Okay .... a free weekend and it's all mine .... well mine and the laundry but I guess I can share. I finally got one done and I am hoping the size makes up for the wait, you know how it is when you finally get to sit down and the ideas just wanna keep pouring out ..... well it poured all right so don't drown in it.
- Chapter 5 -
It was a nice warm day and it did manage to get warmer after the sun had hit it's apex making the afternoon humid and hot .... two of the best conditions to train yourself in .... or it had been to Shaka ... it was a test you see, a test to see if you could surpass the uncomfortable conditions and seek your solace in your mind .... it was also a training in the fact that if you could escape the small things such as that you could use the ability in battle.
To be hit full blast in battle and never even flinch let alone notice the pain till after when you had time to lick your wounds ... it was a technique he had been working on for a while now, not that he had perfected it but it gave him something to challenge even a gold knight and so he had found himself a spot under the sun and sat down in the heat of the day and smiled while the others played around the pool .... where they sought out the cooler effects he had welcomed the heat.
"Ikki .... go tell him to come over, he'll pass out if he stays in that sun ...." Shun walked up behind the outstretched Phoenix Saint, he'd been watching Shaka on and off for the last hour and was practically melting just watching.
"Ever think that maybe he don't wanna ...." came Ikki's relaxed voice, he hadn't bothered to move up from the lounge chair, sitting in the shade with a set of dark glasses on, course no one had said he'd been resting well either, he wasn't exactly sure if Gold's tried to kill themselves on purpose or if this one in particular was interested in seeing if he could pass out but the entire time he had been watching it didn't even seem that Shaka had broke a sweat.
"Well you know if your worried ...." Hyoga said as he dumped a bucket of water down Shun's back causing the smaller knight to squeal as the cold liquid coursed down over his shoulders and soaked him rather effectively.
"Hyoga .... hah ...." was all Shun managed as he arched away from the sudden drop of temperature and wetness.
"Yeah there's an idea ...... make Jack Frost cool the place down" Ikki had managed not to get as wet as his brother but the glasses were definitely off and he was right back to where they were this morning .... eyeing Hyoga like he was gonna throttle him.
"What .... you need cooling off too ?" Hyoga cooed, his one shoulder going back but a playful glint in his eye .... he had so wanted to get Ikki with the water but that would look like a fight so he had been happy just getting him a little but if the firey one wanted a round then he was more then up for it.
"I'll show you who is about to get his heels cooled off" shot Ikki as he himself was up off the seat in an instant and gave Hyoga a shove .... right into the pool and nearly on top of Seiya.
"Hey ...." was all Hyoga managed to get out before he was covered over with water, but he wasn't gonna back down, this was actually fun and all at Ikki's expense. When he came up it was with one hand open "Okay hot head .... try some Diamond Dust"
Ikki had not been expecting Hyoga to openly start something so when he'd gotten Hyoga in the pool he actually relaxed enough to look and make sure he was all right only to come face to face with the attack.
"Hom ...." was all they heard as the ice and snow literally flew past Ikki ..... the gold tinted dome now wrapped in a tight parameter around Ikki much to the stunned look of the others. "I would suggest that if you two can not play nicely that you don't play at all"
Shaka lifted his head and dusted off what had reached him from the blast, not that he had been worried about the force of the attack as it was easy to see it wasn't a full out attack but it would likely have irritated the situation more then what was needed.
"Awh come on .... I wasn't gonna hurt him or anything, just a small little breeze back home" Hyoga shrugged and grinned, just the look alone on Ikki's stunned face as he'd come up out of the water with an attack was worth the chastisement.
"I'll breeze you one, one of these days bird brain ...." Ikki huffed as he turned, just hoping the other one took up the chance cause even his good will was running short with the Cygnus. He'd storm past Shaka and headed in to the house .... heat or not he had not needed the small shower nor the shield during the attack.
It wasn't until Ikki had grabbed a towel and was drying himself off that he realized he had company, Shun had followed him in with an apologetic look on his face. "He was just playing .... "
"One of these days I will forget that" Ikki replied gruffly as he turned away from Shun and finished drying off, he hadn't bothered to gauge the measure of the attack which means had he actually intercepted it with an attack of his own he would likely have ended up hurting someone in the process.
