legs that could
be seen. There were huge, thick cords coming from her pelvis. Her arms were thin
from mis-use but they moved. A red light emitted from the metal piece over her
left eye.
"Guy's, where's that princess?" Shiryu glanced around.
"AH," Seiya clasped a hand over his eye, "F-" Shiryu clasped a hand over his
friend's mouth.
"Shut up! Are you trying to get us canceled?" Dark eyes darted around nervously
to see if any of the network executives noticed. Satisfied he let the boy go.
"Any way, What's wrong?" The long haired brunet asked.
"She just blinded me." The chest nut brunet told them. The red light flashed
from where her eye should be over to Shiryu's right eye.
"Ah," the dragon blinked, turning his head away. "What is she doing?"
"I think she's looking for something." Shun stood his ground when the red beam
touched his eye. When it glanced away, he held his eye like a broken limb but
made no sound.
"Shun." Hyoga took a step toward his beautiful friend and the red beam found
him. As soon as the red touched his eye it was gone and the woman in the tank
opened her mouth as if trying to say something. Her thin arms and pointed
fingers reached out, pulling against the wires and cords. Blue eyes stared in
horror as the blond stepped back, shaking his head trying to deny that he even
saw such an atrocity. His actions seemed to create desperation for the creature.
"Hyoga," Shun took a step towards him, "What are you doing? It's your mother."
"That...that's not mama." As the words escaped his mouth, the huge thick cords
that extended from her pelvis stirred. They curled and twisted like octopus
tentacles. One on the left planted itself on the watery floor then one on the
right. The one behind it followed suit and began pulling the torso forward, but
her head was still attached to the metal contraption.
It wasn't clear if the creature was capable of intelligent thought, but the arms
made no effort to remove the head gear. Instead the rest of the body pulled on
the abdomen ripping the attachments from the head and a few other places on the
body. The force of her struggle sent her released body flying into the glass
that contained her. Blood flowed in clouds from her head and her hair cascaded
like the lights of the aurora borealis, just before the water from the tank
forced the cracks in the glass to burst out. The cold liquid spilled out like a
title wave, knocking Seiya, Shiryu and Shun down. Ikki and Hyoga managed to stay
up, for what good it did them.
The woman's blond hair stuck to her pale body, particularly her chest,
conveniently covering her enough to pass censorship regulations. Blood came from
the lesions the machinery left on her, mingling with water as it flowed down her
face. The tentacles from her pelvis reached out, whipping and grasping at
Cygnus. The blond stammered back guarding his face with both arms. One cord
managed to wrap around his waste, squeezing him tightly. Swan cried out pressing
on the massive cable to make it release him.
"Hy-Hyoga." Shun shouted, reaching out to his friend. "Ah." The green haired
celestial grabbed his stomach, grit his teeth and curled his body inward,
pressing his forehead on to the wet floor.
"HA ha ha ha ha ha!" The princess laughed like a mad woman at her half-brother's
plight. "There you see! Mother wants you dead like I do. My father wouldn't let
me kill you but he didn't say anything about mother. HA HA HA!" The stringy,
pale woman touched Swan's shoulders. Her hands were weak and bony but they
grasped hungrily. Her pasty eyes opened slowly as all her tentacles writhed in
anticipation around the blond. Her mouth opened as if to speak but only water
poured from her lungs.
"M-mama." The blue eyed boy stopped struggling. Her face was frightening but her
features, her hair...this is what became of her. Suddenly the warrior of Cygnus
turned into a guilty little boy who was powerless to help his mother. Perhaps,
he thought to himself, it's right that she kill me. I don't deserve the life she
made me, if I couldn't do the same for her. "I'm sorry." He closed his blue eyes
accepting his fate as the spoiled princess cackled somewhere far away.
"Perhaps you're forgetting something." Ikki's voice growled. Hyoga felt the grip
around him loosening. "First," The phoenix was pulling arm fulls of tentacles
from behind the monstrosity, "He's not alone. RAAAAAW!" He anchored his weight
on one leg and pivoted, throwing the monster into the nearest wall. The creature
squeaked when she hit. "And Second," the raven brunet sloughed the water from his hands, "Once a celestial, always a celestial. Seiya."
