A/N: Kyaaaaa! Chapter ten! I can't believe it! And 28 review! Meyow! (Sorry. I'm really happy. At least you can't see my happy dance.) Anyway, Thank you once again for all the review, and I'm sorry for those of you who didn't like last chapter, but the dance was a necessary operation- I mean hey, what if Rosette didn't find out that Roy had a girlfriend and fell in love with him, hmmm? Then Chrono would be stuffed in the closet again. Never underestimate the uses for things in fan fic. everything is supposed to have a purpose or be edited out. (Ok, I'm not really that fussy. I just try and do things with a reason in mind.) But, to tell you the truth, I hate, and I do mean hate dances. I really do. So, please understand, that I wouldn't use it without purpose. Anyway, onto chapter ten.

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New Time, New Place, Chapter 10: Things to Do at the Park and a little on Chrono

"What do you mean he doesn't have much time? You gave them until they were seventeen!" The golden haired angel cried, her voice rising in pitch. The other, an older angel with greyed wings sighed, looking through time to a worn, tattered bedroom.

"I did. Sadly, there is another player on the field, and his queen has just stepped from the ranks. If we aren't careful, checkmate will be inevitable."

"What would happen then?" The older angel gave her a reproving glance, causing her to cower. "They'll die?"

"No. They won't." The grey angel's eyes darkened, his face becoming grim. They couldn't fail forever, could they?

"Uncle Chrono, hurry!"

"Yeah! Come on!" Rosette muttered something Chrono would never say and pulled her blankets over her head. It was seven in the morning, Sunday morning, for God's sake. It should be against the law to get someone up this early after a night like last night. Geez.

"Yes, I'm coming as fast as I can, but please, you've gotta be quiet! Everyone else is still asleep!" Chrono was saying. There was a scuffling from the kitchen. "Kino!"

Rosette stood up. The problem here was that you couldn't get a decent amount of time to sleep in. She pulled on jeans, a black long sleeved tee shirt and a sweater. The other problem was that it always was wet and raining. That really sucked. Rosette noticed the pile of damp clothes from last night, Chrono's jacket heaped with the rest. She plucked up the jacket, grabbed her sneakers and padded downstairs.

"Good morning Rosette." Chrono called brightly from the back deck where he was pulling soaked clothes off the line. Kino, Marie and Nina were eating breakfast, arguing over pancakes. Nina waved to her. "Hello Rosette." she greeted in her odd voice.

"Uh...Hi Nina." Rosette answered in foodish as she dug into the pancakes Chrono handed her as he came in.

Chrono. She watched him as he joined them at the table and started eating. If he felt as tired as she did, he didn't show it. Kino tugged at her sleeve, giving her a syrup covered grin.

"You're coming to the park with us today, aren't you?" Marie rolled her eyes.

"Don't be stupid, Kino you lamebrain. She's not com-"

"Actually," Chrono cut in, giving them a patient smile before meeting Rosette's eyes. For a moment, she was caught in the warm two tone waters, then she realized he'd asked her to come with them. She fiddled with her sticky fork.

"Sure, I guess, seeing as I'm already up." Chrono looked guilty.

"Sorry. we were somewhat noisy." All four, nieces, nephew and uncle looked sheepish. Rosette tried to scowl, then gave up and stuck her tongue out at them. They were a funny group, and she couldn't have stayed mad at them, even if she really tried. Besides, the pancakes were good, and the light from the window showed that it might be a nice day after all. Kino grinned at Marie.

"Told ya!" the older girl snorted and glared at Rosette while Nina simply smile to herself. Her siblings were vying for Rosette's attention, whether they acknowledged it or not, but it was useless. The pretty teen was too busy hiding the blush that'd coloured her face when Chrono had smiled at her.

The playground was deserted when they arrived, brightly coloured and still damp from the fog. Undaunted, Kino and Marie cheered, dropping their bags by a green bench and racing to the slide. Chrono laughed, swing Nina down from his shoulders so she could join the others. He stacked the back pack neatly, adding his own, and sitting down.

