Saint Seiya THE END Cast I.
Aquila Yuna: The Eagle Saint following Marin, of Bronze rank. She is affectionate and kind, but also very strong-willed and does not bend against an enemy. Having trained as a keen warrior, Yuna has powerful kick attacks, which can be combined with wind such as with Spinning Predation and Blast Typhoon.
Hades: A Chthonic God tasked to rule the Underworld, standing on par with his Olympian brothers, Zeus (heaven) and Poseidon (sea). He is often at odds with Athena, Zeus's daughter, fighting against her to take over the Earth. In his previous Holy War, he mortally wounded Seiya and was then killed by Athena.
Naga Shiva: One of this generation's 108 Specters serving Hades, based on the noble snake people. Her somewhat lewd speaking is consistent with her voluptuous body. Her Milk Thread makes her like a witch, stealing the essence of any form; Coil of Kama makes her body structure move like a snake, and her attacks release a "toxin".
Stubborn! Guardians of Fire that Protect God Part 1
(頑固者だ!神を守る炎の守護者)
"Gain his trust? Athena had to?"
"Maybe it's his rebellious time peaking out? Ah…no, he was probably too young. I wonder when did they meet?" The Specter finally turned to face the scarred man, with her usual carefree demeanor. A smile that seemed fearless or had no knowledge of fear, or maybe that feeling was momentarily discarded.
"Stop rambling nonsense to delay the inevitable." Against Ikki, rousing his anger either stimulated the snake or she had hoped to lower his guard.
"What is inevitable, Phoenix Ikki?"
"I know it was you who tried to enter my body, my mind, and eat my Cosmos." The scarred man kept his scowl, and boiling slowly under was an altercation predicted to happen.
"Now now Ikki, you don't seem to be aware of where you are and what you're dealing with. I can understand being a little addled—"
"I am well aware of being in Hell."
Shiva's lilac lips flattened; unlike her usual hedonistic pose, her tone became serious.
"You do, don't you?" Such composure was a reproach towards the Saint, while she hid a curiosity at the back of her mind. She held back her question "Are you home here?" Perhaps the lack of a smile hinted a clash of two resplendent beasts. She couldn't afford to lounge around this time. Between Specter and Saint, the prescience for a great conflict was not needed.
Below the Cliff, only one figure was in motion, closing the gap between him and a diamond statue. Similar to someone missing his lover, the 11-year old Leo Saint touched the face of what used to be his older brother. His beloved family member. The years after his death seemed to have passed in a blink of an eye, much like what happened now. Both brothers closed in, and a golden light discharged. After some words, Yali Tabaqui seemed to have physically and mentally collapsed, turning into a diamond a moment later. He was not trapped inside the diamond, but became it instead, sealed as a frozen atomical structure that could only be destroyed by a Gold Saint or God.
It worked. If it did, then that means you had a body and soul. If such words came out of Shir's mouth, it would've spelled the regret that was filling—or hiding—inside his body. The only thing that inhibited him from breaking apart was to cling to an anger towards the Gods that fated this war. Perhaps with his technique, he assumed, he could find Hades and rid of him. After all, Athena reached out to him because of Shiva's earlier gossip.
That gossip….
Suddenly, little Leo remembered when he was sought out and selected, it seemed to have been fate. It was raining heavily. To take care of the lonely boy who had fangs of justice, but Athena was glared at in a way as to have no justice. Somehow, the Lion and the Goddess stood with a gap between them, separated by hostility.
"It is essential that you tell me why I should aid you, sinner." The face of a boy looked at Athena, but the nuance of his voice edged towards resentment or disappointment.
"I am surprised you have appeared through this boy. Everything has a reason, or have you come to take my life?"
"I am to keep the sun from being stolen. In the future, the sun is in danger. Take this sad boy and use his fire." The memory was still hazy, perhaps due to grief. Whoever that was may have had a foresight for this current situation, and was amused to keep Athena in check after her "crimes" against Heaven. Then, Leo returned to reality upon hearing Shiva's voice. He had to remember that he was in the Chaos Underworld, and because he was chosen, he believed he had to keep a brave, reliable front to protect "God".
Looking up at the cliff, Shir Khan prepared to go after his next target, but a snarking insult that he was expecting didn't fall his way. Instead, he heard a roar of battling Cosmos and a struggling groan from the Naga Specter. Two beings were grasping each other's hands, and they stood as equals. The young Leo saw, projecting against the background, surrounding them, a large fiery bird and a glittering serpent.
"What are you doing Ikki? I'll take care of her!" Shir called with all of the anger he regained.
Ikki kept contact with Shiva's burning golden irises, while replying as if to an intruding child. "Why don't you get out of here, Leo! Don't you have to find Athena?"
"But she is my nemesis!"
