4)  Hanshin no shokuzai
     The Redemption of the Half-God
     La redenzione del semidio

The first hour has already finished, when Milo enters Athena's room and kneels down in front of the goddess:
"Athena, any problems?"
"Yeah."
"I felt that someone invaded just now."
"Thank you. There's nothing to be worried."
"We're against the pioneer of Hades. I must be cautious." Milo insists looking around.
"Milo, the invader is not the enemy. He is our good comrade who comes to protect the Sanctuary..."
"Who the hell did it? I've no idea."
"He is...that guy." Athena explains vaguely.

[The Redemption of the Half-God]

"What? He?" an alarmed Milo asks "You mean he is still alive?"
"Yes. He is protecting the Gemini temple."
"Gemini..."

Meanwhile, in the third temple, Saga, Shura e Camus are in front of the the Gemini Cloth, as it happened to the Bronze Saints some months ago.
"I didn't expect the he's still alive." Saga comments.
"Who is he?" Shura asks.
"Moreover he dare occur before us." Saga continues.
"His Gemini Cloth was yours. Do you know who he is?" Camus asks.
"He is the one who seduced me to commit a crime... Leave it to Saga. You go first!" Saga orders.
"OK! The Gemini was used to yours. Stay here and mourn a little while."
"Stop that. Go!"
"We're leaving, Saga!"
Shura and Camus run away, while Saga speaks to his former cloth:
"13 years ago... You disappeared from that rock prison which no one could escape. I thought that you'd been punished and died."
"You're supposed to be punished, Saga." the cloth replies.
"What?"
"When your ambition of killing Athena and occupy the Sanctuary was destroyed, you chose suicide for punishment, didn't you? Now you became button man of Hades again and want to kill Athena again. Saga, you're born of bad guy!"
"Shut up! Who taught me to be evil? And you must hate Athena all your life like me." Saga beats again, expanding his cosmo "Who let you stand here with Gemini Gold Cloth? Answer me now!"

Meanwhile, in Eastern Syberia, a falling star appeared.
Hyoga puts some flowers on his mother's the iced tomb. He still has a binded-up eye because of the previous battle against Isaac.
"Mum... The ship mum slept sank in this deep sea. I haven't come to see you for a while. Are you lonely? Now I can break through whatever deep dark, but I don't care the power if I couldn't see mum. Mum, my teacher and my friend. I'll pray heartily for your unreplaceable spirit forever, so long as Hyoga is alive. I'll be in the ice field of Syberia forever, forever..."
Suddenly, it appears another falling star, interrupting Hyoga's thoughts.
"Again, I felt that there're unusual cosmos in Sanctuary again and again! What's the matter with Sanctuary?" he exclaims.
"You don't need to know that."
Three caped men appear behind Hyoga.
"Long time no see, Hyoga. In order to beat down you, I revived from Underworld."
The threes put down their cloaks, revealing their identities.
"How can it be possible?" a shocked Hyoga exclaims.

In the Sanctuary, the dialogue between Saga and Gemini Cloth continues...
"Who approved that you could stay here?" Saga asks.
"Of course it's Athena."
"Athena forgave your sin, didn't she?" Saga says with depreciation.
"Saga, listen."
There is a flash back about Kanon imprisoned in the rocks. Then, the is an image of Athena praying and the Main Pillar of Poseidon.
"Athena saved me from death for several times. In the sealed palace I saw her cosmo and her sovereign love when she erased my evil thoughts. I sweard that I must fight for the righteus Athena. Whatever evil guy can never step an inch to the Gemini Temple." spiega Kanon (we have understand that it his Kanon, isn't he? What disgusting speach...).
"Not an inch? Didn't Camus and Shura step in?" Saga stimulates.
"Really? What? The Gemini Temple had ever been a labyrinth for the power of its protectors."
"What are you saying? Can't it be..."
"Camus and Shura will never step out. They'll get lost in the labyrinth designed by me and will never go out." Kanon explains, while Camus and Shura are running through white and black corridors.
"I understand your determination to protect here, but you took on the Gemini Cloth to devote to Athena at this time. That's so funny! Your heart has been contaminated with unerasable dark. No one knows it better than me. I must expose your false loyalty! Once I beat down you, the labyrinth will disappear! That's 'kill two birds with one stone'!"
The two saints expand their cosmo, ready for the battle.
"I'll take away your mask and see your face that I haven't seen for 13 years!" Saga attacks first with a little energetic sphere, that hurts the Gold Cloth. The helmet falls down and, with surprise, Saga shows that the cloth is empty.
"Do you think that you can cheat me with such trick?" Saga insists. This time, all the cloth falls, confirming tha fact that it's empty.
"What? What the heck is this? I see. It's illusion. Say... Kanon... How long do you still want to imitate me?" Saga comments, expanding the cosmo again and getting ready for a secret move "It's a pity that no matter how... you just can't win me! Wherever you go, I can strike you deadly!"
Galaxian Explosion is thown at the maximus power and, from the third temple, runs towards the last temple at the top of the mountain.

