Jayr POV - Japan, Graad Coliseum - 1986

  As I'm standing behind Saori's throne on the podium with Tatsumi beside her, and we are all waiting for the touro start, and as soon as the dome closes, projeg the starlit night sky in the arena, the voice of the entator be heard "Wele, everyone! We're on the first day of the ultimate martial arts petitioween Saints, The Gaxian Wars! As you see, the stadium is pletely packed full of people attending from all over the world, the event is also being broadcast live via satellite to stations in tries all across the globe! Everyone is tuning in for these much procimed 'miracle wonder wars'! What we will see, will be sidered the greatest bat the world has ever seen!"

  Hearing that I 't help but say "He's sure enthusiastic about this..." then, Saori stands up and moves in front of a camera, and at the same time, her hologram appears h in the sky of the colosseum as it says "Ladies aleman, I'd like to wele you all here today to the Graad Coliseum, my name is Saori Kido, and as the main sponsor of this event I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to all the attendees, now as I'm sure you know at this point, the Saints are warriors who all wear a unique Cloth that represents their own guardian steltion, this means there are as many Saints as there are steltions in the sky".

  And as the said steltions are clearly marked on the fake night sky she tihere are 29 of them to the north, and 47 more to the south, and further, along the ecliptie that splits the north and south, there are the 12 steltions famously known as the Zodiac, among those 88 steltions, the 12 of the zodiac are said to be the stro, and their power only grao exceptional Saints and the Cloth that only those chosen 12 are permitted to wear...".

  And the hologram points at the special podium in the arena, where the Pandora Box of all the petitors are pced, and above them, illuminated by the light is the Gold Sagittarius Pandora Box, as she says "... Is the Gold Cloth! By peting in these Gaxian Wars, the participating Saints will strive to obtain the Sagittarius Gold Cloth! They took their first step by earning one of the lowest ranking Cloths, known as Bronze Cloth. My grandfather, Mitsumasa Kido, discovered the Gold Cloth by ce shortly before he passed away five years ago, that was how he first came to know about the existence of Saints".

  Then she points at the ring below, and the lights illumihe ring showing the figure of the 8 young Saints all donning their Cloths, "During his life, he was an avid fan of martial arts, and dreamed of throwing a grand tour featuring those legendary Saints, to that end, he gathered talented young man from across Japan ahem all around the world to be trained as new Saints... Now, please enjoy what will surely be the world's fi martial arts petition!", and after saying this the hologram disappears, leaving space for the fight to truly start.

  As Saori once again sits ohrone, I say "Thanks for your hard work... You have left enough hints fa to truly realize your true identity, and he will soohe stronger Saints after you..." and with a sad smile she says "Yea... And I worry for how many we will lose in this fight..." but I reassure her "Don't worry as long as they don't die on the spot, I definitely save them!" and hearing that Saori seems relieved, then I shout "Oh! It's starting!" and look at the hexag with rope made of iron s in the middle of the arena, where two figures be seen fag each other.

  (Image Here - Ring)

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  [colpse]And as the announcer presents the fighters for the first match, and I quickly identify them, one is Jabu, equipped with his Uni Cloth, an armor that sists of a headpiece, a simple headband with a horn, a pi piece, and shoulders pieces, arms and legs pieces that barely cover the forearms, fists, and the leg only until the khen a simple belt as a waist piece, all li color.

  (Image Here - Uni Jabu)

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  [colpse]Meanwhile, his oppo is a young man of great stature, semi-dark plexion and thick muscles, with dark brown eyes and short hair, wearing the e Lio Cloth, made of a headpiece that is shaped like a lion's face, the shoulders pieces that represent the lion's cws, the chest piece that is only a small circle that protects the heart, and of course, arms and legs pieces to barely protect hands a, with a simple e belt as his waist piece, he is Lio Ban.

