Author's note: I know this has taken a l-o-n-g time to update, and I'm sorry for that. I've been a few weeks with internet, but university is really, really hard, and my parents want me to have good marks … Jeez, I wouldn't blame you if by now you have forgotten the entire plot…

But my exams are over, and I have time to write! On the other hand, I don't know when will be the next update. Doesn't matter, I'll update sooner or later. I'm not giving up! Now, to the story:

Ari wills, sorry, but I don't understand your question of Mu. If you can specify it a little more, I'll be glad to answer it in the next chapter. And Saori isn't on vacation; I'll tell you where she is in this chapter.

Everyone, thank for reading and for your reviews! I'm so happy to read them!

Oh, there're two announcements I want to make: From now on, Hyoga's officially the main character. After all, he's my sister's favorite. Plus, the chapters are going to have titles. It's better than having just 'chapter 1', 'chapter 2', etc, right?

Well, the same as always, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I only write this because if I don't, I'd be breaking the law. So I don't own Saint Seiya.

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The 12 Gold Saints were looking at Boreas. Some of them looked shocked, other looked as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing, and Camus… Camus looked as if he was about to explode with anger. And he wasn't looking precisely at Boreas.

-HYOGA!! –roared Camus. Hyoga flinched a little. He could almost feel Camus' anger emanating from him.

Apparently, Milo COULD feel it, and he whispered something to Aldebaran. The Taurus Saint nodded, and he and Milo each grabbed one of Camus' arms.

-We'll be in Aquarius Temple –said Milo, while he and Aldebaran dragged Camus downstairs-. When you come, be sure Hyoga has a good explanation, or he's dead.

The trio disappeared, and all the remaining saints looked at Hyoga.

-What is a God doing in my garden, Hyoga? –asked Aphrodite, placing his hands on his hip. His voice was calm, but his light-blue eyes glowed with curiosity. Hyoga frowned.

-Why everyone automatically thinks this is my fault!? –he snapped, angry.

-Oh, sorry, we should also blame the other Saint who picked up a fight against a God without a reason –said Kanon, half smiling, and in a mocking tone. Hyoga turned to look at him, narrowing his eyes.

-Repeat that and I'll hurt you so badly that even Saga won't be able to recognize you!!

-Ehem –said Boreas. Everyone looked at him, Hyoga still having a glare in his eyes. –Why don't we talk in Aquarius? I think this will take quite a lot of time.

Everyone agreed (Hyoga complaining), and they went to Aquarius Temple, talking quietly between them.

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2 hours later, Boreas had told them the entire story. Miraculously, Milo was able to control Camus so he wouldn't start attacking Hyoga or Boreas out of anger during the whole talk. After Boreas had finished, however, Camus seemed calmed, and deep in thought.

-So –said Aiolos-, even your lot has got family troubles –. He paused a moment. Then, he grinned-. I didn't expect it, knowing Posy and Zombie.

-Um… are you talking about Poseidon and Hades? –asked Aioria, turning to his brother.

-Yeah, but it's no fun to call them by their names.

-Yeah, I agree –said Boreas, grinning too.

-How could I lose to such a childish idiot? –asked Hyoga to himself, his hand on his forehead.

-That's my second name.

-I though all Gods were serious –said DeathMask, raising one eyebrow.

-Nah, it's just that you've only met Athena, TunaFish and Mr. I-can't-do-anything-without-Pandora –answered Boreas, purposely not calling Saori any nicknames-. Don't think we're all like them.

-You know what? You're funny –said Aiolos, laughing.

-Can we focus on the problem here? –asked Shaka, facing them, but with closed eyes. –Who knows what's going on. As far as I understand, his brothers may want him dead.

Boreas' smile disappeared immediately from his face. He turned to face the Virgo Saint, and a few of them held their breath; Boreas' eyes had grown cold and deadly, almost like if they were the North Wind he controlled. Everyone felt waves of his powerful cosmos emanating angrily from him, extending to all the room. He spoke, and his tone was one you could expect to be the voice of one of the most powerful beings in creation.

