Chapter ten: the ruins
Joshua had decided to come with them on this journey rosette explained to him about the ruin and how she met Chrno
"So Chrno is one of them" asked Joshua
"Yeah, but he's different" replied rosette
"I am here you know" interrupted Chrno
"How far now" asked Rosette
"I think we should be at the ruins by late afternoon as long as there are no delays" replied Chrno
"Great" said rosette with a smile and a thumbs up.
They have been walking the whole day Joshua kept asking questions about rosette and where she came from and she had explained that she lived in a school due to her parents death Joshua also explained that his parent were killed by monsters as they got thrown out to in this waste dump but didn't survive.
"I'm sorry" said rosette
"Don't be its not you fault" replied Joshua
"Ah-ha we made it" exclaimed Chrno
Rosette looked around to see what looked like a warn out old cottage with vines growing up the walls and out side the door were stepping stones with symbols on them which Rosette didn't understand but she didn't care.
"Alright time to go home! Shouted Rosette
"Yep" replied Chrno with a bit of sadness in his voice
Joshua looked over to his right and saw what looked like a sign covered in vines.
"Huh what's this" he wiped of some of the vines his eyes widened as he read the sigh
BEWEAR THE HANDS THAT LURK IN THE SHADOWS, DEATH WILL BE PLACED UPON THOSE WHO WALK IN THE DARK
Joshua gasped in horror.
"Wait you guys stop I don't think you should…"
It was no use before Joshua knew it they were surrounded by what looked like skeleton hands and nothing else but what was really scary was they were standing on their four fingers and thumb like spiders.
"What are they?" asked Rosette
"Hands of the dead the souls that were sacrificed when the humans first left this place I think they protect this area to stop all bad things getting out" replied Chrno
"But we are good" added Joshua
"They would normally let humans go past but I think they have only come out because of me" Chrno said
"B…But your good too" Rosette said with discuss
"Try tell that to them" replied Chrno
A hand moved forward a write some thing in the sand it said.
Why have you come?
Rosette realised that this is how the hands communicate and she had a plan she put her finger in the sand and started to write back.
We bring no harm we just want to go home
The hands writ back
Human female may go and so can the boy but the beast must stay
Beast, what beast? She looked at Chrno to see him look down he looked hurt
"You go Rosette, I'll stay behind. Ha, someone has to keep this place in order" Chrno said sadly
"NO, Chrno I won't leave you" disagreed rosette she write back
Mighty souls of the past, this being has helped me for the sake of a good deed he has brought me no harm his heart is of those of great emotion and kindness.
There was a long silence before the hand writ back.
Very well human, but we place him under your wing if he makes one sin he must retune here, do you except.
Rosettes smiled and writes I do then the hands disappeared leaving behind a red jewel, Joshua picked it up and the trio went inside the ruin it smelt of herbs and had paintings of people rosette didn't know there were rows of chairs and at the front wall laid a picture of a rose with a hole in the middle.
"Hey put the jewel in the hole" ordered Chrno
Joshua did and suddenly there was a white warmish glow rosette covered her eyes from the blinded light
THUMP
They landed rosette opened her eyes to find she was back in the court room she jumped up and looked out the window she truly was home
"We're home" shouted Joshua in delight
"Yes, but I still have some unfinished business to deal with" sneered Rosette "Right here in the courtroom she added.