Jayr POV - Japan, Kido Mansion - 1986

  'Right now, I almost feel like Leonardo Di Caprio in that old movie Titanic... And she isn't even naked!', I'm now admiring the beautiful figure of Saori as she is staying still in a pose as I'm painting her figure, as why I'm doing this, well, from time to time I practice various kinds of things, like music, different kind of sports, arts ac, all to get ready for the various kind of Challehe other Champions could choose 'After all, Void said that anything goes, only the imagination is the limit, so one could very well choose even something as absurd as who fap the most...'.

  Anyway, it all started yesterday after Hyoga's match, I didn't want to return to the b so soon so I returo the mansion and choose to pass the time practig my drawing, and as I ractig drawing the sery of the garden of the Kido Mansion, Saori came, saw me and said surprised "Oh! I didn't know you knew how to draw... And you are really good at it!", and still fog on the painting I replied "I still have a lot to learn... But I'm improving", 'Especially if I remember the fact that in my past life the most I could do was the lousy draw of a crooked stick figure...'.

  And without thinking much I asked "Hey Saori, do you want to be my model for my piece? I think that trying to put on the vas a goddess-level beauty like you without making it uglier than the real thing could be a nice challenge..." then I realize what I said and how it could be misinterpreted, but before I could say anything, with a light blush on her face, Saori replies "Sure...".

  And so here I am, almost mesmerized by her shy gaze, as I'm carefully painting her lean, curvy body, with her delicate fad full lips 'Damn! She sure is beautiful the anime for sure didn't give it justice back then...', but just as I'm finding it more and more difficult to focus only on the painting, I'm saved by Tatsumi, who came in and said "I'm sorry to interrupt Ojou-sama, but it's time to go to the colosseum..." and hearing that Saori thanks Tatsumi then she say "Jayr, we will finish this ter, now we have to make sure that everything is ready for today's match, see you at the colosseum" aogether with Tatsumi.

  And after putting the painting and the tools in my Soulbouory, I too leave the mansion making sure to be unseen by anyone 'Why the hell did I choose to hide from the others...? Ah, right! If those guys know that I'm here, they would rely on me for the ing trouble that Ikki will cause... and they won't improve this way... What a pain... Why I am not strong enough to pensate for the absence of a plot armor yet!? I have to babysit them and make sure that they are strong enough to overe the ing challenges... well at least until the attack at the Sanctuary'.

  Seiya POV - Tokyo, Graad Coliseum - 1986

  Today I'll fight against Shiryu, I have to be on guard, as Nee-san warned me about his training and the characteristics of his Cloth, as she heard Jayr-sealk about them when she went with him to a, and I have to admit that he is a formidable oppo, not only his o is strong enough to reverse the flow of a waterfall, but his Cloth is said to have the stro shield out of all the Bronze Cloths, s in fact that no normal Bronze Saint actually destroy it.

  And now, that shield is what I have to overe if I want to defeat my oppo Shiryu, who is now standing in the ring with me wearing his green Dragon Cloth, the headpiece is a helmet in the form of a dragon face, the shoulder pads only cover the shoulders and a part of the arms, they have three decorative "cws", and the breastpte covers a rge part of the chest and sists of three square ses, has an open colr and prote for the base of the neck, on the left arm prote is the famous Dragon Shield with a four-poiar, the right arm prote is simple, with nothing to highlight, and the waist and legs prote are simple in shape.

  (Image Here - Dragon Shiryu)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]As I'm cheg my oppo, I hear the entator's voice starting with the usual introdu "Wele Everyoarting today we will begin the sed stage of the tour, the first match is Pegasus Seiya versus Dragon Shiryu!" and uhe loud cheering of the audience ht start, and as soon as the bell rings, I choose to start my assault.

  Jayr POV - Tokyo, Graad Colisseum - 1986

  The fight once again starts with Seiya attag with a flying kick, 'God! Why does he uses always the same opening!?', but Shiryu easily dodges flipping his body forward, Seiya doesn't stop his assault and as he nds, he turns around, and throws two puhat Shiryu once again dodges by swaying his body left and right, then Shiryu terattack with his own punch, but Seiya jumps and once again uses his favorite move, the flying kick that is easily blocked by Shiryu's shield.

  Then Shiryu takes advantage of the opening and throowerful punch hitting Seiya iomach making him spit out blood and fall to the ground, and soon the tdown starts, and the entator says "The Graad Coliseum is filled to capacity today too with over 100.000 in attendance, and although the match just started, the excitement is palpable! The gaxian Wars are down to only 10 Saints fighting for the honor of that Gold Cloth! Just now, Dragon Shiryu nded a fierce blow that khe wind right out of Pegasus Seiya!".