-Don't ever talk about something you ignore –he threatened-. I've known my brothers all my life, and I know they'd never try to kill me-. Then, his gaze softened, his cosmos calmed, and a sad tone filled his voice. -Those weren't my brothers… either that, or they're being controlled by someone –he finished.

Everyone fell silent, even Shaka. It was the first time they saw Boreas acting like a real god. Hyoga looked at him, remembering the fight they held in Siberia. But this wasn't pretended; the few seconds the Wind God showed his cosmos, it seemed even more powerful than the one he showed during their fight, and all the saints in the room could compare it easily with the one Athena herself possessed.

A few seconds passed. Then, Shura spoke.

-Who could be powerful enough to brainwash three Gods? –he said, trying to remember the mythology classes Shion used to gave them. –Zeus? –he asked again, remembering the Olympus' ruler.

-I don't think so –replied Boreas. He looked at no one in particular, the gaze of his light-blue eyes resting in the table- . If Zeus could do that, he'd choose Apollo, or even Aeolus, our father -. He smiled, all the sadness suddenly gone from his features, and Hyoga could see some pride in him-. He's way stronger than us –Boreas continued, cheering up a little, and his voice returned to normal -. After all, he's a second rank God, and he can control all eight types of winds. That power is even represented in his Cloth.

-Wait, hold on! Second rank? What's that? –said Milo, frowning.

-You see, we Gods have got ranks to sort us out. You know, the higher your rank, the more powerful you are. It's like you having bronze, silver and gold saints. But we have four levels, not three, and once you're in one of them, you're in it for the rest of the eternity or 'till you die, whichever comes earlier.

-How are you sorted into those ranks, and what is the level of Athena, Hades and Poseidon? –asked Dokho quickly, leaning forward. Hearing that, almost everyone looked at Boreas, expecting his answer.

Boreas noticed it, and he tried to give them a good one. –It's depending on our parents and the element we posses. For example, the only first rank gods I know are Zeus, Hades and Poseidon, and…

-Posy and Zombie are first rank!? –shouted Aiolos, making everyone jump.

-Yeah, but…

-But I defeated them! –said Seiya, a little shocked.

-Wait, YOU defeated them? –said Kanon, frowning. –I remember Athena doing that, not a little kid.

-I… wait, who are you calling little kid!?

Saga sighed. –Have you decided to discuss with every bronze saint by the end of the day or something like that? –he said, bored eyes looking at his younger twin.

Kanon opened his mouth to answer him, but Mu was quickest. -Don't start, Saga –he said in his soft voice-. And Kanon, stop contradicting everyone, please.

Kanon closed his mouth and crossed his arms, pissed. Seiya laughed a little.

-Don't push your luck, Seiya –warned Shiryu, sighing-. Kanon is right about something: it was indeed Athena who sealed Poseidon and killed Hades.

Seiya was about to complain when Boreas chuckled.

-Um… what is so funny? –asked Shun, tilting his head a little to the left.

-Really, you think old Lord of the Zombies is dead? –he laughed. – You're so innocent, you know?

-But… Athena stabbed her golden staff, Nike, through his chest! –exclaimed Aldebaran, surprised.

-You humans can say that's killing, but you need to fill two conditions to actually kill a god –Boreas raised his right hand in front of them, raising a finger-. One, you need to be a God or a Half god –he raised another one-; two, you need to kill him or her outside the element protecting them. Your Goddess 

matched the first one, but she defeated Rotten Corpse in the Underworld, so sooner or later he'll come back.

Everyone fell silent again as Boreas lowered his hand. Shun shivered, remembering how Hades had taken control of his body to attack his friends. Luckily, the other Saints helped him return to his own self, but he didn't know if the god could posses his body again.

-So... he's coming back to cause trouble again… -said Aphrodite, looking at Saga from the corner of his eyes. Kanon was more direct, looking at his twin directly at the eyes. After all, the Gemini Saint had been the one leading the group to the Sanctuary at the beginning of the last Holy War. Saga just closed his eyes, ignoring the stares. Deep inside, he knew he had done the right thing for Athena and for the humanity.

