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CHAPTER 4
From Kido's Mansion with Shock
Saga, Shaka, Camus, Milo, and Hyoga were in the airport now. They were about to head to Japan, and they took forever only for deciding about who would sit beside Shaka.
"Let's use the common way," growled Hyoga. "We play rock, scissors, and paper, ok?"
That was a very naïve request, because Shaka never even heard about rock, scissors, and paper in the rest of his life, and Camus thought he'd better depart in the next-year flight than playing such childish game.
"Come on, Camus, just try to be childish for once," pleaded Hyoga.
"If you don't like what I am now, then you can find another teacher, Hyoga!" snarled Camus.
"Don't be so touchy, your child only wants us to play rock, scissors, and paper," said Milo. "I mean, though nobody's willing to sit with Shaka, there must be someone who sits with him, and playing rock, scissors, and paper is the only way left to make decision."
He talked as if Shaka was a kind of uninteresting billboard or something. Shaka wasn't objected, though. Sitting with him in vehicles INDEED could be a never-ending nightmare, for he always sat with crossed-leg (which always stealing the large part of his companion's seat).
"If you happen to care about my curiosity," said Shaka calmly, "Would you tell me about how to play that rock, scissors, and paper? Do we need to buy a rock, a scissors, and a paper as the equipment of the game?"
Hyoga was about to explain the rule of the game when Saga cut in despair. "Ok, ok!" sighed Saga. "I'm the oldest anyway…I'll sit with Shaka."
"Great!" beamed Milo and Hyoga at once. Camus didn't react, but his face was relaxed, which meant he was relieved he didn't have to play rock, scissors, paper (and obviously glad he didn't have to sit with Shaka).
Poor Saga…when all of them had been inside the plane and it had taken off for 30 minutes, he began to feel the stiffness in his legs.
"Would you sit without crossing your legs, Shaka?! You conquer two seats only for yourself!" Saga had lost all his patience.
Shaka opened his eyes. "Are you complaining?" he asked in a deadly voice. At the same time the plane was slightly quivering.
Saga gulped feeling the quake. Then he stammered nervously. "Umm…n…no," he answered. "Of course not…"
He felt he had to give up. From the era of the Holy Wars until present, confronting the Virgo Saint always resulted in unexplainable disaster. So Saga thought it was better for him to have his legs stiffed then getting something worse, for example, losing his future.
When the Siberian group had arrived in Narita, they saw that the other groups had waited for them in the airport lounge. Aiolia soon marched at Milo and hugged him tight, as if they hadn't met each other for years. Kanon was about to march at Milo as well, but he prevented himself when seeing Saga. His minds experienced complicated war now; in his imagination he saw himself pulling the petals of a flower one by one and saying: forgive him…forgive him not…forgive him…forgive him not…forgive him…forgive him not…
Yet Kanon's imagination vanished as Saga approached him. He knew that face: Saga had forgiven him since days ago. Well…Kanon had forgiven him as well, actually…only he didn't want to show it.
"Hey," Saga greeted curtly.
"Hey," replied Kanon.
"I'm sorry," said Saga then.
"I'm sorry," Kanon said.
Suddenly he handed a chest to Saga. "Here, Saga."
"What the hell is that?" asked Saga nervously. He felt like he got a kind of dejavu: the chest was exactly like that which Kanon handed him pre-Hades battle.
"Just open it."
Saga received the chest, then unlocked it.
He almost smiled when looking at its content. There was a paper which said:
This is a special voucher for my twin brother, Gemini Saga. Bring this voucher to Cave Sounion Department Store, and you'll get a 28 inch television and a microwave, free.
"K, actually it's only a symbol," said Kanon. His cheek was blushed. "I have bought new television and microwave two days before. They stay safely in our home now."
Saga finally let out a smile, although he still needed some confirmation.
"Why did you say we won't ever get Kido's mansion back?" he asked quietly.
"I'm sorry. I should've said we maybe won't ever have any chance to get Kido's mansion back."
"Why?"
"You'll discover the answer later," said Kanon. There was sadness in his eyes.
Saga chose not to push his brother. He believed him, after all. If he said he would get the answer, then he certainly would.
"The road is long…with many a winding turn…"
Suddenly there was a song coming from behind them. Saga and Kanon turned their heads, and their identical faces turned extremely scarlet when they saw Milo and Aiolia sang He ain't Heavy He's My Brother together—now…the song was OBVIOUSLY addressed for the twins.
