7. Aion the Resurrected
Sister Kate sat at her desk, sighing. Remington had just told her what had happened downstairs at the celebration. There had been a demon in the Order and not one person had tried to stop the demon. Not even Rosette, who enjoyed firing her gun at demons. Remington had said Chrno had spoken to the demon who was reveal as Sarin, but nothing more. Sister Amy had fallen on the floor, but had made no further attempt to stands up. Crossly, she wrote down some things on the paper. She had ordered Remington to go find Chrno and Rosette, seeing as they seemed to have disappeared. "Just when I thought things would be going a little more steady around here!" she sighed into the air.
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Chrno felt his whole body tense up at the sight of Aion, anger flashing through his eyes at the demon. Looking at what Aion had been wearing, Chrno realized something. He had been wrong. The cloaked man had been a Sinner, but Chrno had never guessed it would be Aion. Maybe that was what Sarin meant when he said it hadn't been enough when they killed him. "Aion!" Chrno spat. "What are you doing here?"
Aion straightened up, stabbing the demon sword into the earth as he looked at Chrno, "Well, I was just walking in the park when Sarin came out of no where and attacked me. Is that what you wanted to know? Or you, like Sarin, wanting to know how I am alive? Well, I'll answer that too. Only because I simply am. My fate has not declared me dead yet,"
"Bastard…" Rosette mumbled under her breath while glaring at Aion. Aion heard her, and turned to give her a sharp look, but said nothing to her.
"But Chrno, I wish to pick no fights with you. Our feud is over, and a new one has begun. And just because Sarin was your favorite amongst the Sinners, gives you no excuse to stop me," Aion growled, and then turned into his human guise once more and walked off. Chrno made no move to follow.
"Shouldn't have helped him…" Chrno muttered, turning to look at Rosette, "Come on, we're going back now. I think I've had enough excitement for one night, don't you?"
Rosette nodded, but Chrno could tell that she wanted to go after Aion. "Yeah…I guess. And someone must have noticed our absences. Especially after the incident with Sarin," Chrno nodded in response and then began walking back towards the Order. Rosette followed him quickly, wondering if anyone would ask them questions due to the fact that they had both been speaking with Sarin.
Heading back to the Order, Chrno opened the door and allowed Rosette to pass him. Just as he shut the door, he ran right into Father Remington. Both he and Rosette jumped in surprise at seeing him. Remington looking at both of them with hard eyes. "Where have you two been?" he demanded, his eyes narrowed.
"Out for a walk," Chrno replied, his own red eyes narrowing at the stern tone Remington was using. "Why do you want to know?"
"Because I saw you speaking with that demon! Who was he? Why did he come into the Order, knowing what a risk he was taking?" Remington growled.
"Hm…well, his name is Sarin. Why he came into the Order, I cannot say. But you can ask Rosette," Chrno replied, looking down at the young exorcist, who had suddenly become very quiet. She looked at Chrno and Remington without saying anything, a troubled look in her eyes. "Well?" Chrno pressed. He knew very well that he might get hit for this later, but at least she would have to tell him with Remington standing there. In his mind's eye, he saw the look that Sarin had given Rosette the first time he had entered the Order. The sudden anger he felt towards the eighth Sinner made his blood boil.
"Hesaidhewantedtosaysorryforearilerandthathedidn'tmeantotscarethehelloutofmeandthathewasgoingtokillChrnowhenhegotthechancetoandthathedoesn'tusuallytreathumanwomenlikethat-ifhedecideshelikesthem," Rosette replied too fast for either Remington or Chrno to make out what she had said. They stared at her blankly. For a few moments there was silence, and then Chrno spat out, "What the hell? Repeat that-but slower,"
"Hmm…" Rosette mumbled, not wanting to repeat a single word that she had just said, but did anyway, in a defeated and quieter tone. "I said that he told me he wanted to say sorry for earlier and that he didn't mean to scare the hell out of me and that he was going to kill Chrno when he got the chance to. Sarin said he doesn't usually treat human woman like that-if he decides that…em…he likes them…" Rosette finished, looking at her feet. She wanted to get away from Chrno and Remington both. Already she could sense the waves of fury coming off of Chrno and could feel the blank stare of Remington on her. She did not dare look up, or move, barley breathing as she waited for a reaction.
It was Chrno who was the first to speak and actually do something. When he did speak, Rosette looked up, startled as he muttered under his breath, "That bastard! I'm gonna kill him," Rosette watched as Chrno was about to turn around and walk out the door, prepared to do the stupidest thing in his life, when Rosette suddenly reached out and wrapped her fingers around his arm. She gave his arm a hard yank and Chrno came stumbling back.
"Where do you think you're going?" Rosette snapped. "We have two enemies out there at the moment and you think you can just go and try to kill one of them, while the other comes up and kills you?"
