A/N: Hello, how are you guys? ^^ I'm back again. I'm sorry, I change the title of the seventh chapter, not "Having Fun with Wyvern", but "Sabotage". It's just because this title is more compatible.

And…owwhh…I've promised to submit three chapters this week, but *grin nervously*, I think I can't do that :(. Well, maybe the eighth chapter will be submitted tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. (hopefully…) Happy reading…:)

Disclaimer: I do not own SS characters.

Chapter Six

Mu's Destiny

Ikki cursed for the tenth times. He was so sick shaking the mansion's fences that he almost vomited in front of his friends.

"Do that vomit and I'll kick you from my dock house just like what Hades has done!" snarled Seiya.

"ENOUGH!" barked Ikki. "I have enough of this! I'm leaving!" he took steps to leave the others.

"There he goes again…," mumbled Hyoga.

"No, niisan, you can't just take your butt away!" Shun snarled, made the others turned their heads at him in surprise.

"That's cool, Shun," grinned Seiya.

"We can't do anything after all!" said Ikki. "Look at that…! It's no longer mansion! It has turned into Alcatraz or something…"

Ikki was right. The mansion now more looked like prison. The fences were much higher and narrower than before and it had been re-coloured into black. It was also surrounded by high walls that they hardly could take a look inside.

"We have to find a way to enter the house…," Shun said in uneasiness. "The Gold Saints…I don't wanna see them turned into statues again…"

"I think I've found a way," growled Ikki. "Let's destroy the roof to get in."

"Ikki, this is not the perfect time to do I-want-to-be-killed-thing," Hyoga said flatly.

"We can get in," Shiryu suddenly said after being silent for a long time.

His friends stared at him. Shiryu cupped his chin thoughtfully.

Then he smiled.

"With a little help," he said.

xxx

Meanwhile, inside the mansion…

The nightmare began. The first who was obliged to be Hades's private servants were Mu and Aldebaran. Shion didn't join them, because he was a pope, and his order was above his inferiors (meant that he would be the last who served Hades).

After trying so hard to get the pendant out of the drawer, Mu, Aldebaran, and their fellows stared at each other.

"Who'll wear the pendant?" asked Shion.

Aldebaran hesitated, so did Mu. They didn't know what would happen after wearing it…. Well, probably they would directly turn into corpses…who knows…?

But after several minutes…

"I will wear it," said Mu. He stared at the pentagram-shape for a moment before encircling it around his neck.

His fellows held their breaths, waiting something weird would appear from Mu. But fortunately nothing happened. It was just a usual necklace which didn't contain something to worry about.

…at least until Mu and Aldebaran walked passing the corridors that heading to Hades's room….

"Mu, are you alright?"

"Yes," said Mu. His usual warm eyes now were sometimes unfocused. The pentagram that hanged around his neck was glinting. "I am alright…"

Aldebaran started to get worried. Mu's face was paler and he was like different person. His eyes didn't blink even once and it was directed straight to the front. He also acted as if Aldebaran wasn't beside him.

"Mu…," Aldebaran whispered as he stared at Mu's way of walking. His steps were so…elegant, but there was something wrong in it: he almost looked like floating…

Suddenly there was a delight yell from their right side. "Mu-sama!"

Aldebaran turned his head. He beamed seeing Kiki looked at them from outside the window.

"Kiki, how did you get in?" asked Aldebaran, but he then realized he didn't need answer, so he called Mu and told him about Kiki's presence. "Mu, Kiki is here!"

Mu didn't tilt his head even an inch. He kept walking elegantly with his eyes looking forward.

"Mu-sama! It's me, Mu-sama!" yelled Kiki. His expression suddenly changed seeing his master gesture. This wasn't the thing he expected…he'd been sure he would see Mu looking at him in happiness and smiled at him heartwarmingly.

But Mu acted as if he never met his disciple…the traces that showed Kiki was so important for him was definitely gone.

"Mu, take the necklace off," ordered Aldebaran who tried to make his step equal with Mu's, while Kiki teleported and finally appeared inside. The kid's eyes filled with horror as he saw that the pentagram on Mu's chest was shining brightly.

"Mu! Aries Mu!" reminded Aldebaran when he grasped Mu's hand. Mu then did the thing nobody had ever thought would be done by virtuous mean like him: he pushed aside Aldebaran's grasped so severely with beyond-anybody's-imagination strength that sent Aldebaran hitting the wall very harshly. The wall was cracked.

Silence.

"Mu…Mu-sama…," Kiki whispered, then looked up at Mu with tears glistened his eyes.