  And soon after the yell of a young woman calling Shiryu's name is heard, aurns in the dire of the void sees Shunrei, who then runs toward him and it seems that she revealed something that shocked Shiryu, and seeing this se Saori ask "What is going on, now?" and shaking my head I say "Nothing it is just that Master Dohko, the Libra Gold Saint is pulling a fast one on Shiryu to further train him... He probably faked a grave illness...".

  Saori looking at me asks "I see... He is a Gold Saint, it is impossible that he could fall ill..." and nodding I add "Not only that... but the previous Athena used the Misopethamenos teique on him, so iy, his body is just a little older than 18 years old, how someone in such dition fall ill and almost die?".

  As we were talking, Seiya stood up and takes a fighting position, but Shiryu who is now worried about his master and in a hurry to rush ba choose to use his stroeique the Rozan Shoryuha (Supremacy of the Rozan Asding Dragon) a fist strike so powerful that gee a shockwave in the shape of a dragon so powerful that it is capable of reversing the watercourse of the great Lushan(Rozan) waterfall, it is usually used in jun with an uppercut, but it isn't limited to that

  Shiryu's Rozan Shoryuha hits Seiya and sends him flying high in the sky almost toug the ceiling of the dome, uhe shock of the audiehen as Seiya sms into the ground, Shiryu turns around to get out of the ring sure of his victory, but Shunrei warns him about the fact that it isn't over and that Seiya is once again slowly getting up.

  Seiya finally stands up and starts drawing the steltion of Pegasus with the positions of his hands, and with eaent, his o burns stronger and stronger, so much that the phantom image of the Pegasus appears behind him, then starts his attack the Pegasus Ryusei Ken, throwing 100 of punches per sed, and creating hundreds of light energy pu the same time which makes it look like a volley of small meteors.

  But Shiryu is able to easily block all Seiya's blows with his Dragon Shield and seeing this I think 'Yup... That shield's durability is at the Silver Cloth level, against a bronze Saint it is almost a cheat...', and at the same time, I notiething and say loud enough for Saori and Tatsumi to hear "Hmm... Only one fight and Seiya already improved... Before his Ryusei Ken was only able to throw 85 punches per sed, now he throw 100 of them... But still, only a few of them really reach Mach 1, the others are a lot slower", and Saori nods and says "Good, it means that our pn is already w! It's only a matter of time before we are ready for the phase".

  Meanwhile, Seiya once again tries to attack Shiryu with his Pegasus Ryusei Ken but it is once again blocked by the Dragon Shield, then Shiryu tries to make Seiya give up saying that he won't be able to even scratch his shield, but as this doesn't work, he throowerful punch at Seiya, who uses his Cloth's arm piece to block it, but Shiryu's punch is so powerful that not only shatters the Cloth, breaking Seiya's left arm, but it tinues moving to hit Seiya in the face, sending him flying and crashing into the ground, as blood es out of his damaged forearm.

  Seeing this Tatsumi says "Well Ojou-sama, this looks like the end for that cheeky brat", but Saori replies "Tatsumi, you know the best that Seiya would never just give up so easily", at the same time, Shiryu then starts boasting about having the stro shield and the stro spear, but that gives ao Seiya, who stands up once again, and after taunting Shiryu, he rushes toward him, while Shiryu raises his shield to defend himself, and the series of events happens so fast, that I'm sure that only I and Saori truly uand what happened, as right now Seiya is once again ying on the ground with his head protector damaged and his face covered in a mask of blood, while Shiryu' shield is now broken and the same kind of heavy damage be seen on his fist.

  Then as the audience is baffled by the quick turn of events, the entator yells "Quite please! We have an annou! A repy will be sed on the crystal board above the stadium!", a, on the s we see the slow motion of Seiya rushing toward Shiryu aiming at his left hand, then crashing head first into the Shield creating many small cracks, then Shiryu didn't hesitate a in with his right to deliver the final blow, but Seiya kneeled over in pain, and Shiryu unluckily hits his own shield destroying both the shield and the fist at the same time.

  Seeing this se once again I 't help but think 'Ok, that is a little my fault... In the anime, I saw him many times fall and crash head first from stairs, cliffs, the sky, the space, and I kinda got worried and stealthily used the same teique I used on my whole body to reinforce his skull, maybe I went a little overboard as now it is almost as hard as a Bck Cloth... as his headbutt almost destroyed the Dragon Shield... but at least I'm sure he will survive his many falls'.

  Then Seiya stands up once again, and Tatsumi worried about their state asks "Ojou-sama, don't you think we should stop them...?" but Saori stays silent, but I add "There is o worry with me here no one will die... but tell the medic team to prepare to quickly transport both to my infirmary uhe arena and to call the ambuo transport them to the hospital ter..." and at that Tatsumi lightly bows and say "Yes, Jayr-sama!".