Chrno turned to look at her with heavy red eyes, not speaking because he saw the truth in Rosette's words. In his mind, however, he believed Aion wouldn't kill him…no, Aion would want to eliminate the biggest obstacle in whatever crazy plan he had cooked up now, first. Sarin, however, wouldn't even hesitate. He felt his burning wrath begin to subside and finally, he let his shoulders sag in defeat. "Hmm…"
"Two? Who's the second?" Remington asked. Chrno didn't allow Rosette to answer as he waved a hand in Remington's face and then walked off, up to his bedroom, still seething in rage towards the Sinner. Rosette sighed, also daring to abandon Remington as she shot after Chrno.
When she caught up to him, he looked down at her and asked, "Why didn't you tell me?" Chrno's voice was barley above a whisper, knowing that Rosette would prefer Remington not hear their conversation. "Do you know how dangerous that is?" he scolded.
Rosette looked at Chrno with sad eyes, full of regret, "I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid you might do something stupid, Chrno. You almost did, which proves my suspicions…I didn't want to get you hurt. You know that Sarin can kill you easily, I know you do. And Aion…what if he plans to kill you still?"
Chrno sighed as they made their way up the stairs. "Aion won't try to kill me yet, Rosette. Not while Sarin is alive, anyway. But Rosette, that's beside the point. If you didn't tell me and I didn't know what kind of danger you were in, how am I supposed to protect you?"
"I don't need to be watched twenty four seven, Chrno," Rosette grumbled, looking away from the demon as they came to a hallway. Off to the left was her room. "…" she breathed, "Here's my stop,"
Rosette was about to walk down the corridor, when Chrno suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm, stopping her, "Wait," he called in a quiet voice. Rosette turned her head to look over at Chrno with questioning eyes. Did he still want to go on with that conversation?
Before Rosette had a chance to ask, Chrno suddenly wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. Rosette tensed in his arms, not expecting what came next when he pressed his lips against hers, whispering against her lips, "I'm just glad you're safe," and then released her and walked off. Rosette continued to stare at Chrno as he vanished into the dark hallway, leaving her by herself. Once she was sure he was gone, she reached up and touched her lips gently, a small smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. This was another thing she hadn't expected.
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Aion looked around him, taking in the dark shadows of the forest, keeping alert for any sign of movement. There was none. For a moment, he almost relaxed, but then the image of Sarin popped into his mind and his whole body went rigid. He couldn't let his guard down for a second. Sarin was out to kill, and if Aion knew his former leader, he knew the silence that Sarin killed with. Sarin was the shadows, the darkness, the evil that hung in the air. He was born of the night and struck only at night, when everyone's guard was at its weakest, and yet it's highest.
Aion reflected that he would be able to rest come morning. Sarin would have become virtually harmless under the sun and morning air. Sighing, he looked up at the sky and noted the position of the moon. It was nearly two o'clock. The sun would be up in six hours.
As he walked through the park, not daring to leave its protective forests because of the exorcist that roamed the night-not that he was afraid of them or their bullets, it was just that they would alert the Order that he was alive. Aion began to wonder if Chrno and his girlfriend, Rosette, had told the Order yet. He could never predict Chrno these days, as for the girl, she might have considering what a big mouth she seemed to have…if Chrno hadn't stopped her from saying anything.
Finally Aion leaned up against a tree, debating on what to do. All of the Sinners were dead except for him, Sarin, and Chrno. He and Chrno were not enough to kill Sarin. And if Aion knew Chrno, he would help kill Sarin when the demon started hitting on Rosette. Sarin had a record of doing things like that…
He closed his red eyes, but even as he did, every sense besides his eyesight came alive. He heard much more than usual when he concentrated on his surroundings hard enough. He could feel the vibrations on the ground, but he didn't sense any evil presence. Or demonic. Of course, Sarin, like he, had a way of hiding his presence from others when he didn't want to let anyone know he was there.
Aion, however, ignored the empty atmosphere and concentrated harder, spreading his search for the powerful demon. At last, after giving himself a rather harsh headache, he detected Sarin. 'Typical…' Aion thought when he realized Sarin was all the way across the park, and a little ways further at the Order. 'He's already found poor Rosette.'
Opening his cold eyes, Aion yawned, feeling rather tired as he slumped down to the ground, pulling the cloak tighter around his shivering body. He didn't sleep though. Six hours was a long way away, but Aion could wait. He had waited longer than this many times before for rest that he had deliberately deprived himself of. He could and would do that again.
A/N: Yay! I finished Chapter 7! And guess what!/? I have nearly completed chapter 8. Yes…I know, complain about having to wait for something that has been finished for a few days now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. XD. Well, I couldn't update cause I couldn't find my floppy disk. Now I have found it and so here is the update. Chapter Eight:
8. Complications With a Certain Clock
-Well there ya go! I've gotta go finish the chapter, which I think I might just make it longer than the rest, though I might not. Who knows? That you everyone who has read this and reviewed on it. I hope you continue to review, it gives me inspiration. Anyone know where I can download the Anime of Chrno Crusade for free? And does anyone know how to put a video on a PSP? Please tell me if you do! I really would like to know. I can't figure it out!
