The sphere of energy had fully dissipated after integrating with Koga and the others. They tried to summon all of their will power and cosmos in order to show Sapphire and everyone how they have grown. For Koga, his cosmos was pure white in color (he cannot invoke the cosmos of Abzu at will). Aquila’s had a bluish green color. Souma’s has a fiery red color. Eden’s contain a monstrous purple color. Ryuho’s cosmos contain a calm yet ferocious blue color. Haruto’s contain a grayish black cosmos full of mystery.

  Awakening the 7th sense forcibly had some side effects to the newest generation of young Saints as they are still not used to their new found powers. They would have to train hard in the next couple of weeks in order to get used to it. Fortunately, they still have at least a year’s duration to get stronger (or so they thought).

  The Hero Avan made his way to the top most part of Sanctuary where Athena Sapphire was standing, bathed in Gold light. They spoke with each other in their consciousness (same with a voice transmission using Ki/Chi, Cosmos used by Saints or mental telepathy used by ESPers). “I’ll get to work in setting up the Minakatoru in layers. For your newly awakened Deity/God powers, you should be able to handle 5 layers” said Avan. Afterwards, he began to setup 5 layers of the Hero Star using Orichalcum and other precious materials. A look of ease could be seen on Sapphire’s beautiful face after the 5th layer was finished.

  Meanwhile, back in the graveyard, Kuro was being guided by the Yin-Yang Sagitarrius Cloth (YYSC) in awakening his 7th sense.

  “You have the innate talent of a Gold Saint and you have already progressed so much” uttered the consciousness of the YYSC.

  “In just a week, you were able to defeat these zombies, pushing your level to 20.”

  “Indeed, you have the same tenacity and willpower as Aiolos back then and you won’t experience any bottlenecks during the breakthrough of your cosmos” said the consciousness.

  “With my aid, you will get stronger and one day you can enact your revenge using your own hands!”

  “Raaaaaa!!!” with a loud shout, Kuro was able to condense his cosmos of dark and gold, shaping an aura of Yin and Yang (similar to an avatar) on his back. It took him only a week to reach the 7th sense without the aid of others.

  A notification rang in Kuro’s consciousness.

  “Cosmos Level, Initial Stage of the 7th Sense!”

  “At last, 7th Sense!”

  With a thought, Kuro focused his left eye this time, and it turned into scarlet black. He was able to see his stats easily.

  “At last, I am now at the Silver Saint Level and I can now leave this damned graveyard!”.

  “You can now wear the YYSC at will. You just have to channel your cosmos and indicate in your consciousness that you want to equip the YYSC.”

  With his eyes filled with determination, Kuro willed the YYSC to be donned in his mind.

  “Ding! Yin Yang Sagittarius Cloth fully equipped!”

  “Since you have fully equipped the YYSC, additional stats have been added to you due to your ‘title’” said the YYSC.

  “Let me teach you a little about titles.”

  “Saints of Athena usually have 3 or 4 titles which were either bestowed during birth or earned during the course of life.”

  “If you have not earned a title, you can view it as ??????.”

  “It seems that upon awakening your cosmos to 7th sense, you were granted a chance to earn a new one.”

  “Let’s take for example your title ‘Seiya’s Nephew.’ Since you have this title, when you fully donned the YYSC, you were granted an additional 20% increase in your stats.”

  “This is on top of the 20% bonus stats provided by your other title ‘The Revenger’.”

  “Hence, more titles, more bonuses. But be careful, some titles can provide you a minus in stats instead of a plus.”

  With a nod, Kuro indicated that he understood the words of the YYSC in his mind. He then looked into the far distance as he still saw numerous undead.

  "I'll clear my way out of here then!" he muttered.

  Author’s Notes:

  

  
• Koga’s Dark Cosmos still has not awakened in this timeline even after Abzu’s defeat.


  
• Forced Awakening of the 7th sense and above has numerous side effects to wit:
  
    
  
  
    
  1. The Saint/s will have to train to grasp the new power.
  
  
    
  2. The Saint’s cannot fully control their cosmos at the beginning.
  
  
    
  
  
    


  
• Cosmos, Chi or Ki, Holy Powers, Vampire Powers and the like are similar.


  
• Most characters can communicate via Voice Transmission in this story.


  
• Kuro has the same level of talent as Aiolos (the former Sagittarius Saint).


  
• Upon powering up to Half-A Step to 8th Sense, Kuro will have his level and stats doubled.


  
• Greece is covered by the Cosmos of Gods and Deities, thereby disallowing entry to evil/undead forces.


  
• In a sense, a half-a step to 8th sense attack is 10 times more powerful than a fully powered attack from an Advanced Stage 7th sense attack.


  
• Kuro has limits for the YYSC Most Powerful Attacks/Arrows (usually limited times per day/has 24 hours cooldown per cast).


  
• Similar with Kuro’s first awakening to the 7th sense, although Koga and the others can invoke it, they can only do so in a few breaths of time. They still need to train in order to fully master their powers and permanently invoke the 7th sense in all of their attacks.