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Chapter Five: The Trail of Wolf

There was utter silence in the mansion. As if someone had sucked all of the air out of the room. As if everyone inside had suddenly dropped dead. Everyone simply stood there staring dumbstruck at Ikki. He was staring at the floor with a look on his face like he was standing at the death bed of a very dear friend. Finally, Saori seemed to find the ability to speak.

"Shun's gone?" she asked.

"We don't know what happened," Ikki replied. "We all just suddenly fell asleep, and when everyone woke up he was gone. Just like that. It's strange. Someone said they thought they saw a green wolf outside the Sanctuary. But who's ever heard of a green wolf? And someone else said they heard a flute."

"What was that?" Albiore gasped, suddenly standing out of the chair he had been sitting in.

"Albiore," Saori gasped. "You'll hurt yourself! Be careful!"

"What did you say?" Albiore insisted. "A green wolf...and a flute..." he paused a moment and looked out the window. "Could it be...?"

Everyone turned and looked at him. There was a deadly serious look on his face, but also one that was a little hopeful. They didn't know what to make of it. In the few days they'd gotten to know him, he seemed like a kind and gentle teacher, but also one that was wise. And now, something had struck him as odd.

"What is it?" Seiya asked. "What are you thinking about?"

"Ikki," Albiore said. "Did they say anything else about any of that? Anything at all?"

"Well," Ikki said, perplexed. "Someone said the wolf had a strange blue moon on it's forehead. And someone said that when they heard the lullaby they fell asleep. But they never saw who played it."

"I thought so," Albiore said.

"Thought so what?" Hyoga asked. "What's going on?"

"The flute that no one sees," Albiore said. "It could only be one person. One mariner. Siren. That's a special move he developed recently. It allows him to put anyone who hears it into a deep slumber. And that wolf? I know of only one like it. It's the wolf Lunar that reincarnates like a Saint to rejoin the God Warrior of Alioth Epsilon. You remember don't you? They're two of the Guardians of Tartarus as well. Is Shun's Cloth gone?"

"Yeah," Ikki replied.

"I thought so," Albiore said. "The Guardians have always been very protective of each other. Siren and Alioth Epsilon probably went to the Sanctuary because they felt like Shun was being threatened by Arles. So they probably took him with them. That relieves me. He's much safer with them."

"But what's this green wolf?" Shiryu asked. "I've never heard of it."

"Well," Albiore said. "Alioth Epsilon is always born as a child, forsaken by his parents in the wastes of Asgard. He is adopted by wolves, and he runs with them. Over time its said he grew tired of losing his friends one by one. So one day after he became a Guardian, Andromeda went out to him. Alioth Epsilon didn't trust him at first. He resented Andromeda a little. But there was still many years before they were sealed away. Andromeda got into a battle, and one of Alioth Epsilon's wolves defended him. She was heavily in labor, and as she died she gave birth to a single wolf pup. Dying and alone, Andromeda felt compassion towards the tiny pup that would soon die. He gave up the last of his cosmos and gave the pup a strange power. Then he died. It's said that Alioth Epsilon found him after that, but as to where that was, no one knew. The God Warrior died against that terrible foe as well and the snows of Asgard buried any trace of the two of them. Then one day when they were reborn, Andromeda found the pup again as a young Saint. Now the wolf was green, which as you know, matched his hair. He took the pup to the God Warrior, who was just as glad to see Andromeda alive as the pup. He named the pup Lunar. And its been running at his side ever since, reincarnating by his side. So Alioth Epsilon was a little less lonely now. And that is also how Andromeda and the God Warrior who hated people became friends, and pack brothers. Andromeda can always run at the front of the pack."

"And what about Siren?" Nachi asked. "How did that happen? We know that Poseidon and Athena had countless wars against one another."

"That is an equally interesting piece of lore," Albiore replied. "After one of these wars, when Siren had been named a Guardian, one of the Saints had attacked him. No one's really sure why. He never lived to tell anyone why, and he won't tell even after he's been reincarnated. Siren acted in self defense. And it was a very powerful defense. However, the mariner was still hurt badly. Andromeda found him then, and offered him help. The Mariner naturally refused. But Andromeda knew that he was going to die. So during the night while he was asleep Andromeda helped the young mariner. When Siren awoke he noticed that his wounds had been treated. He saw Andromeda again, who explained that he too was a Guardian. The Mariner was still reluctant to allow the boy near him however, and he kept warning Andromeda to leave or he would kill him. Andromeda did leave, but the next night he came back and helped him again. This went on for several days. A few more Saints had heard of the Mariner though, and were coming to hurt him. Andromeda, as was his nature, stepped forward to defend the Mariner. The Saints wrongly assumed that the Andromeda Saint was weak since he rarely fought, but Andromeda drove them away. I believe that Siren began to admire Andromeda as a person then, and they became friends."