-Why are you so tensed up? Hades' an idiot –said Boreas, smiling broadly, and earning everyone's attention again. He noticed they were all looking at him, confused-. What? He could have defeated all of you and Athena at the same time centuries ago, but no, he wanted to play dramatic, and… -the god paused. Almost everyone in the room was sending deadly glares at him, and some angry cosmos could be felt without any effort. Boreas gulped. –Um… did I offend you or something?

DeathMask punched the table so hard it broke, and its shattered pieces scattered everywhere.

-Err… I'll take that as a yes.

Boreas ducked and evaded a piece of the table that had been thrown at him.

-DeathMask! –exclaimed Mu, looking at the furious Cancer Saint. –Stop it!

-Are you calling us weaklings, ice head!? –snapped the mentioned one, ignoring Mu. The Aries Saint rolled his eyes. DeathMask had passed all that power-means-justice and I-kill-for-fun stage, but he still didn't like being called a weakling. More precisely, he absolutely hated being called a weakling.

Depending on Boreas' answer, he could as well end up in Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Boreas seemed to understand, but if he did, he didn't show it.

-Not exactly. You're the strongest among humans, but still no match to a god.

-Now you've done it! PRAESEPE UNDERWORLD WAVES!!

DeathMask pointed at Boreas, and a few white rings of energy emanated from his finger, engulfing the god completely. And after the attack… he was gone.

-Um… he didn't evade it? –asked Aphrodite, getting near the point where Boreas had last been seen.

-Hmpf. That's what anyone gets when they call me a weakling -replied the Cancer Saint, crossing his arms.

-Weird. I thought he would be more powerful.

-Are you insulting me?

Everyone jumped and turned around. Boreas was behind them, unscratched and with a huge grin in his face.

-What… how did…? I mean… Huh!? –was the only thing DeathMask managed to say. After all, he was the only one who could escape from the deadly place once there.

-Why don't you get it? You can't defeat a god.

-But… my attack worked on a god before!

-Let me guess. Fourth rank. Those can't control their body once separated from their soul. Come on, that's so easy, I learned it with only 200 years… You just need to send your body to Yomotsu Hirasaka and blend it with your soul again. Then, getting away is easy.

Milo blinked a few times. –Just how old are you?

-Um… dunno, lost the count last millennium.

-Wow, that's older than Shion and Dokho together! –said a surprised Capricorn Saint.

-Let's put it this way. Athena has lived even more than I have, but she reincarnates in a human body every 250 years or so.

-243 –corrected Dokho.

-Ok, 243. Just multiply 243 times the number of Holy Wars there have been and you'll have more or less Athena's age, I don't know how old she was when the first one started…

-Um… which Holy War was the last one? –asked Aioria, raising an eyebrow.

-Maybe Shion would know –suggested Mu.

-Fine then, we'll ask old ram about it later –answered Aioros.

-Don't call my master that way, please. He's a very powerful Saint, and we need to respect him.

-Aw, it's not fun if we don't call him names –said Aioros, with puppy eyes.

Mu sighed, and some Saints laughed.

-Wait a minute –said Shaka, frowning a little-. You said only a God could kill another God, right?

-Yeah, why? –answered Boreas, raising an eyebrow.

-You also said DeathMask defeated a fourth rank god, but DeathMask is not a god.

-Good one –the God said, smiling-. The attack he used earlier separates the soul from the body and sends it to the Underworld. It's not exactly killing. I don't know what happened after that, maybe Hades claimed the lost soul for himself.

-Talking about that, what rank are you? –asked Aphrodite, curious. –If first rank are like Gold Saints, second rank are Silver, third rank are Bronze and fourth rank are not even considered true gods, right? So, what? Second, like your father?

Boreas blushed, and looked away from the Pisces Saint.

