Welcome back for Chapter Three! I really like this story so far, though I'm not really sure where it's going at this point. Maybe I should write all my stories like this and post the chapters quickly like this. Oh well, I'm stuck on this one right now, so I guess I'll have to continue.

This chapter is rather long to explain the dwelling places of all of the armies, including the one I made up for the Angel armies of Zeus. So you can read them to understand a little more about the story if you don't know these places, or you can read them just to see why I mentioned them to help create the credibility of the idea of the realm of the Angels.

Chapter Three: Seen on the Other Side

Shun woke up suddenly. He shuddered though he wasn't really cold and looked around. None of the others had awakened yet, and Shura was still no where to be seen. And yet something had awoken him. Something calling to him out of the air. He didn't know why. He didn't know from where. He paused as the wind howled mournfully through the temple. It was a sad sound. And he could almost swear he heard a voice on it. He listened a moment. It was calling him.

It was faint, but he was sure that he heard it. The longer he listened, the more probable it seemed to become. He wasn't sure where it came from. Who was speaking? He'd never heard that voice before. But it was insistently calling him. He closed his eyes and then concentrated on the sound hard.

"Andromeda," a woman's voice called in a language not unlike Greek, but much more ancient. He didn't know how he understood it, but he did. "I can feel your presence. Please, you must hear me."

Shun froze and opened his eyes. He couldn't believe it. Who would want to have him talk to them? He didn't understand at all what was going on. But now that he'd heard the voice, he felt a need to respond. He felt his body relax, his eyelids fall until they'd nearly relaxed all together and closed. His eyes softened, and his body began to tingle gently as he felt a new power surge through him. His eyes suddenly began to glow, casting a gentle blue light around him the same shade as his eyes. It was strange and unearthly. He wanted to be afraid. And yet something told him to not be.

"I hear," he replied in his mind. "And I'm listening."

"Thank goodness," the woman exclaimed again through the wind. "I was scared when I couldn't reach you! It's been 300 years Andromeda. I'm glad to know that you're alright."

"I'm sorry but I don't remember," Shun said. "I feel like I can trust you, but I don't understand why."

"That's alright," she replied patiently. "You're a young Saint. I wouldn't expect you to know me now. But you will once you remember. My name is Eagle Annette. You and I were have power."

"What do you mean?" Shun asked. "I'm just a bronze Saint. I don't understand."

"But your job is to help me and the others to keep the Titans in their prison," Annette replied.

"What?" Shun gasped. "How am I supposed to fight a Titan?"

"You have the power," Annette replied patiently."sleeping deep inside of you. The five of us all have that power. This is only the first of your powers, to speak to us when you're so far away."

"But I don't think I can..." Shun said nervously. Annette laughed gently in his mind, a beautiful sound.

"Always so humble," she said. "That's what we love about you. But you can. But... many years ago you spoke a prophecy. The army of the Titans sealed us away to keep us from stopping their masters. But we have returned. And that means that the Titans are nearly ready to escape from their prison. We have to combat them, and you are the corner stone where all of our treaties will rest."

"What?" Shun gasped. "No! I can't! That's impossible! I'm no one..."

"Wrong," she said. "You are Andromeda. You are the first guardian. You are our only hope."

Shun was silent a moment, digesting the information. He didn't move. He suddenly felt like he couldn't. Too much was going on right now. He was being crushed by the information he was receiving. But the longer he thought about it, the more he seemed to believe it. He knew she was right, though he didn't know how he knew. Reda stirred a little. He would wake up soon.

"Tell me," Shun asked. "I need to know. I have to understand."

"Yes of course," she replied. "I will tell you everything, from the very beginning. Please listen well."

