Author's note: This is my first Chrno Crusade fic, so please bear with me sheepish smile I have chosen to use the original spelling for Chrno's name since it gives the name a unique character. Ok on with the story. …
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Chrno Crusade …
Suspended
-Another mission gone wrong-
It was early before sunrise when the young exorcist was called to Sister Kate's office. 'Why me! I didn't do anything wrong this time, doesn't that old hag need any sleep' thought a very sleepy Rosette. As she entered the office Sister Kate was going through some papers while Father Remington was looking out the window.
'Ah! Good morning, Rosette!' said the head-nun.
'Is it?' groaned the young blonde.
'Well, we've got a very important case on our hands. The police have just contacted us, it seems that a priceless artifact is missing and we have reasons to believe that demons are involved, you'll find the details in this folder, now please hurry'
'Got it! Anything else?' said Rosette cheerfully
'Yes, you should go by the Elder's lab, he said he's got some new kind of weapon for you to try out'
'Oh yeah!' and with that she ran out of the office not even careful not to wake up the whole convent.
'That girl is just too eager for her own good, Lord please keep her from destroying the whole city … 'prayed Sister Kate. Remington chuckled.
'You're not helping …' she scowled
'I know, just have a little faith in her, I'm sure it'll be alright … this time' he reassured
'Somehow that doesn't convince me' Sister Kate sighed. She knew that every time Rosette went out on a mission, no matter how easy it was, large property damage would occur, and it just got worse whenever the Elder gave her a new weapon. When Rosette got the Gospel she crashed a cargo ship into Liberty Island, the when she got Spirit a demon attacked the Order's headquarters. She frowned … 'This better go well … for her sake'
Outside …
Rosette ran to the lab, approaching she could make out a small form happily sleeping on the bench just outside the Elder's cottage … that had to change she thought grinning. She then slowly crept up on her unsuspecting victim … put her mouth near his ear and
'WAKE UP CHRNO!' she yelled. The young demon jumped at his contractor's wake up call, he still couldn't understand why she always had to yell like that.
'Geez, what do you have against a good night's sleep! And you know … I wake up easily with a poke' he mumbled, not completely awake. He was still wondering what had gotten his contractor up this early, usually he was the one to drag her out of bed.
'We've got a mission!' she squeaked 'and you're so happy about that!' he thought 'And Sister Kate said the Elder's got a new weapon for me' she was jumping of joy 'oh no'
'I hope the city will survive' he stated. Rosette glared at him…
'You might wanna watch what you say' she said giving him a noogie
'Ow, ow! Ok, sorry let's see what it is' he chuckled.
They slowly entered the lab, surprisingly it was dark inside. Surely the Elder was up to something … 'where is that old man … something's wrong' but just as the thought left her head, something peeked from under her dress
'Perfect view!' chirped the Elder
'Damn you, perverted old man, why do you always have to do this?' she yelled starting to punch the man. Chrno sweat dropped … it was always like this. The Elder would try to look under her dress, got beaten to a pulp and then they'd go on with their business. After the fight ended, Rosette began
'So, ummm, what do you have this time?' The Elder shoved a strange looking object into her face
'I call it the Holy Hand Grenade, you simply use it like a regular one, only when this explodes a massive amount of holy energy is unleashed, sending even the most powerful of demons to the ground' he grinned.
After getting the usual supplies of ammo and the Holy Hand Grenade the two exorcists headed downtown, where the demons were said to be.
10 minutes later …
'Rosette watch out for the … 'too late, the car crashed into one of the polls in front of the building. This was usual whenever Rosette was behind the wheel. They came out of the car and ran straight for the building. It was dark inside but they could still make out the wrecked rooms and objects, they slowly began to go upstairs when a loud 'whack' was heard … then howling … and more battle sounds.
'There are at least two demons here … or three, I'm not sure, but they're low class ones so it shouldn't be problem, right!' Chrno grinned and winked at her
'Yep!' smiling she nodded 'Not with us here!' loaded her gun and ran upstairs with Chrno right behind her. When they reached the top, Rosette stared at three demons fighting over what seemed to be the artifact mentioned in the case folder. The artifact was said to be holding some sort of energy that would triple a demon's power, so the sight before her wasn't that much of a surprise. At first the two went unnoticed by the fighting demon's, that of course until Rosette started shooting.