"So they went to the Sanctuary to save Shun?" Saori asked. "You think they'll be alright?"

"I think so yes," Albiore replied. "I'm sure they'll take good care of him until he's ready to fight himself."

Everyone relaxed a little. They looked at Albiore for a moment, suddenly very interested in him. He seemed so wise for his age, and kind. And yet they could see danger in his eyes. The same danger that Shun had seen in Fenrir's. The same danger that was in the eyes of every Saint that came from Andromeda Island. Because they had been forced to become dangerous to survive.

"And the other two?" Ichi asked. "What's their story?"

"Well, I know them of course," Albiore replied, sitting back down stiffly and painfully. "But I'm sure there's other things Mrs. Kido would prefer to talk about."

"How do you know all of these things?" Geki asked. Albiore looked up at him.

"Because I was born on Andromeda Island," he reminded them. "And that Island is said to be the fabled location of the myth of Perseus, Andromeda and the Kraken. The Island is said to have once been a beautiful place, but over time it grew to be a barren hunk of rock. If you go underwater there you can see where the old city used to be, and the rock that Andromeda was supposed to be chained too. So as you can see, Andromeda is very important to the people who live on that Island, as well as the Saint that now represents her. So we know many stories of the Saint of Andromeda."

"But you know the stories?" Ban asked. "All of them?"

"Of course," Albiore replied.

"Then by all means tell them," Saori replied. "I know that they're probably not completely accurate. The only people who knows what really happened are the people in the story, but I would like to hear them anyway."

"Very well," Albiore replied with a nod. "I'll tell you first then of Thantos. There's not much that I know about this story, but I can tell you what I do know. As you can imagine, after years of Holy Wars the Underworld and Sanctuary hated one another. Thantos was said to have been angry. He didn't feel like he needed help, since he had been keeping the Titans in their prisons since before the armies of the gods were created. In an attempt to make a peaceful negotiation, Andromeda went to Thantos. However, while he was there, an unknown enemy attacked and killed Thantos' twin brother Hypnos. Overcome with rage, Thantos used his most powerful attack, and as you may guess, the attack of a god is powerful. He harmed many people with it, and nearly destroyed the world, so great was his rage. But Andromeda lived up to his name. He used his own cosmos to calm the god and took the attack so that it wouldn't hurt anyone else. After that, Thantos fell as well. The rest of the story is only rumor and speculation, but people believe that Thantos and his brother were reincarnated in the same town as the young Andromeda Saint. It's said that they met him, and Thantos began to admire the boy's kind and gentle nature. So he blessed him so that death would not touch him for many years. Supposedly they met many times after that and after a while they became very good friends."

"Why does no one really know?" Nachi asked.

"Thantos is a secretive god," Albiore replied. "And Andromeda doesn't tell secrets."

"Very well," Saori said. "And the story of Eagle?"

"That one we know more of," Albiore replied. "It's believed that as Eagle was reincarnated, she had a bad experience with fire. Of what, no one's really sure. But she was terrified of it none the less. Zeus and Athena had just had a massive war that had been called off because of the Titans. Some of the resentment still existed between the two sides. Andromeda went there to find out what he could do to ease it and met Eagle. She resented him and like everyone else thought he was weak. But she didn't attack him for that reason. He continued to try and speak to her, but she wouldn't respond. Then however, an enemy appeared. To this day no one really knows who he is, but he was killing off the Angels one by one. He set the shrine they were in on fire, and this one was at the very edge of Heaven. No one was around. Eagle was terrified, but Andromeda managed to convince her to follow him and he led her out safely. Their enemy wasn't finished though and attacked, but Andromeda drove him away. After that the two of them spoke, and its said they became friends. Andromeda was hurt badly, but the healers in Heaven soon had him back up on his feet, and the two became very close."

"Are there more stories?" Saori asked.

"Of the Guardians?" Albiore replied. "Of course. Many more. But those I think will have to wait until another time. The order the stories happened in, well first it was Eagle, then Alioth Epsilon, then Siren, and then Thantos. That's how the order that Andromeda befriended them in. And then after that they all simply disappeared."

"Still, these unseen enemies," Seiya said. "There seems to be a lot of them don't you think?"

"You're right," Shiryu said. "What do you think they could be?"