"Right!" The chest nut brunet shook some water from his hair and took a fighting
stance.
"What are you talking about?" Shiryu suddenly appeared behind the purple haired
brat.
"Why don't I keep you out of trouble for a while." he smirked, grabbing her
hands behind her back. "While we're at it, lets go find the hagaromo, hmm?"
Shiryu kept the princess busy while Seiya readied himself.
"Wait." Hyoga was still in pain from being nearly crushed but he didn't want his
mother to die, not like...not like this.
"You're a celestial now Hyoga. You have the power, but not much common sense.
We'll teach you soon. For now, trust us." Ikki winked at the blond.
"Okay." he nodded, keeping his eyes on the target, his mother. "It'll be alright
mama. I promise." The pale form was twitching now, slowly recovering from the
shock.
"Alright! I haven't used this one in a little while." The chest nut brunet
bounced with excitement.
"Alright already, do it." Ikki insisted.
"Geez, can't you let me enjoy it?" Seiya grumbled. "Jerk."
"What was that?" the raven brunet glared.
"Nothing, I'm ready." His hands started to move, up, down, across to the left,
across to the right, up again, and down again. He was making a pattern of
thirteen movements, it looked so similar to what he was using as a killing move
in the courtyard.
"What is he doing?" Hyoga had to know.
"You already know his Pegasus Meteor Punch." Shun's older brother explained.
"This is a variation. The legend of the Pegasus goes back to ancient times.
Medusa was slain by a great hero, I forget his name, and from the monster's
blood was born Pegasus and something else I think. Oh well, it's not important."
he crossed his arm waiting for the boy to gather his energies but still ready in
case the creature tried to attack again. "Pegasus is a magical creature that
embodies goodness from evil and light in the darkness. His powers will awaken
her true form. In her condition though, even if she's able to speak with us she
may be already dying. Only her hagaromo can save her body, but Saint Seiya can
save her soul."
Hyoga watched intently as the boy threw his healing punches. He knocked off the
cords and stemmed the blood flow to her open wounds. The being writhed and
choked up water, clearing her lungs. Her legs were spotted with injuries from
the countless cords, but whole. She looked so malnourished and pale.
"Mama," Hyoga saw her eyes change back to the blue he had remembered. His eyes
filled with tears as she reached out to him, as herself not a monster.
"My baby." her voice finally reached his ears. Her mouth had made the same
shapes as before, he couldn't read her lips, but he knew now. Tears started to
pool in his eyes, he looked for Shun's support as Seiya covered his mother's
body with his cape.
"Well done." Ikki nodded his approval, "She's even conscious!" He patted Seiya on the back. The boy laughed his embarrassment.
"Shun. No Shun!" The Siberian exclaimed finding Andromeda curled up slightly on
the stairs to the platform. The other two snapped their attention to that direction. "Shun." Hyoga touched his shoulder, when he didn't move the blue eyed
celestial pulled him to the platform gently and turned him carefully to rest his
head on Swan's lap. "No, no." he shook his blond head looking at the large glass
shard in the other's stomach.
"Ikki look." Seiya wrapped Hyoga's mother in the dark blue cape that he had worn
and was now carrying her in his arms. The chest nut brunet indicated the trail
of blood that had been spread by the water that now painted most of the stair
case.
"Where is Shiryu with that cloth?!" The raven brunet barked.
"I'll go get Shunrei." Seiya put Hyoga's mother down carefully beside the blond.
"Good thinking. Go quickly. I'll find Shiryu." The two celestials nodded at each
other and left.
"Shun." Hyoga didn't dare touch the glass shard in his friend's stomach. It was
acting like a cork in a bottle, keeping his blood flow under control. It was
also maddening to look at so he focused on Shun's face. He stroked his fingers
against the man's cheek. "Shun, you'll be alright." He seemed to be making that
promise a lot lately. Blue eyes let the tears fall, but for a different reason
than they pooled. A crystalline tear touched the other's face. Green eyes opened
to see those beautiful blue fields of ice.
"Hy...yo..." Shun reached a hand up and Cygnus caught it.
