Another life to lead

Disclaimer: I don't claim any of the characters and such.

A/N: Thanks for clicking on this story. It's my first, read on.

Prologue part 1: Judgment day:

It was the last stop of the train, that much Rosette Christopher knew. That and she was dead. She didn't see Chrono anywhere, but that didn't matter; it meant chrono had lived and she wanted him to be alive but…her heart ache every time she thought she would never see him again, never see the twinkle in his eyes as he smiled at her, never hear him laugh or say her name again, just never seeing him again. But he would be alive right now and he would be living until his time came, then, she didn't doubt, he would definitely go straight to heaven. What she DID doubt however was where SHE was going. After all she HAD given her soul to chrono, she HAD made a deal with a demon. And today? Today was HER judgment day, she knew.

As rosette walked off the train and unto the plank she looked up and saw saint like characters rushing around checking on the souls as they got off the train. Suddenly one was in front of her smiling kindly. "Rosetta Christopher?"

"Yes?" she answered, startled

"I am here to escort you to the waiting room for judgment, most everyone else here is to go straight to the judgment hall. C'mon"

She obliged but with one question on her mind, which she voiced awkwardly. "Um…why do I have to go to a waiting room…and…what exactly do I…do."

"Oh. I'm sorry I should explain," the saint like character said, then without turning around grabbed her arm and pulled her to follow, finishing his sentence with, "well, you are quite a special case and God has already decided on your sentence. However you have to wait to hear it because the others that it includes are not here yet. On such occasions as these is what the waiting room is for." He finished pulling open a door to reveal a cozy room with a table in front of a fire place, around which were three coaches. Around the room there were also randomly placed chairs.

"Make yourself comfortable for the time being. When the other is here I will be back to get you, it won't be long now." He assured her, again smiling kindly at her, then turned and left closing the door behind him.

Who was the other one involved rosette wondered to herself, and what was the sentence god had already decided on for her, without even letting her plead her case.

It was sure to be a horrible punishment though, whatever it was, she thought sitting herself down in one of the comfortable coaches in front of the fire and table. Well she would deal with that it when she came to that bridge. However…I wonder how chrono's doing she thought to herself before sinking into sleep.

………

She awoke to the gentle knocking on the door. Just before it opened to reveal the saintly character who had brought her to this waiting room.

"Hello? Oh good, you are awake. Anyway, it's time; the other one is here." He ended softly, which scared rosette a little.

"Um…who exactly IS this other person that is involved?" she questioned nervously playing with her thumbs, "and…why won't god…listen…to my plea…before he sentences me?" she finished on a note of frustration and helplessness.

The kindly figure smiled reassuringly and told her, "Those things I can not reveal to you yet." Not answering any of her questions or making her any less anxious.

She followed unwillingly as he led her down the empty hall to a pair of tall white double doors. He knocked on them once and the doors opened revealing a meticulously clean white hall at the end of which was a table where sat several holy looking beings.

Three chairs were empty. One at the head of the table and two across from it. The saintly character who had brought her here took the seat at the head of the table and gestured for her to take one of the seats across from him.

Rosette stared open mouthed and surprised. "You…you mean…you're God?" she paled. She had just been personally picked up and escorted by god, and, she paled further, she had just questioned his righteousness.

He smiled amusedly up at her. "Of course." He answered, then looked at the doors behind her and softly said, "Look behind you Rosetta."

Rosetta slowly turned to watch the doors behind her just as everyone else was.

The double doors opened slowly to show another saintly character standing in front of someone else. As he stepped away Rosette thought she was hallucinating as she saw a crown of dark lavender hair frame a dark toned face with brilliant crimson colored eyes. Rosette stood abruptly from the seat she had just taken, "chro…no?" she whispered as tears filled her aqua colored eyes and spilled over, before she could stop herself she was running across the great hall towards him hoping and praying that she wasn't hallucinating, that he was really here, with her.

Chrono looked at the saintly guide who had brought him here. It was his judgment day; he knew he was probably going to go to hell. With all the things that he'd done he would definitely be going to hell, he just hoped Rosette wasn't there.

His guide slowly opened the giant white double doors revealing a white hall with a table on the other side of the room.

As the guide stepped away he saw a pair of unbelieving ocean blue eyes look at him then stand up, tears now spilling freely down her face as she rushed towards him.

He opened his arms to embrace her and was reminded of their last moments on earth together; how he had found the church, how tears started streaming down her face as she looked at him, then her rushing towards him like now, how he had opened his arm just like now to hug her, to hold her as she breathed her last breath, then lay cold in his arms as he shuddered with tears streaming down his face as he waited to join her.

But she was here now and in his arms again, if he could he would never let her go again; when she'd died in that church leaving him alone for the hours that had separated their deaths' he felt he had truly just understood how much he loved her and if he ever saw her again there was NO WAY he would let her go again.

God smiled fondly at the girl and demon before him, he had never seen a pair like this love each other so deeply. Especially a demon, which made his decision seem more so like the right one to him.

Prologue part 2: The sentence:

Chrono and Rosette were now seated properly at the table across from god. Rosette holding tightly onto Chrono's hand, whatever the sentence was she knew she could take it, she had Chrono right here and that was all she needed right now.