"If no one knows though..." Hyoga said.

"I think I have an idea," Ikki suddenly said, finally speaking up again. "Think about it. The Guardians were chosen to stop the Titans. All of these stories are after one another. In nearly every one these enemies appeared. And then later the Guardians all just go missing, to be reborn now? I think that the Titans have an army. An army that moves in the shadows."

"Perhaps you're right," Albiore said thoughtfully. "But if that's the case, then how long will they continue to hide in the shadows? The Guardians may have been hiding the existence of these creatures until they thought we were ready for them. Their jobs are to protect us after all."

Silently everyone looked around the room, as if searching for some sort of answer to the millions of questions buzzing through their heads. But there were none.

Shun paused a moment, looking up at the sky. They had certainly covered a lot of ground as they had run on. And memories were beginning to soak back into his head. Some were sad, some happy. But they were distracting and confusing. Shun had just staggered under the weight of all of them, and Fenrir had caught him before he fell. Slowly, Fenrir lowered him to the ground, Sorrento kept a sharp look out.

"Easy," Fenrir told him. "Don't push yourself. You're getting your memories back. They effect us all that way. Give it some time. It'll get easier."

Shun just nodded, feeling very dizzy. Shun closed his eyes and rested his head in his hands. He felt Lunar's soft fur brush against him as he laid down by his side. The wolf laid his head on the boy's leg, giving the boy company through his discomfort.

"It feels like my head is spinning," Shun muttered.

"I know," Fenrir replied. "Just take it easy okay?"

"It looks like it's effecting him pretty badly," Sorrento said. "We might have to wait here for a while. I don't think he'll make it far like this. His memories are coming back more quickly than mine or yours did Fenrir. And that probably means the symptoms are worse for him."

"Yeah, you're probably right," Fenrir sighed. "I wonder where Sarai is? She could always help with that."

"I don't know," Sorrento sighed. "We'll just have to wait a moment."

"Sarai?" Shun asked.

"She's Lunar's sister," Fenrir explained. "Lunar had always been born as an only child. But at one point he was born with a sister. Pure white with pink eyes that had a whole galaxy swirling inside of them. Being in the womb with Lunar's power changed her, and she began to reincarnate like he did. Lunar came and joined me. But Sarai didn't. She was wild and unpredictable. But you somehow managed to tame her. She always is reborn and finds you. She's your partner. Give it time. You'll remember her too."

Shun just nodded a little. He felt Lunar lick his knee a little and whine, as if to say: It's alright. We're here for you. Sorrento sighed and turned to look onwards. They were nearly there. Soon they would reach the peak of this mountain, and they would enter Heaven. He just hoped that the gate keeper would let them through.

Arles paced around angrily in the temple. There was still no sign of Shun. Who would have taken the boy and why? Why was it so hard to find him and those with him when there was no possible way they could be far? He had thought a moment of hurting Shun's friends, those Saints from Andromeda Island. But he still needed them in case Albiore tried anything. He smiled a little to himself grimly. Shun seemed to have gotten his ability to hide away so easily from his master.

Arles was a tall and mean man. His real name was Saga, and usually he was a kind man. But the evil part of the Gemini's mask had finally won out, and so a new man had been created: Arles. Arles wore the robes of the Pope and his mask as well, his long silver hair hanging far down his back.

At last Arles seemed to sigh, and he looked over his shoulder at Aphrodite. The young man wore his golden armor and had long pastel blue hair. His eyes were a darker blue.

"What is it?" Arles asked.

"The results came back," Aphrodite replied. "From the hair we found. It seems it was wolf's hair."

"Wolf's hair?" Arles asked. He paused a moment, looking out the window. "Very well. One of the Saints with Athena is the Wolf Saint, correct?"

"Yes sir," Aphrodite replied.

"Good," Arles said. "We'll start our search there. See what he knows. Then kill him. Send the flame Saint and the Cerberus Saint as well. Even if Ikki is with them then like we thought, they won't be able to escape from both. They're not that powerful yet. Go on, and send them now."

"Of course sir," Aphrodite replied, standing and sweeping out of the temple.

Arles looked out towards the Sanctuary from where he was standing, smiling cruelly. This was his domain. He would not let anyone take it from him. Not Titans. Not gods. Not Andromeda. And certainly not Saga.

I've introduced a fairly important character in this story. Sarai is very important later on when she actually appears. And things are now getting more interesting. Arles is sending someone to try and kill Nachi. Ready to read more now? XD Lolz.

Thanks, and I'll probably post more today.