I do not own Saint Seiya. Toei and Masami Kurumada own it.

Aphrodite was lying on the ground, dying from Shun's attack. 'Why? Why did I have to be cursed with this hideous evil inside me?'

'I should've stopped Saga and his evil plan instead of carrying it out. I should've known i was nothing but a pawn to his selfishness.'

He looked at Shun; who lay on the ground, suffering by his white rose attack. 'Young one, I'm sorry. I gave you grief and I ended up being killed by my own deviousness..'

'I should have convinced the other Gold Saints to stop Saga... I'm such a fool...'

Aphrodite had tears streaming from his eyes. "Athena... I'm sorry..." He gasped out in a soft, dying breath.

His eyes looked at the rose in his hand. "This...rose...is...my..curse..." He breathed out his last words and passed away.

A tear drop landed on a red rose. Aphrodite lay there; his beautiful face held an expression of hidden regret and sorrow.

Somewhere, in the sky, the Pisces constellation appeared for a moment, then disappeared.

The end.

RxR. Ja ne!