A/N: Hello! Happy celebrating New Year for all of you, guys!! =D I'm so sorry, I promised to submit three fics, but I only managed to write two stories as I didn't have much time. These fics are a bit long; about Mu and Camus and Milo again; there's a bit Shaka also (hihihi, I really love his calm yet deadly feature…). Thank you very very very much for Akiko, almost the whole of the ninenth fic is her idea. Thank you, writing this is so fun! :D Hope you enjoy it, and pliz review. :)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Saint Seiya characters…(sob…)
Setting: After Hades, before my own fic "Powerless"
Mu's Duty
Before Athena headed to Olympus mountain, she ordered one of her saints to meet her in the mansion's hall. The saint she called was Aries Mu.
"Did you call me, Athena-sama?" asked Mu.
"Oh, yes. You must recognize them, right, Mu?" asked Saori cheerfully, pointing twelve boxes of Gold Cloths behind her.
"Yes," answered Mu. He got bad feeling about this…he could definitely guess what Saori order him to do next.
"Though you're no longer Saints, I think you still need to own proper Gold Cloths. You see that most of the cloths suffered damages, especially the Leo Gold Cloth, Virgo, Aquarius, Libra, and Sagittarius."
Mu wanted to say that the five Gold Cloths weren't appropriate to be said to have only damages, since they have turned into fragments, but he decided not to interrupt.
"You're not objected if I ask you to fix the cloths, are you, Mu? Ummm…I give you 12 days?" asked Saori with puppy eyes.
"No, of course I'm not objected," said Mu.
"Great!" beamed Saori. "No problem then. So go fix the cloths! I have to go now. Bye, Mu!" and Saori left the room.
Mu was a bit stricken. He then turned his head and stared on the twelve boxes. The twelve boxes meant he would have lack of sleep-hour for the next 12 days.
Day one:
"Fixing Aries,Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer Gold Cloths. Not too difficult, since the five don't suffer too serious damages. Only using stardust powder and done," said Mu, began to fix the Gold cloths.
Day two:
"Setting aside Leo, Libra, Virgo, Sagitarius, and Aquarius Gold cloths for some times. Only Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces left then," said Mu as he gazed on the last three Gold cloths he mentioned. "Hmm, they're easy; only pouring stardust powder again and—"
Suddenly Mu's phone was ringing. "Hello?" he greeted.
"Hello, Mu," Shion's voice. "I am in Japan now, Kiki is here accompanying me—we will go buy some lunch. Do you want to join us?"
"Ummm…wait a second…," Mu picked a coin from his pocket. He had to do this in order it would be easy for him to choose between cloths and lunch.
"If it's head, then cloths. If it's number, then lunch," thought Mu. He flung the coin in the air, then caught it. He was so disappointed seeing the picture of head in his palm.
"Umm..," murmured Mu. "Maybe I should try once more."
He flung his coin again. Head again.
"Once more," mumbled Mu, and he, again, flung the coin in the air. He finally beamed seeing numbers on his palm.
"I got numbers! Okay, Master, let us have lunch together!" said Mu cheerfully.
Day three:
Milo: (in hurry) "Mu, you'll fix my cloth, won't you?"
Mu: "Yes, Milo." (in front of him there were three Gold cloths he would fix)
Milo: "You must do it well (showing the photo of his scorpion-shape Gold cloth). Here, the picture of my cloth. The cloth must be exactly like this."
Mu: "Milo, your cloth is alright, it only needs stardust powder."
Milo: (innocently) "Ummm, maybe you can polish it so it'll become shiny?"
Mu: "I will work on the Capricorn first, Milo."
Milo: "No! Fix mine first!"
Mu: (annoyed) "Alright, alright." (he took the Scorpion Gold cloth and stardust powder).
Milo: "The amount of the powder has to be correct, Mu."
Mu: "I know".
Milo: "If it's too much then my cloth won't be too shiny."
Mu: "I know."
Milo: "Don't use any glue, it'll make the cloth icky."
Mu: (furious) "I KNOW, MILO, NOW LEAVE ME ALONE! I CANNOT CONCENTRATE WORKING IF YOU ARE HERE EVEN FOR A SECOND!"
Milo: (shrunk) "Alright, I'll go (God, Mu is more scary than Pandora when he's angry…)."
Day four:
Mu had finished worked on Scorpio Gold cloth. "If only Milo did not bother me, I had finished worked on three cloths," said Mu in annoyed voice. "Now fixing Pisces and Capricorn."
Luckily there was no problem when he fixed the two cloths.
Day five:
Mu stared on the destroyed Leo cloth. "Now what should I do?"
He turned his head to the picture of the original-shaped Leo Gold cloth. It seemed impossible to turn the pieces into its normal shape. Poor the owner of the broken cloths…they never stopped being mocked by Deathmask and the others for their cloths had turned into dusts.
"Fine…trying to use stardust powder," murmured Mu. He poured large amount of stardust powder on the Leo Gold cloth.
Nothing happened.
"Hmmm…," Mu was thinking really hard. "Maybe rainbow powder will do," he said, pouring rainbow powder.
