37 – Vengeance
Long after the war with Galaxia is over, Seiya learns the story of the Moon Kingdom, and the soldiers resurrected to avenge its fall. She learns of the princess, the girl she loves, who stood in the snow and struck down that which destroyed her former home.
And it haunts her.
Her home was destroyed. She faced Galaxia and did nothing.
The thing about vengeance is it requires hope. It requires belief that you can right the wrong, or kill the wrong, or even just make yourself feel better for a moment. Seiya never believed any of that for a second.
She believed she would die, if she faced Galaxia. In the end, she was prepared to. But she never tried for more than that. She watched as others died, as others made wild, long-shot attempts to defeat her.
Sometimes, she hates Haruka all the more for her stupid, suicidal gamble.
She hates that she wasn’t the one to try it.
She hates that when the moment came, she did not take up the sword, she did not dive in for the kill.
Seiya stays awake at night, knowing that she gave up. She can no longer call herself Fighter.
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