More Saints Seiya drabbles!?
...The plotbunnies will not stop attacking me! And people keep giving me new ones too!
Anyway these two came about because of a discussion at the saintseiyafan.com forum. kuribohcoast mentioned that if Saga hadn't killed Shion then Athena would have grown up like Mu's sister....then Knightskye mentioned something about little Athena painting dots on her forehead...and the plotbunnies showed up.
Title:Dots
Author:plantress
Word Count: 354
Characters:Shion, little Athena
Summary:Athena decides she wants dots like Shion and Mu.
“Shion, Shion….look what I did!” Came the little girls voice from behind him. The former Aries Saint sighed and turned around.
“What did you….dear goddess.” Well aware of the irony of the irony of the last statement, Shion gaze down at his child-goddess…who was currently half covered in lavender paint. “Athena what have you done?”
“Now I look like Shion and Mu!” She said proudly and pointed at the two different sized dots she had painted over her eyebrows. That the lavender paint had also been smeared over the rest of her face, was all over her dress, and had some how ended up in her hair as well didn’t seem to bother the her one bit. Shion sighed.
“Yes, yes you do.” He reached down and picked up the girl-goddess, wincing when the Pope’s robes he wore where smeared with lavender too. “And now it’s time for you to get cleaned up.”
“Why?” Athena asked.
“Because you’re covered in paint young lady, and you do not need those dots. You look pretty enough without them.”
“But you and Mu have dots!” Athena protested. “So why can’t I have dots too?”
“Does anybody besides Mu and I have dots?” Shion sighed. “There something you have to be born with.”
“But I want to have dots!” Athena shouted. “I wanna be like Shion and Mu!” Shion winced.
“You don’t have to be like us Athena. You’re a very special girl, and have no need of dots to make you that way.”
“I want dots, I want dots, I want dots!” The goddess wailed. The Pope thought quickly
“Athena…if you be quite and be good for the rest of this week, I’ll let you go with Aiolos and Saga when they go to Athens.” Athena stopped and looked at him.
“Really!?”
“Really. But only if your are a good girl and take a bath, quietly. Can you do that?”
“Yep!” His goddess smiled up at him and Shion smiled back. As he carried her toward the bathroom he couldn’t help but wonder why she was so much more difficult than Mu was at this age.
And another drabble, this time set in the same reality as Dots...
Title:Names
Author:plantress
Word Count:280
Characters:Little Athena, Aphrodite, Deathmask
Summary: Athena has a question for 'Dite and his friend Deathmask.
“’Dite, ‘Dite!” Someone tugged at the Pieces Saint’s cape. He turned around.
“Yes Lady Athena?”
“Why do you have a girls name?” The little goddess asked. “Shion was giving me lessons an’ he said that Aphrodite was suppose to be a girl. I though you were a boy.”
“I am a boy.” Aphrodite said patiently. “Aphrodite isn’t my real name, I jus think it’s beautiful so I use it.”
“Oh.” Athena stopped and thought about it, then turned to Deathmask, whom Aphrodite had been talking with moments before. “But Deathmask isn’t a pretty name, so why do you use it?”
“Because I hate my real name. Deathmask sounds better.” The Cancer Saint growled.
“No it doesn’t.” Athena frowned. “It sounds scary, an’ your not scary.” Deathmask looked very much like he would like to show the little goddess how scary he really was, but he knew better than to try. He knew what would happen if he did anything to her, and he didn’t need Aphrodite’s warning look to remember that.
“You need a new name.” Athena said suddenly looking at Deathmask.
“His real name’s Angelo.” Aphrodite said quickly, knowing what kind of names a little girl would think sounded acceptable.
“Angelo.” Athena repeated as Deathmask gave an inarticulate snarl and looked ready to lunge at the Picese Saint. “I like that better! Why don’t you use it?”
“I….don’t…like…it!” Deathmask said slowly, trying to control his temper.
“Well, I do.” Athena said firmly. “So from now on, your Angelo.” The little goddess turned and skipped away.
Aphrodite took one look at Deathmask’s face, stammered and excuse, then ran down the steps of his temple, the Cancer Saint right behind him.