"That lead us to who knows where, who knows where…," Milo and Aiolia continued cheerfully. "But I'm strong, strong enough to carry him… He ain't heavy…he's my brother…"
"So on we go," right now Aiolia sang alone. Who thought he had such amazing husky voice…? "His welfare is my concern…. No burden is he to bear; we'll get there…"
Aiolia and Milo circled their hands to each other's shoulder and sang together again. "For I know…he would not encumber me…. He ain't heavy…he's my brother…"
The other laughed and clapped their hands seeing Aiolia and Milo did the lovely duet, especially Aiolos. Even Camus couldn't help to smile.
Saga and Kanon growled, though there were slight smile on their faces. "Shut up, you two," grumbled Kanon.
Milo and Aiolia only laughed hilariously.
"By the way," said Saga then. He looked confused as he glanced around. "Where's the Rozan group?"
"Mu said they'll come late," answered Shura. "He said…uh…Shion doesn't want to leave Rozan…"
"What?" Kanon gasped. "Why?"
Before he got any answer, Aphrodite suddenly screamed.
"OH NO!" he yelled.
"What, Aphro?" everybody turned panic.
"I LEFT THE ESTEE LAUDER PERFUME IN FLORENCE!" shouted Aphrodite in hysteric tone, which made his fellows fell down.
"For Heaven's sake, Dite!" snarled Shura after he was able to stand up. "It's SHAINA'S perfume!"
"Oh…she uses Estee Lauder?" Milo asked himself in amaze. He smiled warmly. Beside him Camus looked at him in slight delight gaze. If Milo really fell in love with Shaina, it would be an advantage for everybody, including him.
Camus then turned his head—he was about to ask Hyoga to buy some hot teas, but Hyoga hadn't been beside him anymore.
"Where's Hyoga?" he looked around.
Milo looked around as well. "Probably buying something. Or maybe he's going to the toilet?"
Milo was probably right. But Hyoga didn't appear even after 30 minutes later.
Xxx
The answer was he visited Seiya's dock house.
"What the hell is going on, Seiya?!" snarled Hyoga. "You phoned me when I was in the toilet and shouted something only Heaven knows what! I even forgot to tell Camus when I decided to leave the air—"
Hyoga didn't continue.
He was startled when seeing his friends' expression: they looked extremely frightened and nervous. But Shun's expression was the most pitiful of all.
"What's happened?" Hyoga asked after several minutes.
"We receive another letter," said Shiryu.
"What letter?"
"The copy of the purchasing document which is signed by the new owner of the house!" Ikki snapped. He showed a parchment which exactly looked like that which was kept by Shion. "Look at this!" shouted Ikki as he harshly tossed the parchment on the table. "Look at this purchasing parchment! Look at the signature! Look at the name beneath it!"
Hyoga really had a bad feeling about this…
He slowly walked to the table, took the parchment, and read it.
I herewith state that I agree to purchase Kido's wealths and twelve temples alongside their properties. Kido's wealth will include Kido's mansion, the corporations in the south and north districts of Tokyo, and the Graud Foundation
Yours Faithfully,
Andromeda Shun
Hyoga unconsciously dropped the paper he'd clutched.
"S…Shun…?"
"I've told ALL of you!" Shun screamed. It seemed he had had enough of this. "I don't know anything about all of these messes!" he grasped his brother's collar. "Brother, you'd never doubted me in almost the whole years in our lives! Why do you happen to doubt me now?! Do you believe I can do such thing?! I don't even posses a micro of Miss Saori's wealth!"
"Shun, I don't doubt you!" said Ikki in despair as he released Shun's grasp. "But there'se your name beneath the signature!"
"My God…it isn't even my signature!" Shun snapped. There was fire in his eyes that nobody ever had any vision of. "And it's not written 'Shun Amamiya', it's written 'Andromeda Shun'! There's someone who steals my saint-name for his own advantages!"
"But who?!" Seiya snapped.
The five Bronzes were standing stricken on the floor. They looked at each other with frightens. Their memories turned back to the pasts, to the fragments they really desired to bury deep in the bottom of their minds…
And they began to unify the threads they'd found, then began to make a conclusion…
"Only one who can do this," Seiya said in a low voice. "The one who once used Shun's name for his own advantages was only him."
"It can't be, Seiya," Shiryu murmured. "He had been defeated. He's dead."
"So were the Gold Saints!" stressed Seiya.
Ikki felt like he didn't have any strength to stand up. He dropped himself to the chair beside him.
