DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SAINT SEIYA CHARACTERS. SAINT SEIYA IS UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION OF MASAMI KURUMADA
Chapter Eight
Three weeks later…
"Aarrgh, Seiya! You forget switching off the microwave AGAIN!" screamed Shun.
"YOU IDIOT, SEIYA! WE'VE RUN OFF CHICKEN NOW!" roared Ikki.
"I'm sorry! I just—" Seiya gulped.
"WHAT?!"
"I can't leave the TV show I watch…"
"DUMB!"
Ikki almost punched Seiya, but Shiryu soon grabbed him. "Calm down, Ikki, we can go to supermarket once more," sighed Shiryu, though he couldn't help to glare at Seiya also.
"We've gone to supermarket for FOUR times!" snarled Hyoga. "And there's no time to cook any chicken again right now!"
Hyoga was right. Today was the day when all Goldies going home to Kido's mansion (Aiolia, Mu, and Kanon had been awoke since four days ago) and Shun thought it was really nice if they prepared little welcome party for them. The other Bronzies agreed, and Shun made lotteries to decide who did what. Shun prepared the decoration for the dining room, Ikki cooked appetizer, Hyoga prepared dessert, and Seiya had to think about the main course. His idea was great: roasted chicken, chicken fillet, and chicken steak. He bought chicken in supermarket then and started to cook, but as it was the first time he had to cook luxurious meal, he was failed, for he didn't pour the best amount of spices and salts (well…the result was his friends couldn't stop vomit after tasting his chicken…)
He bought chicken again and repeated cooking. All went well until he was shocked because he was mistaken the temperature of the microwave to be far higher than it should be. The result was obvious: the chicken was burnt. He bought chicken again and repeated cooking. He did the same mistake. Ikki threatened to punch him and throw him from the balcony if he did mistake for the fourth times. Apparently the threat wasn't too effective since Seiya let the chicken got burnt again just because he couldn't leave the TV show he watched.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" screamed Ikki. "They'll arrive an hour later and we haven't had any main course! I'm sick with this! Better I'll leave now!" he was about to leave, but Shun grabbed his arms. "No, niisan, you can't! This day is so important for all of us, you can't leave!"
Hyoga whispered in Shiryu's ears hearing that. "You remember that Ikki was leaving all of us pre-Hades battle though it was 1000 times more important than this silly welcoming party. If Ikki agrees to stay for this party, I'll eat my shoes."
"Ikki, please stay," said Shiryu to Ikki. "We have to show them that we care of them."
"I'm not like you anyway," growled Ikki. "There's none of the Gold Saints who's special in my heart."
"What about Shaka?" grinned Seiya.
"SHUT UP!" snarled Ikki. "ALRIGHT, I'LL STAY! Because Shun asks me too! But if you haven't got any chicken in 20 minutes, I'll leave!"
"Deal!" said Seiya cheerfully. "We can order chicken in restaurant then. Fine, who's going to order?"
Seiya didn't need any answer when everyone looked at him with kill-look. Ikki even gave him a glare which told of-course-it-is-you-who-have-to-order-the-chicken-otherwise-you-will-end-to-appetizer-yourself-if-you-don't.
"O…ok…I'll order the chicken…," gulped Seiya as he walked to the phone.
Meanwhile in the Graud Foundation, everybody gathered in Mu's room before heading to Kido's mansion. As they were much older than the Bronzies, we see that they behaved more mature than the five kids.
Well…actually not all of them…
"KANON! I've told you to check your things before you leave your room! Look at this, you forget bringing your medicine!" snarled Saga as he entered the room and tossed Kanon's medicine into his bag.
"WOULD YOU STOP SHOUTING AT ME?!" groaned Kanon. "IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN YOUR HOBBY!"
"I'M NOT SHOUTING!"
"YES, YOU ARE! YOU ALWAYS SHOUT AT ME! YOU DIDN'T SHOUT ONLY WHEN I WAS COMA; AT THAT TIME YOU ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU CARE ABOUT ME MORE THAN ANYTHING!"
Saga blushed, moreover all his mates looked at him with grins on their faces.
"WHO…WHO SAID THAT?!" said Saga, tried to control the situation. "I NEVER SAID SUCH THING!"
"YES, YOU DID!"
"I DIDN'T!"
"YOU DID, YOU DID, YOU DID!"
"Kanon," sighed Milo, "Saga only doesn't want to confess that he loves you too much—"
"SHUT UP!" snarled Saga and Kanon.
Milo only rolled his blue yes. There was no use preventing them again. But Shura thought otherwise (coz he didn't want to get deaf hearing the screams).
"Stop it, guys, why can't you be like Aiolos and Aiolia?" he asked, pointing Aiolos and Aiolia, who seemed having very nice conversation. Both of them shared snacks in a large bowl.
"BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TWINS!" snarled Kanon.