"No don't move. You shouldn't, you shouldn't be talking. Save your strength." he
told the injured celestial. "Help, help is on the way. Just, just stay still."
"Shun." The blond woman, bound carefully in the dark cape reached out a hand and
touched the teen's arm. Green eyes looked over to her with a smile.
"Ma'am." They smiled at each other for a moment before Hyoga spoke.
"Mama. This is Shun. He's the Saint of Andromeda and I...I love him."
"Oh." She half squeaked, her excitement at such news. A tear touched her cheek
and a smile of serenity painted her face.
"I've become the Saint of Cygnus mama. There's...there's so much I want to tell
you."
"Their's so much I want to know." She touched her son's hand squeezing it
tightly. "Perhaps you'll visit me in the Elysian fields."
"What?"
"I love you, my son. Hyoga." Her hand stretched out as her hair cascaded down the stairs, carried by the flow of water. "Take care of him, Shun." She took hold of the robe Shun was wearing. A mysterious light, like the light that transformed Cygnus erupted in this spacious room. The pale and sickly looking woman was suddenly in the air hoovering and seemingly in perfect health. A crown of gold glowed just above her head as long ribbons of thick cloth moved around her body. Shun was in the blue cape and the robe was on Hyoga's mother.
"Ma-Mama, what...?" He knew it had to be true but there was always a part of him
that couldn't believe that there was something so important about his mother
that he didn't know.
"I haven't long Hyoga. My son. I am happy that you have found happiness. I wish
you good fortune and long life with this one that you have chosen."
"What do you mean? If that was your cloth then you'll be alright. You'll never
leave me again." he picked up Shun in his arms to stand before his heavenly
mother. "And when we find Shun's..."
"I'm sorry Hyoga." she shook her blond hair. "This form is not immortal. It burns so brightly because of its impermanence." she explained. "I just wanted a moment to...to..." She leaned forward to touch his face. "You have grown into a
handsome and honorable man. I'm so proud of you." she kissed his forehead.
"Mama."
"Shun will be fine." She smiled as the ribbons became soft beams of light that
jumped into the green haired celestial. "I promise." Finally when all the
ribbons were gone and Shun was casting an aura around him she plucked the crown
from above her head and placed it on the other's. "I'm glad I was able to meet
you, Shun." She leaned down and kissed his cheek and a pulse of power rippled
through the air. A weightless feeling immited through out the room. "Hyoga."
his mother looked at her son.
"Yes."
"Please turn away."
"What?"
"You've already seen me as a monster. I want you to remember me like this, not
what I will become."
"But..."
"Please, this will be my last wish."
"Mama."
"Goodbye."
"Good-" He was suddenly facing the other way. Shun was standing before him,
wrapped up to his chest in the dark cape that Seiya had carried with him since
the incident at the hot springs. "Bye." Green eyes blinked, he was fine just...in need of proper clothing.
"Hyoga?" A heavy splat sound was heard just behind the blond. Without thinking,
Swan wrapped his arms around Shun's shoulders. "Hy-hyoga?" Andromeda's arms came
around the other's waist tentatively. The man holding him was shaking and a look
over the blond's shoulder told him why. His mother's body was in her robes with
the glass shard getting out of her stomach and all the injuries she had before.
She had transferred all of the sickness and injury to herself and as a
result..."I'm sorry." He felt his own body shaking from the pain of knowing what
he had caused. "I'm so sorry."
"Don't." Hyoga's voice made Shun pause. His voice was shaky and barely above a
whisper, but the message was clear. "I'm not. If it wasn't for you. I never
would have found her. You're the reason I can be happy."
"But..." his arms wrapped tighter around his friend.
"Maybe not right now, but in a minute..." Swan was holding back his sobs as long
as possible, he needed to say this. "I'll smile again. In a minute...I'll be
able to laugh again." the tears were rolling down his cheeks, Shun couldn't see
it, but he could feel it. "Just...for now...stay with me...like this."
"Of course." Green eyes closed as he buried his face in between Cygnus's neck
and shoulder. "I'll stay will you, as long as you need."
Princess's Sayori was brought before a celestial court and judged by Athena.