A miracle happened afterwards. Seemed like Aldebaran's suffering had an effect for Mu. Seeing Aldebaran was hurting and tried to stand up, Mu's unfocused eyes transformed little by little. Warmth began to fill it, together with the pentagram's light that was fading as the seconds went by.

"Aldebaran!" gasped Mu when he had totally gained his consciousness. He marched at Aldebaran and helped him to stand up. "How…how come—who threw you to the wall?!" Mu asked.

Aldebaran and Kiki's face turned blank.

"Who threw you to the wall?" Mu then stared at Kiki. "Kiki, why are you here?! How did you get here?!"

"Mu, it was you who threw me to the wall," Aldebaran said carefully.

Now was Mu's turn to get blanked.

"You have got to be kidding. It is impossible," he said then. "You know well I will never have any heart to do such thing."

Aldebaran didn't reply. Mu stared at him, then turned his head to Kiki to ask for his support, but Kiki's gaze was the same as Aldebaran's.

"Mu-sama…," whispered Kiki. His eyes still glistened with tears. "It was the pendant…"

"The pend—" Mu spontaneously turned his head to the pendant. He went silent for very long time. After he had collected and ordered the pieces of this unexplainable incident, he stared at Aldebaran and Kiki once again.

"You mean…the pendant made me…? You mean I was tranced?"

"P…probably…"

"I threw Aldebaran to the wall…?"

"Yes, Mu-sama, but it wasn't yourse—"

Kiki didn't continued when he saw Mu dropped his knees on the floor and grasped his head.

"Mu…," Aldebaran shocked.

"Oh God…," Mu whispered. "What did I do…?"

"It's not your fault, my friend," Aldebaran bent on his knees as well and slowly encircled his hand around Mu, "You even couldn't recognize yourself…"

"I hurt my fellow…"

"Mu-sama, it wasn't you!" Kiki stressed.

Mu raised his head and gazed on Aldebaran. His eyes were filled with deep remorse. So weird he was truly affected by the fact that he unconsciously sent his friend to the wall…

"Forgive me…," Mu whispered.

"It's the pendant, Mu."

"The pendant…," Mu took a look at the pendant in repulsion. He really wanted to take it off and blaze it to ashes, but he knew he couldn't. He also didn't have any heart to give the necklace to Aldebaran. So he decided to keep wearing it and hoping he would never be possessed again.

After being successful controlling himself, Mu took a look at Kiki. "Kiki, how could you get here? This house has been surrounded by unbreakable fences and wall."

"I teleported, Mu-sama."

Mu took a deep breath. Yes, it was right… Hades had thought that all of them had been powerless and had lost their supernatural skills, that's why he was sure the prison-like fences and wall would be enough to lock all Goldies in the mansion.

But he miscounted Kiki, a little boy whose power hadn't been sealed by Athena, for he was still underage.

Was it true that tyrants always forgot about little things? Yet it was always those little things that later on give massive contribution to their downfalls…

"Kiki," Mu said. "It is so dangerous here, if Hades knew…"

"I can look into my own self, Mu-sama," said Kiki stubbornly, yet firmly. "I can tell whether I'm in danger or not, so I beg you not to prevent me to visit you here."

Mu opened his mouth, ready to say other words. Yet he decided not to…he was sure it would be useless.

"Youth," Mu said. He smiled warmly at Kiki.

Kiki beamed seeing his master's eyes shining brightly. Some minutes ago he had been so frantic he couldn't gaze at his warmth again, but now it was over.

"Come, Mu," smiled Aldebaran as he stood up.

Mu nodded, then stood up as well.

"Be careful, Mu-sama," reminded Kiki.

Mu nodded once again, and together with Aldebaran, he stepped to Hades's room.

xxx

"You are five minutes late," said Hades calmly. He wore a handsome sleeping kimono, sitting on a very luxurious puffy chair, reading newspaper. It was formerly Saori's room. The same with every single things in the house, the interiors had been changed as well. "Your salary is reduced twenty five percents."

Aldebaran was about to protest, but soon Mu prevented him to.

"Hades…sama…," said Mu then, quite polite. "What does this pentagram mean?"

Hades raised his head slowly, then smiled.

"Pentagram's meaning can be so various, depends on how you see it," he explained shortly.

"Short after I wore it, I was doing something that I mostly fear about," said Mu. "The thing that I truly afraid of is hurting my fellows again, both physically and mentally. I have enough hurt them in the battle against you."

Aldebaran was startled upon the fact. So it was the thing Mu really feared of…

"Really?" asked Hades, in a tone which implied that Mu's fear was a very delightful topic.

Mu nodded impassively. His eyes were locked on Hades's chest. He was just aware Hades also wore a pentagram pendant, only it looked different with which he wore. Well…the shape was precisely the same, yet both had difference, but what…?

