Forever My Gem

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More than a decade has passed. Some battles have passed behind. Some deaths of their own have passed through.

And then here they were, standing high on the rock. Being free from the poison of Yggdrasil in the cold northern land, with their hearts full of the warmth of a second chance in their life to meet in flesh again, eye to eye, without any tainted eye.

There was that silence again between them, when Saga and Aiolos were looking at each other despite the enemy near by. There was not enough time to talk about what, why and how. But from those eyes, an almost eternal time formed between them, enough to restore the precious bond between them in those previous lives. All have been understood...and forgiven.

Looking through the eyes of each other's, they shared the same love to their little brothers. They understood each other that they would have done anything in the world to save their precious brothers. Literally anything.

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Aiolos nodded and smiled to the Gemini Saint. Not all the paths taken by the first twin were correct and noble. However, in Aiolos eyes, Saga has paid for the price, dearly.

For since the day had Saga told him about what was kept under the Cape Sounion, Aiolos never seen the other twin. Again, Aiolos looked around him. He realized that there was no sign of the other twin, the one that his best friend cared so much. No sign of Kanon or his fun laughs—not before the Wailing Wall—and not now in this land.

It was Saga's greatest desire to protect his twin from the cruel curse on their stars. A desire that was almost equal to his desire for an unlimited, divine power. And in part, Aiolos had blindly supported that desire to grow as well.

Therefore, failing to achieve those desires was already a hard sentence for the Gemini Saint. Losing his twin was a gruesome punishment that Saga had taken in more than one life. Aiolos understood it well what his best friend had endured...and what he was still enduring.

So Aiolos decided to take the first step.


Saga looked regretful, a bit shy and unsure when Aiolos approached him. The Gemini Saint even took one step back without realizing it. But Aiolos did not let his friend get away and swiftly pulled him for a tight embrace.

"All is fine, Saga. I am still your gem."

Saga closed his eyes to prevent the tears escaping his Aegean-sea green eyes. He hug Aiolos back.

"Thank you Aiolos." That was all that Saga could say. "You are indeed my gem."

A true, best friend is a rare gem. One should never let it slip out of the hands, never let it be dissolved into nothingness by the time.

Saga tightened his embrace. He found back a gem of friendship, although he has lost a soul twin, twice.

You always find your own way, Kanon. You will be fine. You must be. For me.

Then Saga stepped back, releasing Aiolos to observe all the gold saints around them, flying in their myth cloths and divine wings. For whatever reason without Shion's presence and with Aiolos forgiving gestures towards him, all the gold saints including the young Dohko were looking up to the Gemini saint again-awaiting him to lead them as a former Patriarch.

They might only have minutes left to live in that foreign land. The best thing to spend it was to go hand in hand in full brotherhood.

Standing tall and majestic in resolution, Saga turned to the Sagittarius Saint. His signature angelic smile was on his handsome face. "Let's assist your precious little lion."

Aiolos nodded, beaming in the same sweet smile."Always count on you, Saga. My friend."

And all is forgiven in the name of a true friendship.

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