Soar Into The Sky. Ch. 2

A/N: Hey guys! Thanks to all who read this! This is the first read chapter. The first one was really a prologue. This is seven years into the future. Enjoy!

Dedication: I know it's a little late but I just found out...this is dedicated to my friend Moni-chan! Whatever happens just be strong, we all believe in you! 3

Chrono: Go Moni-chan!

Des fleuves tachés s'élèvent au ras du sol

Des peintures sous la peau, des symboles

Se révèlent à la lune sous sa lueur foetale

Et diffusent en silence les rayons qui dévoilent

Les danseuses filiformes qui s'évanouissent au vent

Et se moquent de nous jusqu'à s'en mordre les dents

Jusqu'à s'en mordre les dents

Sad day, sad day

Laissez les civières

Sad day, sad day

Flotter sur nos rivières

Lyrics to Sad Day by Kyo

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Seven Years Later in New York. Chronos POV

Sixteen year old Chrono Tsubasa ran down the empty streets of New York City. It was a few hours past midnight. His chest burned and his lungs screamed for air. Close behind him was two older boys.

"Leave me alone!" Chrono yelled back to them.

"Give us back what's ours!" the tallest boy yelled.

"No! You don't need it!" Chrono yelled. In his hands he tightly held a bag of food and other items.

"It's our food! Give me back my food or we'll be forced to take it from you!" The second guy shouted. Chrono swore back at them.

"Come and try to get it!" he exclaimed. He ran down an alley. He was able to hide behind the dumpster since he was so thin. The two boys ran down the alley and looked around.

"Where'd that thief go?" the one asked.

"Maybe he didn't come here. I don't see him" the second said. The other agreed and they raced out of the alley to continue their search. Chrono sighed in relief and relaxed his tense and aching body. He leaned against the dirty brick wall wheezing. His sides burned and his head ached. He slowly stode up. He wanted to get back to his apartment before he had an asthma attack. He left the dark alley. Checking to make sure the boys were out of sight before he strode towards his apartment building.

His apartment came into view. It was small and dark. It looked more like an abandoned warehouse then an actually apartment but it was the best he could afford after running away from 'home.'

No more then a year ago, Chronos adopted parents had been killed in a drunk car crash. Satella and Fiore his adopted sisters, had agreed to let him live with them. Satella was twenty-two and Florette was twenty-four. They had tried their best with Chrono but Chrono had been too shaken up by his 'parents' death. He had changed a lot. His asthma had gotten worse, he became more rebellious to the point that he ran away and he stole from others. Over all, Chrono didn't care anymore.

He stomped loudly up the stairs half hoping he would wake someone up and cause a fight but much to his disappointment, no one woke up. He set the bag of food down.

His stomach growled loudly. Looking down at the bag, his mouth watered. He hadn't had a good meal in ages. He rummaged through the bag over joyed to see bread that wasn't moldy, milk that wasn't spoiled, a few sweets and some meat. He raised his eyes brows to pull out a box of orange hair dye. He was about to throw it away but stopped. He might be able to use it. But his mother had loved his hair. He couldn't get rid of it. He might be able to sell it for something. He suddenly gasped getting to the bottom of his bag.

"Dude, no way!" he whispered to himself. He pulled out a big glass bottle of wine. He hugged the bottle to him. "Why sixteen year olds aren't allowed to drink I'll never know" he said.

He quickly made himself a nice sandwich with some kind of mystery meat.

Within seconds not even a crumb was left. He took a swig of his drink and leaned back in his chair his eye lids dropping. His head nodded once and snapped back.

He began to put the food away in his empty cabinets. Taking one last sip of the wine, he placed it in the fridge. He walked across the dark room to the couch. Laying down and pulling the thread bare blanket up to his nose, Chrono drifted into a sleep haunted by memories.

A five year old Chrono blinked his scarlet orbs open. Sitting up in his bed he rubbed his eyes with his tiny hands.

"Mommy?" he whined softly. Hearing no answer, he dangled his feet over his bed and dropped down, landing with a soft thud. He teetered out of his room and into the dark hallway. He whimpered softly.

"Mommy?" he asked fearfully. He hurried into his parents' room and climbed up. His parents were still sleeping. Poking his mother Chrono called her name. His mother did not stir. Chrono pushed his father on the other side of the bed.

"Daddy! Mommy won't wake up!" Chrono exclaimed. He yearned for their comforting arms to wrap around him and tell him he was ok but neither moved.

"Mommy? Daddy? Why wont you wake up?" he cried. Tears began to stream down his face. His whimpering soon turned to screams. His screams were so loud he woke up the person who lived in the apartment beside his. She was a sweet lady with long blond hair and cyan eyes. She had tried to help Chrono understand his parent's death.

