Hi everyone! Long time no see! I finally have time to update my stories, but I have to admit that I've been procrastinating. Now here's the next chapter.

Chapter 9- Forgiveness

"She disappeared. The mind of that woman has completely vanished from this body. There's nothing left of her," the dark Rosette explained.

'No! It's not true. I'm still here!' rang a voice throughout Rosette's body. No one else could hear the voice, so she quickly dismissed it.

"You're lying! I can hear her voice calling out to us. You know its true because you can hear her too," Magdalene said. Her green eyes began to fill themselves with hope when she saw a shimmer of blue in Dark Rosette's eyes.

'She's fighting the spell with everything she has,' Magdalene thought. Dark Rosette put a hand to her head, trying to stop the annoying voice that she kept on hearing. It was really starting to annoy her.

'Let me out you fake!' the voice screamed out again. Rosette's dark personality was beginning to get a major headache from all the screaming she had to endure.

"What are you doing Saint! Kill the Demon! Kill the one that your previous self cherished the most," Annabella stated. A hint of irritation was apparent in her tone. The dark eyed girl nodded and charged towards Chrno, who just stared at her sadly and waited for her to strike him to completely destroy him.

'No! Leave Chrno alone! Leave him alone! Get away from him! Chrno! Help me!' the voice yelled again. Rosette stopped running and dropped her sword. Both her hands went to the side of her head and her eyes were filled with pain and misery. It was obvious to everyone that a huge battle was happening inside of the body. Rosette screamed out in pain and fell to her knees.

"Out!" she repeated to herself as she closed her eyes tightly. A strange numbness was beginning to take over her body.

"Rosette! Get Up! Now!" Annabella ordered. Rosette didn't move. "Move my puppet! Obey my orders!" she yelled as she observed the distressed girl. Rosette still didn't budge from her spot. Annabella kept on yelling until Rosette couldn't take it anymore.

"Shut up!" she screamed, making a huge gust of wind blow towards the green eyed girl. Annabella was pushed off her feet and fell onto her back.

"What are you doing?" Annabella yelled.

Rosette let go of her aching head and slowly stood up from the ground. She picked up her discarded sword and turned around to face Annabella. Her eyes were glazed over with pain and specks of bright blue could be seen from within them.

"Be quiet you filth," Rosette said. Two different voices could be heard when she spoke. They belonged to Rosette and her evil counterpart. She raised her sword above her head and stabbed Annabella in the chest, making her fall to her knees in a critical condition.

"Traitor…" Annabella murmured one last time as she drifted in unconsciousness. Dark Rosette closed her eyes and started to concentrate on something. A blackish aura began to surround her body.

Dark Rosette entered the dark zone where Rosette was being held captive. Her black eyes observed the figure before. Rosette seemed greatly exhausted from using all her energy trying to fight off the curse that had been inflicted apon her.

"You look tired," Dark Rosette stated to the real one.

"Who are you? You can't be me, so who are you and why did you possess me?" Rosette asked. Her eyes became fierce as she tried to get an answer.

"You're a smart girl. You're right. I'm a wandering spirit that doesn't have an angel form anymore. I have you to blame for that. You destroyed my sister and I, so I'll make you annihilate your friends. The names Nightingale if you don't remember me. It's your fault I'm dead. Annabella captured you and placed your conscience in a corner of your mind, which left your body open for the taking. That girl was a fool. She thought that Darcy and I were her friends. What an idiot," she explained to the angry blue-eyed woman. Rosette took a few steps back.

"You!" she exclaimed as she remembered her previous captors.

"Yes…me. You're getting really annoying with all your yelling, so it's time that you die completely!" Nightingale shouted at Rosette. A long sword appeared in her hand and she tried to attack Rosette. Rosette rapidly dodged the assault and attempted to get far away from her opponent. Her attempts failed miserably. Nightingale rushed towards her adversary and managed to cut her cheek.

"Ouch!" Rosette said as she put her hand to her cheek. She began to concentrate all of her spiritual energy to form a weapon. A silver gun faded into view and Rosette immediately grabbed it. She aimed the gun at Nightingale and prepared herself to pull the trigger.

"You have a gun. So what? It's not like it's going to help you," she stated.

