Chrono: a better ending this time?
Lina: yes, a better ending then the anime and manga. Hehe. So yes, it picks up right after the fight with Aion. I hate his guts, so I will not have him in here, except maybe in flashbacks. Lol listens to castle in the air good song.
Chrono: saeko chiba is az!
Lina: I know! It's funny. But yeah, here it is!
Chrono Crusade: New Life
Ewan Remington stood over two chambers that were made of glass. They were lying on the floor of Elder's laboratory. There were two people in them, Rosette Christopher and Chrono. They were lying awake but looked like they could fall asleep any minute. Chrono had been badly injured from the fight with Aion. Rosette still had the stigmata, and she looked overly exhausted.
"Now I will begin the process. Are you sure you want to do this? You may be in a lot of pain," Remington asked, holding a clipboard. Chrono looked over to Rosette, she looked back. They both nodded.
"Yes, any pain is nothing compared to what we went through these last four years," Rosette replied. Chrono closed his eyes. He remembered Mary and how he wished she could be here right now. He would never want to replace Rosette, but if there had been a process like this in the past... The process was designed to reverse the contract, to give Rosette all of the life that Chrono had used, but to also turn Chrono human. Such a process had never been tested before, according to Elder, but it was the only way. The two were dying. If they did not do this now, no one knew how much longer they had to live. Ewan sighed as he started flipping switches. The tanks filled with a gel-like substance, but the two were able to breathe. Sister Kate and Elder came in and closed the door behind them.
"Will it work?" Sister Kate asked. Ewan nodded.
"It should if these two cooperate," he replied. Rosette winced, expecting there to be pain right away. It took awhile, then she could feel a strange tingling throughout her body. Chrono started to feel sharp pains in his sides. He called out, making Rosette turn her head quickly to him. "You must stay still, this process can only work if both people are in sync," Ewan yelled. Rosette went back to her original position. Chrono's eyes shot open, his whole body stretched out suddenly and was stiff. He screamed. Sister Kate had to cover her ears. Tears filled Rosette's eyes, she was in pain, but nothing like what Chrono was going through. After a few minutes of him screaming, the pain faded. The machine stopped for a minute and Rosette's side opened. The gel disappeared through the tubes again that were connecting the chambers to the panel. Rosette slowly sat up, she realized that Chrono wasn't getting out.
"Why isn't Chrono's stopping too?" She asked. Ewan looked at his clipboard.
"The process takes longer for him, since he has to transform into a human. Devils normally stay devils until they die," he replied. Rosette quickly got out of the tank but then fell on her knees next to Chrono's. He opened his eyes slightly and smiled.
"I'm... fine..." he said, barely able to talk because of the mind numbing pain that was shooting through every vain in his body. Rosette couldn't stop the tears.
"What would happen if we stopped the process now?" Sister Kate asked.
"Chrono would most likely die. In his condition, stopping the machine would only harm him more," Elder replied. Rosette gasped.
"It's okay... continue," Chrono whispered. Rosette put a hand on the glass. Ewan sighed and flipped the last switch on the panel. He then put a blanket over Rosette's shoulders. Chrono winced and tears formed in the corner of his eyes. Rosette had never seen him cry before. She then started to cry. Azmaria knocked on the door. Rosette went to answer it, Az saw the heartbroken woman before her and gasped. Rosette fell into the girl's arms.
"Chrono... Chrono is..." she started. Az gasped again. She even started to cry.
"Don't worry, the process is going as it should. He's becoming human," Ewan said, looking at the monitors on the panel. Chrono kept wincing, but held back the screams and tears, he did not want to scare Rosette more. His ears slowly shrunk, they became normal sized, but were still a little pointed. The gel started to dissipate and sink back into the tubes. He was still in pain, his body was stretched out, almost as if someone had poked him with a large needle. Rosette went over to him and helped him sit up. He was still wincing.
"I don't... feel any different, besides the pain," he said quietly. He then saw Rosette's worried face and smiled slightly.
