CHAPTER TEN- YOU CAN'T JUST TRADE HER
Shun and Peggi had gotten an early start, heading towards the cabin they would be staying in. Peggi skipped ahead, stopping occasionally to pick flowers.
"Why are you going so slow?" she asked Shun.
"I'm kinda tired still." He smiled weakly.
She narrowed her eyes, not believing him, but didn't feel like arguing.
"I see the lake! Only a few more miles!" she exclaimed happily.
Back with our main characters, the bronze saints were tending to Muso's wounds, most of them inflicted by the Silver Saint. Tenshi brushed his long jet-black hair while Hyoga finished cleaning the cuts on his face.
"You know, your eyes are an unusual color." Hyoga pointed out, noticing Muso's crimson red-colored eyes.
"Yes, I suppose they are a bit unusual." Muso seemed partially lost in thought.
"Something wrong?" Ikki asked.
". . .well. . .I keep thinking about this girl. She saved me. She had the chance to escape, but instead. . .Aries called her. . .Athena, I believe."
"Saori!" the boys, minus Muso, all exclaimed at once.
"Huh?" –Muso
"Saori! The reincarnation of Athena! Is she okay? What has Aries done with her!" Shiryu seemed ready for war.
"Calm down, she's fine. She's a little unhappy in the cell, but at least they're treating her well. Aries plans to trade her to you for the sorceress." He looked directly into Tenshi's eyes, "That would be you, I'm guessing."
"Yeah. . ." –Tenshi
"So. . .what do you plan to do? You can't just trade her. She isn't property or an animal, she's a human . . .and a very beautiful one, at that. But unless you trade her, you can't get Athe. . .er. . .Saori back." Muso stated, much concern for Tenshi in his voice.
"We're training her to strengthen her powers, then-" Hyoga was interrupted by Seiya.
"Then we're going to sanctuary to help Saori escape. Well, right now we have to go see someone. We shouldn't be too long. Tenshi, why don't you finish cleaning up Muso's wounds and then meet us out on the docks."
"Okay." Muso and Tenshi replied, Muso laying on Ikki's bed and Tenshi wiping away blood from his other wounds.
Seiya led the other saints out, and Shiryu questioned him immediately.
"What was that all about?"
"I think he's working for Aries." Was his simple, matter-of-factly reply.
"Huh!" the rest of them asked at once.
"When we 'rescued' him from that Silver Saint, was it just me, or was it way too easy?"
They stood in silence for a moment, thinking about it.
"You know, you're right. . ." Hyoga agreed.
Meanwhile, Naraku growled slightly. He was growing rather impatient, and Aries still hadn't been of any help to him. Hopefully, the newest plan they'd concocted would work.
Seiya and the others tried to figure out what to do about Muso, but they didn't really know anything about him, or whether or not he even knew Aries was using him. It was possible that Aries had somehow manipulated Muso, but no matter what the case, they couldn't trust him.
Now, we move to a new person. Another silver saint was making his way towards the location Aries thought Peggi and Shun were headed towards. He was sent to make sure the two of them were still at the location they'd been at before, and if not, he had to return to sanctuary with information on the new location. Sadly for him, locating them would involve a lot of walking.
When the bronze saints re-entered Ikki's room, they found Muso lying, asleep, on Ikki's bed. Tenshi looked up at the boys and smiled, but realized that something seemed to be wrong but dismissed it as concern for their friend.
"Hey, Muso." Seiya whispered, not getting a response from him.
"Okay, he's asleep. So, what are we going to do with him?" Shiryu asked no one in particular.
"Well," Hyoga began "we could try talking with him a little bit. Asking him some questions about when he was at the sanctuary. Maybe we can figure out a little bit more about why he's here and who's side he's really on."
"Or better yet," Shiryu mused "Tell him plans and information on Tenshi."
"But why!" Seiya almost squeaked.
"I never said tell him true information about Tenshi or our actual plans. Just tell him false things so that if he in fact is working with Pope Aries, he will deliver wrong information to him, and there will be no harm done to us.
Tenshi realized that they didn't trust the man that they were helping and backed slowly away from him, a little fear inside of her.
In the woods, Shun and Peggi were slowly making their way along, when Shun suddenly collapsed.
"Shun!" Peggi cried, running up to him.
He looked dazed for a minute and Peggi folded her legs under her, placing his head in her lap.
"Wh-what happened?" Shun asked, barely able to focus in on her.
"Shun, you're bleeding! Who did this to you?" Peggi was very worried about him.
"When you were attacked by that saint, before we went into hiding. I did more damage to him than he did to me, but. . ." his voice trailed off and Peggi put her fingers to his lips to silence him anyway.
"Sweetie, don't speak. I'll carry you the rest of the way and fix you up once we're at the cabin. Shun, I can't believe you, you should have told me you were hurt!"
Peggi stopped talking when she realized he was not conscious. She picked him up and began carrying him for the last few miles.
END CHAPTER TENPeggi- Well, I figured that since Eevee has done such a wonderful job of updating her fics, I should return the favor and work on this one especially for her. Eev, I promise I will do a better job of updating!