God spoke, "Chrono, Rosette, I know of your past. How you, Chrono," he regarded chrono and chrono stiffened, "slayed a hundred million of your brethren. Then how you fell in love with the saint Mary Magdalene and betrayed your brother, ending with you hornless and 'asleep' in Mary's crypt. Where Rosette and the apostle of hope, Joshua I believe, found you. After which Aion returned with your horns and kidnapped the apostle Joshua. Leading to you two making a contract, and joining the order, am I correct?"

They both nodded dubiously.

He smiled warmly then continued, "Well then judging from your actions," they both blushed as he continued quite amused now, "I think I have made the right decision. Your sentence…" chrono and rosette awaited eagerly for him to finish. "…your sentence is…a second chance." he finished looking at the two before him, saying they looked shocked was quite an understatement.

"Wh…what?" rosette asked finally

"Well there is a reason if you'd like to hear, and a kind of hitch." He continued watching their reactions carefully. "Of course" they urged him on.

"The reason I choose this, and believe me this is not done often, hardly at all actually, is because chrono, as much as you have sinned you have also done almost the equivalent of that with your good deeds, and unselfish thoughts of others. And rosette even though you had made a pact with a demon, you did it for a noble cause, and you never used his powers against the world, rather you used that pact for the greater good of the souls on earth. Even though you did all that, both of you, that still doesn't change the fact that you have made some unforgiveable sins. Which leads to where we are today, when I heard of all the good things you two have done and all the bad things too, and I found that you, chrono, had betrayed and killed your own brother for two humans, I figured you could have a chance at redemption. All the sins of your life as the sinner chrono, the ignoble one, the betrayer, will be forgotten and you will be judged on your 2nd life and how you lead it. Same goes for you too, rosette."

"a sec…second chance…" chrono whispered softly to himself

"yes, it's YOUR second chances, but second chances only come once," God warned them, "and you haven't heard all of it yet. There are slight hitches,"

"what are they? We will still be together, right? Me and chrono?" the words rushed out of rosette's mouth before she could stop herself.

"well…that's one of the hitches, you two will have two chances to meet in this next life but what you do when you meet is quite up to you, if you don't realize who each other are then you will have missed both your second chances of meeting. The other hitch is how you will look, rosette, you being a human soul, you will have some minor changes to your earthly body, such as hair color, eye color and such. Chrono on the other hand will have not changed so much, him being a demon and all, he will change though; he will look more like he does in his human guise, without the pointed ears, and slitted eyes most likely. But other minor things like his hair color and eye colors will not change. Also because you two have fought so hard to find the apostle Joshua he will be reborn as your brother again, to make up for all the time you two have lost together. And as for Azmaria she will also be reborn with you as someone related to chrono. You two will have to wait a while longer but their time is almost up, and they'll be here soon. Then I will explain some of this to them, they can choose to either stay here or go with you, and when they have chosen what they want to do we'll send you on your way back to earth. Oh, and when you are reborn a hundred years or so would have passed on earth."

Rosette and Chrono sat unwilling to believe what they had just heard finally, "Are you for real?" rosette asked the, "What would have been your other sentence for us?"

God smiled patiently to the girl and answered, "of course, I wouldn't lie about this. And your other choice would have been to burn in eternal hell, but that didn't sound fair as you two have done so much in my name. it would only be fair if I gave you a second chance to prove who you are, before making the final sentence"

"Now rosette, would you take chrono and kindly show him to the waiting room you were in, you are to stay there too of course."

Rosette obeyed the order and chrono followed. As they left chrono turned around and looked at God, "Thank you for this." He whispered

Again God smiled and waved for them to leave.

……

They were back in the waiting room. Rosette sat across from chrono watching him as he slept she was afraid all of this had been a dream, that if she looked away from him for even one second he would simply vanish into thin air leaving her behind. She moved to sit on the floor next to him and closed her eyes as sleep once again claimed her.

Chrono opened his eyes slightly. There was a light weight on his lap but he didn't notice, he had just had the most wonderful dream and rosette was in it, they were both given second chances, she wasn't going to hell and he wasn't either, yet. How he wished it had all been real, then rosette would be in his arms again, and this time he would never let go. His hand was unconsciously patting something and he finally noticed there was something or rather someONE in his lap. He looked down, oh god; it hadn't all been a dream. Rosette was here with him. And she asleep with her head on his lap as she kneeled on the floor. They were really given second chances he realized as tears started to overfill his eyes and fall.

PLINK

A drop landed on rosette's cheek. Groggily she wiped at the wet stain on her cheek as another fell upon her; she looked up to see her demon, her chrono crying. She slowly sat up and moved her fingers to dry his tears.

He looked down at the fingers wiping away his tears, caressing his cheek. He followed the fingers to the arm and then to her face, she was smiling with tears down her face too. "Rosette." He whispered her name softly, afraid that if he talked any louder she would disappear on him again. She nodded. "You're here, you're really here." He whispered again. Tears again began to cascade down his face like the Niagara Falls as he pulled her in for an embrace.