"Why won't they wake up? Did I do something wrong?" Chrono whimpered. His lower lip trembled as he wiped his tears.

"No no no sweetie!" the lady whose name was Ms. Magdalene said sadly. "They're in heaven now."

"What's heaven?" Chrono asked.

"It's a place where people go when they can't wake up. They become Angels and are free from all pain" Magdalene explained gently. Chrono sniffed.

"Will I go to heaven?" he whimpered.

"Someday but not for a very long time" the woman said with a sympathetic smile.

"I want to go there now" Chrono sniffed.

"Not now. Someday. Just remember that they loved you very much. Never let anyone get you down, ok? Be a good boy!" Magdalene waved bye to him as Mrs. Jean led Chrono to the car to take him to the orphanage.

Chrono woke up on the floor covered in sweat. He felt terribly guilty.

Magdalene's words had haunted his dreams ever since he ran away. She was the first person after his parents died to show him love, who helped him get through his confusion. He hadn't been a good boy. He had ran away from home and stolen food.

"But if I don't steal I'll starve" Chrono kept telling himself. 'Go back to Satella and Florette' a voice in the back of his head told him.

Leaning up against the couch and pulling his knees closer to his body, Chrono buried his head in his legs. He was so alone. He knew he could go back to his 'sisters' but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He missed his old friends a lot and when he felt so lonely he missed them even more.

"Rosette...Joshua..." he said. He sniffed.

"Don't let anyone get you down, ok?" Magdalene's words echoed in his head. He clenched his jaw and looked up.

"Your right" Chrono said. Standing up, he walked to the bathroom to take a cold shower.

After his shower he made another sandwich and threw the wine away. He smiled and laughed at himself.

"What was I thinking? Drinking at the age of sixteen!" he laughed. Putting on a thin jacket he left his apartment and walked down the street.

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Rosettes POV

Rosette stepped off of the bus steps. Close behind her was her brother, Joshua.

"Come on Joshua! We still have to see the Statue of Liberty!" Rosette exclaimed joyfully. The two twins were on a class trip to New York. Grabbing their notebooks they raced down the busy streets eager to see the statue of liberty.

Rosette sprinted ahead of Joshua. The pocketwatch Chrono had given her seven years ago bounced on her chest. Joshua coughed.

"Can't you let me win just once?" he asked.

"Nope! You got to earn it!" Rosette taunted. She beat him to where they were suppost to go.

After a while, the twins loaded onto the ferry to take them across to the big copper statue. Rosette and Joshua walked to the very end of the ship closest to the statue.

"Wow!" Rosette gaped.

"Come on Rosette! Let's go!" Joshua exclaimed. They raced out of the boat and into the statue. They went up as far as they could and took a few pictures. Joshua glanced at his watch.

"We need to go back to the boat." He said.

"Aw!" Rosette pouted. She followed her brother down. She saw a flash of violet pass her to her side. She gasped.

"Chrono…?" she breathed so quiet that not even Joshua heard. She spun around hoping to catch a glimpse of the purple but only saw it disappear into the crowd of people. She was about to pursue it when Joshua grabbed her arm.

"Rosette!" he said impatiently. "Let's go! We'll be late!" he said. Rosette sighed and followed him reluctantly. They went back across the water and headed towards the bus. It was dark now. They had spent the entire day in New York. Rosette and Joshua attended a private school in Pennsylvania called Magdalene High School. Rosette hadn't given up her search for her best friend. She had gotten into trouble many a times for sneaking out of the house or of the dorms in the middle of the night. She never once forgot to put the pocketwatch on in the morning. She even wore it to bed and in the shower. It was her prized object.

"Er…Rosette?" Joshua's voice broke her from her thoughts.

"Yeah?" Rosette asked.

"Where are we?" he asked edging a little closer to his sister. Rosette looked around. Oh crap! The street was dark and no cars or people were in sight.

"I think we missed the bus" Joshua said quietly.

"YOU THINK!" Rosette snapped. Joshua shrunk back.

"What should we do?" Joshua asked.

"You wait out here. I'm going to go inside the shop across the street and see if I can use a phone" Rosette said. She crossed the street before Joshua could protest and entered the shop. She hadn't even looked at the sign which surprised her to see it was a bar. She walked up to the bar tender.

"Um…excuse me sir?" Rosette asked.

"Yes ma'am?" the man said looking at her with a smile.

"Can I please use your phone?" she asked.

"You have money?" the man asked gruffly.

"No but…" Rosette said.

"No money, no phone!" the man said his smile instantly disappearing.

"But sir…"Rosette protested getting mad. No one talks to her that way! Joshua was outside in a dark street!