"The pain should pass within the next couple of days. You will have to rest and keep eating to keep up your strength," Elder stated. Rosette helped Chrono out of the tank and he was also wrapped in a blanket. He started to walk but fell into Rosette's arms. The pain was too much. He could not take it anymore, tears streamed down his face. He clutched on to Rosette, who also started to cry.
"It's all right now. Everything's going to be all right. We can live together until we're old," Rosette said, quietly. Sister Kate smiled and left with Azmaria and Elder. Remington helped the two to a room that had two small beds in it. Rosette first helped Chrono into the left bed and then she got into the right. They both had robes on now. Chrono winced as he sat up a bit. Remington helped him.
"Thank you," he said to the Minister. He smiled.
"I feel responsible for this, so please, if there is anything that you two need, don't hesitate to ask," he said, Rosette smiled and blushed a little.
"You saved our lives, why would you feel responsible? We are grateful if nothing else," Rosette stated, also wincing. She held her head to stop the dizziness.
"But I... put you through so much pain, I wish there had been another way of doing it," Ewan said, looking down. Rosette smiled again.
"Don't worry about it. We're both strong, right Chrono?" She asked, looking over towards him. He was already fast asleep. Sweat ran down his face and he was also a little red, but because of a fever. "It looks like he has a fever, could you get some water?" Rosette asked, keeping her voice down. Ewan nodded and left. Rosette sighed and her mind started to wander. Would she really live to be old? And what about Chrono? Is he really going to stay a human? Then she slowly closed her eyes, and began to dream about her brother.
"Sister, help me," Joshua called out. He was lying on the ground just outside of the Magdalene Order Branch. Rosette was torn, also lying on the ground. Blood was streaming from her hands, feet, sides and forehead. She looked around her to see if Chrono was around, but she could not see anything. "Sister," Joshua called again. He was also bleeding badly and the horns had been ripped from his head.
"Joshua... I'm here," Rosette said, it felt like she didn't say anything at all. Then she heard nothing. She realized that Joshua was gone. She started to cry and pull herself over to him. She slid through the pool of blood that was surrounding her brother. "Joshua! Joshua say something! Please..." she started. There was nothing. "No!" She cried and slowly brought her hand up to Joshua's face. It was cold, there was so much blood. Rosette screamed.
She jerked up in bed, and then fell back down again. Ewan stood up quickly from the chair he had been sitting in.
"Rosette, what's wrong?" He asked. Tears fell down her face. Ewan went over to the side of the bed and sat down. She leaned on to his shoulder and sobbed. Chrono opened his eyes slightly and saw the two. He clutched a fist and grew angry at this, but did not say anything.
"My brother... is dead, isn't he?" She asked. Remington looked down.
"I'm sorry. We could not do anything for him. I... only got there in time to save you two," he replied. Rosette backed up and stared at him for a minute.
"You mean you could have come sooner and rescued Joshua too? Why didn't you? He was my brother! Yes, Aion turned him against me, but he was still my..." she started yelling. She had been hitting Ewan's shoulders with her fists but he hugged her tightly.
"I'm sorry. I wish I could have. Please forgive me,' he said. Rosette winced.
"No, I can't. How can I? You could have... you could have been there," she muttered. Ewan was shocked. He let Rosette go, his eyes were shadowed over. He got up slowly and walked out the door. Rosette fell back on to the bed, face first into the pillow. She cried herself back to sleep. Chrono was angry at Father Remington for keeping something like this from her, something that could have saved his friend. He then felt the pain coming back to him and closed his eyes as well.
"I wish I could do something for the one I love," he thought as he drifted off to sleep.
Lina: wow... this fic is going to be amazing! I can't believe how much I like it so far. I hope everyone does too! And no, I don't hate Remington, I love him. He's hooooooot, I wish he was shown more in the anime and manga. Hehe.
Ewan: Why are you being mean then?
Lina: Oh, u know, just being the usual evilness that I am.
Chrono: that's not nice.
Lina: lol Don't worry, everything will be worked out later on, or will it? Will their relationship ever be the same again I wonder? Hehehe.
Ewan: runs off crying
Lina: aww, I made him cry. Lol I'll comfort him later. Well, review ppl! Tell me what you think!