Chapter 2: Dreams
Shaina hadn't made any flight reservations or even called Seiya to see if it was any trouble for her to visit him. As she drifted into the realm of sleep, a place that she was glad to be going to. In her dream she was facing down an opponent who was laughably weaker than she, and she was fairly sure that she could beat him without any trouble. As she attacked him with her Thunder Claw, her opponent seemed to shift before her eyes and before she knew it she was fighting an opponent who was able to counter any move that she could come up with. "So, is this the power of a sliver knight? Is this the strength of the so called Strongest Amazon? Laughable." He said as he advanced on her, but was forced back with a roar of pain. Shaina looked over her shoulder and was shocked; Seiya had come to her rescue, again. "Seiya! Thank Athena that you're here!" she said as she tried to push herself up off the ground, but her body wasn't responding, and her cloth was shattered and broken in several places. Seiya knelt next Shaina and smiled, the combination of his kind smile and his brown eyes was able to bring a small tear to Shaina's eyes. "Shaina, don't worry I'll take care of him and then I'll get you out of here to a place that you can get better okay?" he asked as he placed his hand on her shoulder gently. Shaina nodded, "Of course. Just make sure you don't lose to that bastard got it? If you do I'll kill you myself." She said with a smirk. Seiya grinned and nodded and stood up, "Hey, you put your hand on my Shaina. You're in trouble now pal." Seiya said as he raised his fist in a fighting stance. As Shaina looked Seiya over she noticed that he wasn't wearing his normal Pegasus cloth, but the golden Sagittarius cloth. She blinked, there was no way that Seiya could have become a golden knight and Marin not tell her, although Shaina, like many other knights, knew and accepted that Seiya was one of the strongest knights alive today and if he pushed himself he could become a golden knight. "Wha?! A golden knight, here? Whatever, I'll crush you and then I'll get rid of her." Seiya's opponent said as he lunged at Seiya, who just deflected the creature with the bat of an arm, "You don't know what a Golden Knight is capable of do you?" he asked with a confident smirk, "Well allow me to show you!" Seiya said as he pulled out the Sagittarius cloth's bow and notched one of its arrows and let it fly. Shaina watched with pride, awe, and happiness as the arrow found its target and destroyed the creature. "Well, well. Looks like little Seiya has grown up. Thanks for the save, what are you doing here anyway?" Shaina asked as Seiya helped her up. "What are you talking about Shaina? Remember I told you that I'd always protect you and come to your aid when you need it." He said as Shaina fell against his golden armored chest. Shaina blinked and looked up at Seiya with a bemused look on her face, "Really now? If so what the hell took you so damn long?" she asked him as she reached up and brought his face closer to hers. Awakening in a sweat, once again this sensation was something that Shaina wasn't used to, but what was even more disturbing was her dream. If she didn't know any better she'd be willing to bet that it was real, "Yeah, right. As if Seiya would ever come to my rescue and kiss me like that." She said as her skin flushed in embarrassment at the thought of how she'd kissed Seiya. "This is annoying, and I can't take this shit anymore!" she exclaimed as she through back her covers and reached for her mask. After completing her normal early morning training routine, showering, and pulling on some suitable clothes for a jaunt into the city, along with what she guessed was enough money to call Japan, she made her way towards the exit to the Sanctuary. She stopped, however, when she spotted Marin standing at the exit. "So, you're going to give him a call? I was wondering how long it would take you before you did." The red-headed knight said stepping aside so Shaina could exit. Shaina smirked underneath her mask, "Whatever. Hold down the fort while I'm gone." She said waving as she headed towards the city.
As Shaina walked the streets of Athens, several people gave her curious looks, mostly because of her mask, although some people stopped and asked her why she was wearing one, and her answer was always the same, 'Its an ancient tradition where I come from.' She eventually made it to a phone booth and took a deep breath and slowly began dialing Seiya's number. As the phone rang, Shaina began thinking about how she was going to tell Seiya that she really did love him and wanted to know how he felt about her. Seiya pushed open the door to his apartment and set his bags down. As he started putting up the food that he'd brought he heard the phone ring and pushed the door close with his foot and grabbed the phone off of the hook. "'Ello, this is Seiya, who's this?" he asked as he continued to the things away. "Seiya? It's me, Shaina. Listen, about how much does it cost to fly to Japan from Athens?" came the voice of the green haired female knight. Seiya blinked and dropped into the chair for his desk and the propped his feet up on the very same desk, "Hunh? Shaina, has something happened over there?" he asked quickly.
"No, nothing like that Seiya. I just decided that its time I came to see what Japan is like." She said with a wry smile.
"Oh. Well how about I just see is Saori can have you picked up." Seiya replied as his body went from high alert to normal status. "Well, I guess that'd work. Whatever, I coming to Japan and that's that." She said as the connection was cut from her end. Seiya blinked as he hung up the phone and looked out the window, "Oh boy, I can't believe that Shaina's coming here. Well one thing for sure, it's going to be interesting to have her here." Seiya said looking at the roof and sighing. Shaina sighed as she waited in the airport for whatever transportation she would be using. Seiya had called her back as soon as he found out if Saori would be handling her traveling, and the answer was yes, so Shaina found herself waiting in the airport terminal when two men dressed in tailor suits walked up to her. "Miss Shaina, we're here to escort you to Japan via one of Miss Saori's private jets." One of the men said. Shaina nodded and picked up her cloth box with one hand as one of the men reached for the box. "Miss, you don't have to worry about that, I'll carry it." He said reaching for the box as well, "As if. You probably couldn't even pick it up if I was giving you a hand." She said pulling the box onto both shoulders leaving both men in her wake.
The flight had been long and boring so Shaina had gotten the chance to read through all of the reading material on the plane, some thing more than once. As the plane soared over the sea, Shaina found herself thinking about what the place Seiya lived was like, and what it would be like to go sightseeing with him. As she caught her thinking about these things, she stopped herself and sighed, "Why the hell is the happening to me?! I mean honestly, if I didn't know it was because of my nerves I'd believe that I was dreaming." She exclaimed in anger. The two men looked at her with expressions of surprise and fear, they'd seen these 'knights' in action and knew full well that she could destroy the plane and not come away with anything more than a few broken bones and quite possibly a concussion if she was lucky. "What? What the hell are you all looking at hunh?" she snarled