Shun looked from his brother to the carpet, weighing his next words. "I think maybe you and Hyoga need to sit down and talk cause you two seem to be getting worse rather then better" and with that he turned and walked away, at the current rate it seemed to Shun that there would never be a 'good time' to tell his brother anything about what was going on.
Ikki turned about ready to lay into Shun till he'd seen his brother walking away and drew his anger back some ..... closing his eyes and trying to swallow the heat he felt, he wasn't exactly sure about the whys of it all but he knew one thing .... Hyoga found way to many ways under his skin and it just made him a quick and easy enemy.
"Your brother looks a touch bit blue ..." Shaka says having followed but not to closely, in fact he had hoped to avoid the scene which was why he had taken his time returning to the house as well.
"You come to piss on my parade too?" Ikki muttered back, the last thing he had needed was someone else on his case.
"Actually I just came to get a drink but if you wanted someone to talk to ...." he exclaimed quietly, he hadn't really intended to get involved in all this but with Ikki having been at his temple and a few cracks he'd made about life here at the manor maybe it was time to try and quell some of what ever was pushing Ikki away from his friends.
"No I don't want anyone to talk to .... do I look like I'm the one constantly pushing till the other person blows up ?" he'd answer back with, still a little hot under the collar.
"No but your blowing up cause he was trying to get your brother in a water game and you inadvertently ended up a bit wet" Shaka pointed out, trying to keep the grin from his face as it did seem a bit silly to get upset about.
"So you think I am taking this to personal .... the alarm clock, the water, the attack .... and that's just been today ...." It wasn't a question, Ikki was pointing out the facts in just one day that could cause this, not to mention that all to sweet and innocent act, he was about ready to rip Hyoga's innards out and see how sweet he felt then.
"Okay ..... ever ask him why, may be a slightly uninformed observation but it does seem that maybe he is trying to get your attention ... or a reaction, it may just be that your missing something" he was not going to tell Ikki what he knew, that was just plain prying into others affairs but ..... well how did he tell Ikki that maybe Hyoga was trying to get Ikki to notice how Shun and him acted towards one another.
"The only thing I miss is the chance to pound him, Shun keeps getting in the way" was Ikki's even reply, usually it was Shun that broke up any argument or fight but as of late it was mainly just the ones tween him and Hyoga that had kept the Andromeda saint busy.
"Why ..... why does Shun stop you two?" Shaka's eye lit up, maybe it could be drilled through that thick skull .... but it wasn't gonna be by him, it was easier just to make Ikki ask those questions.
"Cause Shun stops every fight, it's never been his nature to really get into a brawl" Ikki sighed, even as a kid Shun wouldn't really fight which was exactly why Ikki had gotten so good so quick.
"So he stops you from fighting all the time then ...." Shaka nodded, having taken a minute to formulate the best way to put that, then closed his eyes, as if to signify that he understood, waiting for Ikki to walk right into.
"No ..... he just stops me from ripping that fools head off" Ikki countered, it wasn't like Shun stopped him all the time, not in an actual fight anyways.
"I see .... I wonder why?" Shaka mused to himself but loud enough to make sure the other could hear him. Of course it was then that Shiryu interrupted with the need of a towel, while they had been in discussing the problem it seemed Hyoga had managed to fell another victim to the cold water treatment. "Anyways I do still need that drink .... and I think maybe you have a few questions that need answers to them"
Ikki would watch as the Gold Saint walked off .... closed eyes and all like he knew every turn in the manor already before looking back at Shiryu and scowling, what the hell was that suppose to mean .... Shaka didn't actually expect him to go out and talk to that idiot .... did he.
"I didn't interrupt anything .... did I ?" asked the black haired boy, it was unusual for Ikki to so much as look at him and to think he'd just walked into something that might have been important really didn't sit well.
Ikki blinked and looked at Shiryu as if he'd just walked into the room, it hadn't been Shiryu he'd been miffed about but the interruption it's self. "No .... nothing my mind couldn't use the break from in the first place ...." riddles, questions, and not a single answer ..... frustration was just not gonna give him a break today it seemed.
Shiryu took another look at Ikki and walked out the way he had come in .... towel in hand, he was not about to ask just go back and try to dry off the book that had ended up getting the cold bath along with him.