  (Image Here - Lio Ban)

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  [colpse]As I was cheg on the fighters, I hear the voice of the annouhat expins the rules to the audience "All matchups are decided in a traditional elimination bracket, there are no rules that goverches themselves, In the event of a knockdown, batants must stand up within the t of ten or the puter will automatically decre their loss, anything goes during these matches, there are no fouls or penalties on duct, it doesn't matter even if a batant dies, the Saints are fully prepared for any oute, as a magnifit Gold Cloth is awaiting the winner, who mao survive until the end of the tour!"

  And as the atmosphere bees more heated as the excitement grows, the announcer finishes his speech "During bat, the Saint's status and data will be dispyed on the sub-ss visible throughout the tour hall! May the best Saint win!" and soon after the fight starts with both Jabu and Ban throwing a series of punches in a boxing style while testing each other, while at the same time the both slowly start to burn their o and increase their speed and power.

  While enjoying the fight, whi my eyes is almost as if it is happening in slow motions even if both are about to reach Mach 1, I hear Saori's voice that asks "Who do you think will win this, Jayr?" and not leaving my eyes from the fight, I say "Both of them have more or less the same mastery of martial arts, while it seems that Ban chooses to specialize in boxing, and Jabu choose to master both boxing and taekwondo, but no one has an advantage over the other at the moment... But I clearly feel the differen their o... And on that front Jabu has an obvious advantage, in fact, if you ignore, Shun, Seiya, Ikki, Shiryu, and Hyoga, he has the stro ong this batch of Bronze Saints, but he is still only a mid-level Bronze Saint, not a Peak one like the other five".

  As I finish expining that, the fight bees more intense and Ban takes advantage of an opening to use his stroeique, he trates his os in his right fist and throws himself with great violence against the body of his adversary with a powerful fist strike, leaving behind a trail of smoke like an explosion and yelling "Lio Bomber!" hitting Jabu right into the stomach making him spit blood from his mouth areat in pain to lean against the iron ropes, presenting his back to his oppo.

  Then Ban quickly follow after him and taking advantage of the fact that Jabu is now hanging on the ropes trying to recover from the blow he just received and starts pung Jabu's exposed back, seeing this Saori looks at me with a smile and asks "Are you sure...? To me it seems like he is about to lose..." and I take advantage of this moment to teach her how to better use her immense o, as I have dohis past year, and with a smile, I turn to her and say "Saori, use your o... What do you feel?".

  She follows my instru and quickly says "Jabu's o isn't weakening, in fact, it growing stronger with each passing moment...", then she realizes "He is about to terattack!", and indeed, as Jabu receives Ban's st punch, he uses the punch's force to his advantage, and using the ropes as a spring, he leaps over Ban's body and, still mid-air, kicks him in the face, then as soon as he nds, he rushes at Ban and starts hitting him in the fad the stomach, with a quick series of punches making Ban fall into the ground uhe cheers of the audience.

  And as Jabu was basking in this glory, Ban once again stood up, and burns and gathers his o to use another Lio Bomber, but Jabu decides to end this and uses his telekinesis to hold Ban's body, then gathering his o into his legs, he leaps toward Ban and delivers a series ed kicks from the air at the speed of sound at a single point, hitting Ban in his stomach making him spit some blood and once again fall on the ground, where he remains until the t to 10, ahe puter decres Ban's defeat for a knockout, showing on the s the repy of the a in slow motion, while the audience is going crazy over the show they have seen.

  Then I hear Saori's voice "And with this, the first day of the tour ends successfully... Tomorrow it will be Seiya's turn... And if everything goes as phe day after tomorrow, Hyoga will return..." to that I reply "Don't worry the Sanctuary will give the order to Hyoga to kill every partit, as they are deemed traitors... Tomorrow he will receive the orders from Camus..." then with a smile I add "...Only they aren't Saga's orders, but yours..." and after that, I escorted Saori back to the Mansion, theo meet some old friend.

  Ikki POV - Japan, Abandoned Factory - 1986

  I'm in this abandoned factory he outskirt of Tokyo, surrounded by the Bck Four and 5 other Bck Saints donning the Bck Phoenix Cloth, in the end, I chose to attack with a small number, as it is easier to hide and move, but still, I chose the stro ones of the group, the Bck Four who have a level of power equal to a Peak Bronze Saint, and the Bck Phoenix group who are at the Mid-level Bronze Saint.