"No buts! Get out of here!" the man yelled. Rosette growled and left eager to get back to Joshua. She stomped across the street.

"Joshua?" she asked looking around not seeing her brother anywhere. "Joshua!" she exclaimed.

She caught a flash of movement at the end of a block. She instantly ran towards it.

"Joshua! It's just me silly!" Rosette exclaimed. She rounded the corner and looked around again. She saw the flash again, this time disappearing into an alley. She grinned and sprinted into the alley. She saw a group of guys stalking closer to one lone figure pressed up against a wall. She couldn't catch the young mans features but it was plain to see he was frightened.

"Hey! What are you doing to him?" Rosette snapped. The guys turned and looked at her. A grin crossed all of their faces.

"Well looky what we have here!" one of them grinned. Rosette gulped. They were looking at her as if she was food.

"Run! Get out of here!" the man they had been focused on yelled. Rosette didn't even hesitate and ran out of the alley. The other men instantly pounced on her. Rosette yelped as the one pushed her back against the brick wall. He grinned at her. She could see he had long white hair and violet eyes. He had tanned skin and was very muscular.

"We have some fresh meat here!" he growled. He looked from her face to an area a little lower. Rosette screamed. The man back handed her. Rosette gasped and touched her cheek.

"Don't scream or I'll do more then just a slap" he smirked.

"What do you want with me?" Rosette asked fearfully.

"Ha! You are so naïve!" he snapped. Looking past the man in front of her, Rosette could see the others behind him. A shadow creped towards the boys behind the white haired man. The person kicked the one person back, sending the victim sprawling on his belly. The others instantly turned their attention to the stranger. Rosettes capture let her go and turned to the man.

"So you wanna fight? I'll give you a war!" he spat. A man ran at the shadow man and drew his arm back for a punch. The shadow man caught the punch and twisted the other mans arm back. Hearing a crack and the guys sharp cry of pain, Rosette cringed. The shadow man dropped him to the floor and quickly dodged a kick aimed at his chest. He took the foot and flopped the person onto the floor. He moved so quickly he seemed almost unreal. Rosette turned and ran out of the alley. She turned the corner and bumped into a boy with blond hair.

"Rosette! There you are! I found a phone!" Joshua exclaimed.

"Joshua! Let's get out of here!" Rosette exclaimed grabbing his arm and dragging him behind her like a banner.

"What? Why?" Joshua asked.

"I saw a guy beating some other guys up in an alley!" Rosette gasped out.

"What? Lets go help them" Joshua exclaimed.

"No! He was helping me and he can take care of himself, believe me!" Rosette said cringing as the cracking from the guys arm echoed in her head. Joshua blinked and let Rosette drag him. They found a phone to use and called the school. They soon came and picked them up. Rosette hadn't said a word to Joshua. She had been too shaken up by what she had seen to talk. She couldn't help but wonder if the guy was ok. He had only cared about himself. He had told her to run when she could have helped him. At that point, it looked as if the other guys would have beaten him up. Rosette was sure he could have protected himself but there was something in the alley that changed when the white haired man shouldered her up against the wall. Rosette wondered why those men were trying to beat him up. He seemed to be nice enough, from what Rosette saw but looks were deceiving. Something about him seemed very familiar.

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Chrono's POV

Chrono limped into his apartment and stumbled into his bathroom out of breath. Taking his asthma pump out of its drawer Chrono used it quickly. He took deep raspy breaths trying to catch his breath. That had been close, too close! He leaned over his sink afraid he would get sick. His thoughts flashed back to a few minutes ago; the gang of guys cornering in the dark alley, a girl ran into the alley trying to get the guys to not beat him up, the white haired man pushing her against the wall and then nothing. Chrono couldn't remember anything after that accept for a crack and a scream. His anger got the best of him and turned him into a fighting machine. Chrono thought of the guy lying on the floor with his arm at an odd angle. His stomach churned and he got sick into the sink. Luckily no one else was to seriously hurt. Chrono had been punched a few times but it wasn't too bad, only a few cuts on his face.

He peered into the sink and looked at his cut cheek. Blood oozed from the cut and ran down his chin. He took a towel and wiped it off, wincing as the towel touched his cut. He sighed, wishing he had some antiseptic or something like that to put on it.

He shut the bathroom light off and flopped down onto the couch. Curling into a small ball, he closed his eyes but found himself unable to sleep.

Had that girl gotten away safely? Would she tell on him? Did she even see him? Why did she feel so familiar?Chrono desperately tried to remember any details about her. All he remembered seeing was shoulder length blond hair and something golden on her chest. Must be a necklace or something.

Chrono sighed and sat up. Deciding he wasn't going to bed anytime soon despite how exhausted he was, he flipped on the TV and looked through the channels. After a few hours his eyes began to droop. Turning off the TV and laying back down, Chrono was finally able to fall asleep.

