Author's note;

ok when you're reading the first (mabye last aswell?) paragraph imagine the song, you know the 'sad brothers' or the 'sad fraternity' (I'm not sure what it's called).

oh yeah! if you've read the first chapter it's i guess - funny? but this chapter is a bit different (?) :)


Forever Saints, Chapter; 3

Hyoga sat at the kitchen table; deep in thought; - how were they going to do this? – He slumped back in his chair and looked out of the window, perhaps he could confide in Shun, but he dismissed the idea as sudden as it had appeared. He blinked back to reality when he heard his name being called. He looked up to see Shun, coming in.

"Are you ready?" he said or sort of muttered to Hyoga. Shun had his armour on but Hyoga was wearing his normal clothes, and although he didn't really know it himself, Shun recognized it to be a protest. He closed his eyes again as if to say "I'm not coming" but Shun wouldn't have any of it and held him firmly by the arm,

"You are coming! In a matter of time we'll all be destroyed! Is that what you want?" Hyoga looked up at him;

"Yeah, and by the one person who had saved us all once before!" He replied. Shun let go of his arm, suddenly realizing how hard his grip had been.

"Ok, stay here if that's what you really want, you're not the person you used to be anyway," he turned to leave but Hyoga stood up,

"You can't say that" he said quietly at first then slowly got louder, "How can you say that? You don't know what I had to do when we were saints! I killed the one person who had been a farther to me! Two actually! So don't you say that, YOU CANOT SAY THAT!" hot tears forced against his eyes, and Shun felt sudden guilt rush through him.

"Hyoga I'm sorry," but he turned away from him and looked out of the window at snow falling onto the swimming pool cover,

"Nah..." he begun after a moments silence, "I'm sorry" he looked back at him and smiled slightly.


Ikki beat hardly at the horn. The last thing on his mind when he left the bar was traffic! And here he was in a long queue of cars all going in the same direction. He leaned out of his window; attempting to see what was causing such a jam. But he saw nothing.

He didn't have time for this! If he didn't get a move on all these people would be dead! How would they like that! He honked one last time, and got out of the car. He walked swiftly along the vast road of vehicles, until he got to a big tractor blocking the road. He assumed it to have broken down in mid crossing. There was a large crowd, everyone wearing angry faces. Overhearing a couple talking about how the AA were coming soon; he decided no one could wait that long. He would have to do something about it.


Shiryu clutched the balcony railings, perhaps it was the right thing to do? No – for him it was still wrong. Seiya came up behind him.

"Hey, you ok?" he asked, putting a hand on his shoulder. But he did not reply, he simply breathed in deeply and became entranced in all his thoughts.

Seiya looked down into the car-park, as Ikki walked into the building and rung at the buzzer. He let him in quickly; not wanting the loud ring to affect Shiryu's meditation. Ikki had a few cut on his cheek and oil on his hands, but he said nothing about it.

They were soon joined by Hyoga and Shun; all were wearing their amour. It had been a long time since they had seen each other like this, let alone put it on.

They all looked over as Shiryu came in to join them, and they were soon off to the sanctuary.


They were greeted by Shaka and Mu to discuss the situation. In the end they agreed that the bronze knights would be OK by them selves, and told them where Saori was; in her gigantic mansion/ haunted castle. But it had changed a lot; the gardens were now millions of acres of forest and there were walls all around it (the tallest/ widest wall in the world) which would prevent them from getting there within the limit of a day. So they had to set out as soon as possible.


Hyoga stood at the wall they had been told of. And they had been right; it went up higher than he could see. Shun put a hand on his shoulder, looking upwards. Seiya and Shiryu had gone ahead; they must be some where up there, and Ikki had still to come.

He slot a hand into one of the square bricks and his left foot in another; like this they climbed for hours, until they came to a sort of whole/ cave in the wall and their hands were all cut and bloody.

The cave looked as though the wall had not been finished properly, but the floor was smooth and the walls alight with torches. It seemed to Hyoga that it had been put there on purpose, as though Saori knew this would happen and there was still a part in her that was not bad.

He comforted himself like this and tried to go to sleep, as the night crept in on them and a wave of slumber blew across their eyes. But Shun could not sleep, troubled thoughts clouded his mind, -had Shiryu and Seiya not passed this cave? If they had why did they not stop to rest, or at least leave a message? And his brother; Ikki? How was he? How could the others stop for the night without a hole like theirs? But a more comforting thought was that they all had one. And indeed they did.

Rain pounded down past their shelter, and the temperature plummeted down until it was freezing. Shun sat slumped against the wall, gazing over at the warrior lying down on the floor. He smiled; Hyoga was used to temperatures like this. He rubbed his arms fiercely, trying to get warm – but he wasn't. Using his cosmos would alert Saori, even though she most likely knew of their presence anyway.

Hyoga sat up and looked Shun straight in the eyes,

"You're not cold are you?" Shun shook his head, but his insides were screaming – YES! YES I AM! – . Hyoga crawled over to him and they snuggled up together. This way they could get warmer.

Shun felt his heart beating faster and faster.

He blushed.

This was ridiculous! Why should he feel embarrassed? He had done this before! But although how hard he tried, he could not get calm, then he realized – was he embarrassed? Or was he nervous? Exited? Even waiting? Waiting for what? For them?

TO BE CONTINUED...


hope you liked it! ;)

By Marine (not Seiya's sister!)

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