"I said get lost! Don't need anyone with emotional attachments to tell me who and where to fight."
The little Shir managed to smile. That hubris. Before leaving Sanctuary, he explained to the Pope and Seiya that Ikki was on the road to recovery, but the question was how much? Whether he was at any right state to join combat? He had to regain his stamina, his memories, his Cosmos, which had been under back-and-forth assault by Naga Shiva on Barren Island. The stubborn desire to eat Phoenix, rather than Leo, made Shir suspect two things. It was clear that Ikki was in a vulnerable state, compared to Leo who seemed to have been divinely protected from anything trying to reach him, but Naga was resolved tosomething beyond and more sinister than obeying her Lord.
Thus, Shir clambered up the cliffs to meet with Ikki. Both Phoenix Saint and Naga Specter stood apart, smoke curling off from their bodies. Shortly before, they exchanged blows.
"It seems that the cub was able to win," Shiva smirked. "Your brother was weak after all."
"Shut up, Snake! Your opponent is me!" Ikki breathed in after his retort. One quick exchange, a full offense that focused on aheavy blow, turned into a barrage, and he felt like he wanted to collapse. Perhaps his essence didn't completely return, no matter how he willed it. He was puzzled by the smoke from his body. His memory shuddered; his body reverberated when Shiva's knee struck his abdomen. Then, his body became hot.
"Whether its you or Leo, it matters not. Athena cannot be saved. The dead is dead, and both the Mother Goddess and the Queen of the Underworld desire Hades's revival. You are here as morsels to dinner. If you desire to save the world, then surrender!"
"Who are you to say that Athena will die?! And say that the world will be saved?" Shir Khan spat. "And besides, even if those were the rules, humans are not safe from you, Shiva!"
Naga Shiva sprung toward Ikki like an unexpecting shadow, her gold eyes shining with ferocity to devour her target. Leo Shir Khan was mesmerized for a moment seeing Ikki take a blow, or maybe it was safe to say that they were both distracted by Shiva's sudden movement. Her power came from not training her muscles, and she had enough boldness to approach both Saints as they stood together. Phoenix bucked, then the nearby Leo Shir, who had a smaller body, was launched back with a direct kick to the chin. Did both of their bodies and mind drift for a second? Was confusion imprinted in them?
Nava Shiva then embraced Phoenix Ikki, a feat that was probably unprecedented that it may have threw Ikki out on a loop. One of her legs around his waist, the other pulling his leg in between hers, seizing it; arms around his neck like a boxing clinch. She could breathe against his neck. Both of their bodies began to smolder, but it seemed out of the ordinary for a Phoenix Saint to shed vapor. In comparison, Shiva shouldn't be able to lean and overwhelm Ikki with her own body weight. Her grip was tight and unbreakable, a smile creeping across her face as she leaned towards Ikki's ear. A yearning intent? A sexual intent?
A whisper reached Ikki's ear. "I have you…now, come to me. We're fated to battle, Garuda. You who rebels against Gods."
"What are you doing?!" Phoenix Ikki's arms were not locked, but any electrical signal to his limbs refused to obey him. The heat vapor from his body and Shiva's fogged his eyes.
"That pride of yours…is it because you don't know how to die? I'm going to exhaust you with your own power."
It may have been too soon, or it was not an opponent that Ikki has faced before. He could not determine the sensation he had from the enemy's embrace; his mental neurons began to outreach reality and towards the memories of his former battles.
"You remind me of one whose excessive pride led to his downfall. Do you not know why that cub's brother lost?" Naga Shiva's words were near mute to Phoenix Ikki. Usually, remembering the past was a sign of bodily functions going out or being mixed up, but it was difficult before, and ironically, signaled his gradual return to humanity.
Guilty, Seiya and the others, Silver Saints, Virgo Shaka, Gemini Saga, Lyumnades Casa, Sea Dragon Kanon, Poseidon, the Three Judges of Hell, Thanatos, Hades, Mars and the Four Heavenly Martians, Miller, Aegaeon. Filling the holes in his mental faculties will restructure the strongest warrior called Phoenix Ikki, who faced great adversity.
"My power? Don't screw with me." Ikki's voice was calm and dry,but smoldered with an anger that threatened to erupt.
"It's not yours to have, witch!" Then, Shiva was ignited off Ikki's body. Shiva carried a unsettling face and her brain had two thoughts: Her touch was resulting in a reversed effect or Phoenix really was that strong.
There was a third thought, giving Shiva some comfort that she could smile again: Everything now depended on who could either contain or build up the strongest Cosmos at the right time. There were centuries old records of many casualties on both sides of Hades and Athena's army. It was an indication that neither warrior should be underestimated.
"Shiva!" Leo Shir Khan cried out and got back onto his feet, riled by feelings of concern and a desire for retaliation, but he froze when a voice entered his head.
