Saint Seiya Fan Fiction ❯ Kage no Seinto (Saints of the Shadow) ❯ The Arrival of the Master ( Chapter 10 )

Ryu Wo and Bithet reached the entrance of the House of Shadow Sagittarius.
-Do you think they were able to control Shadow Sagittarius? -Ryu Wo asked.
-I'm sure they were -Bithet said-. They are two and Shadow Sagittarius is just one.
They were entering the House, but they heard Lorelei coming.
-Thanks for leaving… -She was saying, trying to catch her breath.
-No problem -Bithet said.
Lorelei frowned.
-Very funny… -She said in a low voice.
The three Demoniac entered the House of Shadow Sagittarius and started to call for their fellows.
-Selena! Li!
Inside Yuki's room, Li heard they were called. She went out of the room, and saw them.

-You made it, good!
-No problem. At all. -Bithet said.
-Lorelei was behind us. She should be here soon.

-Where is Shadow Sagittarius? -Bithet asked.
-Inside -Li said, while pointing to the door.
The four Demoniac entered the room, where Selena was sitting next to Yuki.
-It's good to see you all three well. Selena said.
They were not really well; they have been injured throughout the battles in the Houses, but they were still able to go on.
-Thank you -Bithet said-. How is she?
-You did not hurt her much, did you? -Lorelei asked.
-No, of course not -Li said-. She's fine.

-I used Thaumaturgical Vision against her -Selena added-. She's under the Master's spell.

The Demoniac looked surprised when they heard this.

-So, your attack is somehow connected to the Master? How's that?
-Well, he gave me this gift… He can see and interfere with everything I do whenever he wants to.
-He's watching us right now?! -Lorelei asked.
-It is very likely.

Yuki started to moan again. The Demoniac looked at her.
-Leave her, she's hallucinating -Li said-. Last time she was talking about a Shadow Aquarius saint…
-Well, I sensed two cosmo disappearing around that House... -Selena said.

-It could have been anyone...

-No, the Shadow Saint of Aquarius is real! -Ryu Wo shouted.
The other Demoniac looked at him.

-How do you know that?

-Before entering the first House, I was stopped by the Shadow Saint of Lyre. I was about to kill him when someone froze my limbs and seized me into an ice coffin.
Selena, Li and Bithet laughed at him. Lorelei giggled.
-You don't have the right to laugh at me -Ryu Wo said-. Last time I saw you, you were frozen down and half dead.
Lorelei stopped giggling, and blushed.
-How could you be so stupid?- Li said.
-He took me by surprise, okay? I was concentrated on Shadow Lyre.
-So you had to concentrate on a silver-ranked Shadow Saint? -Selena said, and laughed.
-Forget it -Ryu Wo said, annoyed-.The key issue is that there is a Shadow Aquarius saint.
-It's odd, because... Reiko is dead we all know that. -Li said.
-Yes, I know, and I saw his apprentice dying with my own eyes... -Bithet said.
-Who knows, maybe he survived... -Lorelei said.
There was silence for a while.

At the gates, the Shadow Saint of Canes Venatici, called Damian, saw a figure in the distance. It was walking slowly, as if it had no hurry. He called as much saints as he could.

-Someone's coming!
The saints stood up in front of the gates, impatiently.
-Who is he?
-He doesn't look familiar -Orestes said.
Suddenly, the figure started to move rapidly towards them.
-Attack! -Orestes yelled.
The saints moved towards the figure and started to launch their attacks. There was no one there anymore.
-Huh? What has just happened?
They looked back. The figure had passed right through them.
-What the...?! -Damian said.
Some of the saints started screaming, as the rest watched how their cloths broke into pieces and fell to the ground.
-How was he able to do this? -Koribua of Shadow Lotus said.
The figure began walking slowly again.
-This cosmo... This cosmo is not human! -Koribua added.
He was afraid of attacking him. Hibiki of Shadow Tucan walked towards him; he was not injured.
-Let's go together- he said.
They ran towards the figure, exclaiming their attacks. The figure raised his arm, and their movements ceased.
-How...?
The figure moved his arm, pointing to the gates. They were blown off to the entrance wall, and they fell to the ground, unconscious.
 

Many saints tried to stop him from entering the Shadow Sanctuary, but they failed. In the end, the only Shadow Saint left standing was Orestes of Shadow Lyre. He was standing right in front of the entrance. The figure was beginning to walk closer to him.
-I must do something... -Orestes thought.
The figure was now a few meters away from him. He could not see his face clearly, it was covered with a robe.
-Lyrical Madness! - He exclaimed.
In the blink of an eye, the figure was not there anymore. Orestes was confused; in a second the figure had disappeared.
-Where is--
Orested screamed. The figure appeared as quickly as it disappeared, right in front of him. It only took its two silver eyes to struck Orestes down. He was pushed away, and fell unconscious like the rest of the saints.
-And that was the last one.

The figure started to ran through the Houses, and reached the House of Shadow Gemini. Souki had just gotten up; he was swiping the dust of his cloth. He was embarrased of falling unconscious due to a silly event. He looked at his cloth again.
-Heh, didn't even scratch it.
He picked up his helmet, when he suddenly felt a weird cosmo approaching the House rapidly.
-What's this strange cosmo? -He thought, and turned around.
Indeed, something had just passed inside his House.
-But what is it? Better not waste time.
He put his hands together and started meditating. For the common eye, the House would now have been split in two and the exit would have been blocked. But the intruder did not seem to take notice of this and proceeded further through the House. Souki went out of his meditation, realizing that his illusions would not affect this intruder, and rushed to the middle of the House.
-Whoever you are, you are not passing this House -he said-. I have enough of trouble already so it would better if you'd leave!
A shadowed figure appeared in front of the saint and came closer and closer. Though it seemed the shadow moved by teleportation instead of walking.
-Tenki Nagareboshi Ken!
As his fist touched the shadow it went straight through it.
-What!?
The shadow appeared behind him in a sudden flash and used an attack that made Souki flying out to the entrance of the House. As Souki slowly got up from the ground he could see that the shadow moved in a high speed from the House and towards its exit.
The saint looked at his cloth which had now a crack in the shoulder.
-Oh, this is not good.
He said and started to run after the intruder, but he stopped all of a sudden. He remembered the Pope's orders to never leave his House. And, as a saint, he must follow those orders.
-Damn it!

The figure passed through the House of Shadow Cancer with no problem, and reached the House of Shadow Virgo. He found Adonis, who was still lying on the floor. The figure raised his arm, and created a red sphere, which struck Adonis. He stood up and looked at him. He opened his eyes widely and smiled.
-Rejoice, Pisces Demoniac, for I have come.
-Master... -Adonis said, and knelt down.
-Sagittarius Demoniac is almost near the Pope's Temple. I will continue. You better join back the rest of the Spirits.
-I surely will, Master.
-Remember, your current health is ephemeral. When I leave this House, your condition will go back to what it was before.
As soon as the figure left the House, the red sphere launched at Adonis left his body, and he fell to the ground again.

 

 

This is a work of fiction. Original story by Masami Kurumada. Copyright 1986 Saint Seiya. All rights reserved.