Chapter 9

By: MysticFantasy (taken over from MimiYamatoForever)

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Seiya smiled at he stood to the side watching as Kardia and Degel were welcomed by Athena, Shion and the remining Gold saints.

As soon as the two revived men had been spotted, Shion and Athena hadn't restrained themselves in greeting the two. In return, Kardia and Degel were overjoyed to see the former Aries saint and their goddess.

Deep down, Seiya was relieved and glad that all of his visions were true and they were able to save the two men from the Ice Coffin. He truly had feared that it all might have just been dreams from his mind trying to keep its sanity during the last war.

But upon seeing the frozen bodies of Kardia and Degel, Seiya had felt a great relief inside of him as well as joy at having found them after they'd gone missing without a trace.

"You've made everyone very happy." Shiryu stated with a smile as he and Hyoga walked over. "I'm not sure I've ever seen my master this happy before."

"I bet you're relieved that your dreams and visions turned out to be true." Hyoga said.

"I am. I really am." Seiya said. "Like I had told them, I was afraid that my mind back then had been trying to comfort me because I was witnessing so many of the saints die before the actual battle against Hades had taken place. Since we hadn't heard what happened to Degel and Kardia, I really began to think that I was slowly losing my grip on my sanity. That's why Pope Sage and Sasha had blocked my memories."

"Still, I wonder why your journal was never destroyed." Shiryu said.

"I wonder about that too." Seiya agreed. "It was supposed to be burned by one of the Gold saints."

"Do you know who it was that was suppose to destroy it?" Hyoga asked.

"Actually, I think it was Sisyphus." Seiya answered thoughtfully.

"You're right." Shion said as he walked over. "Pope Sage had asked Sagittarius Sisyphus to destroy the journal, along with all of those other items that DeathMask found."

"I wonder why he hid them instead." Hyoga said.

"Perhaps he believed that there was some truth in the visions Tenma was recieving." Shion guessed. "Sisyphus always did have a way with things like that. It was a dissapointment that he didn't accept to become Pope Sage's successor."

"This is the second time I've heard of the Sagittarius saint being chosen for successor to the pope." Shiryu said.

"Sisyphus and Aiolos are very similar. Both in appearance and personality." Shion said with smile. "Having known both of them, it's not surprising that the last two chosen successors were Sagittarius saints. I'm sure Sisyphus would be relieved to know that he had been right to not destroy the journal."

"Sisyphus was pretty amazing." Seiya agreed. "After everything he did during the battle against Hades..."

"I know he's resting peacefully." Shion assured. "And I'm sure that he would be happy to know that two of his commrades are back among friends."

Seiya smiled, accepting Shion's words. The former Aries knew Sisyphus better than he had and he knew that Shion was right about Sisyphus.

His hiding the journal ended up being a blessing for all of them. Degel and Kardia were alive and well and Seiya had proved that his visions and dreams were true. Not made from his sanity slipping away from the grief of witnessing so many fellow saints fall.

Though Seiya had great doubt when the journal had been found and the mission to find the two fallen saints had begun, he was very relieved and happy that Degel and Kardia had been found, revived and brought back to Sanctuary.

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To the reviewer Sora,

I get your confusion and I'm not really very interested in having Seraphina in the story either but this isn't my story. I took it over for a friend who's going through a few things. All of the revival isn't my idea. This is actually the first chapter of me writing in this story. Maybe with my friend's permission, I can re-write it and change a few things.