Hihi, all! Thank you for reviews! They are, believe it or not, appreciated. Ahh yes, we all love Ikki. And Seiya is such a blockhead. I am not going to bother repeating the disclaimer.
Ikki shot his younger brother a speculative look from his vantage point sprawled on the sofa. Shun was curled up in a large armchair on the other side of the room, quietly absorbed in his reading material, a slim, water spotted book.
Unbeknownst to him, Ikki was debating the pros and cons of chucking a pillow at baby brother to check out the reaction. Hell, it was better than sitting there, just staring at the squirt. The phoenix slowly picked up the throw pillow, and lowered his arm, getting ready to perfect his aim. Once he was sure that the pillow's trajectory would take it on a direct route to Shun's head, Ikki was about to release his muscles when...
"Guys! You gotta hurry up!" Ikki squawked and Shun jumped as Seiya burst into the room, making that brand of raucous and noise-making that belonged to specially him.
"God DAMMIT Seiya, what the hell is your problem?!" Ikki demanded, severely annoyed that his delicate plans to liven up Shun's day were, in a word, destroyed.
"What's wrong, Seiya?" Shun asked calmly, setting aside his book. Though his tone belied that he was not startled by Seiya's graceless entry, his eyes made it look as though he too were tempted to rattle off a few choice words.
"Shiryu's encountered this...this thing!" He cried, running across the room, and hauling Shun up by the arm. The green haired saint yelped, and tried to free himself from Seiya's grip, and Ikki burrowed into the cushions, praying that Seiya would not try to get him moving next; his leg still hurt something awful, and if Seiya so much as came near him, he would not take responsibility for any of the consequences.
"Relax, Seiya," Hyoga entered next, looking utterly unconcerned. "Shiryu just called; he took care of it." Seiya dropped Shun's arm rather unceremoniously, causing the andromeda saint to stumble slightly.
"Man! Why didn't Shiryu wait for me?" he whined. Ikki and Shun glared at him, both of them feeling annoyed that the saint had actually ruined the quiet of their afternoon for nothing. Well, that was Shun's reason, at least. Ikki was annoyed that his pillow fight plan had been ruined for nothing.
"Probably because Shiryu wanted it taken care of before you showed up, Seiya," Ikki snapped, resettling himself on the couch. Shun reclaimed his seat, and watched the exchange with wide eyes.
"I'll let that slide, you roasted chicken, considering your invalid status and all," Seiya shot back. Ikki's eyes narrowed; why that little snot...!
"Watch it, ponyboy. I have no doubts that I could kick your ass without both legs!" Seiya crossed his arms.
"Oh, really? Let's see it then." It was then that Hyoga broke in, showing slightly more sense than the other two saints.
"Knock it off. Ikki needs to heal, Seiya, so leave him alone and stop antagonizing him." Seiya made a face at the phoenix, but said nothing. Ikki sighed loudly, and reclined.
"What happened with Shiryu, Hyoga?" Shun inquired, before his brother could egg anyone on.
"There was a creature attacking civilians...it was quite easy to take care of, actually." Shiryu's concise tones broke into the conversation. "I never saw anything like it before, though..." Ikki quirked an eyebrow.
"Is that all...? Jesus, Seiya made it sound like the freaking world was going to end." Seiya frowned at Ikki. Shiryu shrugged impassively.
"Two people were fighting it before I got there, however," he added thoughtfully. "They seemed quite strong." Hyoga snorted.
"If they were strong, then they would've taken care of the thing already." Shiryu shrugged philosophically.
"Appearances are not necessarily indicators of strength." A thoughtful silence settled in the room. Until Seiya ruined it by opening his big mouth.
"Pssht! Definitely NOT! I mean...lookit Shun!" Ikki had found this an excellent opportunity to launch his pillow not at his brother, but at the blockhead commonly referred to as Seiya. And the pillow fight ensued, chasing from their minds the lingering thoughts of whatever it was that Shiryu had encountered.