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Chronos mother crouched down in front of Chrono. She smiled softly down at him.

"Chrono baby, why would you fight someone in school? You know it's not right!" she asked him gently.

Chrono sniffed and wiped his eyes, "T…the boys w…were being m…mean and were making fun of m…me" Chrono sniffed.

"Chrono, you can't let your temper get the best of you. I know how you get when you get angry. You must learn to control it." She said sternly.

"But they were being mean to me!" Chrono protested.

"Be the bigger person, Chrono. Just walk away with your head held high and let them get in trouble!" his mother said. Chrono grinned and lifted his head up. His mother chuckled warmly and ruffled his hair affectionately.

"That's my boy! Just like this!" she praised him. Chrono smiled from ear to ear. His mother hugged him. Chrono wrapped his little arms around her and stood on his tippy toes so he could reach her. Her sweet scent of honeysuckle wreathed around him as his dream faded.

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Chrono woke up again on his floor. He blinked his eyes open. He could still smell the honeysuckle scent of his mother. He breathed it in with a smile.

"It was just a dream!" he said to himself. His mother's words echoed in his head. Shame washed over him again.

"I'm sorry mother! I haven't listened to what you told me" he said sadly. He rose to his feet and made his way to the bathroom. His long purple hair was a ratty mess. He looked at it with a sigh. Those guys had remembered him from when he stole from them a week ago. Maybe he could cut his hair and use that hair dye then he won't be recognized as easily.

Taking a pair of scissors he carefully began to cut his hair. He cut his hair until it was to his shoulders. He couldn't bring himself to cut it all. Purple hair dropped to the floor in heaps.

Next he dyed his hair and was surprised to see how orange it was. He blinked at his new appearance in the mirror.

"This is going to take some getting used to!" he said to himself. His hair felt much lighter. He ran his fingers through his hair and let it drop back into place. He sighed and looked at all the hair on the floor. Today was the start of a new day and a new life for Chrono Tsubasa.

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Now, if you're blue

And you don't know where to go to

Why don't you go where fashion sits?

Puttin' on the Ritz

Different types who wear a day coat

Pants with stripes and cutaway coat

Perfect fits

Puttin' on the Ritz

Lyrics to Puttin on the Ritz by Fred Astaire

A/N: Thank you for reading this! I'm so happy you guys like this! I got one review for the first chappy so far! (That's really good for me) I guess you guys like this kind of story better. I have a lot planned for this one but I need to finish my other Chrono Crusade fic called 'Darkest Knight' first. Lol. Sorry. I need to re-do my nails. This is random but I like typing. The keys go clicky click click! Lol. Maybe I'll write 'Team*Shader' this time. I love Shader! She's so awesome! I cosplayed her twice in school now, and once as Chrono. Hehe. Not big cosplays but really cheap one minus ears, hair and tail and stuff. Lol. I went as Chrono in his little form for Halloween and a costume party and Chrono in his demon party for my b-day party. By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONTRACTER! Wahaha! Sweet revenge! Until the next chapter!

Chrono: What! You cut my hair AND dyed it! Where is all my dignity!

Rosette: Oh stop complaining! I bet you look cute! Like Kyo-kyo with long hair! *Giggles*

HKA: KYO! Where! *Looks around* Haha. Notice the singer of the first song Sad Day. Lol XD haha. And no, I don't understand any of the lyrics accept 'Sad Day' because I speak ENGLISH not FRENCH or whatever it is. (I'm taking Latin in school though and trying to learn Japanese but that doesn't really count in my opinion *sweat drops* -_-)

Rosette:*Face palm*

Chrono: *Sweat drops* I'll be going now.

HKA: KURONOOO! *Glomps Chrono*

Chrono: WAA!

Rosette: *Laughs evilly.* See ya chapter three!

Chrono: Rosetteee! Help me!

Rosette: You still whine you little whiner!

Azmaria: WHERE AM I!

HKA: Soon! Just wait!

Azmaria: Ok! ^_^

HKA: _ *Sweat drops*

Sister Kate: RAWR *Eats everyone*

Chrono, Rosette, HKA, and Azmaria: *In Sister Kates tummy* Ahh!

Rosette: Wow! It's big in here!

Sister Kate: Hey! I'm not fat!

Rosette: Fat old hag!

Sister Kate: *Punches stomach* Ouch. That back fired.

Rosette: Haha sucker!

HKA: Sorry. These are just really fun to right. Maybe I'll do a one shot of something like this (Obviously in better format. ^_^ until the next chappy!) Wow! Over 15 pages! Haha. This talking stuff probably is two or three pages. ^_^ Oh well!