Shattered Covenant

Why was Chrno so committed in protecting Rosette? Could there be a deeper reason for it? And Aion has a special present for Chrno... What is it? Well, just read if you want to find out! (-)v

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"Chrno… Chrno…" a familiar voice called him, "We're going to see each other again…"

"Who are you?"

"You'll know…eventually…"

Before Chrno could respond, he wakes up… It was just a dream. "What was that? It's so…strange…" he said to himself.

"Chrno… Chrno… Are you awake?" asked Rosette outside Chrno's room.

"Yeah, I'll be out in a minute."

"Okay."

After arranging himself, Chrno went to Rosette.

"Rosette, do you need something from me?"

"Oh, yeah. It's our free day today, so I just thought if you could accompany me…?"

"Sure! It's okay. Where are you planning to go?"

"Um, I would like to go to Seventh Bell…"

"Are you sure you want to go there?"

She nodded, "I want to visit my friends there."

"I see, let's go."

After an hour, they finally arrived at Seventh Bell. The two entered at the same time. Rosette sauntered around the place while carefully looking at her childhood friends who were still petrified. Chrno noticed that she was beginning to feel sadness.

"Rosette, do you want to go now?"

"Eh? N—No…"

Then they suddenly heard an explosion.

"What was that?!" said Chrno.

"It came from outside."

The two hurriedly went out to see what that was… Then they saw a silhouette of a man that was standing in the middle of the smoke that was caused by the explosion. Shortly, the smoke cleared and they saw who that was.

"AION?!" exclaimed Chrno. Seeing Aion again truly surprised them, "W—What are you doing here?!"

Aion remained quiet. Rosette took her gun and pointed it to Aion. "Go away!! I—I'll shoot you!!" threatened Rosette. Her hands were shaking while she pointing her gun. But she tried to suppress her fear.

"What do you need?!" shouted Chrno.

Aion grinned, "You two needn't to shout. I'm just here to give Chrno a present."

"Present?! What are you talking about?!"

At that moment, Chrno and Rosette noticed that there was someone hiding behind Aion. Then a young woman slowly came into their sight. A beautiful lady… A young woman that Chrno once knew…

Chrno's eyes widened, "M—MARY?!!" he was speechless. A word wouldn't come out. Questions instantly flowed into his mind: Why is she here? I know she's dead. Am I seeing the real Mary or is it just an illusion? How did she become alive? Why is she with Aion?

"Mary? Chrno, you know her?" asked Rosette.

Chrno couldn't answer Rosette. He doesn't know what to tell her. He was bewildered. He couldn't even move.

"Chrno… Isn't this the perfect gift for you?" said Aion with an evil smile.

"Chrno…" called the young lady.

"Mary…" The two looked at each other's eyes. "Is that really you?"

"Hey, what's going on here?" asked the puzzled Rosette.

Aion chuckled quietly, "You'll know it when the time comes… It'll be interesting to see your reaction…"

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That's all for now… Thanks for reading… I hope you enjoyed it… I'll answer some questions next time… ('-')v Please look forward for the next chapter!