-End-
Okay so maybe my lack of Role Play and overactive imagination may be showing through a touch bit but I have three weeks of courses that I can doodle or write things down in so if these three weeks are as boring as I am expecting at least I should have more parts of this story up sooner then this part.
- Chapter 5 -
It was a nice warm day and it did manage to get warmer after the sun had hit it's apex making the afternoon humid and hot .... two of the best conditions to train yourself in .... or it had been to Shaka ... it was a test you see, a test to see if you could surpass the uncomfortable conditions and seek your solace in your mind .... it was also a training in the fact that if you could escape the small things such as that you could use the ability in battle.
To be hit full blast in battle and never even flinch let alone notice the pain till after when you had time to lick your wounds ... it was a technique he had been working on for a while now, not that he had perfected it but it gave him something to challenge even a gold knight and so he had found himself a spot under the sun and sat down in the heat of the day and smiled while the others played around the pool .... where they sought out the cooler effects he had welcomed the heat.
"Ikki .... go tell him to come over, he'll pass out if he stays in that sun ...." Shun walked up behind the outstretched Phoenix Saint, he'd been watching Shaka on and off for the last hour and was practically melting just watching.
"Ever think that maybe he don't wanna ...." came Ikki's relaxed voice, he hadn't bothered to move up from the lounge chair, sitting in the shade with a set of dark glasses on, course no one had said he'd been resting well either, he wasn't exactly sure if Gold's tried to kill themselves on purpose or if this one in particular was interested in seeing if he could pass out but the entire time he had been watching it didn't even seem that Shaka had broke a sweat.
"Well you know if your worried ...." Hyoga said as he dumped a bucket of water down Shun's back causing the smaller knight to squeal as the cold liquid coursed down over his shoulders and soaked him rather effectively.
"Hyoga .... hah ...." was all Shun managed as he arched away from the sudden drop of temperature and wetness.
"Yeah there's an idea ...... make Jack Frost cool the place down" Ikki had managed not to get as wet as his brother but the glasses were definitely off and he was right back to where they were this morning .... eyeing Hyoga like he was gonna throttle him.
"What .... you need cooling off too ?" Hyoga cooed, his one shoulder going back but a playful glint in his eye .... he had so wanted to get Ikki with the water but that would look like a fight so he had been happy just getting him a little but if the firey one wanted a round then he was more then up for it.
"I'll show you who is about to get his heels cooled off" shot Ikki as he himself was up off the seat in an instant and gave Hyoga a shove .... right into the pool and nearly on top of Seiya.
"Hey ...." was all Hyoga managed to get out before he was covered over with water, but he wasn't gonna back down, this was actually fun and all at Ikki's expense. When he came up it was with one hand open "Okay hot head .... try some Diamond Dust"
Ikki had not been expecting Hyoga to openly start something so when he'd gotten Hyoga in the pool he actually relaxed enough to look and make sure he was all right only to come face to face with the attack.
"Hom ...." was all they heard as the ice and snow literally flew past Ikki ..... the gold tinted dome now wrapped in a tight parameter around Ikki much to the stunned look of the others. "I would suggest that if you two can not play nicely that you don't play at all"
Shaka lifted his head and dusted off what had reached him from the blast, not that he had been worried about the force of the attack as it was easy to see it wasn't a full out attack but it would likely have irritated the situation more then what was needed.
"Awh come on .... I wasn't gonna hurt him or anything, just a small little breeze back home" Hyoga shrugged and grinned, just the look alone on Ikki's stunned face as he'd come up out of the water with an attack was worth the chastisement.
"I'll breeze you one, one of these days bird brain ...." Ikki huffed as he turned, just hoping the other one took up the chance cause even his good will was running short with the Cygnus. He'd storm past Shaka and headed in to the house .... heat or not he had not needed the small shower nor the shield during the attack.
It wasn't until Ikki had grabbed a towel and was drying himself off that he realized he had company, Shun had followed him in with an apologetic look on his face. "He was just playing .... "
"One of these days I will forget that" Ikki replied gruffly as he turned away from Shun and finished drying off, he hadn't bothered to gauge the measure of the attack which means had he actually intercepted it with an attack of his own he would likely have ended up hurting someone in the process.
Shun looked from his brother to the carpet, weighing his next words. "I think maybe you and Hyoga need to sit down and talk cause you two seem to be getting worse rather then better" and with that he turned and walked away, at the current rate it seemed to Shun that there would never be a 'good time' to tell his brother anything about what was going on.
