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I hope that my first chapter was okay, because I'm trying my best. Please review and give your comments.
Chapter 1 - 7 years later
7 years had passed since Rosette left the stone orphanage. She and Chrno were now happily living at the Magdalan Order. Chrno had even been allowed to stay there, but he had to obey a lot of rules. The head nun didn't like demons. Well, they were exorcists. Most of the people that lived there hated demons, so Chrno had to stay in his small human form. He had to live his a perverted old man that took care of the weapons at the Magdalan Order. His name was Elder. The head nun's name was Sister Kate. Rosette, on the other hand, had been given a room in the Order. She had trained really hard to become an exorcist, so that she could find Joshua. She graduated 3 years after she first arrived at the Order. Rosette was now a professional exorcist, and her assigned partner was Chrno, so he followed her everywhere. He didn't complain; he kind of liked it. On her first mission for the Order, she had met another friend. Her name was Azumaria Hendrick, and she was an apostle like Joshua. Aion would soon come after her. Chrno was sure of that. They had also met another friend and her name was Satella. Satella was a jewel witch that could summon beast using her jewel. Aion had killed her family, and he had kidnapped her sister. She and her sister, Fiore, were the last survivors of the Jewel witch clan.
An alarm clock went off somewhere inside the order. There was a smashing sound and everybody instantly knew that Rosette had just woken up. Rosette immediately got out of bed and began to complain about how alarm clocks are stupid and noisy. She quickly got dressed into her uniform and headed towards the Elder's hut to see Chrno. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. After a few minutes, the door opened and Rosette saw Chrno rubbing his eyes and yawning. He was wearing a strange red outfit. His hair was neatly braided and had been tied up with a yellow ribbon. He still had his red bandana on.
"Good morning Rosette." He greeted as he yawned again. Rosette smiled and entered the huge hut that was placed in the court of the Magdalan Order. Chrno led her through the hut and into his small room, which only had a small bed in the corner of the room and a small table beside it. A neat pile of clothes had been set on the table.
"They should really give you another room or at least a new wardrobe." She stated unhappily to her partner. Chrno smiled at her and looked up to see Rosette's face. Since a few years had passed, Rosette had gotten taller and Chrno hadn't changed one bit.
"I don't mind." Chrno answered her previous question.
"Well, I do." Retorted Rosette. "Let's go eat breakfast. We need to be ready for our trip." She added.
"Trip?" Chrno asked.
"Sister Kate finally gave me permission to go find Joshua. Azumaria said she wanted to come with us, but I told her that I would talk to you about it. What do you think?" Rosette explained. Chrno thought for a moment and smiled.
"Sure, she can come, but we'll have to take care of her." Chrno replied, but Rosette still looked uncertain.
"I want to leave her here. We might not be able to always protect her. Satella said she wanted to come too, but I immediately declined her offer. We should leave Azumaria here with her. I just don't want anyone to come with us." She whispered.
"Satella…" Chrno stammered as he remembered the Jewel Witch that always hugged him. She says that she hated demons, but he wasn't so sure about that anymore.
"What do you say, Chrno?" Can we leave Azumaria behind? Just this once." She begged. Chrno sighed and nodded. Rosette smiled happily and gave him a big hug. "Thank you," she whispered into his ear. Chrno blushed and returned the hug.
"Now what do we have here?" said an old man as he entered the room. Rosette and Chrno let go of each other and jumped apart.
"Elder! It's not what you think!" Chrno exclaimed as his face turned even redder. Rosette just stood quietly beside Chrno, letting him do all the talking. Her cheeks were red too.
"Um… Chrno… we should go eat breakfast now. Let's go." She stammered as she grabbed Chrno's arm and dragged him out of the room. They both headed to the dinning hall and ate in silence. After they were done eating, they both headed to their room to pack their things for their journey. When they were finally done, they headed towards the train station. Father Remington had even decided to escort them and say his farewells.
"Goodbye Rosette." Remington said as he hugged the blond girl one last time. He turned to Chrno and shook hands with the demon. "Goodbye Chrno. It's been nice having you around," he stated. Then he spoke with a lower tone so that Rosette couldn't hear them. "Take care of her, and one day you'll finally be able to tell her how you feel about her. I know that you're trying to keep it a secret from her, but she'll figure it out one day. Just hurry up and tell her before her time runs out."
Chrno blushed and nodded his head.
"Come on Chrno! The train is about to leave." Rosette yelled at the two men. Chrno quickly took his stuff and ran after her. When they both got on the train, they waved one last time at Remington as they left. Then they were gone.
"Do you think they'll be okay?" a girl with whitish purple hair asked. Her red eyes were full of worry and unshed tears. An older woman wearing a habit answered her.
"They'll be fine Azumaria," the woman said. "I've asked someone to keep you company while Rosette and Chrno are gone. Satella, you can come in now." A woman with long red hair entered the room.
"Good morning, Sister Kate." Satella said to the woman in the habit.
"Satella!" Azumaria exclaimed happily as she left the office with her friend. Sister Kate sighed when the two had left. She looked out her huge window and gazed at the sky.
"I hope you're going to be okay, Rosette." She whispered.
Rosette yawned and stretched out her legs.
'I must have fallen asleep.' She thought. Rosette looked at Chrno and saw him gazing patiently out the window. He looked extremely tired.
You should go to sleep, Chrno. You look like you haven't slept well for a while." Rosette told her yawning partner. Chrno shook his head and turned his attention towards her.
"I'll be okay." He answered. Chrno gave her a small smile and turned back to the window.
"What's wrong?" Rosette asked the purple haired demon.
"I'm worried about our chances of living through thins ordeal." He replied. Rosette sighed and put her hand around the golden clock that hung on her neck. It was slowly ticking. The clock told her how much of her life was left, so she always wore it. Once the clock hands reached 12, then she would die. It would mean that her life was up.
"Well, we don't have much time left, so we might as well try to do as much damage as possible. Before my time runs out, I want to see Joshua one last time and destroy Aion, so that I can rest in peace." Rosette explained as she let go of the clock. Chrno looked at her and smirked. "We're not going out without a fight, and if we do die then it will be with a big bang. I don't want to sit here and just wait for my life to end." She added happily.
"I guess you're right." Chrno said. He closed his eyes and drifted to sleep, Rosette's words still in his head. Rosette smiled and looked at the clock around her neck.
'I only have a few weeks left.' she thought unhappily as she counted the amount of time that was left for her to live. She gazed at her demon partner and sighed. 'But it was worth it.' Rosette closed her eyes and fell asleep. When they woke up again, they were already in San Francisco, which was there destination. Apparently the sinner base was in this city. Rosette and Chrno got off the train and walked around the town for a bit. They stopped walking when they reached an old mansion. It was huge. Rosette knocked on the door, but nobody answered.
"Why are we here?" Chrno asked.
"Remington said that Joshua was seen here with a strange white haired man. Meaning Aion was here with my brother." Rosette told the small demon. He nodded in comprehension and knocked on he door. Still no one answered. Rosette got impatient and smashed the door open. They both looked inside the small mansion.
It was empty.
"They're gone." Rosette murmured. She fell to her knees and hid her face with her hands. Small sobs could be heard from her. "Joshua," she repeated slowly.
"Rosette. I know where they went." Chrno stated. Rosette stopped crying and looked at Chrno, her cheeks were still wet with tears.
"Really?" Rosette replied, "Where?"
"Eden" was all he said to the blond haired nun. Eden, the floating castle.
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