So Annette began to tell the story that Shun's master had told to his friends earlier that same day in Japan. Shun sat silently and listened the whole time, hearing all of it. But he was also at the same time aware of his surroundings and able to perceive and process both through his mind at the same time. It was a slightly unnerving situation, but Shun wasn't scared. However, then Reda and Spica awoke. Perhaps their dreams had been fitful. Perhaps they hadn't slept well. But for whatever reason they woke up. When they looked at Shun and suddenly felt afraid. They had never seen anything like that.

"Sh-Shun?" Reda asked quietly. "Shun are you alright?"

"What's going on?" June asked as she woke. But then she looked at Shun and gasped as well. The three of them moved away a little, startled.

"Shun?" Spica asked. He reached forward to touch the boy, but then yelped as some sort of shield sparked and sent his hand away. Small tendrils of lightning sparked up his hand. They were gentle, but Shun knew that if he felt threatened they could become much more powerful.

"Wh-What the hell?" June gasped.

"What's happening?" Reda asked, completely startled.

The three of them watched Shun carefully and nervously. They didn't want the boy to get hurt, but at the same time they were scared. They didn't understand what was going on at all. What were they supposed to do? He wasn't responding to them at all.

"Shun?" June asked gently. "Can you hear me?"

Slowly Shun forced himself to look up a little at them and raise his head. His eyes were still glowing and dull, focused far away. But it seemed to relieve them a little that he understood that they were there, and that they weren't a danger to him. However, he didn't move otherwise, and he remained silent.

"My friends are worried," Shun said. "They don't know what's happening."

"I'm sorry," She said. "That tends to happen. Andromeda's power is in all of us, but it startles people. They haven't seen it in such a long time." Then with that said she continued her story.

Nervously the three young Saints looked around, but they didn't dare try and touch him again. They knew better than that. Then however, Shura returned from his rounds. Instantly June sprang up and ran to him.

"Please, you have to look at Shun," she said. "We don't know what's going on!"

Confused and a little scared by the tone of her voice he followed her to where they were. He froze when he saw the boy. He'd never seen anything like it. But he knew suddenly that this was something that hadn't been seen in a long time. Slowly he knelt down in front of the boy. He snapped his fingers once by the boy's ear. Shun's body instinctively responded by blinking and turning his head towards the noise. Shun found it a little odd that his body could do that without him thinking about it. Shura paused and watched Shun.

"It's some sort of telepathy," Shura said. "And a powerful one. "He seems fully aware of what's going on around him. But whoever has contacted him must have something really important to say. He's not moving at all. Do you know what happened?"

"No," Reda said. "We just woke up and he was like this."

"So you have no idea how long he's been like this?" Shura asked.

"No," Spica said. "But when I tried to touch him something blocked my hand and shocked it."

He showed Shura his hand, which had small bruises on it. Shun felt a little sad that he had hurt his friend, even on accident. Shura was very interested in it. Slowly he turned to look at Shun, and reached forward. Again, something stopped him, and then a much more violent shock sent his hand away. The Gold Saint paused and rubbed his hand, otherwise showing no more signs that he had just been hurt.

"It seems that whatever this field is, it changes to fit the power level of the person trying to touch him," Shura said. "It's some sort of self defense. But since Shun knows we're not the enemy it isn't trying to harm us badly, only warning us to stay away."

"But what is this?" June asked. "I've never seen anything like this from Shun!"

"Neither have I," Shura replied. "Unless..."

"Unless what?" Reda asked.

"Well," Shura replied, looking up at the wall they were behind. "This mural depicts Athena giving me the sword of Excalibur long ago. Andromeda received a similar gift, but from Hera, and no one knows what it is. It's said however that Andromeda often used this type of telepathy, and that when it appeared it was the first of his powers that he developed. It seems that Shun is beginning to develop the fabled power of Andromeda."

"But why would he need this power?" June asked.

"I don't know," Shura said. "But it seems that he needs it. I think it has something to do with Andromeda's Prophecy. Come on. Let's go speak to Aries Mu. He should know what's going on. He knows the prophecy. Don't worry about Shun. As you can see, he's well protected. He'll be fine. We need to see if we can find out what's going on."