  Shiryu 't hold baymore as his paraphilias ki once again, the exhibitionism and masochism as he removes his Cloth and finds himself half-naked shog the audience, 'Shit! Again!? Why the hell do you throw away your Cloth when fighting someone as strong or strohan you!!? This 't go on!! From now on I'll bonk him to half death every time he tries to pull this shit!!', and soon after Seiya do the same, while I'm thinking of the best trainihod for a Shibainu as I'm sure I'll need some help to fix this bad habit 'Maybe I'll also ask Dr. Asamori to make a Steel Cloth for him and train him to bee the Bonk Steel Saint... Maybe better not... I don't want to create my nemesis...'.

  While I was distracted with my pn of a dog bonking horny Saints, the match restarts with Shiryu attag Seiya with a right straight punch, but Seiya sways his head and terattack with his own punch, which is also dodged by Shiryu, who turns his body and terattack with a back kick that Seiya dodges by leaning his body, making the kick miss his face by only a few timeters, at the same time the audies louder appreciating the exge betweewo.

  Soon after, the two locks hands and start their test of strength, training to gain an advantage, and slowly, it is clear that Shiryu is slowly winning the test, and Seiya quickly tries to kick him, but Shiryu dodges by jumping bad the two now stare at each other looking for another ce to attack, while nodding I think 'Right, since you two geniuses choose to remove your Cloths, now they have to be more careful as it only needs a good hit and you are done... So why remove it!?'.

  After a few seds of standing still, Seiya moves once again and uses his Pegasus Ryusei Ken, creating hundreds of light energy pu the same time which makes it look like small meteors, but Shiryu easily dodges them all, or at least so it seems, until Shiryu kneels over spitting some blood, 'Seiya is once again improving, he is getting faster and the number of Mach 1 speed blows is slowly increasing, as another old master would say, the plot armor is strong in this one'.

  Seiya POV - Japan, Graad Coliseum - 1986

  'I did it! One of my punches actually did nd!', seeing that I'm finally gaining an advantage, I choose to trust the teique taught by my master Marin and once again yell "Once more! Pegasus Ryusei Ken!" I throw hundreds of pu the same time, creating the same numbers of light energy puhat look like small meteors.

  And this time Shiryu jumps over nding behind me and says "I didn't make any mistakes this time!" but the seds he once again kneels over in pain, 'It's w! little by little, I'm able to increase the speed of my punches... Moreover, I noticed the weakness of his Rozan Shoryuha...'.

  Soon Shiryu stood up once more, and from his body nguage, I uand that he io use his teique once more to quickly finish this so I warn him "Are you sure it's safe to use you Rozan Shoryuha again? The right hand of the dragon will leave you defenseless, and this time I'll put you down food!" and his shocked face tells me that my guess is right.

  But, Shiryu steel himself and decide to use his dreadful teique, and all I do now is get ready and wait for the right time to attack, and soon the moment es just as he is about to shoot his Rozan Shoryuha, Shiryu lowers his left hand exposing his heart for an instant, and at that moment I think 'That's it!' and throw my own punch.

  And at this moment I only feel two things, one is my fist hitting Shiryu's chest, the other is Shiryu's fist hitting my face, then the hing I know is that I'm leaning on the s of the ring and I hear the sound of the bell signifying the end of the match, and knowing that I'm the winner, I raise my arm, as the audience cheers my name.

  Then I hear the entator "The puter has decred Pegasus as the winner!" and knowing that I have finally won, I fall to the ground with a loud thump as all I see is darkness and my mind stops to think about anything, I do not know when I regain my senses, but I'm uo open my eyes and move my body as I feel too weak, but I still hear some older man voiear me say "He's going to need a blood transfusion and head surgery! Hurry a him into the underground infirmary for first aid, then we will move him to the hospital ASAP".

  Then I feel a set of hands taking my body, and they lie me on a stretcher, but as they were moving me I hear the voice of Shiryu's girlfriend voice "Please wait! Please save Shiryu!" then I feel her holding my hand and say "Seiya, you're the only one here who save Shiryu now, Jayr-san oold me that a stopped due to a Saint's attack be restarted if an equal shock is delivered from the opposite side, the only one who deliver that kind of blow is you, we have no time unless his heart starts beating again within the 4 minutes, he will die food".

  'What Shiryu's hearth stopped!? He is dying... Move! Move!! Please my body move!! I have to save him!!' at the same time I feel her tears falling on my hands "Please, save him!" and hearing her cry, I burn my o once more 'MOVE!!' and as I feel them moving me away as the older doctor tries to sole the girl, I find my strength once again and say "Put me down... Take me to Shiryu...".

  And the old doctor says "Don't be ridiculous! This could cost you your life!", and still with my eyes closed I say "Shut up... It's what I want, so just let me do it..." then I open my eyes and look at the girl, who's name is, if I remember well, Shunrei, a friend of my sister, and slowly get up and walk toward Shiryu, while Shun rushes over and holds Shiryu's body in front of me and says "Lives are on the line, I 't do much, but as the Andromeda Saint I shall offer you my assistance... Okay Seiya, using the right hand of the dragon tattooed on his back as your target, please throunch... You only get one shot at this, so don't miss this".

