Saga POV - Greece, Sanctuary - 1987

  I'm still calmly the situation as Viote charges at me like a raging bull as she yells "You will die here!", I look at our ected shadows and think, 'Hmm... So she summons the souls of the dead from the underworld and orders them to restrain her oppos, while at the same time, she hides them in her shadow with her o... Not a bad teique but...', and as she is about to punch me, I make my o explode, freeing myself from the souls' grip, and dodge Viote's punch yelling "...Such trick won't work on me!", and jump back.

  Seeing me free, Viote excims in shod surprise "Impossible! No one was able to escape my Shadow Seal!!", and at the same time, her punch hits the ground creating a huge crater in the middle of the hall, I look at her and say "As you see I pletely surpass you... Give up!", she looks at me, and I clearly feel the rage hidden behind her red eyes and she says "You are clearly a genius... but... BUT! THAT! I OT ACCEPT TO LOSE!!", and as she yells, her o explodes in strength and aggressiveness causing the whole Temple to shake.

  She then gathers her o as she says "Strength to me is what allows me to fight so that I escape this earth full of mediocrity! Like everyone else, I wish to reach the sky! I might have to crawl, but I never cared if I was wounded in order to win, and thanks to that I was able to take flight! I 't allow myself to be defeated by you! For that great man who took me away from the mud I crawled in!", I look at my oppo and say "It's is a shame that you are a Specter of Hades, I feel that I could have bee friends with someone like you...".

  I trate all of my o energy to the maximum iween my hands and say "Behemoth Viote, I hope that at the end of this war you finally be free and reinate once again to live a better life...", in respoo this viote yells "Die, Gemini! Brutal Reality!!", and as her o explodes, she stomps on the ground, causing it to crad rise, geing a very strong tremor all around, but at the same time, I yell "Gaxian Explosion!!", and release all the energy I gathered in the form of a gigantic shock-wave capable of obliterating nearly anything in its path, and this time, I didn't hold back.

  First, all the upturned ground in the shock-waves path is pulverized, then it dispersed Viote's o without losing any strength, and after that it hit Viote herself with such strength that obliterates her Surplice, and disies her body, leaving nothing behind if not the aftermath of ht, I look at the spot where she stood a few moments ago and say "I'll make sure that you and the other Specters like you will finally be free!".

  Aphrodite POV - Greece, Sanctuary - 1987

  "Argh! Shit!!", I'm standing in one of the er halls of the Libra Temple, calmly standing in front of me there is my oppo, a tall man with a muscur build, fair skin, and long reddish brown hair tied with a ribbon, he is Dryad Lubsp; and all around us there is an apparently paradisiac garden made of beautiful pure white bell-like flowers that slightly reminds me of the lily of the valley, but these flowers releases a rotten smell, that I reize has some hypnotic property.

  But that isn't the problem, as I'm able to easily withstand it, thanks to the immunity I've developed by living close to the Royal Demon Roses, the problem is that right now, I'm being bound by the Pirhanna Roses that I had thrown at my oppo, ahem digging from the gaps of my Cloth into my body and in pain, I excim "Arg! What!? My... Bck Roses... They act against my will!!", at the same time, I hear Luco's voice "Every herb, tree or flower are kio Dryad, the tree spirit, your roses will obey me as well...".

  Hearing that I think, 'Goddammit! He is like my perfect ter! What kind of luck is this!!', and at the same time I try tle to free myself, but Luco says "Stop! If you struggle any more, you will spray blood from your pretty fad die... Why don't you let me heal you... This way you will still live... as a servant of Lord Hades! This is the end, Pisces! Even the poison of the Royal Demon Roses 't save you, as the Flower of the Underworld will heal me! You 't win! Surrender!".

  I rex my body and say "It's true, you ter me perfectly and I 't beat you... But I'm a Saint of Athena, and I won't give up!", then I smile and add "Moreover, there is something that we Saint have that you Specter don't... rades you trust your back to!", and as my words e out, and fast bright golden arc of light appears from behind Luco, who is able to react just in time to dodge the fatal blow, but the arm that was holding the Flower of the Underworld is still cut off ly.

  And I take advantage of this moment of distra to make my o explode and break free from the Pirhanna Roses' hold and bring out my trump card, which I know for sure he 't trol, the Bloody Rose, a pure white rose as beautiful as it is deadly, and the moment I throw it with all my strength "Bloody Rose!!", and before Luco do anything, the Bloody Rose, hits its target and pierce Luco's chest.