Athena's room are shaken because of the blow.
"Please stay here." Milo orders, while enters the next room, where the blow has perforated the pavement.
"The cosmo from Gemini... has such a mighty power. No one can do it except him. Saga, I always feel that you're are that cosmo, right?" Milo thinks "And... you are Kanon, Saga's younger brother, who wants to fight with Saints so that Athena forgives you and let you stay in Gemini!"
Kanon is down suffering, while Milo approaches.
"Saga is really the so-called 'Soul of God'. The illusion in the labyrinth can do nothing to him." Kanon explains.
"Fortunately your wound is not seriously. Please get out! Even if Athena forgave you, the Gold Saints won't believe you. Disappear from here right now!" Milo orders.
"No..." Kanon is getting up with hard work.
"I'll teach you a lesson if you stay here."
"Sorry, I can't leave. I must stay here and fight."
"Then I'll be your first opponent. I don't like to see faction any time. I'll spare no effort to drive you away! The time is nearly up. We can't waste time any more."
Kanon remains motionless, with closed eye.
"You really won't leave here?"
"Right. I've come to protect Athena."
"Are you kidding? You intended to use Poseidon to kill Athena and all the innocent people on the earth! Who would believe such a guy like you?" Milo is getting angry and throws a Scarlet Needle at Kanon's foot, as adverising blow "I'm telling once again. Get away if you don't want to die!"
"Come off it! I won't leave until I destroy all the inveders."

"Then eat my attack... Scarlet Needle!" Milo teleports in front of Kanon and hurts him.
Kanon withdraws and falls down.
"Though the wound caused by it is a small as small as a needle tip, the suffering is unimaginable. It feels like the instant spread of strong poison of scorpio in your body."
Milo throws simultanely two other needles, hitting Kanon on the chest and pushing him on the pavement for some meters.
"Anyone caught by my Scarlet Needle will have two kinds of fate: either spirit collapsed or body died. Before the 15 stars of Scorpio go into your body, it'll turn out. Kanon, which one will you choose? Spirit collapsed? Or body died?"
Milo hits Kanon twice again. Kanon, every time he manages in getting up, falls downs.
"Strange. Why didn't the guy defend? He seems to be ready to suffer my Scarlet Needle. I can feel the strenght of Kanon. It's almost equal to his so-called strngest big brother. If he defended, I won't be at ease. I may be defeated if I was careless. Why...?" Milo thinks, while Kanon is getting up with hard work "Can't he..."

Meanwhile, in Syberia...
"You are Specter?" Hyoga asks.
"With the power of Mr. Hades, we must kill you here today." Babel answers.
"We'll be kind to send you to meet your mother in the freezing sea." Moses continues.
"Why not attack after he gets ready?" Misty adds.
"He isn't our opponent even if he take on the Cloth." Babel answers him.
"Who was beaten completely by the little brat before?" Hyoga replies.
"What?"
"You betrayed Athena for a trivial thing. Your cosmo is dirty all over!" Hyoga exclaims, putting down his coat and expanding the cosmo "The powerless cosmo isn't the opponent of Hyoga at all!"
"Shut up!" the three exclain, running towards the enemy.
They attack him one after the other, but Hyoga avoids them and gets ready for a secret move.
"Go to the hell!" they scream.
"Aurora Thunder Attack!"
The blow shakes them with an explosion of ice. The fight is over. While another falling star appears, Babel whispers his last words:
"Hyoga, you're stronger. We can set our heart at rest and hand over Athena to you."
"You..." Hyoga turns himself to Babel, who dies in a short time "We must go to the Sanctuary as soon as possible!"

