Crusade of Hearts
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone except Rose!!!!!!!!!
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Chapter 3: Black Heart Town
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"Hey, Az, is it just me and my wild imagination or are we in Black Heart Town?" I asked Azmaria. She nodded. We both began walking, hoping to find the gang.
A white…thing…flashed in front of us, and we stopped.
"Huh?" I wondered.
"That's the town's new defence mechanism! Mariann fixed it up this morning!" A familiar voice above said. I looked up and saw Sara standing there.
"Sara!" I cried. She stood there grinning, not looking any different than how she looked a year ago. She faltered slightly.
"Look out, fur ball!" She cried. I raised an eyebrow and threw out my sword and slashed at a heartless that came out of no where. Azmaria and I fought several heartless at once.
A few minutes later, Sara jumped down off her roof.
"I see you're still weak as ever, fur ball." She said grinning.
"Gee, thanks!" I said irritably. "Have you seen the Seraph?"
"Mm, nope." She said and started walking off. "But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again!" She ran off. I followed her.
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We walked into a familiar building – The Bloody Rose, the local bar. Sara jumped in front of Azmaria and me.
"Meet the Black Heart Town restoration committee!" She said cheerfully. A blue haired lady, my boss, Diana, turned around.
"We missed you doing the laundry and cooking fur ball." She said.
"DUDE!!! I knew it!!!!" Mercutio said grinning ear to ear. He turned to Sara. "Dudette, you owe me five bucks."
"Knew what?" I asked.
"Well, dude, everyone just…REMEMBERED you! I bet Sara you would come back and DUDE I WON THAT BET!!!!" He said, still grinning ear to ear.
"You…remembered? Wait! You idiots forgot me!? Thanks a lot!" I yelled at them.
"Where were you guys for a year?" Mariann asked pleasantly.
"Well…we were sleeping…" Azmaria said quietly.
"Where – in cold storage?" Mariann asked. Azmaria and I thought.
"Well, whatever, dude. Black Heart Town has a MAJOR problem, dude!" Mercutio exclaimed.
"What – you guys stealing?" I said dully.
"No, dude, these…black…things…but get this – Lera says they don't have souls!" He said enthusiastically.
"You mean the heartless?" I asked him seriously.
"Yeah, those things, but dude – there are these white things too, they don't have hearts, and Lera says they don't have souls either – but that they're empty shells!" He said.
"Empty shells…?" I asked quizzically.
"Yeah, dude, come check it out!" Mercutio said, and left. I started to follow, but Mariann stopped me.
"Here. Now you could help us with restoring Black Heart Town to its natural glory, as Sara puts it." She said, handing both Azmaria and I a card thing. I looked over it to see that we were now part of the 'Black Heart Town Restoration Committee'.
"Hey, thanks Mariann…now Az and I will be heading off." I said, and kind of dragged Azmaria out of the Bloody Rose Bar.
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"Look at that, dude!" Mercutio said, pointing out to Black Heart Town. Something was wrong…
"There are pieces of it missing!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, dude…" He said. There was a crash outside, and Azmaria and I ran out to see what happened. We saw some men dressed in black robs standing on a rooftop.
"Who are you!?" I yelled up to them.
"Why…we are the Sinners!" One of them said.
"The…Sinners…?" I asked. The group seemed to laugh. Azmaria frowned and began running towards a ladder that led to the roof. The group on the roof disappeared. I turned to see one of the group's members standing there. I took out my sword and wielded it.
"Now, now. Is that any way to treat a former comrade, Chrno?" He said.
"A…former comrade?" I asked.
"Oh, dear, you forgot?" The man said. The way he spoke proved that he was smiling.
"What on earth are you talking about?!" I demanded. The man laughed.
"That's the same exact look he used to give me!" He said.
"Huh…?" I asked. Azmaria rushed forward, shield before her, and attempted to hit the man, to no avail. The man disappeared in a puff of black smoke, and Azmaria fell flat on her face.
"Oww…" She said.
"That man…he knew me…" I mumbled.
"Don't worry, he must've been trying to psyche you out is all!" Azmaria said comfortingly.
"Yeah…that's gotta be it! I'd never be comrades with sinners, even if I am a demon!" I said grinning.
Just as this thought left my mouth, a black portal opened before Azmaria and I, and it sucked us up. Where were we bound for and when will we find Rosette?
TO BE CONTINUED…
Wow, that one took me a few months to write…nn" sorry. Didn't mean to take so long. . " Next chapter won't take so long, I swear! R R, and now I must let my poor, poor hands rest…TT"