Saint Seiya Fan Fiction ❯ Homeless ❯ Morning again ( Chapter 9 )

Homeless

By Rude

Chapter 7

It was morning again.

Shiryu was sitting at his bedside when he woke up. The dragon saint had an unreadable expression on his face.

Shun smiled nervously "hello Seiya, how are you feeling today" he was not expecting an answer. To his surprise the brown eyes danced in recognition and he nodded to the greeting, even smiled shyly at them. Shun stumbled on his words but Hyoga was already talking " you made it Seiya-kun, it took you long enough to climb this cliff! "*

Shiryu smiled at this and watched them, happy to have their loud baka again. "This is not what we expected, Saori should have returned with you..." He almost felt like blaming him but if Pegasus couldn't bring her back maybe it would take all their strength, forgetting about not having Cosmo.

"We will all strive to bring her back Hyoga" Shiryu spoke a bit uneasy about the atmosphere in the room.

Seiya face seemed to crumple before there eyes.

"NO"

Shun dashed forward and held the flaying body. " No.. don't let them!! PLEASE!! DON'T!!" he alternated between a childish voice and growing screams, face fluvial with tears now. Hyoga on instinct tried to restrain his legs and held on to the kicking limbs as best he could, this only brought different round of screams, these more keening and shrill. Shun recognized those from memory and barked out the order " Don't touch HIM!!"

Hyoga jumped back bouncing into a shocked Shiryu.

"Seiya!"

" Shun! what's happening to him?"

The boy only hugged the squirming brunette, while a couple nurses burst into the room armed with syringes. In a couple seconds the boy fell limp after a couple spasm.

mouths agape, the dragon and the swan saint watched the nurses and Shun rearrange Seiya in his bed. Gently wiping the tear stained face of their patient and mumbling comforting words to Shun the two women left with a warning as to not to disturb the poor child further and reminding them that visiting hours will be over soon.

No point in visiting if the patient was going to be out for the next four hours.

So the next order o business was facing them.

"Shun?"

Said boy took them by surprise. He turned away and headed for the door his face a blank mask. They followed after a glance at the white bed and its precious occupant.

They walked in silence and followed Shun out into a little foyer of sorts, he sat on a bench and motioned them to do the same.

"What the hell was that!?" Hyoga busted out.

"I cant explain much right now .." he said, eyes a bit unfocused.

" LOOK AT ME SHUN!!" Hyoga shook the boy, his gut instinct, not Cosmo, the same instinct that gripped Shiryu wen they entered that community hospital, told him he was over his head in this.

"Hyoga!! Let him be."

"but..."

Shiryu knelt before the Andromeda saint and held him by the shoulders at arms length.

" Please.. what happened here?"

Shun took a few deep breaths while he resettled mind into some semblance of alert. " The Gaud foundation, collapsed." He waited for them to digest that and continued "I managed to bring Seiya from the private clinic to this place because it's free, he came back and was attacked by ..." his eyes darted a bit "bandits" he said louder "They hurt!.. him ..and he is not himself now" he whispered the last. "I haven't been able to contact my niisan yet" Shun added this as an after taught.

His mind still reeling around. He obviously was hiding all he could without outward lying. He didn't even feel bad about it, all he could think of was holding up the fort, until it was all better and never telling any one what he saw... what he did.

Shiryu was not buying it but kept on asking anyway.

" How bad is he?"

"The doctors said he will be alright soon" Shiryu nodded " When can we take him home?" Hyoga was eager now.

"He can leave anytime now.." They looked at each other "So why haven't you take him home?" Shun didn't even blink he just kept looking at some point on the wall " We cant because there is no home, and no one to pick us up..." to their silence he looked up realizing in the midst of his own turmoil that they had no idea how things where going to be from now on. "he is a minor, he needs a parent or a legal guardian to sign the release papers"

Saying stunned was understating their expressions. Shun laughed, it was a tired sound that grated Hyoga's nerves.

If they had a childhood maybe one could say they knew the name of the old show, but they didn't and could only gape at the feeling of being in the Twilight Zone.

"That's impossible how.."

" Maybe Tatsumi will provide the necessary documentation and"

Shun snorted in a very unlike him fashion "He is dead!" there was some relief in his voice, or maybe Shiryu just imagined it. "as for the other employees, they all went into hiding, those who are not dead or in jail that is.."

'Shun'

"How...? are you ok?"

the boy blinked back the tears and smiled, quelling the pang of pain when he realized it was Shiryu and not Hyoga who finally asked.

He just shock his head.

Hyoga had a million questions but could not for the life of him voice any, and Shiryu did not trust Shun's answers.

Not knowing what to do they just sat down together on the bench, unaccustomedly close.

Later that evening he told them what he could remember of the last 3 weeks.

Tbc.

Not a cliff hanger!!