  And as I'm struggling to aim, I notice that the dragon tattooed on his back is slowly fading, taking this as a bad sign I hurry to aim at the right spot but find it very difficult as my vision is blurring, and I begin to panic, but soon a hand holds my fist and I hear Hyoga's voice "Don't panic, you're too close, from this range you'll only end up putting a hole in his chest, back yourself up at least 2 or 3 steps!".

  And following his advice I retreat, but my vision worsens as I'm starting to see double, and I feel all my strength leave me, and once again all I see is darkness as I bck out and fall, but I feel Hyoga catg me aly maki on the ground as he holds my upper body, while my body refuses to listen to my orders.

  But then all of the sudden, I hear all the colosseum calling my name, and I also hear Hyoga's voice "Seiya, 't you hear them? You have to ignite your o, Seiya!" then as I try to burn my o I hear the voiy most important persons "Seiya!/Seiya-!" and as I once again burn my o to rouse my weakening body, I open my eyes and look at the point in of the voices ahem, Mio- and Nee-, encing me.

  And at that moment, my o explodes strohan ever and shaking my head, I get up once more, I still feel my krembling, a sign that I don't have much time left before I fall unscious this time food, so I take aim and says "D-Don't... Don't you dare die on me Dragon" and with my remaining forces punch Shiryu right on ba the pearest to the heart and send both him and Shun flying a few meters crashing into the opposite wall.

  Then after a few seds, Shun recovers and says "Well done, Seiya, I hear Shiryu's heartbeat, as clear as day" and as soon as his words fell, a deafening cheering came from the audiend soon I find myself surrounded by the other Saints and by Nee- and Miyo- with the little guys of the Star Children Academy, all celebrating Shiryu's survival.

  Jayr POV - Japan, Graad Stadium - 1986

  As the whole colosseum is happy for Shiryu's recovery, Saori is visibly relieved, but Tatsumi turns to me, and in a slightly angry tone he asks "Why didn't you do anything? You said that with you here no one would die! But Shiryu almost died and you didn't move a finger!! Don't you know how his death could have hurt the Graad Foundation or even Ojou-sama!!?".

  But before I could reply, I Saori that answer in my pce " Tatsumi, Jayr didn't do anything wrong... It was the right thing to let the things develop this way" then pointing at the celebrating Saints below she adds "See, they are already bonding once again, and their o is developing... But the most important thing is that Jayr could have acted at any moment... As you have seen the Bronze Saints are already beyond a normal human and move at Mach 1, the speed of the sound, while the Silver Saints are much faster and stronger, But Jayr here is a rare exception, he is a Silver Saint as strong as a Gold Saint, that means that he move and attack at the speed of light, he could have saved Shiryu at any moment and you couldn't have even noticed that he moved at all".

  Hearing that Tatsumi stumbles "Spe... Speed of light is something like that really possible... then how is he any different from a god!?", and at that moment I add ahing, and pointing at Seiya I say "Didn't you notice that right now Seiya is strangely well even if weakened? In fact, he isn't even bleeding anymore... To tell you the truth I acted when he fell the sed time and stopped his bleeding and also healed the worst wounds so he could rescue Shiryu, while also deying Shiryu's death... After all, while o create miracles, you need a strong o to do so, a level that Seiya and the others still didn't reach...".

  Hearing that Tatsumi checks on what I said and after a few seds he meekly apologized, but I say while giving a g Saori "Don't worry, even if I didn't act, a certain Goddess' o is strong enough to make such miracles happens even unsciously..." and after that, we returo the mansion while the doctors, transported both Shiryu and Seiya to the Graad Hospital.

  Shun POV - Japan, Graad Coliseum - 1986

  As I'm watg Seiya and Shiryu being carried away by the others with a smile, relieved of the fact that both will survive this ordeal, my attention is grabbed by my Cloth's , famous to react to a danger on its own, to the point that sometimes they warn their owner before it happens.

  And right now, my s are moving on their own pointing at the Sagittarius Pandora Box, before rexing and turning back to their normal state 'The s are warning me about some danger... Is the Cloth a danger or is it in danger? Or this whole tour is dangerous?'

  Then looking at the s showing the table of the tour I think 'Well, it doesn't matter I'll be ready for everything... Tomorrow is my turn, I hope that Jabu will give up, he has no ce to win and I don't want to hurt him... Moreover, I'm only taking part in this absurd touro have a ce to see my brother once again, I hope he is fine...' and walk out of the colosseum and move back to the Kido Mansion to rest a ready for tomorrow match.

  Odyin