Anyway these two came about because of a discussion at the saintseiyafan.com forum. kuribohcoast mentioned that if Saga hadn't killed Shion then Athena would have grown up like Mu's sister....then Knightskye mentioned something about little Athena painting dots on her forehead...and the plotbunnies showed up.
Title:Dots
Author:plantress
Word Count: 354
Characters:Shion, little Athena
Summary:Athena decides she wants dots like Shion and Mu.
“Shion, Shion….look what I did!” Came the little girls voice from behind him. The former Aries Saint sighed and turned around.
“What did you….dear goddess.” Well aware of the irony of the irony of the last statement, Shion gaze down at his child-goddess…who was currently half covered in lavender paint. “Athena what have you done?”
“Now I look like Shion and Mu!” She said proudly and pointed at the two different sized dots she had painted over her eyebrows. That the lavender paint had also been smeared over the rest of her face, was all over her dress, and had some how ended up in her hair as well didn’t seem to bother the her one bit. Shion sighed.
“Yes, yes you do.” He reached down and picked up the girl-goddess, wincing when the Pope’s robes he wore where smeared with lavender too. “And now it’s time for you to get cleaned up.”
“Why?” Athena asked.
“Because you’re covered in paint young lady, and you do not need those dots. You look pretty enough without them.”
“But you and Mu have dots!” Athena protested. “So why can’t I have dots too?”
“Does anybody besides Mu and I have dots?” Shion sighed. “There something you have to be born with.”
“But I want to have dots!” Athena shouted. “I wanna be like Shion and Mu!” Shion winced.
“You don’t have to be like us Athena. You’re a very special girl, and have no need of dots to make you that way.”
“I want dots, I want dots, I want dots!” The goddess wailed. The Pope thought quickly
“Athena…if you be quite and be good for the rest of this week, I’ll let you go with Aiolos and Saga when they go to Athens.” Athena stopped and looked at him.
“Really!?”
“Really. But only if your are a good girl and take a bath, quietly. Can you do that?”
“Yep!” His goddess smiled up at him and Shion smiled back. As he carried her toward the bathroom he couldn’t help but wonder why she was so much more difficult than Mu was at this age.
And another drabble, this time set in the same reality as Dots...
Title:Names
Author:plantress
Word Count:280
Characters:Little Athena, Aphrodite, Deathmask
Summary: Athena has a question for 'Dite and his friend Deathmask.
“’Dite, ‘Dite!” Someone tugged at the Pieces Saint’s cape. He turned around.
“Yes Lady Athena?”
“Why do you have a girls name?” The little goddess asked. “Shion was giving me lessons an’ he said that Aphrodite was suppose to be a girl. I though you were a boy.”
“I am a boy.” Aphrodite said patiently. “Aphrodite isn’t my real name, I jus think it’s beautiful so I use it.”
“Oh.” Athena stopped and thought about it, then turned to Deathmask, whom Aphrodite had been talking with moments before. “But Deathmask isn’t a pretty name, so why do you use it?”
“Because I hate my real name. Deathmask sounds better.” The Cancer Saint growled.
“No it doesn’t.” Athena frowned. “It sounds scary, an’ your not scary.” Deathmask looked very much like he would like to show the little goddess how scary he really was, but he knew better than to try. He knew what would happen if he did anything to her, and he didn’t need Aphrodite’s warning look to remember that.
“You need a new name.” Athena said suddenly looking at Deathmask.
“His real name’s Angelo.” Aphrodite said quickly, knowing what kind of names a little girl would think sounded acceptable.
“Angelo.” Athena repeated as Deathmask gave an inarticulate snarl and looked ready to lunge at the Picese Saint. “I like that better! Why don’t you use it?”
“I….don’t…like…it!” Deathmask said slowly, trying to control his temper.
“Well, I do.” Athena said firmly. “So from now on, your Angelo.” The little goddess turned and skipped away.
Aphrodite took one look at Deathmask’s face, stammered and excuse, then ran down the steps of his temple, the Cancer Saint right behind him.