  Seeing the rose pierg his heart he yells "I-impossible! Why I 't trol this rose!? I 't even pull it off!!", and I expin "The Bloody Rose is special, the instant it leaves my hand, it will pierce my oppo heart, no matter what, it is infallible and not even I remove it, it be only pulled off by another Saint of Athena, moreover, o has sucked all of your blood, and turns bright red, it will kill you... It's iable", and as I'm expining this, the rose on Luco's chest turns bright red and releases a strong o pulse that not only obliterates the heart but also destroys the soul, and I look as Luco's body falls on the ground, and at the same time, all the Flowers of the Underworld withers.

  Then I look at the ohat helped me and say "Thank you, Shura! It seems that we made an error iimating his capabilities from the visions... Who khat he was able to trol all pnts, if I had known, I'd have opened with the Bloody Rose...", but Shura shakes his head and says "Admit it... You got careless... I've always said that you are too reliant on the roses...It is true that every Pisces Saint has to master them as they are the st defeo Athena, but you o learn how to fight without them in case something like this happens again", and to that, I only reply with "Sure, sure... Now, I feel that every Specter is gone... Let's go back to Athena and prepare for our terattack".

  Jayr POV - Greece, Sanctuary -1987

  I'm standing in front of Saori ao her there are Dohko and Shion, and behind the trio, there is the huge Athena Colossus, all arouhere are the old Saints, plus Kanon, and there are also Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki, we are all here to listen to our orders.

  Saori looks at eae of us and says "First of all, Thank you... Thanks to your efforts we were able to repel the Specters' assault with minimal loss, but this was the easy part, now the real battle will truly start, and with it our terattack, but for that to happen I have to die first", Saori's words shocked everyo Shaka, Shion, Dohko ahe first 3 because they already know about the 8th sense and already have an inkling of what her pn is, while I discussed the pn with her many times in these years.

  Just as chaos was about to erupt, Shion yells "Calm down! What is this disgraceful appearance!? Are you really Athena's Saints? Be still, ds! Listen closely, I will now tell you the meaning behind Athena's death... And everything else...Then I'll give you my st order as Pope of the Sanctuary!".

  After that, the Gold Saints regain their calm and listen to Shion, after all, his prestige as the Pope didn't die with him and all the Gold Saints really respect him, seeing this Shion nods and starts to expin "Well Athena's death is needed for two objectives... The first is that her blood is o awaken her God Cloth, something fual if we want to defeat Hades... And the sed is to infiltrate the Underworld without being found by our enemies...", hearing that many of the Gold Saints uand the implication, and at the same time, Saga and Kanon who know a little more than the rest realize something and yell at the same time "Arayashiki!!".

  Hearing that Dohko nods and tinues in pce of his friend "Something that many of you don't know is that there is another sense above the 7th... It is called Arayashiki or the 8th sense and usually, it only be awakened ih... With it, you resist the rules of the Underworld and stay there with a living body, but if you 't awaken this sense you will die as soon as you set foot in the Realm of the Dead...".

  And at this point, Saori says "And among all of you here the only ohat awaken this sense in time are, Saga, Kanon, Seiya, Shiryu, Ikki, Shun, and Hyoga... Meanwhile, Shaka and Jayr have already awoken this sense, with Shaka having a greater mastery over it... Unfortunately, everyone else won't be able to do it in time...", then Shura asks "Then what will we do stay here and do nothing hoping for the best!?", Saori shakes her head and says "No you guys will assault the headquarter of Hades in this world and make way for the one who will e to the Underworld", and Shion adds "But be careful, in that pce Hades pced a barrier that will obstruct your aking so that you only use 1/10 of it so focus only oing as many ecters as possible the more you kill here the less opposition will the other fa the other side...".

  After expining everything, Saori turns to Saga and says "Saga... Yger... the one you used when you tried to kill me 13 years ago...", hearing that Saga shakes a little, before he pulls out an ornate case, and kneeling he offers it to Saori, who opens the case and pulls out an ornate gold dagger from it, at the same time, I move o her and notice that her hands are slightly shaking, so I use my o to send her a telepathic message, 'Don't worry, I'm here with you and together we will kick Hades' ass!', and at the same time I hold her hand, and in response, she smiles at me, so I simply say "I'll see you oher side...".

  Saori nods then she pierces her throat with the dagger, and I only look as she bleeds, but the moment she disappears leaving behind only her blood on the ground, and I also notice that some of it end up on my Cloth, meanwhile, even knowing that she isn't truly dead, many of the Saints have a downcast expression on their face, so much that Shion once again yells "What are you simpering? This is the start of the real battle, and we have to do our part!".

  After that, Shion dips his hands in the blood of Goddess on the ground, and fag the Athena Colossus, he raises his hands to the sky and yells "Divine Cloth!! After 243 years it is once more time for you to awaken!! Awaken again i Athena's blood!!", at the same time, I quickly notice that what he is doing is the same operation that a Cloth repairer does when he wants to revive or awaken a Cloth, he uses the blood of a Saint, but in the God Cloth case, it he blood of the Goddess.