"This bench isn't too wet. Do you want a sweater to sit on?" Rosette shook her head and sat down, looking around the park in confusion.

"What's all that for?" she pointed to the play equipment, surrounded by trees and being well used by Chrono's little family. Chrono seemed surprised, but he pointed to each piece and explained their use to the befuddled girl.

"Hey Rosette!" Kino yelled, standing on the top of the slide. "Watch thi-yaaauugg!" with a yelp, the child lost his balance and plunged head first down the slide, screaming all the way down and for a couple seconds after until he realized Chrono had caught him at the base. Beet red, the eight year old retreated to the monkey bars.

"Uncle Chrono, Will you push me?" Marie yelled from the swings.

"Waaahh! Uncle Chrono! I'm stuck!" Kino hollered from the top of the monkey bars where he'd clambered too high.

"Hey! I asked first!"

"But I'm gonna fall!"

"Race you too the see saw!"

"Will not!"

"Yow! Uncle Chrono! Marie hit me!"

"Did not!" Rosette watched, astounded as Chrono waded through the playground madness as Marie and Kino bickered with themselves and the other children who started arriving.

"A funny group, aren't they." A curly haired woman said, seating herself next to Rosette and pulling out her knitting as the little girl she'd brought with her joined Nina at the sandbox "They come here every Sunday. The older boy, Chrono, is a real sweet heart. No parent has to worry about their children's safety if he's around. He's a dear. Keeps them all in order and plays with them too." Rosette smiled absently, watching Chrono pluck a howling toddler out of a puddle and mopping the mud off as the mother ran over.

"Hello, Mrs. Hann." Nina said, coming over. "Do you want to see the sand castle we made?" She brought Mrs. Hann over to see the castle she and her friend had made.

"You look bored." Chrono said with a smile, leaning over the back of the bench as he took a break from playing tag with Kino and some other children. He'd pulled his hair back in a ponytail, but a few strands had escaped to play around his thin face.

"You keep your hair really long." Rosette blurted, watching as the wind tossed his ponytail. Chrono shrugged and dropped onto the bench beside her.

"I'm going to get it cut." he said stiffly. Rosette ignored the unusually cool tone and reached over his lap, capturing a strand around her fingers.

"Oh." she played with the hair, tugging it to test the strength and admiring the shades it turned in the light. "That's a shame." Chrono frowned, his hand rising to push up his glasses until her remembered he wasn't wearing them. He rubbed his eye instead, looking at her out of the corner of his red eye. "A shame," Rosette continued, trying to keep her voice steady as her heart gave her a hard kick. "B-because it's- it looks pretty long. Er- handsome?" She went a wonderful pink colour, one that an artist would love to have, but it was nothing to the colour Chrono's cheeks went as his eyes widened in surprise. Rosette had the sudden impression that it wasn't very often he received compliments and that she'd just shocked the hell out of him. The thought made her heart do some very strange acrobatics in her chest. Over by the sandbox, Mrs. Hann smiled as she watched the odd couple on the bench, giving Nina a wink. The little girl smiled back, focusing on her digging. It was rude to stare. Besides. She'd already seen it coming.

"Uncle Chroooonnnnooooo-----" Chrono looked up to see what the problem was, and Rosette quickly turned too, but Mrs. Hann was already dealing with the problem, mainly involving Kino and Marie. Smiling, Chrono relaxed as he watched the large group playing, but mainly as he watched his three.

"You really care about them, don't you." Rosette said quietly. Her friend shrugged.

"They're family." he said, as if that answered everything. "It's not their fault that Aion doesn't want them."