"Or Mu and Shaka…," Shura pointed Mu and Shaka, who looked as harmonious as Aiolos and Aiolia.: Shaka helped Mu packing his things.
"BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM HAVE SAME PERSONALITY, YOU IDIOT!" yelled Saga.
"Or Camus and Milo," Shura pointed Camus and Milo who had hilarious conversation near the window.
"BECAUSE THEY ARE—"
"WHAT?!" Milo and Camus suddenly glared at Kanon, ready to attack him if he dared to continue the sentence.
"THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS!" shouted Kanon.
"Good," said Milo in relief.
"ABNORMAL BEST FRIENDS!" Kanon continued.
"NANIIII?!" Camus and Milo gave him kill look.
"I'll repeat!" snapped Saga. "We can't be like Aiolos and Aiolia because they're NOT TWINS! We can't be like Mu and Shaka because they have SAME PERSONALITY. And we can't be like Camus and Milo because THEY'RE—"
"WHAT?!" Camus and Milo screamed again. Their eyes looked at Saga wildly (lucky they had no Freezing Coffin or Scarlet Needles again).
"Stop cutting anyone sentence!" barked Saga. "Nobody says you're gay!"
"OF COURSE WE ARE NOT!" snarled Camus; his face going scarlet because of anger.
Saga didn't listen. "Me and Kanon can't be as Camus and Milo because they're BEST FRIENDS who COMPLEMENT each other and UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S FLAWS!"
Milo blinked. "Wow, that's nice…"
"SO YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR FLAWS?!" snarled Kanon to Saga.
"SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T!"
"WHY DON'T YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF?!"
"WHY ASKING ME?! IT'S YOU WHO SHOULD….BLA…BLA…BLA…"
Shura finally raised his hands, gave up. If he kept trying to prevent their quarrel it meant he was as crazy as them. He stepped to Aldebaran and Aphrodite (Deathmask didn't want to be in the same room with all of them because they always made fun about his former psychological problem).
Meanwhile Camus and Milo near the window still talked to each other.
"I'm getting sick with that gay thing," growled Camus. "Why's everyone always think we're gay?"
Milo grinned. "I'm not objected if we are."
"WHAT?!"
Milo roared with laughter. "Just kidding!" He always loved seeing Camus' expression when he made fun of him. Camus was about to shout at him more, but then he stopped when seeing that laugh. He remembered when Milo was still coma and didn't manage to do anything. Now he realized that Milo's laughter was a kind of bless for him.
"Stop messing around again, Milo," grumbled Camus as he tried to put his cold mask as usual. "You'll give my son a heart attack if he hears you saying something like that."
"Your son?"
Camus blinked. Did he say that…?
Milo smiled after his laughter gradually stopped. He looked at his best friend with warmth in his eyes.
"Hey," he said after minutes.
"What?"
"Thanks."
"For?"
"Everything."
Camus' cold mask melted a little,
"Hmmm…," said Camus then. He turned his head to Shaka. Shaka was the one who encouraged him to say those things to Milo, and Camus had planned to meet him and express his thankfulness after Milo was awake, but Shaka always couldn't be disturbed when he was watching Mu. Moreover he always meditated when he had "leisure" time. Camus took a deep breath. This was the perfect moment to talk to him. He then walked to Shaka, who still helped Mu packing his clothes.
"Hi, Shaka," Camus said.
Shaka turned his head on him. "Hello," he smiled. "You look nervous."
"I do?"
"Yes," answered Mu. He also smiled at Camus. He has been healthy as the others—the times when he was still coma was almost like a dream.
"Ummm…" said Camus to Shaka. "Thank you."
Shaka nodded. "You're welcome."
Camus smiled slightly, also nodded a bit. "Hmm…you've been so helpful."
Shaka smiled, almost chuckled seeing that Camus looked more nervous than before. "It is nothing at all," said Shaka. "But I need you to do one thing for me."
It was the words Camus had waited. "Anything."
"I want you not to give a basket of peaches to your friend when he cannot eat it," said Shaka. His startlingly blue-green eyes sparkled.
Camus didn't understand at all. He looked at Mu, who smiled full of meaning.
"He wants you not to tell something heartwarming to your friend only when he is dying," said Mu.
Silence for so long. Camus gazed at Shaka and Mu, then glanced on Milo who made jokes with Dohko, Aiolia, and Aiolos.
"I see," said Camus then, almost whispered.
The Goldies got out of Graud Foundation half hour later, when the war between Saga and Kanon was almost over.
"I'm sorry I've shouted to you," said Saga without looking at Kanon.
"No, I'm sorry. You did that for my sake, but I messed up everything," replied Kanon.
"No, I'd started."
"It was me who'd been so childish."
"I was the one who shouted, Kanon."
"I said it's my fault, Saga."
"No…no, mine,"
"Mine."
"MINE!"
"MINE!"
And the war began to explode again.
To be Continued