A little reluctantly, but curious as well, the Saints stood and left. Shun's head and eyes returned to the position it had been before, staring at the ground silently. Suddenly, there was nothing but silence in the temple.

"They're gone," Shun said. "Is all of this really true?"

"It is," Annette replied. "The others are all young as well. Thantos was unwilling to try and contact you. He didn't want to frighten you. Siren and Alioth Epsilon are both so young that they don't have their memories yet either. But they're getting them back. Soon they'll remember and they'll come for you."

"But there's trouble in the Sanctuary," Shun said. "Have you heard of Arles?"

"I have," she replied. "What he's doing is terrible. He needs to be taken care of, but I can't move against him alone."

"He fears the prophecy," Shun said. "So he keeps me under constant surveillance. I don't fear most of the Saints. They're good. But if he finds out that I've made a move to leave then he'll destroy me."

"We must save you," Annette suddenly gasped. "He doesn't understand that we must be free! We have to defeat the Titans!"

"I know," Shun said. "But you have to be patient. We have to wait for now."

"Every moment we have to wait is another the Titans grow stronger," Annette protested. "We must act!"

"Athena will reappear soon," Shun insisted. Annette paused. "And she will free the Sanctuary. We must wait."

"You are sure?" she asked.

"I am," Shun replied instantly and confidently. He wasn't sure how he knew, but he did.

"Then I must believe you," She said. "Very well. I'll be waiting. Once you are ready, we must all meet again. Do you understand? We must meet and show the entire world. We must prepare."

"I understand," Shun said. "But I don't think I'm ready yet for this."

"Don't worry," she said. "You will be. Now listen. I will tell you the names of the others, and you must tell me yours. It's our way of sealing the pact. Then I will tell you of the places we hail from. You must listen carefully."

"I'm listening," Shun replied.

Suddenly Shura, Reda, Spica, and June returned with Mu and Shaka close behind. Mu was a tall young man with long lavender colored hair and blue eyes. Shaka was a tall young man with long blonde hair and blue eyes which were now closed. They walked over to him. Mu inspected Shun quietly, and Shaka sat down in front of the boy, cross legged, and began to meditate. Shun instinctively looked up at him as he did it. He could feel the powerful cosmos and mind.

"Their names are such," Annette said. "Siren is Sorrento. Thantos is Sauske. And Alioth Epsilon is called Fenrir."

"What do you think Mu?" Shura asked.

"I've never seen anything like it," Mu replied. "Though I may remember it distantly from my past as a Saint...yes I think I do. Not even Shaka's power is this great."

"But this isn't just something we can ignore either," Shura said.

"No indeed, it isn't," Mu replied. "We also can't let Arles hear of this. He might just try to kill the boy for it. He's already too twitchy as it is with Saori Kido and her Saints."

"Why now though?" June asked. "Why hasn't he ever done it before?"

"I think it's because he's finally had a trigger for the power to activate," Mu replied. "Someone probably contacted him, someone with the same power."

"Others have this power?" Spica asked.

"Are they friend or foe though?" Reda asked nervously.

"To him they are friend, though to us they might not prove so," Mu replied. "And yes there are others. Four others. He is one of five with this strange ability, given to them by Hera herself. And she is a most mysterious goddess." he paused a moment, and then looked at Shaka. "Do you think you can reach him? We need to find out what's going on."

"I can try," Shaka replied. "but his defenses are great. It's as if his mind instinctively recoils from mine. Like he doesn't like the touch. I will see if I can reach him."

Shun paused a moment. He hadn't felt Shaka even try and touch his mind. He felt nothing. And yet the Gold Virgo Saint truly seemed to be trying. Everything was getting confusing inside of his head, even with his ability to keep track of everything that was going on. But he remained still and didn't move.