Mu was thinking so hard in his quietness:…what was the difference between the two pendants…?

"The pendant is able to make you falling to trance, yes," smiled Hades. "It mostly will recognize your biggest weakness and play with it. Yet you do not have to worry—the pendant is…merciful. It will not possess you in a long term."

Mu and Aldebaran's hands were contracted.

Merciful…?

"I will go bathing," Hades said then as he stood up and tossed his newspaper on his chair. As he walked to his bathroom, he said. "Your salary is re-reduced fifteen percents, for both of you have talked too much and did not straight cleaning my bedroom."

He left Mu and Aldebaran standing frozen on their places.

Frustrated, Aldebaran unconsciously sank himself on Hades;s bed. But apparently even the bed of a deity couldn't stand his weight, as it directly got broken.

Mu widened his eyes in horror, while Aldebaran looked at him innocently.

"Mu…," stammered Aldebaran. "Wo…would you please…repair it…?"

Mu sighed. It didn't have any difference; whether it was Athena or Hades who occupied the mansion, becoming a repairer seemed to be his only destiny…

xxx

"This really frustrates me…," sighed Mu. He and his fellows now were in the kitchen (looked like kitchen had been their headquarters). Aiolia massaged his shoulders which were so stiff resulted from his hard work in Hades's room.

"I can't believe it…he KNEW I'd broken his bed!" yelled Aldebaran in wrath. "Even after Mu had fixed it perfectly, he still could see the traces!"

"And he re-reduced our salaries again…" Mu whispered with a voice that could make even Harpy Valentine pitying him (*cough* maybe…). "Aldebaran and I only can gain twenty percents of our normal salaries now…"

"You guys won't believe in what had happened to me," sighed Milo as he approached Camus and circled his hands around his body to hug him. The cleaning thing had driven him crazy and he really needed his best friend to stay close to him in this kinda situation.

"Milooo," grumbled Camus. He was slightly annoyed as some of his fellows chuckled seeing Milo's childish gesture, but Milo didn't care. "By the way, what the French words last night mean?" Milo asked.

"Je m'excuse, cela m'est sorti de la tête (I'm sorry I forgot)," answered Camus, made Milo sank his face on Camus's shoulder in distress. "Oh no…," he grumbled.

Camus finally chuckled slightly.

"So what did Hades do to you, Milo?" asked Shura.

"When he inspected my job," said Milo irritably, "he reduced my salary twenty percents only because there was still a DOT of dust on the glass I cleaned."

"That's fun," responded Deathmask.

Milo only glared at him.

"What's his purposed on giving the pendant actually…?" Aiolos sighed.

"Fun?" suggested Kanon, "He will think our expressions will be so funny when we're tranced. Right, bro?" he asked Saga.

Saga didn't reply. He never stopped thinking about the pendant. The pentagram could recognize the wearer's weakness…

His weakness was:…

"I guess there's more to the pendant than meet the eye," a voice from the corner.

Everybody directly turned their heads, then gasped when they saw Ikki there.

"Ikki!"

"Phoenix!"

"Phoenix Ikki!"

"Ikki Phoenix!!

"He has not changed his I-really-like-popping-up habit," said Shaka flatly.

"Wow, Shaka, you're talking!" Aiolia beamed. "You haven't talked since yesterday, probably it's only Ikki's presence which could make you…err…uh…forget it," he shrunk when Shaka looked at him calmly, yet deadly.

"What are you doing here?" asked Kanon, frowning his forehead. "You will get really big troubles if he knew you're here."

"I can look into my own self," Ikki glared. "I can tell whether I'm in danger or not, so I beg you not to prevent me visiting you here."

The others opened their mouths to reply, but soon they sighed. They knew it would be useless.

"Youth," they murmured.

"Kiki helped us teleporting here," explained Ikki.

"US?!" the Golds snapped. "You mean there are still OTHERS?!"

Ikki only smiled mysteriously.

"I just want to tell you," said Ikki then. "If Hades keeps reducing your salary like that, we won't have even the smallest chance to gain this mansion back."

"We'll try," Shion finally spoke. He walked to the window and gazed outside, lost in thoughts. "We'll try to get this house back by using ordinary ways. If it doesn't work, we have no choice except fighting for this house by using reckless ways."

"Reckless?"

"Yes, reckless," Shion replied. He let out shallow smile, then with his forefinger, he drew something on the window glass.

"Just as 200 years ago…," said Shion, his voice sounded far away.

The Gold Saints and Ikki widened their eyes when they saw what Shion drew.

Poseidon's trident.

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Home Sweet Home: Sabotage