A stupid quarrel, A lost memory...
The next day, Lucria was walking down the hallways and noticed Aurora and Camus talking and laughing. This was new. "Hey you guys." she called out to them.
Aurora and Camus turned to her with a cheerful look on their face. "Lucria!" Aurora waved to her. Lucria ran over to them.
"So Camus, did you ever bring Aurora home?" Lucria asked a bit curious. Somehow she suspected something to happen between the two because Aurora wasn't shy around him.
"Oh um well...you see after he brought me home. I asked him if he could stay because I...wanted to talk to him." Aurora looked at Camus, "He wanted me to go with him for a day and teach me more about the cosmos."
"Learn about cosmos?" Lucria asked. "To simply explain it would be too complicated." she thought as Mu walked by. Lucria then turned to him with a startled look. "Mu?" she called out a bit worried.
Mu glanced over at Lucria with a smile. "Hey, are you going to leave the Sanctuary today?" he asked.
"Please don't tell me Pope Ares..." Lucria sighed. To this action, Aurora and Camus laughed. Lucria glared at the two and turned to Mu. "Yes. I am going out today."
"Pope Ares wants me to accompany you today." Mu said. "Miro is out today. No one knows where he is so do you want to look for him?" he asked as he looked out the window.
"...Mu. I know where he is." Lucria said thinking. "Aurora, come with me for a moment. Camus you come too." She said as she ran out of the Sanctuary and into the town. "Miro and Éclair must be around somewhere..." she thought just as she heard a loud crashing sound in the bar.
Right when they entered the same bar from before, Miro and Éclair were beating all of the drunks up. Miro and Éclair were laughing as they were fighting. "What the hell is going on here?!" Lucria shouted to the two. Everyone in the room fell silent and turned to Lucria. "It's her again." The waiter said with a smirk.
"Her? What are they talking about?" Mu said clueless.
"Can't believe you found us here." Éclair said just before she punched a drunk in the face. Miro laughed just as he had a drunk in a head lock. Éclair turned to Lucria with a grin, "It's not like we are doing something bad. I like having Miro around here. Today has been quite fun. I may like Miro."
"What the hell? You and Miro have been hanging out in a bar stirring up trouble just for fun!? God, if the Pope finds out we all get a lecture and he is going to punish me." Lucria said with out even thinking.
"Calm down Lucria. Éclair and I were just controlling justice through out the town, no big deal. Besides how did you know I was missing?" Miro asked.
"Mu said that you were gone and I knew you were here." Lucria said pointing over to Mu. Mu nodded as Miro turned to him. Camus crossed his arms a bit concerned about the townspeople in here. Aurora was just amused.
"Okay, okay. We'll stop." Éclair said as she dropped a drunk on the floor. "I apologize Lucria." Miro said as he scratched the back of his head.
Lucria shook her head embarrassed. "To think that I have to deal with a gold saint and a close friend here in a bar. Damn!" she scolded.
Mu, Camus, and Aurora just stood there in silence and watched Lucria stomp out of the bar pissed off. "Who knew that Lucria could show anger that way..." Mu commented politely.
"The Pope is going to kill me..." Lucria thought just as she left the town. Just as Lucria approached the sanctuary; the Pope was watching her silently until he called her name out in an anger type of tone.
"Here we go..." Lucria thought as she followed the Pope to his room. "Look I'm sorry that I caused some trouble. I didn't mean any-" Lucria tried to explain but was cut off as Saga removed his head piece. His hair was silver and eyes were bloodshot. Saga took Lucria by the waist and forced her onto the bed.
"I won't hurt you Lucria...but this type of harm will do us both good." Saga gave Lucria a smirk as Lucria's eyes widened. "Saga-you must stop this now. This isn't like you." Lucria said trying to move away. Saga pinned his body against Lucria's and held her arms away from her face. "What isn't like me? I know what is like me though...the sex we both desire." Saga laughed as he lowered his face to hers.
"What the hell...are you?" Lucria asked a bit scared. "Your husband. The one who took care of you. Your lover. The man who wants you for you not for your body or power. Must I say more?" Saga ranted out forcing Lucria to look at him. Lucria turned her eyes away sadly and Saga shook her gently. "Look at me girl." he ordered as he forced Lucria into a kiss.
"Saga we can't, not now, not here." Lucria gasped for air. "Yes! My body want yours. Our desire is eternal." Saga laughed. Lucria began to cry which made Saga turn back to normal. "Lucria-I'm sorry." he said holding her gently. Hours later, Saga carried Lucria to her room and left silently.
"Tell me Ceres...who was the one you loved?" Lucria asked.
"Shion." Ceres answered softly.
"Shion, the former Pope." Lucria began to remember of her past.
"Shion was so gentle and well-respected. We were very close." Ceres sounded happy."Whenever I was alone, Shion would keep me company and tell me so many things."
"Shion, why are we here? This is not like you to show me surprises." Ceres said as her long silk silver-violet hair flowed behind her.
Shion smiled as he stopped walking and confronted a statue in the middle of a garden, "Someone made this...to describe you centuries ago."
"Shion...it's beautiful. I never knew that had this here." Ceres' eyes widened as she noticed the tall large statue figuring her with flowers and animals. "Shion, you didn't have to do this."
"Ceres..." Shion turned around to face her. His light purple eyes stared into hers and he took her hands into his, "I want you to stay with me. You need someone to be with and I want to have you."
Ceres blushed and looked down for a moment, "Shion...I want the same thing."
Shion pulled Ceres into his arms and held her gently. "Ceres...if we do what is forbidden between us then I don't care. I want to make love with you until we both sleep." he said kissing her feathery light on her forehead.
"Shion...I love you so much." Ceres cried softly. "What is someone sees us?"
"No one will. I promise..." Shion held her tight. "Ceres...I will take care of you until we both die."
Lucria was standing there in the background watching the two silently. "...So is this all of it?" she thought.
"No. This is only the beginning."
"Wha? The beginning...?" Lucria questioned as the whole world changed. Now it was debris of the sanctuary, Hades was corrupting it as volcanos began arising from the floor.
"...What is this?" Lucria was shocked in fear.
Knights, Gods, and Goddesses were battling each other for power and Athena was there trying to stop Zeus. Ceres was helping Shion and Dohko along with Athena.
"Ceres, you can't do this!" Shion ordered as he took her by the arm. "I know that everything is not going well but losing you is the last thing that needs to be done."
"Shion..." Ceres kissed Shion gently on the lips and turned away with a bow and arrow set in her hands. "I know what I have to do." Ceres said as she aimed her arrow at Hades but there was a shadow behind her back.
"Ceres!" Shion yelled as Ceres shot the arrow towards Hades. The arrow behind her struck her heart and the light pierced Hades as well as Zeus's. Ceres fell back and Shion caught her just as she released her weapon. Blood seeped from her lifeless body.
Hades glared at the young woman and coughed up a lot of blood. "You wench! I will not fall that easily to someone like you. This is not over." he scolded just as he disappeared into the light.
Shion watched the devil disappear as Athena approached Ceres. "She will not be able to live much longer, I am sorry Shion. I can not do anything about this." she said crying.
Ceres laughed cheerfully and had her eyes halfway closed. "I never knew that it would end this way...but I am happy that I was not useless to you all." she said.
Shion began to cry silently as he held her, "Ceres. Go to sleep, I will stay here with you and watch you sleep."
"Thank you..." Ceres said as she closed her eyes completely.
"So, this is what happened 200 years ago? But how is the former Pope able to live so long?!" Lucria questioned.
"Because I gave him my trust..."
"What?!" Lucria freaked.
"Lucria! Lucria, wake up!"