"Fine," said Shun. His face was impassive, yet there was strong will on it. "Let's go to Kido's mansion and face him. I won't EVER let him playing with the Gold Saints again! Not today! Not tomorrow! Never!"
"Don't be stupid, Shun," Ikki stood up.
"Maybe I'm stupid!" snarled Shun. "But my stupidity is my only strength now! How many sufferings he had created?! He'd made Shiryu and Hyoga lost their masters, he'd made Seiya sitting on the wheelchair, he'd made me almost sacrifice my life for the sake of the Eclipse!" Shun's eyes were so wild.
All looked at Shun in mixture of surprise and astonishment. No one had ever seen Shun that emotional before.
"I'll go to Kido's mansion!" Shun snapped as he walked at the door. "It's up to you if you don't want to come, but I'll kick him out of the house before the Gold Saints arrive!"
"Shun…"
"What, Shiryu?!"
Shiryu marched at him and grasped his shoulder.
"We won't let you go alone," smiled Shiryu.
Shun gazed at his friend, then turned his head to the others.
Hyoga and Seiya smiled at him as well, and Ikki nodded his head.
Seeing the sincerity of his friends, Shun finally managed to smile. Five of them then started to head to Kido's mansion.
Xxx
But unfortunately Shun and co's arrival was the same with the Gold Saints'. They were stricken when seeing their seniors had been already in front of the mansion's huge door.
"Hyoga!" Camus frowned coldly when seeing his student. "Why didn't you tell me you would leave the airport earlier? I looked for you in almost the whole air—"
"Let's go," Hyoga directly tugged his master's hand anxiously. "Let's leave this place now…"
"What is this…?"
"I'll tell you later, Dad, let's leave this place NOW!" snapped Hyoga. He didn't care Camus looked at him blankly after he called him "Dad"—he simply pulled his hand and the other Gold Saints which stood next to him.
"What the—,"stammered Milo in complete confusion as Hyoga pulled his and Kanon's hands.
"Is there something wrong?" Dohko asked bafflingly to Shiryu who grabbed his hands and Mu's.
"I will never lose you again," murmured Shiryu.
Meanwhile Seiya, Shun, and Ikki snapped the others' hands in hurry.
"At least give me some explanation!" snarled Aiolos.
All of them were about leaving the house when suddenly the mansion's entrance opened wide.
Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki stood frozen on their places.
"Ok, let's stop the game!" barked Deathmask as he released Shiryu's hand harshly. "We won't leave this place, we'll meet the new owner of this house…"
"Please…," Shun pleaded as some Gold Saints ignored him and started to walk to the door. "Please listened to us, you can't—"
Shun stopped talking, because suddenly there was a cold laugh from inside.
Shion instinctively stood in front of his inferiors and spread his arms, as if he was trying to become their shield.
"Don't enter," Shion warned. His eyes looked at the house sharply.
The laughter soon got closer and closer.
"Why're you so hurry?" that mysterious voice echoed. "We've prepared a very lovely welcome party."
That voice once had been familiar in the Gold Saint's ears…
Then their eyes widened in shock when the owner of the mysterious voice finally stood in the middle of the entrance.
It was, no doubt, him…the yellow hair, the vicious feature, the tall figure, and the sharp eyes.
It was him.
Wyvern Rhadamanthys.
Xxx
Rhadamanthys stood calmly in the middle of the entrance. He clearly enjoyed the expressions of the Gold Saints now: there were shocks and complete disbeliefs on them. He saw that only one Gold Saint who didn't show significant surprise.
"Glad to see me, Kanon?" he asked lightly.
Kanon only gave him his most deadly look.
"Rhadamanthys," said Shion, quite calm. "Let's forget about how you could come back from your eternal slumber. So it is you who decided to buy Kido's wealth?"
Hearing it, Rhadamanthys laughed in amuse. "I'd never thought the wisest leader of Sanctuary could be so naïve."
Then Rhadamanthys stepped slowly to the corner to let someone else took his former place. "My pleasure, milord," he bowed his back.
The Gold and Bronze Saints' eyes would never be wider. The horrors they felt were beyond anybody's imagination when they saw a man wearing black-coloured classic tuxedo that resembled Julian Solo's suits appeared in the middle of the entrance. He has handsome feature, long black hair, tremendously pale skin, and extremely cold and empty eyes which even Camus couldn't surpass. Post his appearance, the atmosphere in Kido's mansion suddenly turned very dark and awfully gloomy.
"You're…," Shion gasped.
"Welcome home. Saints of Athena," smiled Hades.
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Home Sweet Home: Yours Ever