"Sorrento comes from Atlantis," Annette continued, unaware of the strange interruption. "The Kingdom of Poseidon covers two thirds of the world. It is an idyllic and quiet, full of rocky, beautiful waterfalls, staircases, columns, stone paths paved floor slabs and coral reefs of beautiful colors. Seven Pillars support a hypothetical Ocean dome, which is the basis for holding back the waters of the sea. The seas are based on the vast and wonderful bubble sustained by Pillars and a sky seems to sparkle with colors of turquoise, greenish white and blue, while the air is breathable under the seabed, giving the kingdom of Poseidon a very attractive and moving image. This is due to Poseidon's cosmo, which, albeit still dormant, is able to generate this sort of protecting dome which prevents his realm from flooding. There are seven pillars, guarded by seven General Mariners, and in the center is Poseidon's Temple. This is the home of the mariners."

There was silence. For a moment, they were all watching Shaka intently. Shun could begin to feel Shaka's mind now, growing ever closer. But apparently, whatever defenses he had were strong because he suddenly visibly winced and his mind retreated. Mu looked at him in surprise.

"Shaka, are you alright?" He asked.

"I'm fine," Shaka replied. "His defenses are strong, that's all."

"Don't hurt yourself or him," Mu warned.

"I won't, I'll be careful," Shaka replied. And with that he fell silent again and retried to enter Shun's mind as gently as possible.

"The Meikai Underworld was created by Hades to forever punish humans for their crimes. No life is possible in the Underworld without the Eighth Sense (or special devices), as all things in the Underwrold normally fall under the control of Hades. Specters are unaffected, and may enter and leave at the discretion of Hades because they wear Surplices. The Underworld is composed of eight prisons, with further subdivisions and it also contains the passage to the Elysian Fields, where only those chosen by the gods can enter. There are 108 evil stars or Specters of Hades, the Lady Pandora, the Twin gods Hypnos and Thantos who have been reborn, and the three judges of hell which are specters themselves. This is where Sauske lives." Annette said.

"I'm almost there," Shaka said. "But I have to be careful. He can sense me now. I don't want to spook him."

"Don't hurt yourself," Mu warned. "It's likely that he has other powers as well." Shaka nodded.

"One of the Saints is trying to enter my mind," Shun said. "He's not an enemy, I think, but he might discover something."

"Then I must speak quickly," She replied. "We can't be discovered yet. Asgard is mainly based on the Norse mythology, where it's told as the land of the Gods, opposed to Midgard where the mortals live. Odin's the great warrior God ruler of the land and Polaris Hilda is the representative of Odin in Asgard. His home is in Vanhalla Palace which is located on foot of his statue, at the top of the region. The land is guarded by many soldiers and by some valiant warriors. Those people don't seem to own supernatural abilities, until they are awakened as God Warriors of Asgard, the equivalent of Athena's Saints. Their Cloths are the God Warrior's Robe kept hidden in the deepest and more secret places in the whole Asgard. This northern land is very inhospitable, with lower temperatures than even those of Siberia. It's not easy to survive there, even for those born in these lands, that's why in the past Asgardians have tried many times to conquer the warmer lands, but in the modern era, they abandoned any conquer purpose. It seems that Asgard is somehow under the influence of the Undersea Kingdom and there is also a passage into Asgard that leads to the world of Poseidon. There are seven God Warriors, and each is very powerful, though people hint that there may be more. This is where Fenrir lives with his wolves."

"I'm nearly there," Shaka said. "But he's getting nervous. I don't think he likes this new ability of his. It came so suddenly. And he doesn't like the touch of my mind either."

"He seems somewhat to know what's going on around him," Shura said. "But I don't know to what extent. Careful."

"I will be," Shaka promised him.

