SailorStar9: Well, with Chapter 11 up, here's Chapter 12. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review other than just simply putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot and pairing.

Chapter 12: Go Forward, Saint! The Inaccessible Road to Pallasverda


"It's already over?" Greip snorted, having injured Subaru with his 'Storm Cutter' attack. "Oh well, I'll finish them off."

"I'll be the one to finish them." Cyllene corrected. "Devil Execution!"

"Devil Blizzard!" Greip added in his attack, combining it with his twin's. "What in the..." he gaped when a stream of red flames nullified the combined storm, allowing Haruto to carry Subaru off. "They ran." He spat.

"We won't let them escape." Cyllene grinned, seeing the blood drops on the floor.

"Right, we'll get them for sure." Greip returned the grin.


"What is that?" Subaru asked, seeing Kikyo crashing some healing herbs into a paste with a rock as the trio made camp for the night. "Food?"

"Healing herbs." Kikyo replied, spreading the liquid onto a cloth plaster. "Show me your wound. This will sting." she warned and slapped the cloth on the cut.

"Ow..." Subaru whined.

"That will help with the pain." Haruto chided. "Kikyo knows what she's doing, so stop complaining. Rest while you can."

"Hey, let's stop running and fight." Subaru requested.

"With you hurt, we can't do that." Haruto reminded. "And if we fight without a plan, we're sure to die."

"Only the weak run away." Subaru argued.

"Sometimes, you need the courage to run." Haruto pointed out. "So you can survive."

"Then, you run." Subaru shot back. "I won't ask for anyone's help. Even if I'm alone, I'll fight to the end."

"You don't understand anything." Haruto sighed. "We are Athena's Saints; we don't fight alone. Even apart, our love for one another brings us strength. We are like fmily, sharing the same blood."

"I don't know about that." Greip taunted.

"Even Saints are just humans." Cyllene reminded. "And humans are traitors."

"Howl, Wolf!" Haruto donned on his Cloth after the trio dodged the 'Storm Cutter' attack from the trees.

"Vesta Crisis Power!" Kikyo's transformation talisman was now in a shape of a ruby phoenix.

"Steel Bolt Arrow!" Subaru fired his attack into the trees. "That's not fair... show yourselves."

"Slowly trapping your wounded prey is the best part of hunting." Greip chuckled.

"You don't seem to understand that you're the hunted." Cyllene mocked.

"The hunters and the hunted..." Haruto hissed. "The hunters have a huge advantage. We need to get them out where we can see them or we have no chance. Follow us, Subaru." He instructed as the two older warriors took off into the forest.

"Run... run..." Cyllene grinned as the two brothers chased after the trio.

"If you don't go faster, I'll cut off your head." Greip taunted.

"They're my prey." Cyllene corrected.

"Shut up!" Greip snapped. "First one to get them wins."

At this rate, they'll catch us. Haruto realized that fleeing wasn't the best decision. "Subaru!" he turned when the younger boy tripped over a root.

"I told you..." Greip tsked. "You should've ditched the kid, so he wouldn't slow you down."

"If you won't, you'll die." Cyllene added. "Do the two of you want to die with him?"

"For all your talk, you ran like a coward." Greip laughed when Haruto pulled Vesta and vanished into the bushes.

"You should know when to give up." Cyllene grinned.


"What?" Subaru found himself near a cliff. "A dead end..."

"Too bad." Cyllene tsked as he closed in. "This is what you get for believing in your friend." He added as Greip, too, emerged from the forest. "You can hate him from hell. Now die." he raised his scythe. "Greip, what are you doing?" he demanded when Greip's scythe blocked him.

"Aniki, I will finish him." Greip declared.

"What are you saying?" Cyllene glared. "He's my prey!"

"No, he's mine!" Greip snapped. "I won't hold back, Aniki." he growled when the twins separated.

"That's my line." Cyllene hissed.

"Get down, Subaru!" Haruto shouted. "Wolf Claw!" he charged in with his powered up attack and slammed Greip onto the other side of the cliff.

"Bastard." Greip hissed.

"You didn't abandon him?" Cyllene glared.

"Flame Phoenix!" a much larger version of Vesta's 'Flame Bird' attack slammed Cyllene onto the cliff next to his sibling. "Who said we would?"

"We knew if we appeared to, you'd lower your guard." Haruto explained. "So, we laid a trap. Subaru is just like my brother who shares the same blood. I'll protect him to the end. There's no place to hide."

"I don't need to hide." Greip growled. "I'm pretty strong. Take this! Devil Blizzard!"

"You only thought of winning glory by taking it away from another." Haruto stated. "Even if you are brothers by blood, you can't defeat us." he manifested behind Greip. "Fangs of the Demon Wold, rip apart my foe! Wolfgang Bike Blow!"

"You..." Cyllene hissed. "I must kill you, or I won't be able to face Titan-sama. Take this. Devil Execution!"

"You're not worried about your brother, just your glory." Vesta glared, reaching for a box hanging on her waist. "Feel fortunate you're the first opponent I use this on." She lit up a red flame from the ring on her middle finger and injected the flame into the hole on the top of the box. Turning the hole towards Cyllene's hurricane, she released the stream of red fire which cancelled out the cyclone. "Flame Guardian Box Weapon: Inferno Tigre." She introduced the flaming tiger before her. "Disintegration Roar."

At her command, the large beast opened its mouth and fired off a powerful blast of flames at Cyllene.

"You..." Cyllene glared.

"I'll get you next time." Greip swore and the twin retreated.

"Why do they always run?" Vesta shook her head in disappointed and returned the 'Inferno Tigre' back into its box.

"You okay, Subaru?" Haruto asked.

"I'm sorry I was such a jerk." Subaru apologized.

"I guess you've grown up a little." Haruto noted.

"Did he?" Vesta wondered. "Well, day's breaking." She spotted the rising sun.

"Let's go." Haruto instructed. "Everyone's waiting for us."


"Took you guys long enough." Seiya chided, when the Bronze Saints, Juno and Ceres ran up to him in front of Pallasverda.

"Sorry, we got distracted." Koga apologized.

"Where are Haruto and Subaru?" Seiya asked.

"Hey!" Subaru shouted as the trio caught up.

"They're here." Souma beamed.

"Sorry, we're late, everyone." Haruto apologized.

"Listen." Seiya voiced. "We're entering Pallas' home turf, Pallasverda. To save Athena and restore peace on Earth, we must defeat Pallas." Turning to the gates, he powered up. "Atomic Thunderbolt!"

"That's..." Koga gaped, seeing the round-domed building before them.

"It hasn't changed a bit." Juno reminisced.

"The enemy has probably set traps and ambushes throughout the town." Seiya warned. "But no matter what foe awaits, don't give up. Even apart, the same hopes and desires connects us as Saints. Let's go!" he gave the order.


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