Missed You
A Chrno Crusade fanfic.
By: WonderingHeart
Summary: (Slight AU) When she was 14, Rosette and Chrno went different ways, eventually forgetting all about each other and their past friendship… kind of. Now, two years later, Rosette begins to have constant dreams about a certain devil. How will she react when the demon of her dreams shows up in real life, and it's gone completely insane?
Rating: PG-13
A/N: I'm making this a slight AU because, even if there aren't any cowboy Rosettes or intergalactic Chrno policemen, there have indeed been some changes in Daisuke Moriyama's genius plot. For instance; in this fanfic there has never been a Contract, Chrno never lost his horns, and Rosette joined the Magdalene Order after she and Chrno went their separate ways, thus making both Father Remington and Sister Kate, as well as the rest of the Order's members, completely oblivious of Chrno's existence and therefore his past relationship with Rosette. Now, on with the story…
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Really, I don't.
Chapter 1: Forgotten Memories
It was a chilling December night, and Sister Rosette Christopher, a sixteen year old young exorcist at the Magdalene Order, was having a rough time trying to sleep. Every few minutes she would awake from appalling dreams, her body covered in cold sweat, only to see that there was no demon; no creature to crawl out of the depths of hell, crying out her name in despair, trying to take her away with him. But her horrifyingly vivid nightmares kept telling her otherwise.
It had been nearly a month now since Rosette first began to have these unusual dreams. Nearly a month without sleep, her body and soul drained of all feeling of tranquility in the Order, her heart telling her that this was not to be her home, to go back… But, the question always was: Back where?
She had been pondering upon this matter for a long time now. Somehow, this place and the people who lived here, the people that had so generously welcomed her and given her shelter, they didn't feel like a home. They had given her a new sense of hope after having wandering aimlessly and without a home around the streets of New York all alone; but that same feeling of hope had been replaced by the numbness of despair ever since those dreams began. Someway she felt this place and this people prevented her from coming back home; only she didn't have a home, at least not a real one, or had she simply forgotten?
Yes, she had forgotten. She had forgotten the demon in her dreams, but, again in her dreams, he had come back to her. Just as she was sure, as she had strangely hoped, he would come back to her in the world of the awake.
Why haven't you come?
…Chrno?
Chrno. Somehow that was his name. The name she had used to call him in her dreams; the dreams that so suddenly and easily became a nightmare when she watched him part to never return. Never… Until now.
Now Chrno was bound to return, her dreams a certain premonition of fate. At least that's what she told herself, what she believed, what she had faith in.
The alarm clock rang, and Rosette grouchily got up. She had not had a single decent night's sleep in nearly thirty nights, but she had her obligations as an exorcist and she couldn't just carry herself away from such a responsibility for such a trivial matter as lack of sleep. So she silently brushed her teeth and got prepared for the day, which would unquestionably be full of boring chores and the unnerving scolds from Sister Kate.
"Sorry I'm late, Sister Kate." Rosette said once she got to the nun's office. She had unknowingly taken much more time sleeping than what she had thought and, subsequently, had been late for the daily assignments so she had to go to the Head Nun's office to be assigned. This routine usually made the Sister very angry, but this time, apparently, it was a different case.
"Sister Rosette…" The elder nun seemed to be having trouble controlling her temper. "We need you to get to Central Park as soon as you can… There has been a demon sighting there, but all other units have already been sent elsewhere."
"B-but does that mean I'll have to go solo?" Rosette asked. This would be the first time in her life in the order to have a solo mission; usually she went either with Father Remington (she drooled at the thought of his name) or with one of her exorcist friends. She was more excited than afraid, of course, but she couldn't help but suspect that this mission alone was meant to be some sort of punishment for not arriving to the daily assignment on time.
"I am afraid so…" Sister Kate replied. She was more worried with Central Park's safety in general than Rosette this time, and with obvious reasons: this girl managed to break havoc everywhere she went, even when in company of Remington, and they all knew how good an exorcist Father Remington was. "This is merely a poltergeist, Sister Rosette; I trust you can manage this… without destroying our beloved park, that is."
"Hey! It's not my fault those dumb demons won't stay still when I shoot 'em! I'll do well, you'll see!" And with a slam in the door, Rosette was gone.
And somewhere, near the city, a demon was regaining consciousness once again.