  The Bck Four are Bck Swan, Bck Dragon, who I admit looks simir to my half-brother Shiryu, with waist-length bck hair and a face with aical shape, the most notable differeween them is that he has bck scleras, Bdromeda, a young man with dark green hair and bck eyes, and Bck Pegasus, who is almost the copy of my other half brother Seiya, only he has darker hair and eyes.

  (Image Here - Bck Four)

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  [colpse]While the Bck Phoenixs are a group of five identical brothers, they all have mid-length bck hair and a tan plexion, but their face is mostly covered by the Phoenix's Mask so that they 't be easily reized.

  (Image Here - Bck Phoenix)

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  [colpse]As I'm about to tell them my pn, all of the sudden, all the Bck Saints fall unscious, and from behind me I hear a familiar voice that says "Hello there..." I turn around ahe figure of a young man, with dark blue messy hair and green eyes, dressed in casual clothes, leaning on a n, with his arm crossed and an easygoing smile on his fad say "Crateris Jayr... What are you doing here?".

  And still with a smile on his face he replies "I felt your o nearby and decided to e and see if you need some help with the pn... By the way, don't worry about them, they won't even notiething happened..." then he es closer and gives me the pry of the Graad Coliseum with emergencies exit, and hidderance marked iheold me about how I could infiltrate unnoticed and make it seem real for the Bck Saints, then after patting me on my shoulder and saying "Thanks for doing this, I 't image how hard it is to do... Good lud don't worry about the injuries... As long as they are alive... I bring them back to full health even if they lose some limb!".

  Then right in front of me, he disappears, and I wasn't even able to feel how he moved 'The gap between us is still so big!? When I got my Cloth I felt invincible... But as he moves... I 't eve let alo to it... If he wanted he could have killed everyone here and we would even know... And he is still only a Silver Saint... Just how strong are the mythical Gold Saints that master talked about!!'.

  After a few seds, the Bck Saints get up on their own, but their eyes are still void of any awareness, then crity return to them, and like nothing happened Bck Swan asks "So what is the pn Ikki-sama?" and as I start expining the pn the only thing in my head is how to close the gap as quickly as possible.

  Jayr - Japan, Graad Coliseum - 1986

  It's the sed day of the tour, and the people are still rushing into the arena and taking their seats, and right now the dome over the colosseum is open and the clear m sky still be seen, with its white cloud floating around, and the bright sun illuminating everything.

  But soon all the seats are occupied, the colosseum dome closes pletely and the giant quad s desds from the ceiling to wele them, and as the fighter for this rouers the ring, the entator once agais the audiend starts presenting the fighters and expining once again the rules.

  , I look at the fighter entering the ring, one of them is a 15 years old young man e stature and thick build full of muscles, he has blue eyes, purple hair, dark skin color, and is donning a blue armor, that like all the Bronze Cloth, barely cover some vital points of the body, and of course, the limbs 'He is Orsa Majeki, he trained iraining ground in ada, if remember well the trial to gain the Orsa Major Cloth is to kill a 100 bears barehanded... one of the easiest I have heard until now... Geist to gain hers had to live in a s for months and gain the aowledgment of the shere, by surviving their poisonous bite with only her o...'

  (Image Here - Orsa Majeki)

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  [colpse]The other is Seiya, donning his Pegasus Cloth, 'So he too is using the anime version of the Cloth, with the headpiece as a helmet in forms the head of a pegasus, the leg pieces, formed by the front legs of the armor at rest, and that was almost ent in the manga version, are very extensive in the anime, so much so that they do not match much with the protes of the upper body, less plete, so these protect the thighs, knees, and legs up to his feet. The hind legs of a pegasus form the arms pieces together with the shoulder pieces, the body and torso are formed by the chest piece, and the skirt-like waist piece'

  (Image Here - Pegasus Seiya)

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  [colpse]Looking at Seiya's figure that waves at the crowds with a smile on his face I think 'He is definitely happy about the fact that he reunited with Seika... I just hope that now that he has some other things to fight for, he will put more effort into growing stronger... Because no matter how strong I grow... I 't see myself beating a God like Hades or Poseidon without their plot armor...'.

