Prologue



Everything was started at the beginning of Spring when snow had already melt down, left nothing but many little tideways headed themselves to Rozan river. The trees were just started to put forth fresh leaves and ready to branch out.  Flowers of every kind were sprouting out, fragrant all over and  the birds sang sweetly...
Everything seemed in jolly except for one creature...the only mortal that was left in a cottage near a waterfall. She was now alone since she had lost the 2 most important people to her, one who was like a father, always serves but kind, and the other...the one who was everything to her, brother, friend...love ?
She walked out of the cottage slowly, searching for some herb to make a tea.
Even such a wonderful sight couldn't help her recover form the sadness that had laid upon her; almost more than she could carry.
While she was kneeling to get the plant, the young girl felt an energy coming, an energy she knew very well, and she rise astonished. It could be possible...? He...No...that's impossible. She tried to drive that disturbing thought out of her head, he was gone...forever. There's no use to torture yourself by keep thinking he would be coming back...someday.
She kneeled by the river, staring empty into it, the water reflecting a shadow of a young woman, with no doubt, was very beautiful; just the sight of her could make the heart of those who saw it expand with delight, only if they wouldn't notice the two sapphire in her countenance that shone out in such a melancholy way as if they were stars that shone inside the dark cloud...
Suddenly she saw a shadow reflect on the river's surface, a shadow of a young man with long dark hair..  It could be nothing but...Shiryu!!
"Shiryu!" Shunrei exclaimed with joy. She bound up and quickly turned around, her eyes seeking for the owner of the shadow but no one was there..."Shiryu.."  she cried out his name again...this time her voice was almost audible, only the sound of the waterfall responded her calling.  Just like she had always been aware of, it was just a hallucination. She slowly sit back, almost unable to hold herself, leaning against the tree  and releasing  a long painful gasp. This was almost too much for her to  bare...she keep having the same nightmare almost every nights and now this... she couldn't help to wonder how long it will continue like this.. a week ? a month ? a year ?  or for a rest of her life ?  She closed her eyes tight, feeling very much like crying but she couldn't.  Her heart and tears had died away since the day she knew he was gone... Finally she got up, walked to the river, intending to wash her face but when she reached her hand to water she saw it again...the same shadow appeared again.
Shunrei didn't turn back this time, she didn't even wince. Aware that it was just the same, if she turned back, it'd gone...She reached her hand into the water and as soon as her finger touch it, little waves was dispersed out in every direction. The shadow in the surface was blurred for a while. Shunrei looked at it, hoping it would disappear but no.. when few minutes passed and water was flatted  again.. it was still there. She bent her down and with out knowing herself, she started to talked to it " Shiryu.. you selfish thing ! You expects to keep me here forever, don't you ?  Roshi used to tell me about the legend of Narcissus...and I felt so sorry for the young man who gave up his entire life to be a flower just to keep on looking his shadow...I understand his feeling very well now..."  Then she paused, trying to fight back with all the emotion that is coming trough and whispered " Roshi you told me I must live but  how ?  Since you two...you are my life.. and you now gone.. what I'll supposed to have left ?"
" You have me, Shunrei."
 She startled by an unexpected voice. Slowly she turned back, fearing to see no one was there again but there was someone there this time!
Shiryu was there, smiling gently as usual. Shunrei struck there, so surprised that she didn't know what she saw was a ghost or a man with fresh and blood.
She stood there, motionless for a second, then, she hurtled to him, flung her arm around his neck and buried her head on his shoulder. Her tears which she thought they had dried out from her body for a long time, was now back and they were burst out with a relief. Shiryu is back!
Thousand words were hold in her mouth but the only she could release out was a sob. Shiryu embraced her tightly and he stroked her hand gently. He couldn't help to notice that she was much paler and thinner than before. Poor thing, it must have been a very hard time for her being here alone. He held her tighter, blaming himself to be the caused of her suffering
"But...how...?" asked Shunrei, looking at him.
"Come, let's enter home." said Shiryu, walking towards the house. She followed him and once in the place, they sat in the room where Roshi used to stay in order to be near the fire in cold nights.
Shunrei and Kiki sat near Shiryu; she waiting for his words, he giving a support look to his friend.
"All the Golden Saints...All of them died in the Hades' Battle, Shunrei. Including Roshi..."
She tried to hide the tears that had appeared again.
"Only us, the Bronze Saints had survived..." continued Shiryu, trying to be cold  "...because Athena saved us. And...Seiya stayed with his sister and Hoshino. Saori came back to Japan, in order to take care of the Grade Foundation. Shun went with her. Hyoga decided to go back to Siberia, and I don't know anything about Ikki."
"I...understand..." whispered Shunrei "We need to arrange a funeral to our Master..."
Shiryu agreed. Despite all that had happened, they should continue their lives. That was what Roshi would want. Shunrei was strong, he knew that. She would be able to be happy, despite the death of such important person in her life - and his too, he thought. And for him, it was enough to see her face, one thing that he thought he could never see again... The shine of her dark eyes that now were fixed in him gave him the strength to do anything. They would be happy, they would live peaceful now, there, in Rozan.



DISCLAIMER: This characters that appear here are copyright of Masami Kurumada-sama.
This story is being writing by Kwanchai and me. So, if you have any comments, send it to me and to her!:)


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