"Want to bet!" Rosette screamed as she shot. A blue bullet came out of the gun and hit Nightingale's left arm. A trickle of blood dripped down her elbow, but she ignored it.

"That doesn't hurt…" she began, but she suddenly stopped talking when an odd numbness began to take over her body. She looked at the small wound and saw a spider web pattern forming on her skin. The bullet seemed to be filled with a dangerous type of poison that couldn't be found on earth.

"No…you can't get me…that easily!" she shouted in pain. She ran towards Rosette with the sharp blade in her hand. "If I die then you're coming with me!" she screamed. The sword slashed Rosette across the chest leaving a deep cut, but not deep enough to actually kill her.

Rosette became slightly frightened when she saw the sharp object coming towards her, so she began to shoot her gun in random directions. Multiple gunshots could be heard throughout the dark zone. Rosette felt the sharp blade cut her chest, but she didn't pay attention to the pain. She gazed at Annabella to see what had happened to her. Annabella was barely standing; bullet wounds could be seen all over her body. Every bullet that Rosette had shot had hit its mark and the spider web pattern on her skin had begun to spread throughout her system.

"Goodbye," Rosette said as she saw the other woman's skin turn black, then Nightingale's spirit crumbled to pieces as the poison finally reached her core.

"I…hate…you…" Nightingale murmured just moments before he death. Her body turned to dust and vanished from sight. A bright light began to surround Rosette and she was immediately put back into control of her own body. The spell was finally broken.

Chrno and the others watched helplessly as wounds began to appear on Rosette's body. First it was a small cut on her cheek then a huge slash appeared on her chest. They all waited for something to happen. Suddenly a bright light began to surround Rosette's body and a black spirit was thrown out of it. Once the dark spirit had exited Rosette's body, it disintegrated into the air, leaving nothing behind. Everyone turned their gaze to the blond haired girl. The black streaks in her hair began to disappear and her skin began to take on a healthier color. The bright light faded away, leaving the darkness to engulf them once again. Rosette's eyes slowly opened revealing a pair of beautiful blue orbs. Rosette was back to normal.

"Rosette!" Chrno shouted happily as he darted forward to embrace the girl. Rosette smiled happily and rushed towards the purple haired demon. She was about to hug him, but her hands passed right through him.

"That's right…I'm already dead, so I can't touch you. Chrno, I missed you so much. I'm sorry that I almost hurt you," Rosette said as tears leaked down her rosy cheeks. She was going to continue talking, but a loud painful moan was heard near them. Chrno and Rosette shifted their gaze from each other to look at Annabella, who was starting to rouse from her slumber.

"My chest hurts," she stated in pain as she tried to stop her bleeding. Her life was slowly slipping away from her grasp. She lifted up her head to look at Rosette. "They betrayed me didn't they? I knew that Nightingale had possessed you, but I never expected her to attack me. They were never really my friends were they? They were just using me."

"No," Rosette replied, "They were never your friends."

Tears formed in the red haired girl's eyes. Her only friends had betrayed her. Annabella sighed and looked at Rosette.

"I'm sorry for everything I've done. Will you ever forgive me?" she asked Rosette as her voice began to get softer. She had lost too much blood, so she was probably going to die soon.

"Yes."

Annabella smiled one last time and closed her eyes. She managed to whisper two words before she faded away from existence.

"Thank…you…"

Then she was gone, a smile still on her face. Rosette's body shook with a small sob. She let her sadness out and cried for everyone that had died while she was here. She had killed many innocent angels and she still felt the extreme weight of her guilt on her shoulders.

"Rosette! You're back!" Sheda exclaimed as she ran over to the crying Saint. She had been taking care of Aion, so she had tried to stay out of view. Rosette looked at the bouncy cat demon and wiped away her tears.

"Yes, I'm back." Rosette answered. "Why are you here?" she asked them. Her curiosity had gotten the better of her, so she really wanted to know the reason why they had come back to heaven. Magdalene walked up to her and took her hands in hers.

"They came to bring you home. They're going to bring you back to life," she stated. She smiled and looked at Rosette. "Oh and I'm sorry for slapping you before," she quickly added.

Yeah! It's finally done. Please Review me your opinions if possible.

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