Milo is astonished in seeing Kanon getting up again.
"Milo, what's up? Again I can tolerate it even if the 15 stars was strucken into my body. I must not be frustated now. Neither I can die."
"Why?"
"It's an effort to let Athena forgive me. I can't die without killing one enemy! Come on. Milo. Just go ahead!"
"Is it for the purpose of penance his sin... that he suffers my Scarlet Needle kill?" Milo thinks "Good. Let's see how long you can stand it! 15 pricks of one perfect strike. How can you deal with it?"
Milo attacks hime with 7 needles.
"Milo!" a worried Athena interrupts.
"Athena. You shouldn't stay away the room. It's too dangerous." Milo tries to make her silent.
"Milo, what on earth are you doing? Didn't I say that Kanon has thoroughly rectified and decided to help us? Can't you see whether he is kind or evil?"
"Now, listen. Even if you forgive him, I, Aioria, Shaka and Mu... No... all the Saints won't forgive him."
"Milo..."
"How much suffering he has caused! Even if he thoroughly rectified, we won't believe him or take his life as a proof."
"It can't..."
"Athena, I'm OK." Kanon says with his face on the ground.
"Stand up, Kanon!" Milo screams "Let me see whether you can stand the last 3."
"Come on, Milo!" a suffering Kanon answers.
Milo throws two other needles and Kanon screams because of the pain.
"Kanon!" Athena cries.
"The wound is starting to bleeding like water." Milo explains "Your consciousnee will be lost with the blood till you have no feeling. You must suffer the last strike if you want to penace. That's the ultimate Antares! Antares will decide your death no matter how! Right. That's all. All are..."
"Milo, you..." Athena is worried.
"Accept the deadly Antares!" Milo screams, throwing him the last blow.
Milo perforates his chest with a finger and goes away impassible, whila Kanon falls in a lake of blood.

"Athena. I feel that the cosmo of the Specters is more and more close." Milo says while he kneels down "I must go back to the Scoprio Temple. Forgive me."
"Wait. Milo. You're leaving Athena to the enemy?" Kanon is still alive.
"I didn't see any enemies but our comrades. Gold Saint, Kanon of Gemini, it's you."
"Milo..." Kanon starts crying and tears rain cats and dogs.
Milo exits from the room.
"Athena." now tears have stopped.
"Yes." she answers him smiling.
"The last strike of Milo wasn't Antares. He helped me stop bleeding. What he did so toilsomely is to make me the real saint fighter and be accepted by others." Kanon explains with a weak voice.
"Yeah. I see. Either Milo's mood or yours..."

Meanwhile, Milo is walking thoughtful towards his temple:
"Life can start again. But... Kanon... after the tough saint fight, you and me may not survive. Probably only in such a flash we can understand each other."

Meanwhile, Shura and Camus are out of the third temple.
"We ran away from the Gemini Temple."
"Camus, what's wrong? It seems like circling around."
"Yeah. I'm afraid that we may lost in the labyrinth of the legend."
"Because the illusion was disappeared, we escaped. That means..."
In fact, after a while, Saga appears.
"Saga, did you finish the protector of the Gemini Temple?"
"No. I just give a strike to change the present status."
"We can't understimate the guy." Shura comments.
"Yeah." Camus answers.
Even though he has passed the third temple, Saga is thinking:
"That guy... Kanon took place of the to protect Gemini Temple. I've never dreamed of that..."
"Saga!"
"It's OK. Next, it's the fouth one, Cancer. Go!" Saga answers, but there tears from hie eyes.
"Kanon, you really give up evil and return to good and fight for rightness. I'll be waiting. Your action is the best proof." Saga continues thinking.
The three start running .