Crystal Walls...
"Mu!" ?lair called out as she entered the Aries temple. "Where the hell are you?" she shouted.
Mu walked towards the girl and opened his eyes, "Don't be so loud. It isn't respectful around here."
?lair made a low growl and almost snapped at Mu in anger. Mu looked at the girl with concern and turned away, "Lucria is in danger. The bronze saints are here and...Pope Ares knows something that we gold saints don't know. Is that what you are trying to tell me? I've already sensed cosmos fading in and out and it isn't the Pope's. Athena is here along with Ceres, Eos and you."
"What the hell are you saying! Ugh...nevermind. What are you planning to do here?" ?lair shouted as she raised her hand in the air almost ready to lash at Mu. "I am not a goddess and I am just a girl who wants to live a happy life without any of the saints telling me lies about what will happen."
"Stop being foolish. ?lair, you sense other people's cosmos and yet you refuse to believe that this is all something you should simply ignore. You were involved with Lucria and this is what you are brought into now..." Mu said turning away solemnly.
"Ugh...!" ?lair grunted as she walked past him, "I won't see Lucria getting hurt because she's a good friend."
"Then go see her. Stop the Pope and do what you are suppose to do. I am not allowed to leave this temple and the bronze knights are intruding the sanctuary so I will be occupied with business." Mu explained.
?lair shook her head in understanding and ran ahead. "Please Mu don't die for everyone's sake."
"Tell me Swan. Why have you entered these grounds?" Miro questioned Hyoga. "You are inferior to us gold saints."
Hyoga panted in exhaustion as the battle between knights continued. Taking a step back he fell on one knee, "Lucria..."
"Hn?" Miro grunted.
"She is a friend and she wanted us to bring her back here..." Hyoga said coughing as he stood up.
"Please, like the mistress would want you to protect her! I should finish you." Miro spoke as he lifted one finger in the air, "Antares!"
Some strange cosmos flew into the sky through the Pope's mansion. Everyone stopped fighting as it hit the clock tower and lit up the flames.
"She's..." Shaka spoke looking at the sky.
"Not dead-"
"Ceres knows-"
"Something is happening-"
"But how-"
"Athena is here-"
"Who else could be-"
"The one-"
"Who can-"
Looking out the window, Lucria frowned as she glanced back at Saga, the dark side of him, sleep. "I hate this Saga...what happened to the old one, the one that always kept me safe..." she thought.
(beginning of flashback)
Running through the mansion, Lucria played with her ball in the hallway. "Hahaha, this is fun!" the girl laughed as she entered the grande hall. Watching her was the Gemini Knight, Saga. He smiled cheerfully as the little girl was happy but he frowned at the thought of losing her. Lucria walked up to Saga and handed him the ball, "Play?"
"Hm?" Saga looked at the girl confused.
"Ball, play." Lucria stammered on words as she moved the ball closer to the Pope. "Play with me Saga. I wanna play." she added.
Saga laughed and took the ball from her, "Okay princess. We'll play together."
Lucria laughed cheerfully and ran a few feet away from him waiting for Saga to throw the ball to her. "Come on!" she insisted.
Saga threw the ball to her lightly and smiled when Lucria caught it. "That was a good catch princess." he said as Lucria threw the ball back to him.
"Don't call me princess! My name is Lucria." Lucria shouted in a bit anger. She was only four years old and she didn't like the nicknames the gold knights gave her.
"Okay Lucria. Let's go see what the other knights are up to." Saga said as he caught the ball. He walked up to the girl and picked her up placing Lucria on his shoulders.
"Saga...?" Lucria questioned him.
Saga looked up and noticed that Lucria had a gentle grip on his hair. "Yes?"
"I want to stay here with you and the gold knights...it's fun being here." Lucria whispered.
"You are always welcomed here." Saga whispered back as the two walked down the hallway.
(end of flashback)
"Saga, what has happened to you when I was in Japan?" Lucria thought as she watched the clock tower. "We were always close to each other..." A glance of someone that looked like Saga went through her mind. "But someone else was close to me too...you both have the same face but who is he?"
"The one that you know who shares his face is..." Ceres voice went through Lucria's head.
"Don't tell me." Lucria responded aloud by accident.
"Don't you want to know?" Ceres asked.
"I don't. Not now when this shit is happening..." Lucria thought.
"Lucria stop being stubborn." Ceres added. "You know who he is...you met him before, it's just that you can't remember"
Fighting Afrodita, Shun held out his chains a distance away from himself. "So, you are the ones who have invaded the sanctuary." Afrodita took out a rose as he spoke.
"So the princess has been involved with this battle right?" he asked.
Shun glared at the man and answered, "Yeah. Lucria wanted us to come with her here so she would be safe even Athena is here." "What? What are you talking about? Athena should've been...! Her cosmos is dim...so is the princess's. You nitwits shall be punished! Pirhanna roses!" Afrodita threw a bunch of roses towards Shun's direction.
Feeling the sharpness of the thorns go through his body, Shun hit the ground with a loud thud. "I can't lose..." he muttered. "Heh, give it up kid. As the most beautiful saint I shall finish you off." Afrodita pointed.
"No. I must protect Athena and Ceres. I made a promise...especially to Lucria." Shun sat up weakly. "I won't...lose. Nebula chain!" he shouted as the chains flew towards Afrodita.