Virgo Shijima

Like Shaka, Shijima is known as the ManClosest to God. He has heightened psychic sensesand spends a lot of his time meditating. Shijima was thefirst to perceive that the goddess Athena from modern timeswas traveling back to the 18th century. He, along with TaurusOx and Capricorn Izou, were there to greet her when she landed at her shrine, but when the dust settled, they saw that she had reverted to the state of an infant. When the Pope arrived he assured them that he'd take care of her and sent the Gold saint away. Shijima wasn't so sure. He sensed that was wrong and stock around long enoigh to catch the pope tryingto kill the defenseless goddessWhen Shijimajumped in to protect her, Pisces Cardinal showed up. The Popetold him that Shijima was a traitor, but Cardinal said this washighly unlikely, because Shijima had the strongest sense ofustice of the Gold Saints. He then shot a deadly BloodyRose at Shijima, catching him completely by surprise.While Cardinal and the Pope weretalking, Shijima escaped with baby Athena.