  Fog back to the ring, I see Geki saying something to Seiya, and move to touch him on his shoulder, but Seiya is already burning his o, and Geki's hand is almost burned by it, thech finally starts with Seiya starting the hostilities, and hitting Geki right in the face with a jumping kick sending him into the ground.

  While the audience cheers and the entator yells "Holy Moley! Pegasus starts out with a brutal jumping kick!" then notig the info on the ss he adds "The impact of that attack was measured at 1375 kgf! I-Incredible! An attack like that would have killed any normal human!", and as Geki gets up and says something to Seiya, seeing that, I turn to Saori and ask "Why showing how much force a punch of Saint produces?" and Saori replies "To give the world a glimpse of what my Saints are capable of... I think that knowing that such warrior is their protector, give them the hope they need".

  Back to the fight, Geki makes his move, and uses a simple teique based on brute force, he rams into Seiya, theends his arms and trates all his o into his strong hands and tightly strangles his oppo's neck, this is his teique the Hanging Bear 'Pretty simple, but it is effective, at least with an oppo of the same strength or weaker... If he tries to use this on a Silver Saint, he would be killed before even reag them', at the same time the entator says "The amount of pressure that Bear is exerting with his arms is unreal! Any regur human would be crushed to death from pressure over 1800 kgf!".

  After struggling for a few seds, Seiya burns his o, even more, frees himself from his oppo's hold by breaking his wrist together with the pieces of the Cloth proteg them, theacks him with a quick series of kicks all eki's body so fast that for the audie seems like he kicked only oime, and as soon as Seiya nds, the puter announces "Game over! The winner is Pegasus!" fusing the audience for a moment as Geki is still standing, but the sed his Cloths breaks in many pces and he falls over unscious, and the audience loudly cheers for the great show.

  I let out a sigh and say to Tatsumi "Tatsumi quietly send Geki and his Cloth to the infirmary underground, I'll fix his wounds and the Cloth as good as new..." and as Tatsumi gives the and to his subordinates, I quickly move, while summoning from the Soulbouory my set of tools, Blessed by Saori herself, making them turn golden like Mu's tools, while I'm moving towards the infirmary I think 'Seiya's Pegasasu Ryusei Ken is still too weak, he is only able to throw at a speed of 85 hits per sed, failing to reach MACH 1 speed, that is too slow'.

  At the same time, I hear the voice of the entators that yells "The Gaxian Wars have gotten off to a crazy start, with both Uni Jabu and Pegasus Seiya quickly advang to the stage, among these ten Saints, who will be the oo rise above the rest and obtain the honor of wearing the incredible Gold Cloth!?".

  Saori POV - Tokyo, Kido Mansion - 1986

  I'm enjoying the sery of the night sky, from the baly of the Kido Mansion drinking tea, I let out a sigh of relief and say "Everything is proceeding smoothly..." then Tatsumi came and says "Ojou-sama, we've just received the test neers from around the world, all of them have heavily featured the Gaxian Wars" and he give to me the tray with the neer on.

  But I stop him and ask "More importantly, have we heard anything from the two remaining Saints, Phoenix and us?" but just as he was about to reply, Jayr came and said "Hyoga will be here tomorrow in time to take part in his fight... While Ikki, is already here and ready to act, he is just waiting for the right moment, but I suggested to him to act during Shun's fight... not only is what happened in the inal timeli it is also the point where the others will be at the weakest".

  Hearing that I nod, then ask "Heki and his Cloth?" and Jayr sittio me replies "They are as good as new... The Cloth was already in bad shape before it received Seiya's attaow it won't break so easily" after that we spend some time talking before Jayr went back to Dr. Asamori's Lab to che his sister's disciple Steel Cloth.