"Why don't your parents help you? You have to work all the time, and you don't get time to date, or socialize-"

"I'm socializing with you, aren't I? That aught to count. Anyway, my parents want nothing to do with me." Chrono handed a peanut butter sandwich to Kino, then to the other children who flocked over. Luckly, most of their parents knew him and had expected it. "The Castors are a proud, wealthy family. Aion is their eldest, and the heir. When Marie came along, my parents kept it quiet. Then Kino came, and Nina. All from different mothers whom Aion had no intention of marrying. They had to do something and they couldn't risk it getting out. They paid off the women then looked for a way to get rid of the kids. The perfect oppertunety came when Nina showed the same 'powers' as I did. Since I was already their shamed 'crazy' son, they could now easily pin the blame on me, giving them the perfect excuse to kick me out. They got rid of their scandelous younger son, the kids and the blemish on Aion's name. As far as they're concerned, I'm the father."

"That's awful!" Rosette sputtered. "What kind of-"

"These are the same people that stuck me in a lab for eight years or so. I don't really remember. Anyways, it wasn't a big jump to make. I was already living here. Naw, I don't see the point in concerning myself over it. I have enough to think about, namely spreading my pay check out. But you don't need to know any of this, it's my life." he gave a quick smile, which disapeared as his gold eye gave a flash. He lept up and raced to the sandbox, scooping Nina up and curling protectivly around her. Rosette ran over. What now? Why was he- Mrs. Hann caught her arm, keeping her back among the others, parents and children who'd all seen this happen often enough that they finally just accepted it.

"Easy lass. This happened now and again. They're fine."

"You aren't scared?" Rosette gasped. Back in Miklin, people hated this sort of thing.

"Some are, but they don't come here. Chrono's very capable, and Nina is very kind. They have the blessed curse and it's not their faults. It can be very useful, and we don't mind it." Nina let out a wail, shaking her head, over and over, mouthing the word no, over and over, clinging to Chrono's shirt. Chrono looked sad, hugging her, but said nothing. Eventually, the girl stopped crying and he carried her to the bench while the others returned to their games. Quietly, Rosette walked over to the bench, half expecting someone to stop her, but no one did. Chrono looked up, and Nina left to play with he friends who accepted her back without question.

"She's ok?" Rosette asked as Chrono found their bags and called to Kino, Marie and Nina.

"Yeah. We're used to it now." he rubbed at his gold eye which was cloudyer than normal, a more yellow colour. His face was pale, the circles from lack of sleep suddenly blatant.

"What did she see-" as she asked, an image flitted trough her. A girl with blond hair, kneeling in a dark room, crying. The girl looked up, her face familiar. There was a body, someone was dead and-

"No." Chrono's voice was clear and sharp, drawing her backfrom the image. Wait! She though to him. She wanted to know what- "Rosette." Red like blood, gold like sun. Golden sacrifice of old in twilight clouds... Her shoulders were given a hard shake.

"What?" she shook her head to clear it, noticing it was Chrono who was clutching her shoulders. He let out the breath he'd been holding and sat back. Nina, Kino and Maria were all peeping over his shoulders, wide'eyes and frightened looking. For being used to this sort of thing happening in their 'family' they hadn't expected it from Rosette.

"Are you alright Rosette?" Kino squeaked. She realized she was on her knees in the grass.

"I-Yes-what happen-" Chrono put a finger over her lips.

"I think it's time we headed home." he said, his voice surprisingly steady. "You three go get your things." the kids groaned but darted off. "What did you see?" he helped her up as she explained. He nodded grimly, waning the kids over.

"When we get home, Nina, I want you to go lye down. You too Rosette." he sounded stern, fatherly. Rosette had no intention of argueing. The image had left her witha hell of a headache. As soon as they got home, Rosette did as Chrono suggested, falling asleep as soon as she dropping into bed, glad for the relief. Chrono however, had much to do despite his own pounding head...

A/N: What? Rosette having visions? Sorry Rosette, you aren't finished yet so pack some pain killers. As for Chrono...? Dunno. I do know that next chapter takes place on Monday, and will be the start of the next story arch...wahaha. R&R and thanks for reading!