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Chapter VI: Scented Candles and Incenses? Oh My!

Seiya and Hyoga jogged to the temple of Virgo-a temple in which a man close to God lived in and guarded it. Both Seiya and Hyoga kept running until they reached the entrance of Virgo temple.

"Seiya, do you bring another cloth?"

"No. Why?"

"Geez…Don't you realize that your body is still stinky!" said Hyoga as he kept wrinkling his nose.

Seiya looked at his body. He looked at his shirt wet and smelled it. It smelled like a mixture between his sweat and the lioness' spit.

"Euww…You are right but unfortunately I do not bring another cloth."

"Very well then…Let's go in!"

Seiya and Hyoga entered the Virgin temple. When they were about reaching the exit of temple they incidentally looked at Shaka who was sitting on a huge lotus in his usual position. Legs crossed, eyes closed and his gentle but stern expression were set. Actually the young saints did not want to talk to him but they could not help themselves from chuckling when they saw scented candles and incenses surrounding the long-blonde hair saint. He frowned when he felt the boys' presence. In fact, he did not feel bothered by the young saints' presence. What disturbed him was a smell. A very unpleasant smell that touched his nostril as the boys came into his temple.

"What is this nasty smell? Disgusting!" he said as he managed not to vomit. He managed to inhale normally even though he felt that the air was polluted by nasty smell.

"I ask you, Pegasus…What is this smell?" asked Shaka. His voice echoed in the interior of the temple.

"Prrff…Seiya, even Shaka sitting on his lotus far away from us could smell your scent!" whispered Hyoga in his amused tone.

"Oh…Shut up you mini ice block!"

"Are you deaf? What is this unpleasant smell, Pegasus?

"I am sorry, Shaka. The smell was from my body," said Seiya reluctantly as he and Hyoga came nearer to Shaka's direction.

Shaka raised an eyebrow. Actually, he felt so lucky now that he set scented candles and incenses around him but it seemed that he needed to add extra scented candles and incenses to overcome such unwanted nasty smell.

"From your body? Haven't you taken shower before coming here?" asked Shaka.

The teenage saints did not see Shaka's angry or amused expression but they could sense it in his voice.

"Oh…Well…I have taken shower before I came there but…"

"But what?"

"A…Aiolia's lioness has licked me to have thought that I was its meal."

"I see…" said Shaka trying his best not to show any reaction that probably could make the two young saints laughed and mocked at him.

"Umm…Shaka…I am sorry I do not mean to offend you but…Why do you set scented candles and incenses around you?" asked Seiya curiously.

"I set these scented candles and incenses because I want to increase my concentration. Besides, pleasant smells produced by these stuff can help me to calm my mind and my heart."

"Increasing concentration?"

"Helping to calm your mind and your heart???"

Seiya and Hyoga exchanged their glance. Both of the teenager saints said nothing for a moment. They know that scented candles can be used as medium to increase one's concentration and calm one's mind and one's heart but they had never heard that incenses can be used as a medium to increase one's concentration and to calm one's mind and one's heart. They said nothing until finally they burst into laughter.

"HA…HA…HA…Increasing concentration and calming your mind and your heart using scented candles and incenses? NONSENSE! HA…HA…HA…"

"…There is nothing to be impossible in this world. Full is Empty. Empty is Full," said Shaka calmly.

Seiya and Hyoga laughed even louder. Hyoga held his stomach whereas Seiya rolled on the floor and hit the ground with both his hands and his feet. Shaka felt that his forehead was throbbing and his blood was about boiling.

"But I think that at least I am so much BETTER than YOU Pegasus! I DON'T POLLUTE the air like YOU DO! Now I will-'

"SEIYA! RUUUUUUUNNNN!!!!!" yelled Hyoga as he took Seiya on his wrist and pulled him with his best power to take him preventing him from Shaka's deadly and powerful technique.

Hyoga and Seiya sprinted as fast as they could and managed not to look back upon their shoulder.

After making sure that they were far enough from Shaka's temple they stopped for a while to take a breath.

"You are mad, Seiya! We almost got killed only because of your unnecessary question!" said Hyoga still panting.

"I am sorry, Hyoga but I cannot refrain myself to ask. Shaka is one of strongest gold saints and he usually can concentrate and calm both his mind and his heart without any medium! Don't you get intrigued because of that?"

"Actually I want to know why he needs those medium but I think it is better if I can keep my curiosity in my own heart. You know…Sometimes, curiosity killed the cat!"

"You are right, Hyoga. Well…I must be careful next time. Otherwise, I will meet my own doom!"

After they regained their breath and their heart beat had been in its normal rhythm. They continued their journey.

To be continued....