"Lastly is Heaven, where the Angel Army of Zeus is," Annette told him. "Here it is beautiful and the gardens are always in full bloom like spring. If ever winter touches it, then we know that there is great evil in the world, and winter is fast approaching now. There are nine holy shrines where the nine greatest Angels, the Arch Angels, guard our realm. The entrance to Heaven is difficult to reach, since you must go to the top of a high mountain and say specific words to summon the door. Then you must step through, and if you aren't allowed you will either be killed or sent very far away, and the words wiped from you mind. Our domain covers half of the sky. In the center of Heaven the temple of Zeus stands, and since he is our lord our lands exist in the sky, where even there flowers can bloom. His power creates a shield that keeps out the cold and allows us to grow plants and have animals live there. Some humans live there as well. There are only twenty warriors in Zeus' army, but they are all powerful, like the Norse warriors, and they are only summoned to fight in the most dire of wars, since we tend to be such gentle creatures. Like Saints we are reborn anew, and we now await the return of Zeus as he is in the human cycle of reincarnation. It is from these places, the Underworld, Atlantis, Heaven, Asgard, and the Sanctuary that heroes are born to right the wrongs on this earth. We've had our differences before. We've all fought countless wars against each other to prove who's right. But now we must come together and all fight. That is your duty, to see that we do this."

"I don't know how I can do that, be I think I must try," Shun replied. "Still, it seems like a lot."

"We will be here to help you," Annette assured him. "Now, you know our names, so you must tell me yours. Be warned though. As soon as you tell me, there will be no going back. Our fates will be intertwined once again, and everything will begin to click into place. As soon as you tell me your name, then you will have truly been reborn. And our enemies will know this as well. Everyone in the world will sense it. They might not know what they sense, but they will sense it. Do you understand?"

"I do," Shun replied. Slowly, his eyes closed. Everyone paused, even Shaka, watching him. There was something different about that face. Something odd. "My name is Shun... Andromeda Shun."

Suddenly the air was rent as if with the sound of lightning. Everyone gasped, and Shun's eyes flew open as he felt the world acknowledge him. Through someone's eyes he could see Atlantis, just as Annette described it. He was suddenly looking for Shun, his spirit and cosmos calling out. Somewhere else he saw the bleak blackness of the Underworld, and he felt a dark but gentle cosmos touch his, assuring him it was alright, but nervous too. Someone else showed him the snow drifts of the north, where wolves paused and howled and the city where Hilda remained came into view. And he also saw the beautiful gardens of heaven as the flowers wilted in the cold air. There were confused minds, happy minds, scared minds. All of them touched his for a brief second. But all were surprised.

"We have heard you," Annette said. "And we are searching for you. We can sense you. None of us will find peace until we are brought back together. Because we all know that this means that the Titans will once again stalk to earth, and that we're the only ones who can possibly stop them."

"Then I'll be waiting," Shun said. "And I wish you luck until we meet."

"To you as well... Shun..."

With that his mind fell silent. Shun sighed without meaning to and closed his eyes, leaning back against the rock as if he had suddenly fallen asleep. Everyone looked at him in surprise. But he didn't have to see them to know that Shaka, Mu, and Shura all instantly understood what had just happened.

"The Guardians," Shura said quietly. "They're calling to one another."

"It seems that he's instinctively trying to find them," Shaka said. "Even now, without his memories, he knows that something is wrong, and he's moving to stop it."

"Perhaps we'll finally get to see the power of Andromeda at last," Mu said quietly.

"He looks tired," Shaka suddenly said. "Come on, let's leave him be. I don't know what's going on right now, but I think that poor boy needs all the rest he can get."

Shun felt grateful to Shaka suddenly. He was rather tired. That encounter had seemed to drain him more than he'd ever remembered being during his training. Slowly and gently, he fell asleep to the feeling that out there, somewhere, the others knew that he was out here as well.

That's the end of Chapter three. This kind of happened quickly and all, with Shun gaining his first ability and learning of the others. But I feel like this chapter had to be done, even this early. It starts to get the story line moving in the right direction, and it ensures that everything will fall into place before long.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll continue to enjoy!