Yes, she was here and so was he, they were together again and waiting for Joshua and Azmaria. She hadn't had the chance to tell him how much she loved him when they were in the church, now she could, and she did, "chrono…I love you" she whispered over and over again into his ears as he pulled her in for an embrace and tears continued down his face until she was sure he had heard her.

"I…I love you too" he whispered back his voice breaking, "I…didn't understand how…much I loved you…until you were…gone…and I realized…I hadn't told…you…and you might've…never known." Fresh tears filled his eyes as he thought back.

"I was so…afraid…I would never get to tell you that I loved you, too." Rosette whispered back, face now in front of his own, wiping away the fresh tears, caressing his cheek, and rubbing his ears in an attempt to calm him down and stop his tears. She had never seen her demon companion cry, and now she didn't doubt he was crying harder then he had ever since Magdalene. She tilted his head up just a bit, he was in his full demon form with his wings folded behind his back, vertebrae like tail tucked between them.

Chrono looked up as Rosette tilted his head up, finally noticing their close proximity. Watery ruby colored eyes widened as ocean blue ones closed and pulled him in for a soft, chaste kiss then pulled away.

That had stopped his tears, for the time being anyway. Rosette thought to herself smiling.

KNOCK

KNOCK

KNOCK

Rosette jumped at the sudden noise; "come in" she called pulling herself up to sit next to chrono still embracing him.

A young angelic character with folded white wings stepped into the room. "They're here. God sent me to get you, I trust your stay here was pleasant?" she asked looking at the demon who was being held in the nuns' arms protectively. An odd couple indeed thought the little angel to herself.

"yes, thank you" answered the blonde girl standing up and pulling the demon up with her.

"let's go then. Your brother will be happy to see you, so will the other apostle." She stated simply, leading them out of the room.

They were in front of the hall again, except this time the doors were open and they could see two figures just sitting down at the table.

They walked in, as they saw god whisper something to the two figures, who immediately turned around, jump up turning their chairs over and started running towards them, the blonde boy shouting, "Rosette, Chrono " simultaneously with the silver-pink haired girl just behind him.

Rosette couldn't stop the tears as they started rolling down her face again, honestly she didn't expect to cry this much after she died. Today she probably cried more then she did in her entire life put together, well not counting when she was a baby. She could feel chrono gently brushing away her tears as Joshua and Azmaria finally reached them. They were both instantly pulled into tight hugs by Joshua, and softer hugs by Azmaria.

"Did he tell you? You don't have to go with us if you don't want to." Rosette asked.

"What?! You think I wouldn't go with you?! Me and Azzy are coming with you no matter if you want us to or not, right Azzy?" Joshua stated, happily holding onto said girl's hand.

"Of course we are Rosette, don't even think otherwise." Azmaria mock pouted at rosette, sticking out her lower lip childishly. Chrono and Rosette laughed at the expression, it had seemed like so long since they'd seen Azmaria do that.

Joshua and Azmaria exchanged a knowing look, it had been so long since they'd heard either of the two friends in front of them laugh, it had been so long since they'd last SEEN them, it was wonderful to have them here in front of them, laughing, and smiling and not have it just be a memory of them doing such things.

……..

The angel that had brought them to the hall was now leading them away and towards a door she said would take them to be reborn again. Usually only angels walked through that door to be reborn.

So here were the facts of what was happening, rosette thought to herself:

1) she, chrono, Joshua, and Azmaria were going to be reborn again.

2) She and Joshua were going to be reborn as twins, while Azmaria and Chrono would be reborn as close cousins.

3) They would each get 2 chances to meet

4) They were all being reborn as normal humans (no special powers)

5) Their looks would change somewhat, but Chrono would still probably have purple hair and such.

6) Their second lives would be what they made it and they would be judged on it

7) They would unconsciously remember their past lives (meaning they would remember their past life through their dreams)

8) their second lives wouldn't be much longer then their first lives and they'd die in pretty much the same way they'd died before

9) Their ages would be different, Chrono two or three years older then Rosette and Joshua and Azzy one or two years younger then Rosette and Joshua. And…

10) They would all keep their names, meaning that their names wouldn't changed

Yep they were getting their second chances, and Chrono wouldn't be going to hell, but neither was she. She would make sure to remember Chrono so she could find him.

"Rosette?" Chrono whispered to her, they were close to the door now.

"yes?" she answered

"what if…what if I…forget…about you, or don't recognize you." He whispered softly, scared he would forget about her, then they would never be together again. And she only had a limited time if he forgot they would probably never see each other again.

"If you forget me," Rosette said softly back to him, "I'll still remember you. I promise I won't forget, I'll look for you and I'll make you remember me, ok?" she finished smiling reassuringly at him.

"o.k." he said smiling back a little to show he trusted her promise. He wouldn't forget either not if she remembered him.

The little angel opened the door and gestured for Chrono to step through. He did, then was followed by Rosette and Joshua stepping through together, and Azmaria following shortly afterward with a thanks to the angel who had guided them here.

On earth in the span of about five years they were conceived and reborn.

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A/N ok that seemed pretty long. What do you think? Please review so I know if I should continue. And let me remind you, this is my first story, so be nice.