The verdict guilty of theft of a saint's cloth and assault of two celestials.
Her kingdom was placed in the charge of the local Church and is now a monastery
and rumored to be a sanctuary for celestial beings, Saints. Many of the former
residents of the castle converted and are now devoted servants of Athena and
Zeus. Sayori would not repent for her crimes and was sent to Tartarus where
Hades found a fitting punishment of serving others for the rest of eternity.
As for Ivanava, Miho called in a favor from Hermes who had some connections to
the Siberian gods. Ivanava was renamed and given a role in Ragnarok. I hear he's
playing with some other wolves in the sky until that day comes. Shiryu and Seiya
still come to earth every now and again to play. I heard Ivanava comes too
sometimes. Shunrei and Miho are still daring each other to confess their
feelings for those guys. They're such children. Ikki has become the commander of
the armies of heaven. Me? I fight by his side, when he needs me.
Hyoga and I are happily married. I'll never forget that day. I was honored that
Hyoga's mother and father came to see it. The Elysian fields were never so full
joy and good will. I'm not telling you about our honeymoon, sorry fan girls.
"Shun?" Hyoga noticed Shun stop writing in his journal.
"It," the quill in his hand trembled and dropped, "It was like a thousands of
voices cried out all at once then suddenly silenced."
"The fan girls again?" The blond rolled his eyes and slipped off the bed. He
pulled the other up from his chair. "You really need to be less sensitive to
those crazy chicks." Swan held the green haired man tightly in his arms and
leaned closer for a kiss.
"I'm sorry." Shun turned away, looking depressed. "It's just who I am."
"Come on." Hyoga touched his lover's chin, focusing his attention on the blond.
"You know I took all of you into my heart. Your body," He kissed those petal
soft lips, "Your soul," this kiss was even deeper as Shun wrapped his arms
around the other's neck. Their tongues played freely, touching and tasting the
other's. Being married means you don't have to have a special occasion to suck
face. Shun moaned feeling Hyoga's hands in his hair. "Hmm." The blond savored
his taste. "And the trail of fan girls scrambling to get even a look from you.
Hey," Hyoga had that naughty rock star look in his blue eyes, "let's make this a
night the fan girls will be drooling over for at least six months."
"Hyoga." the green haired man blushed horribly and backed away from the
Siberian, "The last time you said that, I could walk for two days. I don't even
know where you got all those...those..."
"Toys?"
"If that's what you call them." in his attempt to escape the green eyed
celestial mistakenly backed up to the bed. "I just don't think," Hyoga wasn't
stopping so he had to crawl back ward on to the bed, "so much of a good thing is
so..." The blond crawled faster, quickly over taking him, "so..."
"You love it." The blond teased kissing the other's tender lips then, down to
his chin and all the way down his neck.
"You just use the fan girls as an excuse to...to do strange things to me." His
temperature was rising as his face got more and more red.
"Hmm," Swan lifted his head from Shun's open shirt, "you could be right." As if
it was a passing thought he went back to what he was doing.
"Alright!" The green haired man shouted getting Hyoga's attention in a different
way.
"Huh?"
"Alright, but..." if it was possible his face was getting more red, "but I get
to use the purple thing on you."
"The purple thing? Which purple thing?"
"You know," Shun seemed to be getting smaller as he hid in the sheets. This was
too embarrassing, "the thing...you know." A few question marks floated around
for a moment then suddenly a exclamation mark drove them all away.
"Ohhhh, that thing!" those blue eyes went back to the naughty rock star look as
he leaned closer, letting his body down on Shun's. "You do like, it don't you?"
Rather than an answer, Andromeda kissed Hyoga. This was a signal to the blond
saying, "Let the games begin."
Far far away on the other end of the galaxy the pirate ship 'Fan Girls' exploded
from bustling excitement. A tall big breasted beauty in a skimpy leotard saluted
a little girl with thick glasses wearing a school girls uniform and short
braids.
"Captain, it's andromeda and cygnus."
"Andromeda? Bring it up on the main viewer! Get the chocolate and cancel the
locker room raids we're gonna have a full night of pleasure here girls."
"AAHHHHHH! ANDROMEDAAAA!"