Chapter 3

By: MimiYamatoForever

"What did you to him Shaka?" Ikki demanded angrily shoving Shaka into the wall.

"I did nothing!" Shaka shouted pushing Ikki away. "I only told him how he came to be this way."

"You couldn't have waited until he was more recovered?" Ikki snapped.

"He needed to know now Ikki!" Shaka replied.

"I knew I shouldn't have left him alone with you! You're only making him worse!"

Shaka would have replied but he had nothing to say back and Ikki had marched off to go into Shun's room.

Had he made Shun's condition worse? Shun said he wanted to know what had happened to him and once he was told what happened he fainted. He's been out cold for the past hour and Ikki hadn't taken it well once Shaka told him what happened.

I can't allow Ikki to bother Shun. If he treats Shun in the protective manner he always has then what chance does Shun have of regaining his memories? Shaka thought to himself. I told Shun the truth and that's what he wanted. I shouldn't be feeling guilty about it but I am. What if I really did make Shun worse?

"Shaka?" a voice brought him out of his thoughts. The Virgo looked up to see Seiya, Hyoga and Shiryu walking over.

"Is...Shun alright?" Seiya asked with a worried look on his face. The same look was mirrored on Shiryu and Hyoga.

"Yes, he's resting right now." Shaka answered and saw the looks of relife on the three.

"What happened to him?" Hyoga asked.

Shaka cast his eyes to the floor.

"I had been showing him around Sanctuary to see if anything felt familiar to him. When we were coming back down the stairs he started asking if I could tell him what happened to him. He wanted to know the reason why he doesn't remember anything about his life. I told him what happened and when I was done he just...collapsed. I guess he wasn't ready to hear what had happened to him."

"No wonder we could hear Ikki yelling." Shiryu stated.

"I don't blame him for being mad. The same goes for you three."

"We're not mad." Seiya replied. "We knew that Shun had to learn sooner or later. We were just worried when we heard what happened."

"Well, I would say you could see him but he hasn't woken up yet and Ikki is in there with him." Shaka said.

"Believe me we'll wait until later to come see Shun." Hyoga said. "We know how Ikki can get when it comes to Shun."

Shaka nodded and the three turned to leave after promising they would return later.

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Ikki looked down at Shun who was sleeping.

He had to get Shun out of Sanctuary for a while. Being around everyone who was trying to rush his memories back wasn't doing any good. He would only get more stressed and scared.

Shun did not need that. He needed to be in a comfortable environment with only his brother to take care of him.

But getting him out of Sanctuary would be tricky. The second Shaka sensed Shun's cosmo moving somewhere else he would searching for him and whoever was trying to get him away from Sanctuary.

But that wasn't going to stop Ikki from trying to help his brother.

Shun, Ikki thought carefully gathering his brother in his arms. I know one place that we can still go where you won't be pressured to remember your life so quickly.

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Shaka was about to head into the main part of the temple when he suddenly felt a huge cosmo flare and then start to fade as if it were heading somewhere.

Instantly knowing who the cosmo belonged to, Shaka ran to Shun's room and burst through the door only to gasp when he saw an empty room and an empty bed.

"No." He whispered.

[Minutes later]

"He took Shun and left Sanctuary?" Athena gasped.

"I'm afraid so my lady." Shaka answered kneeling to the goddess with everyone else listening to what he had just explained.

"What is Ikki thinking?" Milo exclaimed.

"He thinks that he's protecting Shun." Shaka answered standing. "Before he left with Shun he was claiming that Shun shouldn't be in Sanctuary and should be somewhere else where he can recover from memory loss at his own pace in a safe environment."

"But where would he take Shun?" Camus asked. "Sanctuary is the safest place for Shun to be and as far as we know they haven't had a home since they were children."

"Thanks for the reminder Camus." Seiya said sarcastically.

Camus quickly averted his eyes obviously ashamed to have reminded the Bronze Saints of the fact they're orphans.

"Hurtful past aside," Milo said getting a light glare from Seiya. "Where would Ikki take Shun? Is there some place that Ikki knows about that we don't?"

"That's got to be it." Hyoga stated. "Ikki was always disappearing on us during the battles and we never knew where he would go. He may have found a place to stay and decided to keep it secret.

"Either way, we don't have a clue where it might be." Aphrodite declared.

"He could be back in Japan." Seiya suggested.

"Shall we search there Athena?" Shiryu asked.

"Yes." Athena answered. "If Ikki did take Shun somewhere it would have to be somewhere in Japan since they were born and raised there. If anyone else wishes to help they may do so."

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The next afternoon Seiya, Shiryu and Hyoga were heading toward the edge of the Sanctuary grounds with their cloths boxes on their backs. They were going to head back to Japan today in hopes of finding out where Ikki had taken Shun.

"Seiya! Wait up!" a voice called making the three stop and turn around to see a few of the Gold Saints rushing over wearing casual cloths and their gold boxes on their backs.

"Milo? What are you guys doing?" Seiya asked.

"We're coming with you." Milo answered.

"We want to help you find out where Shun is." Mu added.

"And the rest of you?" Hyoga asked.

"Are going to stay and keep watch over Sanctuary and Athena." Camus answered.

The three Bronze Saints looked at the Gold Saints who were volunteering to help them look for their comrades.

Milo, Mu, Camus, Dohko, Aiolos, Aioria and a quiet Shaka.

The three young teens were amazed that they all wanted to journey outside of Sanctuary. The only times they had been outside the holy land was during the battle against Hades, small missions before that and Dohko was the only one who had been outside of Sanctuary for other reasons.

It was going to be interesting for the three to see how the Gold Saints would react in the outside world.

"Well, let's no waste anymore time standing around." Shiryu declared.

"Yeah, let's get going." Seiya agreed and continued to lead the group out of Sanctuary.

[Elsewhere]

"Why are we here?" Shun asked.

"It's a safer place for you to recover Shun." Ikki answered placing a plate of food on the table where Shun was sitting.

"Does Shaka know we're here?" Shun asked innocently.

"Yes, he knows." Ikki lied feeling his throat tighten that he had to lie to Shun. "We're going to stay here until you think your memory is completely back. I'll take care of you until then."

"Thanks Ikki." Shun said with a smile.

I hope that he just needs to be away from everything and recover on his own. Ikki thought.