Disclaimer: I do not own Chrno Crusade, its characters, or storyline/plot in any way. I only claim the idea of this story and the story itself.
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Hey guys! Sorry I haven't uploaded anything lately; I'm having a big writer's block, and can't really get back into the flow of the story without rewriting it. D: I think that's what I'll have to do.
Anyway, another story occurred to me during church (huzzah!), and I didn't really try to plan it because then it would come out horrible. (Not really). So… I'm just going to wing it for a bit until I kind of develop a plot. Bear with me guys!
WARNING: There is mild language here… I found it to fit so I couldn't help it D:
Anyway, enjoy my first upload in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. C:
"Leave me alone!" a small girl cried. Her ocean blue eyes were ready to let tears fall, but she did her best to hold them back, refusing to cry in front of the boys.
A group of boys were surrounding her, teasing her, pulling her hair and skirt. "What's wrong Rosette? Where's your loser brother?" The boys laughed, feeling superior to the young girl.
"My brother isn't a loser!" Rosette said, rubbing her eyes. "He's a better and smarter person than any of you dumbos will ever be!"
"What did you say?" One of the boys said, even though the whole group heard perfectly well what she said. Another boy pushed her, and they all took turns pushing poor Rosette around. She eventually fell to the ground, not bothering to hold back tears.
Just then, a boy with light blond hair ran to Rosette's side. "You dumbasses should leave Rosette alone!" he said, not bothering to be careful with foul language. "She didn't do anything to you!"
The boys' rage grew more, and they charged at the boy, knowing that they couldn't hurt a girl, but they could hurt a boy. The blond boy didn't bother to negotiate, and launched equal attacks, managing to dodge them all and hurt them in the process.
One of the boys tried to kick him, but the blond boy managed to avoid it. Another boy of the group, however, took advantage of the moment and swung a fist at the boy's turned head. A hand grabbed his wrist though, stopping the punch.
"All of you, stop," a cool voice said. Everyone turned to look at a boy with purple shoulder-length hair. His crimson eyes pierced fear into the group of boys. They all began to run, one yelling back to them, "Next time, loser, we'll get you!"
The blond boy stuck his tongue out at them. "Yeah, right!" He turned back around to see the purple haired boy comfort a crying Rosette.
"Rosette," the purple haired boy said, "are you okay?"
Rosette nodded, wiping her eyes of tears. "They…. They were making fun of Joshua… I… I tried to tell them that Joshua is a good guy, but then they started teasing me and making fun of me."
The purple haired boy looked over to the blond boy, and then the blond boy sat next to Rosette. "Rose, you don't have to defend me, I can fight my own battles, even though I don't know how it started." The purple haired boy punched him on the arm. "Ow! Um, but thank you for thinking of me anyway."
Rosette looked over to him, and smiled. "You're welcome Joshua."
Joshua looked over to the purple haired boy. "And thanks Chrno, for helping me out there. I would've been knocked out if it wasn't because of you."
Chrno scoffed. "You should've come to get me first before running head on into a group of bullies."
"But they were being mean to Rosette!" Joshua said in defense. "I wasn't going to just leave her there any longer!"
"Alright, fine," Chrno said with a sigh. "But try to at least call me next time, okay?" Joshua nodded. "Okay then, ready to go back inside Rosette?" Rosette nodded and stood up. She grabbed Chrno's hand before he could begin walking. Chrno looked back at Rosette, wondering why she grabbed his hand.
"Um… thank you," Rosette said quietly with a slight blush. Chrno smiled, and began to walk on into the orphanage, holding Rosette's hand all the way in.
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"You three are always in trouble!" Ms. Jean yelled at Rosette, Joshua, and Chrno. "Can't you, for once, just stay put and away from any trouble?" Rosette seemed to try to shrink and hide away from Ms. Jean's yelling, while Joshua was just smiling, and Chrno just sat there with his hands behind his head. Ms. Jean sighed. "Really, you three, I know you can't help it, but at least try to be good."
"But we do try, Ms. Jean," Joshua said. "It's just that everyone is out to get us in trouble, when it's really their fault."
Ms. Jean nodded. "Yes, I know Joshua. But that's why you just ignore them. Don't let them get the best of you."
Just as Joshua was about to say, "Easy for you to say," Chrno said, "Excuse us, Ms. Jean. We'll try harder not to get in any more trouble. Now, if you'll excuse us, we have to get ready for dinner."