  Under Shion's trol, the Colossus starts shining and vibrating, and it also starts to absorb Athena's blood on his hands, then in an explosion of golden light it disappears, and in its pce, there is a small Athena statuette the size of my hand, uhe shocked eyes of everyone else, I move toward the statuette, aly pick it up and discretely put it into my Soulbouory, right o the Athena's Bidoof.

  Meanwhile, Shion flicked the remaining blood of Saori on Seiya and the other's damaged Cloths and starts repairing them with Mu, and the two together quickly fix and upgrade their Cloth, and now, all their Cloths ged, Seiya's Pegasus Cloth's design is very simir to the previous one, but with wider guards that cover more of the body, especially at the legs and waist.

  (Image Here - Pegasus Seiya Final)

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  [colpse]Shiryu's Dragon Cloth had small ges, notably the lengthening of the shoulder pieces, which protrude above the shoulders, and the oral antennae on the dragohat appear on the front of the headband, while the size of the chest piece is reduced and the two antennae decorating the belt are diminished, while the left arm piece is less massive, the notable new feature of this version is the addition of new armor to cover the ls at the tibia and fibu.

  (Image Here - Dragon Shiryu Final)

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  [colpse]Hyoga's us Cloth is the oh the least ges, the chest is the same as the previous versions, the only differeh the previous version is that now it has a waist piece like the first version, only this one is smaller, and covers only the waist, the shoulder prote is more pointed, whereas in the previous version it was more rounded and the color of it is clearer giving a colder feel.

  (Image Here - us Hyoga Final)

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  [colpse]Shun's Andromeda Cloth had more ges, on the headpiece, the tral piece ges, being U-shaped, thinner, and more poihe shoulder pieces are even more poihan before and slightly more protruding, the chest piece is more triangur and covers the whole chest and the tral area of the abdomen, the belt is the same, only the tral piece is in the shape of a hexagon, the arm piece are unged, the left arm guard retains the end of the circur and the right arm guard the end of the triangur , and a pair of boots is added to the leg guards and knee pads, which cover almost the entire leg.

  (Image Here - Andromeda Shun Final)

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  [colpse]And finally Ikki's Phoenix Cloth, its shape remain more or less the same, the shoulder pieces are sharper, the chest piece more robust, the waist piece, from a simple belt, bees rger and now protect also the waist, while the limbs are also more solid, and the color pattern once again ged, it is now white with indigo limbs and e or.

  (Image Here - Phoenix Ikki Final)

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  [colpse]After fixing their Cloths, Shion turn to us and says "Now, prepare to attack, I don't have much time left before my 12 hours end, I want to help you o time... I'll move ahead of you and distract them... follow my o and be careful...", and at the same time, Saga removes his Cloth, which then equips itself on Kanon body, and says "As the current Pope I have to remain here and protect the Sanctuary... But you do not have this duty, so as the ruthless Gemini Saint go and y waste of Athena's enemies!", Kanon nods and replies "I'll show them no mercy brother!".

  (Image Here - Gemini Kanon)

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  [colpse]Shion POV - Germany, Hades Castle- 1987

  I'm standing oone bridge in front of the Heinstein Castle, a fortified medieval castle located in Germany, built atop a steep hill, this castle inally beloo the noble Heinstein family, which lived here peacefully for turies, but now it is known as "Hades Castle" as it became Hades' Earth headquarters, occupied by skeleton guards and Specters uhe direand of Pandora.

  (Image Here - Heinstein Castle)

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  [colpse]I have in my arms ay white cloth, dirtied with Athena's blood, and I'm using my telekinesis to maintain the shape of a woman's body so that I fool the Specters long enough, soon I'm stopped by two Skeletoers, and one of them yells "Halt! State your purpose!", and showing the blooded empty cloth I say "I'm Aries Shion, I'm here to deliver Athena's corpse to Lady Pandora", the two looks at each other for a few moments, then one of them moves ihe castle to report the news.

  After waiting for a few moments, I'm led ihe castle, and soon find myself standing in front of Pandora, a slightly tall and slender woman with a fair plexion and long purple hair with purple eyes, she wears dark clothes in a very gothic style with a snake-shaped ring on her fihat turns into a bracelet on her wrist and wears around her neck a neckce made of pear to be spheres with yellow fang-shaped amulets.

  (Image Here - Pandora)

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  [colpse]Pandora is the most loyal servant of Hades oh and she reinates every 200 years or so to help his soul possess a new host and serve her God to the best of her abilities, in fact, her birth most of the time signs the start of this Holy War, she looks at me sittio her harp and says "Athena's corpse is ours within the 12 hours, the once almighty Aries Gold Saint has served us well... Of course, if you'd have failed, your temporary life would have e sunrise anyway, you must have been desperate... Now remove that cloth a me gaze upon Athena's lifeless face".

