"Shura, I have something for you to do."

Seeing Aiolia not too far from her, she ripped off a piece of his cloak and pressed it against her wound, staining it with her blood. She handed it to Shura and said, "Take this to Saga and tell him that you have succeeded in killing me."

Shura took it; he was reluctant but nodded.

"What is the matter Shura?" Saori asked him.

"Athena, it isn't Saga," Shura replied. "I am willing to carry out any mission for you for I am grateful you spared my life. But the real enemy here isn't Saga. It is Zeus King of Olympus, your father."

"What?" Saori was in disbelief. For a long time, she was curious on what had happened at the Sanctuary. She had believed it was Poseidon who tried to take over Sanctuary. When she asked Mu and Aldebaran, both were trying to avoid the subject. Now she knew why.

"Zeus has sealed Goddess Metis in an urn that drained her power," Shura went on. "Saga sworn his loyalty to Zeus for the sake of Sanctuary. It was Zeus who ordered him to slain you but Saga failed because of Aiolos."

"What about now? Does he still want me dead?"

"I don't know," Shura answered honestly. "But I do know Silver Saint Ptolemy meant to bring you to the Sanctuary alive when he shot you with his arrow. He did not expect you to fight back. None of us did."

It was a hard fact for her to swallow - that the real enemy was her very own father who wanted her dead.

"Athena..."

"Shura! Go!" Saori snapped. "Go to Saga and tell him that I am dead after you slain me with your Excalibur, bestowed by Zeus as a reward for killing traitor Aiolos!"

With that said, she turned and stumbled to the next House - the House of Sagittarius. Her feet were still bare. Her heart was heavy yet her limbs were light. Though stumbling, her steps were quick to the point that the Saints couldn't catch up to her. Once in the House of Sagittarius, she screamed for Aiolos.

"AIOLOS!"

She knew he is dead, but his spirit should be here. She wanted him to tell her what really happened, hoping it'd be different from what Shura had told her.

The Sagittarius Gold Cloth was sitting right before her eyes as if it was waiting for her. Saori wasn't surprised for she knew the Gold Cloth has a mind and spirit of its own to find its way back to where it belongs. The Gold Cloth shot at arrow right at her, but Saori didn't dodge. The arrow barely missed her by inches and hit the wall. The bricks fell off, revealing a message written in Greek.

"What is it?" Shun asked.

"Athena, be aware of the Olympus," Seiya read, knowing Greek. "Be aware of the Olympus. The Saints are your allies and Sanctuary is your realm-"

"Stop!" Saori yelled. Taking a deep breath, she said to the Saints, "Give me a moment, please. I want to be alone."

Jabu saw she's upset but knew they couldn't waste time. "Saori-san-"

"I know but please give me a moment," Saori said. "Go. I'll meet you at the House of Aquarius, I promise."

"Ca...Camus..." Hyoga tried to get up.

"Hyoga..." Camus wasn't any better himself. "I...I thought you were too weak...but I was wrong..."

"No...you are my master...the best..."

"Nice try...I'm your only master..."

Smile appeared on their faces as they were recovering their cosmo

No, the Gold Saints were not the enemy; neither was the Sanctuary. The enemy was Zeus, King of Olympus.

Her father.

Even if she were to defeat Saga, would she able to defeat Zeus? What would it be for her and the Saints afterwards?

As she was tormented by these thoughts, she realized that Seiya was still there with her.

"I thought I said I want to be alone," Saori said.

"Aiolia told me," Seiya said. "About what happened sixteen years ago."

"Stop, just stop," Saori said almost pleadingly.

"Nothing has changed, Saori-san," Seiya said. "Why we are here and what we are fighting for."

"If you don't leave this house there will be consequences!" She warned. "You do not want to see me-"

"Angry," Seiya finished her words. "Come then, let it out."

Saori went to him as if she were to smack him. But instead, she let him pull her into his arms and wept against his shoulders.

"Don't think this means anything," she sniffed. "I"m merely borrowing your shoulder for a few minutes."

"Whatever you want, you are the commander in chief," he said, holding her protectively.

"Would you think it'd be better if we just stay here," she said quietly. "Two hours...and then I die. There won't be any war, and you and other Saints don't have to battle anymore. Hyoga can go home to Siberia. Shiryu can return to Five Peaks and marry his friend. Shun and Ikki can start a new life and you can go be united with your sister. The Sanctuary can be under the patronage of any god as long as there's peace."

"Why are saying these silly things?" Seiya said. "It wasn't just us in this battle, you were there too. We have come too far to give up now. Whoever is the enemy, I'm always there with you."

"Yeah right," Saori said. "You left me alone at the House of Aries."

"Because you took two tablets instead of one. What were you thinking?"

Now that made her laugh.

"I did leave you at the House of Aries," Seiya admitted. "But you should've known that I will come back for you."

She pressed her hand against his. "So what do we do after we win this battle?"

"We can divide our time between here and Tokyo," Seiya said. "To others, you may be Goddess Athena. But to me, you are that angry wasp who needs to be tamed."

Before the House of Aquarius, Tatsumi and the Saints were worried.

They had waited for a long time and the sun was setting.

They could go into the House of Aquarius but Milo disagreed, saying the Camus and Hyoga had a lot of issues to work out and so they should wait until Saori and Seiya join them.

"What is Seiya doing in the House of Sagittarius?" Ichi asked. "Didn't Saori-san say that she wants to be alone?"

"You must be living in a cave most of your life," Shaina said. "When girls say that they want to be alone, it means everyone out but their boyfriends stay."

Another flame went out.

"We can't wait anymore," Jabu said. "We got to move."

"What are they doing in there for so long?" Ichi asked.

Leo Aiolia approached Shun.

"Don't look at me," Shun said, blushing heavily. "I'm not going to...you know."

"Know what?" Leo Aiolia said. "I was about to tell you to use your nebula chain to alert them that time is up."

That made Shun even more nervous.

"Rattle!" Aiolia said, running out of patience. "Making sounds. Time is up and let's go!"

"Oh," Shun realized what he meant.

Saori could hear the sound of Nebula Chain rattling.

She pulled away from Seiya.

"Let's get out of here," she said. "We have a battle to win. This is my realm."

The last time she heard Shun's chain rattling was when she was attacked by Black Phoenix. As always, it was Seiya who came to her rescue.

"What are you all standing around for?" Saori asked as she stepped out of the House of Sagittarius with Seiya not far behind her. "We only have one hour left."

She put her shoes back on and moved on to the next House, where she found Hyoga and Camus on the floor. She used her power and healed them both.

"Ikki is in the next House battling Pisces Gold Saint," she said to Hyoga. "You want to stay here or come with us?"

"Can't let Ikki have all the fun," Hyoga said, getting onto his feet, and looked at Camus.

"Go with Athena, Hyoga," Camus said.

They went to the House of Pieces and found the body of the Pisces Gold Saint. He was bleeding from the mouth with rose petals all over him.

"He was a weakling," Phoenix Ikki said as he walked out. "I thought he'd be a stronger opponent."

"Brother!" Shun was happy to see him.

"This is the last house before Pope's chamber," Saori said, feeling no sympathy towards the Pieces Gold Saint. She knew that he destroyed Andromeda Island and killed off Shun's master and friends. "Shura should be with Saga now. Will you assist Shura with your illusions, Ikki?"