Ms. Jean was left speechless. "Um, yes, of course. You are dismissed." With Chrno leading, the three left, but before closing the door, Rosette said, "Sorry for the trouble Ms. Jean."
Ms. Jean sat down into her chair, rubbing her temples.
Those kids, she thought. Why do they have to stand out so much? Especially…. She thought of Chrno's crimson eyes, staring right at her, almost as if he were looking into her soul. She shuddered. That boy can not be normal. But at least it seems he's happy with those two, she mentally sighed. Perhaps they can keep him out of any real trouble.
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After dinner, the three kids went outside to their hideout, a small cave they found at the edges of the orphanage property. A tree was right in front of the cave, hiding it from anyone who passed by.
Rosette sat in her spot, a wooden chair Chrno had made her a while back, and began to read a book. Joshua challenged Chrno to various small games, like rock paper scissors, or tic tack toe. Chrno usually always won, with the occasional victory for Joshua.
Sometimes if Chrno or Joshua was tired, Rosette would just read part of her book to them. One time Joshua fell asleep, leaving Chrno to carry him back to the house. Rosette offered to help him, but Chrno said he could handle it.
"I wonder why those boys call you a loser Joshua," Rosette said, still feeling a bit bad about earlier that day.
"They're probably jealous," Chrno said, looking over Rosette's shoulder at the book she was reading.
"Jealous of what?" Joshua asked. "We all live in the orphanage, without parents, money, or even simple pleasures or luxury. What could they possibly be jealous of?"
"Despite that, you do have a simple happiness," Chrno said, sitting next to Rosette.
"And that would be…?" Joshua started.
"Friends," Chrno said with a smile. "We're always together, laughing, joking, playing; they're jealous of the happiness we get just from being friends."
"But don't they have friends?" Rosette asked. "They're always together too."
"They're probably only together because they're all jealous of Joshua or something. They probably don't have anything in common with each other at all."
Rosette looked down. "Poor guys…"
Joshua scoffed. "Don't show sympathy for them! Did you already forget what they did to you? All they did just because they didn't like me?"
Rosette looked up at Joshua. "So? Everyone deserves a friend to talk to, or at least someone they can get along with!"
"But they do get along," Chrno stated.
"They get along by hating me!" Joshua said with a laugh.
Rosette sighed. "That's not what I mean!"
Chrno patted Rosette's head. "We know what you mean Rosette, but we can't do anything about it. We can't even get close to them without them making fun of us or going off about Joshua. They don't deserve anything until they learn to stop acting like babies."
Rosette looked down. "I guess you have a point Chrno…"
"Besides," Joshua said, rubbing his finger under his nose. "We're going to be together for a loooooong time. Either they'll have to get used to it, or continue being jealous of me."
Rosette smiled. "I hope they get used to it, or Chrno's eyes will eventually have no effect on them from saving you so much!"
"Yeah- Hey!" Joshua yelled with a smile.
The three friends broke out into laughter, cherishing the simple moment.
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The next day, a couple came to the orphanage, looking to adopt a girl and boy. They saw nearly all the kids, not being able to decide on any, but when they saw Rosette, Joshua, and Chrno, they instantly wanted to adopt Rosette and Joshua.
Ms. Jean hesitated, knowing the three were inseparable, but she finally agreed to let them adopt the siblings.
The three friends all locked themselves inside Rosette's room, refusing to come out. They refused to be separated, even if the future parents were the best parents in the world. Ms. Jean had told the parents to go and come back later during the night. When the three finally fell asleep, Ms. Jean sneaked into the room, being careful not to wake them. She was able to carry Rosette and Joshua out, placing them on the sofa, their things ready to go.
Their new parents came. Ms. Jean let them take them to their car, and when they were done, the drove off the property with the siblings still asleep.
The next morning, Chrno waited outside Ms. Jean's bedroom until she came out. When she did, she was startled by the boy, who seemed to be glaring daggers into her heart. As scary as the boy looked, she saw sadness in his eyes, and then noticed the boy's eyes were a bit red and swollen.
"You… were awake?" Ms. Jean said to Chrno. He didn't say anything, but instead looked away and walked down the hall into Rosette's old room and slamming the door shut. He didn't come out for lunch or dinner, but nothing was heard inside the room.
Yay! Chapter one, done! :D
This chapter was confused me because I was trying to make them OOC for this chapter. I think it worked. xDD;
I usually would probably stop chap. 1 after the fight, but I decided to just make one long one, or rather, one longer than usual. xD
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed. R&R :D