-Well, fourth ranks are gods, but they don't possess the strength to be called gods of something. They don't have a particular element, they just are protected by the earth in general, or the fire, or stuff like that.

-You're avoiding my question! –said Aphrodite, smiling broadly. –Are you fourth rank or what?

Boreas blushed even more. –Of… of course not! Didn't I just tell you they don't have a clear element? The North Wind that protects me is a clear element!

Most of them laughed at Boreas' discomfort. –So, you're third rank –finished Shura, still laughing a little.

-Stop it already! –exclaimed Boreas, crossing his arms and frowning a little, still red in the face. –Weren't we talking about other things?

-You ARE third rank! –exclaimed happily Aioros. –Hyoga, you were beaten by a Bronze God!

-Shut up!! –yelled Hyoga, and everyone laughed even harder. Kanon even fell from his chair, and the laugher increased.

Boreas couldn't take their laughing anymore, and he stormed out, cursing under his breath. After a while, everyone calmed down and Kanon sat on his chair again.

-Whoa, that was funny! –said Milo, grinning. A few saints nodded in agreement, smiling like the Scorpio Saint.

-Now are you going to start acting like real saints and stop laughing at everything? –asked Shaka, having lost already some of his patience.

Mu noticed it, and he talked quickly.

-Forgive them, Shaka. Now we're going to tell Shion what happened. He'll contact Athena and she'll be able to tell us what to do.

-Saori is in Japan, right? –asked Shun.

-Yeah, she said she wanted to visit her granddad's grave –cleared Seiya, resting his face in his closed hand.

-At least Tatsumi and the other five Bronze Saints are with her –said Shiryu, remembering Jabu's promise to call them if something happened.

-Don't count Tatsumi –joked Seiya-, the most he can do is try to scare saints with his bamboo sword.

-Don't mock Tatsumi, Seiya –said Shun, turning to face the Pegasus Saint.

-What? It's true!

-Come on, Seiya, don't start an argument with Shun –said Shiryu.

-Yeah, Seiya, 'cause Ikki's going to appear out of nowhere and he's gonna kick your horse ass –said Aioros, laughing.

-Leave my brother out of this, please –asked Shun-. I don't know where he is, and it worries me a little.

-Forget about it, Ikki is pretty able to take care of himself –commented Aldebaran, smiling at Shun.

Suddenly, Camus talked for the first time.

-Do you have any idea of where Boreas is heading to? –the Aquarius Saint asked, closing his eyes and crossing his arms over his chest.

-Hey, you talked! –said Milo, looking at him surprised.

-Just answer me, idiot.

-No need to be rude… -Milo trailed off. –Um… talking 'bout that, where is he?

Camus rolled his eyes. –He went out using the front door, the one leading to Capricorn Temple. You pissed him so much he'll probably go all the way downstairs. And what are you going to tell the people in Sanctuary if they see him?

Everyone fell silent a few seconds.

-Crap! –exclaimed Aioros, standing up. –We need to find him! That idiot is wearing his Cloth, and if he reaches the city, he'll draw everyone's attention!

-We'll divide –said Saga, also standing up-. Groups of two, the same teams we were in at Siberia. Aldebaran, go with Shura and Aioria. If Aioria loses control, just knock him out.

-Hey! –protested the lion, angry.

-Just move!

Everyone exited Aquarius, and Hyoga took great care in staying out of Camus' way. He didn't want to angry his master again, after all.

-Hyoga…

Hyoga turned, looking at Camus. His master just sighed before looking at the blond.

-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled to you before knowing the details –he said. As soon as he finished, he looked away from Hyoga, who was surprised to hear those words. But when the shock passed, he managed to smile.

-It's nothing. My fault for fighting gods when I should have concentrated on the food.

Camus half smiled, and they continued their way downstairs, not angry with each other anymore.

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"Those stupid humans… humiliating me in front of everyone… not fair… should have turned them all into small icebergs…" thought Boreas, running down the stairs. He easily reached Aries, and he continued his way towards the city, passing some confused trainees on his way there.