  Jayr POV - Tokyo, Graad Coliseum - 1986

  Another day, a new fight, right now, we all are waiting for Hyoga to make his entrance, meanwhile, his oppo is already waiting in the ring, a young man with a pale plexion, he has no iris and his sclerae are pletely bck, he does not have hair along his head but he has white hair in a long and straight ponytail, his armor is of violet color and like all the other Bronze Cloth it protects only some vital points, he is Hydra Ichi.

  (Image Here - Hydra Ichi)

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  [colpse]As I was cheg on Ichi, the entator once again starts doing his job and say "Today we're gathered here for the third match of the tour, us versus Hydra, unfortunately, us has yet to arrive at the stadium, so please bear with us through the dey", but just as the crows start to lose patience, Hyoga came calmly walking, and with a leap he reaches the ring, nding straight as a pole, while I think 'No superhero nding here... It's still too soon for it to bee popur...'.

  Hyoga is already wearing his Cloth, the Mask has in its ter prote formed by the ned the head of the swan, on its sides it has two wings, the chest has simple prote with prote that extends almost to the waist, which also has a simple design, the right arm is simple while the left arm is formed by a shield, has two simple knee pads as well as the feet which have two wing-shaped ors at the ankles and the shoulder pads have a semicircur design, all in pure white color.

  (Image Here - us Hyoga)

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  [colpse]He then looks at the other Saints and says "I should be happy to attend this reunion of our orphanage... But apparently, I'm not, because I've received the order from Sanctuary to eliminate all of you..." and while the others are shocked by this reveal, the entator yells "us has just arrived at the stadium, so now the match between him and Hydra will begin"

  And soon the fight starts with Ichi cirg around Hyoga, who calmly stood still without raising his guard, then Ichi starts a rush of puhat Hyoga easily dodges, but he is backed in a er, and Ichi attacks him with another punch, but Hyoga block it with the shield on his Cloth.

  But before he could rex, from Ichi's gau a set of 3 cws es out arate Hyoga's shield, and to a surprised Saori I expin "This is Hydra Cloth's ability, it is capable of geing poisonous cws on various parts, such as wrists, ankles, legs, arms, a and regee them in case they break during battle, as well as the heads of the mythological hydra".

  Meanwhile, Ichi tinues his assault on Hyoga furiously pung him, as he doesn't do anything to protect himself and he once again uses his cws to pierce Hyoga's Cloth, this time he attacked his chest, and Saori worried asks "Is the poisohal? Should we stop this!?" but with a smile I reply "While the poison is lethal, Hyoga is safe, in fact, he isn't even poisoned, as the cold, he is geing with his o, is reinf his Cloth, making Ichi's cws useless as they are uo further pee and pierce his skin...".

  And indeed, Hyoga finally moves and grabs Ichi's arm and freezes it with his o, but Ichi doesn't give up and hits Hyoga with a jumping kting him on the head protector, and the instant from the knees another set of es out and once again pierce Hyoga's Cloth, but this time Hyoga show that he is totally ued, by freezing the d making them fall on the ground.

  As Ichi retreat in fear, Hyoga makes his o explode, l the temperature of the whole arena, then he uses his teique, he gathers the cold air around his fist by drastically slowing dowomic motion of the air around his hand thus creating a field of intense cold, instantly densing the surrounding moisture into pure ice which then shatters and mas itself in the form of tless sharp and cutting snow crystals that are hurled through a powerful cold wind through his fist yelling "Diamond Dust!"

  The teique hits Ichi, breaking his Cloth into many pieces, and making him fall to the ground knocked out, uhe shock of the audiend the other Saints, then the bell rings and the entator says "Hydra has taken too much damage to tihis means us will be moving to the stage!" and as the audience again cheers for the fighters, with a sigh I once again move toward the infirmary to deal with the aftermath while saying "What the hell... These Cloths' dition sucks! They break as soon as someone blows on it... Doesn't anyone knows how to take care of their Cloths!?".

  Odyin