Shaina knew she doesn't stand a chance against a Gold Saint. Nevertheless, she could keep Aiolia distracted to let Seiya move on to the next House.
"You asked for it." Aiolia threw Shaina against the wall. Bleeding from the head, she could barely move and her mask was cracking. Seiya stopped and turned to face Aiolia.
"I have respected you as a Gold Saint," Seiya said, approaching Aiolia. "And as Sagittarius' brother. But now, I see you as an enemy I'm willing to defeat. Saori-san is right - you are nothing like your brother."
"Seiya!" Shun and Shiryu arrived the House of Leo.
"Go on," Seiya said. "I can manage this alone."
From Seiya's view, it was Aiolia who came with the Silver Saints to take Saori to the Sanctuary. It was before the eyes of Aiolia where Silver Saint Ptolemy shot her with a cursed arrow. Initially Seiya thought Aiolia didn't know the truth - that Saori is Goddess Athena. However, much to his disgust, Aiolia knew everything yet still went along with the Pope.
"Pegasus Comet Fist!" Seiya attacked Aiolia.
"Let me teach you a real attack," Aiolia said, treating Seiya's attack nothing more than a joke. "Listen to the roar of lion - Lighting Plasma!"
But Seiya's force was stronger than Aiolia had expected.
"Shiryu! Shun! Go!" Seiya shouted.
"Don't even think about it!" Aiolia turned his attack on Shun and Shiryu before another Gold Saint stopped him. He only used his palm and blocking off Aiolia's attacks like a shield.
"I'll talk to Aiolia," that Gold Saint said. He had long blond hair and his eyes were closed. "You three go ahead."
Before Seiya could ask who he is, the Gold Saint introduced himself, "Virgo Shaka."
Seeing the three Bronze Saints ran off to the next House, Aiolia was in disbelief. "Shaka! You are assisting these rebels?"
"Listen Aiolia," Virgo Shaka said with a calm but firm voice. "Saori Kido is Goddess Athena and daughter of Zeus King of Olympus. If she dies in the hands of deity, it'd be in the family. If she dies in the hands of Sanctuary, we will have to answer to the Olympus."
One step after another, Saori came before the House of Cancer. Behind her was Tatsumi and the Bronze Saints, led by Unicorn Jabu who walked in bare feet. Before coming to Sanctuary, Saori didn't expect to climb this many series of steps. As usual, she was wearing heels. Her feet were not only hurting but swollen too. She could have one of the Saints carry her but Saori was too proud for that.
Plus, if anyone could carry her, she'd want it to be Seiya.
Therefore, she asked Jabu to loan her his shoes since Jabu was the only one among the Bronze Saints whose shoe size closest to hers - though still three sizes bigger.
Walking in Jabu's shoes wasn't as painful but it was sort of awkward.
The House of Cancer was empty like the House of Gemini.
"They are not here," Jabu said.
"No," Saori replied. "They are not. They must be in the next House then."
"Answer me," Aquarius Camus repeated his question. "What is absolute zero?"
"Absolute zero..." Hyoga was breathless.
"You still can't answer that," Camus said with disappointment.
Hyoga had always been a problematic disciple and this was far from Camus' first disappointment in him.
Camus had two disciples, Hyoga and Isaac. Compared to Hyoga, Isaac was more similar to Camus in personality and attitude. Yet, Camus saw more potential in Hyoga. When Isaac was presumably killed by the current, Camus didn't rebuke Hyoga, hoping that he would mature from this incident. When Hyoga donned the Cygnus Bronze Cloth, Camus sent him to Tokyo to assassinate Saori Kido under the order of the Pope. However, instead of carrying out the assassination, Hyoga joined other Bronze Saints and fought against Sanctuary.
It was Camus who sent the ship's wreck into the ocean's grave - the ship's wreck that carried Hyoga's mother - when Hyoga battled Isaac who actually survived and became a Mariner. Though it made Hyoga angry, it did burn his cosmo to extreme.
When Hyoga went to the House of Gemini with the Bronze Saints, the Pope - Gemini Saga - sent them to another dimension. Shiryu, deprived of his vision, was not fooled by illusions. He grabbed Seiya and ran to the next House. Shun and Hyoga weren't as lucky. Hyoga was lost in another dimension with Shun until Camus intervened and brought him to the House of Aquarius.
"You have joined the rebels, Hyoga," Camus said. "That is your choice. You have to fight me or be defeated, but you are weak. You will never master the Seventh Sense. Rather letting you die in the hands of the Pope, it'd be better that I finish you off here."
"What?"
"Aurora Execution!"
On the marble floor, Seiya was paralyzed in pain. Shun and Shiryu were not far from him and they were too stung by Scorpio Milo's Scarlet Needle.
"You shouldn't have come here," Milo said. "I'm impressed that you made thus far."
He came closer to Seiya, ready to finish him off.
"Not so fast," another Gold Saint came behind him. "Milo, I can't let you have all the fun."
"Capricorn Shura," Milo was rather annoyed.
"Leave Pegasus to me," Shura said. "You can finish off the other two."
With his arm up, he was ready to attack Seiya. Sixteen years ago, after he finished off Sagittarius Aiolos, Zeus rewarded him with Excalibur, a very sharp blast composed of extreme cosmo embedded in his arms and legs. Shura was proud this reward and expressed no remorse from killing Aiolos, who was once his friend.
"Sa...Saori-san..." Seiya muttered.
"Behold, power of my Excalibur!"
"DO NOT HARM HIM!"
Shura was unable to move. Before him came Saori. She went to Seiya and used her cosmo to heal him. Soon, the pain was gone and Seiya could move again. Saori went to Shiryu and Shun and healed them too.
Pulling the crest from her neck, Saori had her golden spear in her hand.
"Capricorn Shura, isn't it?" she said, recognizing him from her dream.
"Saori-san," Seiya tried to stop her before she went closer to Shura.
"Stay back Seiya," Saori said. "This one is mine. I owed Aiolos this." She then said to Shura, "The Sanctuary was under my mother's patronage and the Pope betrayed my mother and tried to kill me. He failed, thanks to Sagittarius Aiolos. It was you who killed Sagittarius. Today is the day of reckoning and I will avenge him."