I do not own Chrno Crusade, merely the DVDs.

A/N: I'm going to say this now; the only language I know is English. If you decide to read anything past this point then you'll know why I said that.

Chapter 1

Rosette looked around her to make sure that the preparations were complete. She checked one last time to make sure that the runed circle at her feet showed no error, that the candles were placed in their exact locations. Months of preparation had led to this moment and failure was not an option. After all this was the only thing that could once again reunite her with her brother.

Thinking of her dead brother Rosette's grip on the old pocket watch in her hand tightened. The scratched and dented item would be the sign of their contract together, if the spell worked that is. Shaking her mind free of negative thoughts the girl clutched the watch even harder, pressing the cold, glass face over her heart. Soon Joshua we will be together once again, and when we win this war you and I shall stay together forever.

Licking her suddenly dry lips Rosette inhaled deeply and began the first incantation. "Von den Tiefen von meiner Seele bitte ich um die Treue von einem geborenen mit weißen Flügeln und einer heiligen Anmut."

Quickly she bent down and laid the pocket watch in the very center of the circle. Almost as quick she pulled out a thin dagger from the folds of her dress and with the slightest wince of pain slid the blade over her index finger. She let but one drop of blood drip from the small cut onto the face of the watch. The watch face flared to life as it started to glow and its hands started to rotate. The lines around her started to glow and soon the runed circle around her glowed with a bright white light that matched the same light coming from the watch face.

Rosette once again straightened up to complete what was left of the spell. "Lassen Sie diese Uhr und mein Blut ist das Zeichen von unserem Vertrag. Offenbaren Sie jetzt sich mein treuer Wächter!"

With the last word of her spell the light of the circle and watch face suddenly turned red and the tame flames of the five candles around her grew to her height. Almost instantly after, the glow of the lines disappeared and the candles went out. Rosette felt tired, like the spell had drained most of her energy. She carefully tucked the dagger back into its sheath and wearily retrieved the pocket watch from the floor. It no longer glowed with the light from moments ago, but now the hands moved instead of staying still like before.

Rosette attached the watch to the loss chain around her neck and let it bounce to her chest. The only thing Rosette had room for in her tired thoughts were if the spell had worked. Her question was answered by a loud crash coming from somewhere else in this large mansion.

Her exhaustion temporarily forgotten, Rosette ran from the room towards the source of the crash. The girl pushed opened the old oak door to the room just beside the one she previously occupied. Inside, just beyond the reach of light from the hallway, kneeled a shadowed figure. She swallowed nervously. "Joshua? Is that you?"

The figure stood up and walked into the light. Rosette gasped, partly in astonishment, partly from grave disappointment, and stepped back. The figure revealed himself to be neither her wanted brother nor even an Apostle. What stood before her was a demon.

Why? Why am I once again conscious? In this… place that shouldn't be possible… And what is this feeling I have? Warmth…pulling me towards itself… And… light? Is that light? Here in this… nothingness, this void…why is there…light here? It has been… how many years since I've seen light? How many centuries? It does not matter… time has no meaning here… but this light and this warmth… it has been so long… This force… it's bringing me closer… I can't stop it… do I want to stop it? No… Anywhere is better then here… Take me away, whoever you are… and I… shall be eternally grateful…

Chrno opened his eyes to darkness, yet this darkness was different from his supposedly unending torment. This darkness was normal, merely an absence of light. The darkness he had spent nearly three centuries in was worse. That darkness represented all of his fears and doubts, all the guilt and all the sadness. Now he was free of it and he made up his mind to serve his savior until one of them has stopped living.

The door to this dark chamber was slowly opening and Chrno was ready to receive his new master. To his faint surprise the person to walk through that door was not what he had expected at all. It was a young girl, 16 years of age or so, with golden locks of hair falling around her face and wide azure eyes. She wore a tattered blue dress with a small knife hanging from her waist and an old pocket watch lay gently against her chest. Chrno stared intently at the ticking object. He could feel a bond between her and himself flow through it.

"Joshua? Is that you?"

It appears she was expecting someone else. Chrno thought to himself, slightly amused. It looks like I was released from my prison by the mistakes of this little girl.

Smiling slightly Chrno straightened up and stepped into the light. He heard the girl gasp and saw her move back. Fear maybe? That would be understandable in these circumstances.

Chuckling to himself quietly Chrno moved closer towards his new master, but with every step forward that he took, she would take one back. This went on for a second longer until the girl's back hit the wall behind her. Before she could run down either direction of the hallway Chrno closed the wide gap between them until only a body's breadth of space separated them.

"St-stay back! I'm warning you!"

She fumbled with the hilt of her dagger but before she could draw it Chrno grabbed her hands with his own and pulled them away from the weapon. He could feel her fingers tremble against his palms. Strange how my Master should fear her own Servant.

He got down on one knee and bowed his head down. "My name is Chrno and I vow to serve you, my Master, for as long as there is breath on my body and I vow to protect your life even at the cost of my own. I shall be your Servant as long as you or I may live or until you have no more need of my services." He then planted a soft kiss to the back of each hand before letting them go.

To the demon's relief the girl pulled away slowly, showing that she no longer feared him or at least feared him less. It would have been inconvenient if his Master ran away whenever he got close. He stood up straight, all 7 feet of him, and looked down at his Master. She looked back up at him, her wide azure eyes showing no more fear but filled with curiosity.

"Wow you're really tall."

Chrno suppressed a sigh. If he had been summoned here because the war had once again started, then their chances of winning seemed miniscule.

Well that's it for the first chapter. I wanted to write more, but didn't feel like it. Anyway, if someone out there actually bothered to read this then review for me. Or not, its your choice really.