Ikki turned about ready to lay into Shun till he'd seen his brother walking away and drew his anger back some ..... closing his eyes and trying to swallow the heat he felt, he wasn't exactly sure about the whys of it all but he knew one thing .... Hyoga found way to many ways under his skin and it just made him a quick and easy enemy.
"Your brother looks a touch bit blue ..." Shaka says having followed but not to closely, in fact he had hoped to avoid the scene which was why he had taken his time returning to the house as well.
"You come to piss on my parade too?" Ikki muttered back, the last thing he had needed was someone else on his case.
"Actually I just came to get a drink but if you wanted someone to talk to ...." he exclaimed quietly, he hadn't really intended to get involved in all this but with Ikki having been at his temple and a few cracks he'd made about life here at the manor maybe it was time to try and quell some of what ever was pushing Ikki away from his friends.
"No I don't want anyone to talk to .... do I look like I'm the one constantly pushing till the other person blows up ?" he'd answer back with, still a little hot under the collar.
"No but your blowing up cause he was trying to get your brother in a water game and you inadvertently ended up a bit wet" Shaka pointed out, trying to keep the grin from his face as it did seem a bit silly to get upset about.
"So you think I am taking this to personal .... the alarm clock, the water, the attack .... and that's just been today ...." It wasn't a question, Ikki was pointing out the facts in just one day that could cause this, not to mention that all to sweet and innocent act, he was about ready to rip Hyoga's innards out and see how sweet he felt then.
"Okay ..... ever ask him why, may be a slightly uninformed observation but it does seem that maybe he is trying to get your attention ... or a reaction, it may just be that your missing something" he was not going to tell Ikki what he knew, that was just plain prying into others affairs but ..... well how did he tell Ikki that maybe Hyoga was trying to get Ikki to notice how Shun and him acted towards one another.
"The only thing I miss is the chance to pound him, Shun keeps getting in the way" was Ikki's even reply, usually it was Shun that broke up any argument or fight but as of late it was mainly just the ones tween him and Hyoga that had kept the Andromeda saint busy.
"Why ..... why does Shun stop you two?" Shaka's eye lit up, maybe it could be drilled through that thick skull .... but it wasn't gonna be by him, it was easier just to make Ikki ask those questions.
"Cause Shun stops every fight, it's never been his nature to really get into a brawl" Ikki sighed, even as a kid Shun wouldn't really fight which was exactly why Ikki had gotten so good so quick.
"So he stops you from fighting all the time then ...." Shaka nodded, having taken a minute to formulate the best way to put that, then closed his eyes, as if to signify that he understood, waiting for Ikki to walk right into.
"No ..... he just stops me from ripping that fools head off" Ikki countered, it wasn't like Shun stopped him all the time, not in an actual fight anyways.
"I see .... I wonder why?" Shaka mused to himself but loud enough to make sure the other could hear him. Of course it was then that Shiryu interrupted with the need of a towel, while they had been in discussing the problem it seemed Hyoga had managed to fell another victim to the cold water treatment. "Anyways I do still need that drink .... and I think maybe you have a few questions that need answers to them"
Ikki would watch as the Gold Saint walked off .... closed eyes and all like he knew every turn in the manor already before looking back at Shiryu and scowling, what the hell was that suppose to mean .... Shaka didn't actually expect him to go out and talk to that idiot .... did he.
"I didn't interrupt anything .... did I ?" asked the black haired boy, it was unusual for Ikki to so much as look at him and to think he'd just walked into something that might have been important really didn't sit well.
Ikki blinked and looked at Shiryu as if he'd just walked into the room, it hadn't been Shiryu he'd been miffed about but the interruption it's self. "No .... nothing my mind couldn't use the break from in the first place ...." riddles, questions, and not a single answer ..... frustration was just not gonna give him a break today it seemed.
Shiryu took another look at Ikki and walked out the way he had come in .... towel in hand, he was not about to ask just go back and try to dry off the book that had ended up getting the cold bath along with him.
-End-
Okay so maybe my lack of Role Play and overactive imagination may be showing through a touch bit but I have three weeks of courses that I can doodle or write things down in so if these three weeks are as boring as I am expecting at least I should have more parts of this story up sooner then this part.