Nothing happened.
"Fine…," sighed Mu, took a very deep breath. "Use my blood."
He slashed his forearm with very sharp knife and began to pour his blood on Aiolia's cloth.
Thirty minutes later he collapsed because of losing too much blood.
Day six:
"Hasn't Mu awake, Saga?"
"No, he's still unconscious, Aldebaran."
"BRAHAHAHAHA!!! Lucky he had fixed my Gold cloth before he fainted!"
"Shut up, Deathmask!" barked Saga and Aldebaran altogether.
Day seven:
Still unconscious.
Day eight:
Still unconscious. (did Mu mean to?)
Day nine:
Mu had been awake.
"Ah…thanks God…," his fellows smiled at him.
The first thing Mu said was, "Aiolia's cloth."
The Goldies stared at each other.
"I did not wake up only to find Aiolia's cloth still in the shape of dusts," said Mu.
"Well…Mu, my cloth aren't in fragments again," said Aiolia carefully.
"Really?" Mu's eyes were twinkling.
"Yeah, but…"
"But what??"
Aiolia took a deep breath. He left Mu's room for a minute, then came back bringing Leo gold box with him. He opened the box and showed his cloth to Mu. "It became like this," said Aiolia flatly.
Mu was really shocked seeing the cloth. It became a KITTEN gold cloth!
"NOOOO…!!!" screamed Mu in extreme despair. And he couldn't help to collapse again.
Day ten:
Mu had been awake. He stood in front of Leo, Aquarius, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Libra Gold cloths, then clutched his head really hard.
"Aaarggh….what should I do…what should I do…?!" he screamed. "Only two days left!"
He finally took all of his equipment to fix the cloth. He worked from eight in the morning until eight in the evening, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fix the cloths into their normal shapes. Well, he was pretty successful actually in fixing Sagittarius helmet, but that's it. The other parts of the cloths were still in fragments.
That night Mu couldn't sleep. Only sat above the roof of Kido's mansion, counting the stars.
Day eleven:
Okay, forget about the cloths, forget about the duty to fix it. To hell with that! Now Mu had to think about the punishment he would accept for he couldn't fulfill Athena's wish to repair the damn cloths. Let's see, maybe Athena would oblige him to serve her and her family in Olympus mountain. Well, that's not too bad; believe it or not, the Olympians whom Mu didn't want to meet was only Athena's sister Aphrodite. He could imagine almost perfectly her resemblance with the other Aphrodite.
Or maybe Athena would turn him into a sheep. Well…that would be better: at least no one would dare to order him to repair the cloths if he became a sheep…
"Alright," Mu took a very deep breath. "This is the destiny I have to face…"
Day twelve:
Mu gazed on his fellows in breakfast time. He was about to say goodbye—today was his last day with the Goldies. He was sure Athena would ask him to become a pawn in Olympus mountain.
"Friends," Mu said in touched expression. "You have been really good friends of mine."
"Yeah, we know," said his fellows without turning their heads. They looked very busy with their meals.
"I will remember the time we have spent together," murmured Mu.
"We understand," replied his fellows, still acted as if Mu was an uninteresting billboard.
"You know," said Mu again. "I am really thankful to have you as—"
Mu didn't continue his speech, because suddenly Seiya entered the room and called him.
"Hey, Mu! Saori-san is here, she's looking for you!" yelled Seiya.
Mu stood up slowly. This is it. The end. He would leave to accept the punishment, maybe he even would leave the world.
Mu walked to the hall after taking a very deep breath.
"Mu!" Saga called in the middle of his mealtime.
Mu turned his head, his eyes sparkled. Finally there was someone who cared of him. "Yes, Saga?"
"Tell Athena I say hello," said Saga, then he continued eating.
Mu's shoulders weakened. With a very huge despair, he walked to the hall to see Athena.
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"Have you finished with the cloths, Aries Mu?" asked Saori, her left hand was on her hip.
"For…forgive me, Athena-sama…," said Mu, almost whispered. "I have not finished fixing the cloths…."
He bowed his head so low.
Silence for a long time.
Finally Saori approached Mu, and handed him a small bottle. "Here, Aries Mu," she said.
Mu raised his head a little. He was puzzled when looking at the bottle. "What is it, Athena-sama?"
"What else? My blood of course," replied Saori.
Mu gazed on Saori, then turned his head to look at the bottle. He looked at Saori again, then looked at the bottle again. He returned looking at Saori again, then bowed his head to gaze on the bottle again.
"B…blood…?" whispered Mu.
"Yes, blood."
For some seconds Mu didn't believe in what he'd heard. Then his warm eyes finally got brighter and brighter. He was so happy that he almost hugged Saori.
"Oh, Athena-sama…thank you!! Thank you sooooo much…!!" beamed Mu as he received the blood. Why she's just given it now? he thought.
"You're welcome," said Saori, smiled. "You must wonder why I've just given it today, do you?"
Mu was blushed.
"Well, just want to test you," explained Saori cheerfully. "I see that you've been trying so hard, so it's not fair if I don't give you any compliment for your work."