"Rosette…" The devil whispered. He could have sworn he had heard her nearby, screaming his name. Damn that woman! It wasn't his imagination, she was teasing him! How dare her? He'll show her! He was a demon, after all. Stupid bitch should know better than to fool around with the killer of thousands…
No, he couldn't do that. He could never hurt Rosette. His beloved Rosette… She was everything he had on his mind lately. When did he meet her? He couldn't remember... Had he even seen her before? What if she didn't even exist? What if she was only something he made up in order to humor himself in his loneliness? No! She had to be real! He couldn't bear to live without her! He needed her, he needed Rosette. And he would not settle for just thinking about her. Not anymore…
He made up his mind. He would go and find her, no matter what. He needed that girl, and he will have her, whether she liked it or not.
Chrno stood up and got out of the cave he had made into his most recent den. He would head to the city, Manhattan. There were plenty of humans there; Rosette should be living there as well. And if not, well, at least he'd have fun killing those stupid little pests, so it was worth going there anyway. Chrno released his wings and flew into the air. He would be in the city in a matter of minutes. How would his Rosette react to him? He wondered. Would she be happy she would be with him again, or would he simply have to force the happiness into her? Chrno licked his lips as he somehow hoped it would be the latter; he loved teasing humans, and Rosette might just not be an exception. Not that he would ever kill her, of course; just make her suffer enough to make her be sorry for ever leaving him.
Back to Rosette…
"I hate Manhattan." Rosette bellowed as she not so gracefully parked the Order's now beat up car in a sidewalk, hoping not to get a ticket for this. Finding a good parking spot was such a hard task in the city nowadays, anyway! So it was their own damned fault!
She heard a rustling sound, and saw a humongous boulder fly her way. Fortunately, she had been able to block it just in time. This was definitely one very mischievous poltergeist. And not -by any means- the good kind of mischievous. This one was bad. Very, very bad.
Rosette heard Sister Kate's voice coming out of the car's radio at the same moment that the poltergeist tried to harm her again, this time with a falling tree, but this time Rosette was prepared. She shot her Sacred Spirit directly towards the point where the tree seemed to have been cut, and the poltergeist was forced to regain its visible form. The weird, ghost-like creature emitted a loud and agonizing shriek as it vanished into thin air, leaving Rosette both surprised and relieved to see that she had not caused any damage in this mission at all; that is until she noticed where the tree the poltergeist had cut had fallen… The Order's car.
"NOT GOOD!" Was the only thing on Rosette's mind.
A/N: Ok. First of all… OMG! I can't believe I made Chrno so evil! Squeals with happiness XD I've always wanted to do that! Anyway…. On with the Author's Note!
This is my story so far. Review if you like, don't review or flame me if you don't. I won't add any other chapters until I have at least two good reviews (that means flames don't count. I'm not a self-loathing masochist, for God's sake!), just to make sure that people are reading –and liking- this story. I think it's silly when you go on and on adding chapters when you don't get even one lousy review… Anyways, hope you guys liked it! Was it original? (I got this story from a daydream in math class. They were with two other different characters from my own -unpublished- manga, but at the end I thought "Hey! This would make an awesome Chrno Crusade fanfic!" and here I am.) Also, this is a bit of a SPOILER, so don't read if you don't want to be tipped on what will happen next in this story; but if any of you guys ever read any Full Demon InuYasha/Kagome Angst and Romance fanfics (they're obviously fanfiction from the great InuYasha manga/anime, just in case you don't know), this is kind of what I'm going for. Not the whole rape thing, though… Unless you guys want it to be that way, or I feel like it will improve the angst, then I will try; but the main idea is the whole Chrno going insane part. I'd like that. A lot. Drools Insane and freaky Chrno. (I'm weird, aren't I?) So anyways, Read and Review! (Note: I'm not begging for reviews, ok? Heck, keep your reviews if you don't want to send them! That'll be fine by me; NO CHAPTERS FOR YOU! BWAHAHAHAHA!).
Other Random Stuff:
In case you didn't know, this will be a Chrno x Rosette fanfic. Not a Stella x Chrno, not an Azmaria x Chrno, and definitely not a Joshua x Chrno x Aion love triangle; but a Chrno x Rosette fanfic, with very slight and unimportant references to Rosette's more-than-obvious crush on Remington.
Also, please be aware that me speak English as a second language, my first one being Spanish, so if you notice any spelling mistakes or "inglish" mistakes in general, please bear with me. Please!
And I forgot to warn you! You guys know this fanfic is rated angst, right? Well, when I say angst, I mean ANGST. That means no feeling sorry for the reader/characters and try to make some lousy attempt at humor (unless I feel like it or it won't intervene with the overall angsty plot, that is), and no trying to make up for too-angsty chapters or story bits; got it? Good.
Oh, and yeah, as a totally unrelated matter, I don't know what else to add!
I'm just trying to make this story a bit longer… There'll be more words that way!
I blab too much… 'Til the next chapter entry! ;)
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