  I slightly lower my head, trying to buy more time for them to e, pce the empty cloth on the ground, kneel down and say "First, ohing", and in a bored tone of voice, she asks "What is it?", and I ask "Lord Hades promised me eternal life if I killed Athena, correct?", hearing that Pandora in an amused tone says "Ho, is that all? Lord Hades is ever kind of heart, he would never lie to you be at peace", hearing that, I keep my head lowered and say "Then, I'd like to present Athena's corpse to Lord Hades directly".

  Hearing my request, Pandora excims "What? Go before Lord Hades? Absolutely not! He is a God, he does not show himself to a mere human, it will be enough for me to see it, remove that cloth!!", but I stay still and ighat order, at the same time, I start feeling my strength leaving me, 'It seems that 12 hours are almost over... I did everything I could to help o time, now it all rests on the shoulder of Athena and the young Saint!'.

  Meanwhile, Pandora loses her patiend yells "Why do you just khere? Skeleton, remove the cloth!!", and one of the foot soldiers present here silently moves forward and removes the cloth, then it excims in surprise seeing it empty, "Wh-what's all this blood?" and I answer "Athena's blood, of course", and hearing that, Pandora asks "Where's the body? Blood alone is not proof of her death".

  And with a slight smile on my face, I slowly answer "I'm not sure... It disappeared in transit, perhaps Atheo see Lord Hades D... I... R...E...C...T... L...Y", and at the same time, I use my telekinesis to sm all the Specters in this hall against the wall and kill them, then standing up I say "Even though you are an enemy, I don't like to harm women... But if you want to live... Take me to Hades!".

  Naturally even if under my threat, Pandora remains calm, as she knows that I'm on my st leg, so she simply says "I see... Ohena's Saint, always a Saint, eh? So everything up to now was a sham to mislead us... But haven't you fotten something?", and right on cue, light shine on the windows of the castle, and I feel my remaining strength sap, and fall on the ground powerlessly.

  Seeing me in this state, Pandora says with a wicked smile on her face "Fool! You exist here only through the temporary life Lord Hades granted you!! Ungrateful soul!! Return to the Underworld for your eternal torment!! The 12 hours of life that Lord Hades granted you have e to an end", but then she calms down and once again tries to find more information for her Lord "Does it hurt? ...Or do you fear returning to the nd of the dead? Ho, ho, ho... Just answer one question, if you do, I may ask Lord Hades to extend your lives just a little longer... Athena... Where is Athena?".

  I use my remaining force to raise my head and with a smile I say "She may be a Goddess... But her form is only human... Where a dead human go... But the nd of the dead?", hearing that, Pandora narrow her eyes and says "How dare you persist?", but the sed, her eyes open wide as she realizes something and mutter with increasing pani her voice "Wait a moment, perhaps Shion is speaking the truth... Perhaps Athena chose death so she could cross the Underworld... Could she pnning to exge blows with Lord Hades?".

  Then Pandora quickly orders "Courier!", and as a Specter runs inside and kneels down, she ands "We are abandoning Castle Hades areating to the Underworld immediately! Order all troops to enter defeterns to protect Lord Hades at once!", then I feel the st of my time running out, and I y eyes o time still with a smile on my face as I feel the o of the young Saints and my friend Dohko getting closer and with the st ember of my o, I send my st message to them, 'Abandon your fear! Look forward! Move forward and op! The peace of this world rest on you! Together bring hope to this world once more!! May Atheh you, my fellow Saints!!'.

  Jayr POV - Germany, Hades Castle - 1987

  I'm flying above the perimeter of the Hades Castle, closely watg the situation below, the Gold Saints are attag the castle from afar, making sure to er the barrier's perimeter, but oheir attacks reach the castle, they are instantly weakened by that annoying barrier, 'As expected from a God... A simple barrier he erected and it weakens attacks strong enough to destroy this world so much that they only damage the castle walls a little... Luckily these o Bsts are still strong enough to kill at least the Skeletoers'.

  At the same time, I che the others that will e into the Underworld with me, 'Shaka is not here, he probably already teleported into the Underworld, Saiya and the others are now taking advantage of the chaos to climb over the castle wall and infiltrate... and Kanon is simply walking hidden among the retreating Specters like he own the pd nobody seems to notice him... He probably brainwashed them..', all of the sudden, I hear Shion's st telepathic message, 'Abandon your fear! Look forward! Move forward and op! The peace of this world rest on you! Together bring hope to this world once more!! May Atheh you my fellow Saints!!', and the moment, the iy of the attacks increases, and I notice that now Seiya and the others are about to ehe main all, so I prepare to nd and say "It's time to act...".

  Odyin