"Thank you…thank you soooo much…!! Thank you!" Mu's happiness was beyond anybody's imagination. What a dedicated mechanic…
"Yes…yes…," said Saori, clapped Mu's shoulder. "Now hurry up! Fix the cloths!"
"Yes, of course! I certainly will!"
Mu approached the five destroyed cloths in enthusiasm, then pour Saori's blood on them.
The cloths directly turned into their normal shapes only in ten seconds.
"Waow!!" beamed Mu.
"They look shinier than before, don't they?" smiled Saori.
"Yes! They do!"
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An hour later…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGHHH!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
That scream came from Camus's room. But it wasn't Camus's voice—it was Milo's.
"Damn!" shouted everyone in the mansion. "What's happening with him?! Do his scorpions sting him again?!"
Mu and Saga directly ran to Camus's room, and they found Milo leant his back on the wall next to the door. He looked definitely pale, and his hands were trembling.
"What the hell is going on, Milo?!" snarled Saga.
Milo's eyes were locked on the other side of the room. "Look…," he whispered. "Look at him…"
Mu and Saga turned their heads to look at the direction showed by Milo.
Their eyes almost jumped from their places when they saw Camus standing in front of the mirror.
Camus wore his cloth, but it had been different with the previous. The Aquarius gold cloth had turned into the Aquarius kamui/ god cloth. It looked definitely amazing, so luxurious, so shiny. Well, almost the same with the Bronzies' god cloths—there were wings and very "glamour" design, but Camus's was much more amazing—it was dominated with light gold and dark green colour for the ornaments. Camus was like a prince in the cloth…he looked more handsome than usual.
"This is nice," said Camus, his eyes were bright. Nobody had ever seen Camus that joyful before.
"Camus…," was the only word came out from Saga's and Mu's mouths. They looked so shocked that they weren't aware some Goldies and Bronzies had stood next to them (with the same zombie-like looks).
Minutes later there was very strong cosmos approaching Camus's room. It was very familiar cosmos, yet it was much stronger than usual.
"Your cloth has changed as well, hasn't it, Camus?" asked the owner of the cosmos. His voice was echoing on the wall.
The Goldies and Bronzies turned their heads. For a moment they could only see lights, then gradually they saw the lights were turning into the shape of the long blond-haired man, the man closest to god: Virgo Shaka.
"If this is true, I'll eat my shoes…," whispered Deathmask. He was so frozen, so that the others. Shaka's cloths had changed as well—wings, very shining surface, glamorous design…dominated by light and gold colour…
Shaka entered Camus's room in dignity.
"Waow, you look so…," Camus couldn't continue.
Shaka smiled. "I am sure my Ten Ma Kou Foku will be much more effective when I am wearing this cloth."
Suddenly half-of Camus's ceiling cracked. His windows also broken into pieces, also his vases collection.
Shaka only mentioned "Ten Ma Kou Foku" without aiming to launch it, and it made half of Camus's room got fatal destruction.
Camus glared at Shaka.
"Sorry," said Shaka innocently.
The others looked as if they had been locked in Hades's cocytos ice-field.
Seconds later another lights approached Camus's room.
"Hey, look at our cloths!!" Aiolia's cheerful voice.
The Goldies turned their heads to the owner of the voice. Aiolia walked entering Camus's room with Dohko and Aiolos. Their cloths had changed as well. Bye, bye, Leo Kitten Gold Cloth…because Aiolia's cloth had turned into Leo god cloth, dominated with light gold and light brown colour. Dohko's weapons were more glamorous than before, and Aiolia's wings were much bigger and wonderful.
The Goldies and Bronzies' legs were locked in the ground. They couldn't even move their fingers.
"Shiry, what're you waiting for?" beamed Dohko. "Come on, take our picture!"
Shiryu blinked.
"Here," Camus gave his camera to Shiryu.
Shiryu blinked again. But he obeyed his teacher anyway. He coughed, then started to shot the five Gold Saints' picture.
Suddenly the camera exploded.
"Um…," said Shiryu after silence for a minute. He tried to give sensible explanation. "Maybe the camera couldn't stand dealing with the shines of the cloths."
"Ow…pity…," murmured Aiolos.
After silence for about two minutes, the other Goldies blinked altogether.
"I want that cloth too!" screamed Kanon, very sounded like a kindergarten child who envied his friend's possession.
"Why're only their cloths which changed into god cloths?!"
"This is not fair!"
The room turned to be so noisy.
"Me and Camus had been united as one!" shouted Milo. "If he's happy, I'm happy! If he's sad, I'm sad! If he has such cloth, then I must have it as well!"
"Aiolia and Aiolos are brothers, so that me and Kanon! We must own such cloths as the sign of brotherhood!"
"I want my cloths to have wings like that!!"
Suddenly everybody turned their heads to Mu.
Mu really had bad feeling about this…
"Mu!" snarled the Goldies. "Fix our cloths!"
Mu was ready to teleport after he said "NO WAY!!" in a very loud voice.
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