'If they're low class demons Sacreds should be enough', she yelled. Chrno threw a couple of bottles with holy water at the demons, they howled in pain. Just then Rosette hit one of them straight in the horn, which turned the demon into ashes. But before she could react another sent her to the floor.
'Rosette!' … she wanted to shoot the charging demon, only to find her gun jammed. Luckily Chrno managed to get in its way, but unfortunately the other opened the artifact.
'Just die!' shouted Rosette as she threw the grenade. The last thing she saw was a very bright light before darkness took over.
20 minutes later
'Rosette are you ok?' Chrno asked, tears forming in his eyes 'say something!'
'Chrno! What happened, where am I?' she started to get up but soon regretted it, when she felt a sudden dizziness break through her head. She collapsed in his arms. Blinking and trying to clear her vision she slowly got up.
'Whoa, whoa … take it easy, you're outside. You blacked out because of the artifact's power. Shortly after you threw the grenade both its power and the artifact's kinda combined and well … there was a sort of an explosion … then …' he trailed off. Rosette quickly looked behind her only to see not one but two whole buildings completely destroyed.
'Oh no! I'm gonna get scolded again, but … but this isn't MY fault … it was that grenade … why does this always have to happen?'
Back at the Order …
'What … AGAIN!' Sister Kate was raging mad. This was the last straw. 'Sister Rosette! This was supposed to be a relatively easy mission, and yet somehow you manage to wreck two buildings AND the Order's car … again. How come every time you go on a mission the Order's budget has to suffer, not to mention the buildings and cars? What's wrong with you … or is it because of that … demon! ' she spat out that last word.
'It's not Chrno's fault, and this time it wasn't my fault either, you see …' she was cut off
'No more excuses! You are suspended from work for a month so I want you and that partner of yours, off the convent's grounds immediately'
'But! … Where should we stay?'
'For one month that is NOT my problem! Now off with you!' the head sister was fuming, she even cut off Father Remington when he wanted to cool her down. 'Now at least we'll have peace and quiet … one whole month … at least' she thought, even though she knew this wasn't right, that young girl always made her lose her temper … always.
Rosette stormed over to the bench where Chrno sat peacefully. She grabbed his arm and drag him off to her room.
'Come on, we've got to pack, that old hag suspended me for a month … and she wants us out right away' she yelled
'What, a month! Where would we live … for a whole month?' the young demon asked
'She doesn't care, I don't know …' her voice was trembling as tears started to form in her eyes. The Order was her home, even though she didn't have many friends, but this has always been her home, and now what … she gasped as Chrno pulled her into an embrace, stroking her back softly.
'It's ok, we'll find something … we'll find something' he whispered into her ears. He had no clue of where to go or what to do, but he just couldn't bear seeing her crying over anything. He'd find something.
It took them about fifteen minutes to pack, then, without saying a word to anyone, they got into one of the cars and took off.
Later that day…
Azmaria was worried, there had been no sign of Rosette or Chrno all day … and this was just too weird. For the Past couple of hours she's been asking everyone if they had seen either of them. The answer was of course the same … nobody has seen them. She decided to go ask Sister Kate surely she would at least have an idea regarding their whereabouts. There was a knock on the door.
'Come in' answered the nun
'Umm, good evening Sister Kate' said the young apostle
'Ah, good evening Azmaria, what brings you here?'
'I was wondering if you knew where Rosette and Chrno are, I've been searching for them for the past couple of hours and I'm quite worried …' the nun's face darkened 'Sister Kate, are you alright?'
'Oh yes Azmaria … I'm sorry to say but I had to suspend Rosette … she and Chrno left this afternoon'
'What, why? Where did they go … and … and when will they be back' she asked, her voice trembling. Her friends left … tears were filling her eyes.
'I'm sorry Azmaria, but I had no choice, Rosette's destruction has reached the end of my limits … so I had to, suspend her for …' she trailed off, this will surely make the young apostle break into tears '… a month …'
'A month …' Azmaria was just standing there, in shock, a whole month without Rosette and Chrno … that was just unbearable.
To Be Continued
Author's Note: well, that's it for the first chapter, I'll try to write more on the next … until then please review!