A/N: Here, as promised is chapter 14! Sorry for the very long delay, school and my new job, really steal my writing time. I wish it was summer again!
I know in the last chapter (thank you for telling me this Lotus!) That Azmaria was the hero of that chapter! So I am congratulating Az! The hero of chapter 13 (Yay!) lol.
So here is, 14. Hope you like it!
15 is almost done, so keep with me! Thank you for reading.
When everyone's eyes had adjusted, they found themselves looking around the room frantically. Everyone was so quiet, a pin being dropped would be heard a mile away. Rosette broke this sweet, absence of noise with a loud gasp.
Her crystal blue eyes widened with shock, as her pulse thudded. In front of her, stood, what she had been searching for, all this time.
"Joshua?!" Rosette chocked out, a single tear running down her hot cheeks.
"Rosette." The little blonde boy said sweetly, flashing Rosette an innocent smirk.
Rosette's face contorted into a desperate look. Her hands shook as she ran to his side. "Yes, Joshua. It's me! It's Rosette! Your big sister!" She exclaimed, scooping up the young boy in her arms.
Joshua rested his chin on her shoulder. "Mary of Magdalene." he whispered in her ear gently. Rosette faced him, sadness filled her face. "No Joshua, it's me Rosette?!" She said painfully, more tears streaming from her eyes.
"Rosette-" Chrono urged, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Rosette now had both hands on Joshua's slim shoulders. He stood tall in front of her. "Rosette, please try to calm down?" Chrono suggested sweetly.
Rosette placed her head on Joshua's shoulder. "I Can't Chrono." She said boldly.
Chrono sighed, removing his hand.
"He's back Chrono, Finally, after all these years, he's in my arms again!" she said loudly, bursting into tears. Rosette rested her head upon her brothers shoulder once more, her head bowed as fits of sobs took over her quivering body. Chrono wrapped his arms around her, kissing her head, in an attempt to sooth her.
"it's all okay now sister." Joshua said sweetly. His voice filled with a child like innocence.
Beyond that, Azmaria was sitting before Satella. The jewel witch was stunned, as her eyes frantically searched the room. She was frozen into place at first, then began to move her fingers about in an attempt to feel the world once more. "Was I..?" she squeaked out, her eyes, bulging, staring at the ceiling.
Azmaria took Satella's quivering hand in her own.
"yes, Satella. You were dead. Yet, your back now."
Satella mouthed Azmaria but no words came out. Azmaria was a little spooked by Satella's expression, but relaxed herself with the thought that she knew it would pass.
Satella's face warmed. "Thank you, little one." She said sweetly, patting Azmaria on the head. Azmaria blushed, a wide smile covered her little face.
Father Remington entered, his metal boots clicking against the wooden panels. Everyone stopped and looked at the broad tall priest. The stern look, across his face melted the minute his eyes met with everyone's. His exterior changed, as he flashed a warm smile to everyone. His crystal eyes smiled with happiness. "Were all back, safe and sound then? I believe this calls for a prayer of celebration. Chrono, do you mind?" Remington's velvet voice boomed through the room.
Chrono looked up, smiling widely. "Not at all."
"Yes Father let us pray!" Joshua yelled, bouncing from his current standpoint.
"Ah Joshua, it is so nice to see you once more." Remington said, smiling upon the little blonde boy.
Joshua smiled warmly, nodding.
Remington folded his hands and began.
"Our dear and holy Lord, we thank you for the gifts you have returned to us-"
Suddenly, as quickly as the words escaped father's lips, a shudder was sent through the house.
Remington opened his eyes, his face going pale. Remington looked around, his eyes met with each of his companions panicked looks.
"What was-?" he started. Just as he muttered the phrase, the window, behind him, at the foot of Satella's bed smashed open. Remington and the others ducked. Azmaria let out an ear piercing scream. Satella leaped out of her bed, taking Azmaria's hand and running for the exit. Remington and the Elder followed. In the room now, were Rosette, Joshua and Chrono.
Rosette was hugging Joshua close to her, as her eyes frantically searched the room. Chrono was in front of her, his eyes burning with anger.
"Chrono what is this?!" Rosette barked.
"it's a seize, they have the place surrounded, and their trying to rip it apart." Chrono said quickly.
"What?! Who are?!" Rosette barked frantically.
"Sister, we must hurry to safety, Your risking the lives of your un-born!" Joshua said frantically, placing a hand on Rosette's perturbing abdomen.
Rosette knew she was getting bigger, but it was hard to notice, without being told she was pregnant.
"Joshua? How did you-?" she started. Joshua only met her with a fearful look.
Suddenly, the wall behind her smashed. Rosette ran, taking her little brother in her arms quickly. She darted to the other side of the room, returning her focus to the now destroyed wall. "Rosette, are you alright?!" Chrono barked, rushing to her side. Rosette was slumped over, clutching her abdomen.
Chrono's eyes widened. "Rosette? Is it the children?" He asked, afraid of the answer.
"No, it's just the usual pains. I'm Jake." She replied painfully. "Sister-" Joshua urged. When Rosette picked her head up, and Chrono turned around their eyes met with something they'd rather not see.
Before them, standing in what, used t be the door way was a tall, slender woman, with short black hair and glistening fangs. Her blue black eyes were met with Rosette's as she slyly smiled. Her body was smooth and perfect. The long red dress eventuated every curve, making her sexy and elegant.
"What is she?" Rosette choked out. The woman gave a sly smile.
"She's a succubus, and unfortunately a familiar face." Chrono stated painfully.
Rosette grabbed Chrono's arm, giving it a squeeze. "You know her?" She hissed.
The chaos continued around the house, loud screeches from the other demons echoed the halls, crashing and banging only accompanied that.
"Sinner Chrono!" The woman announced.
"Azuri." Chrono hissed.
"Chrono, my love!" The woman exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air.
"Love?" Rosette barked, glaring at Chrono.
Azuri stepped, forward, slinking slowly across the floorboard, if she was trying to watch each step. Her eyes not leaving Chrono's. Her slick high healed red pumps clicking elegantly against the floor boards.
"Chrono, I searched all of the underworld for you. I longed to be held by your sinner arms once more! Oh Chrono! You could only imagine my feelings, when I found you again! Do you enjoy, my welcoming back committee?" Azuri began, her voice dripping with a snotty, yet sophisticated manner.
"I never!" Chrono said through clenched teeth, his fits beginning to tighten.
Azuri laughed, then began again. "Yet Sinner, when I found you. Oh! It was such a dreaded day!"
"His wedding day, right?" Rosette barked out. She was tired of hearing this prissy talk another word.
Azuri craned her head towards Rosette.
"Why! The little tramp is correct! Yes Sinner, on your wedding day. So, I thought, to clean this up I'd send a little, friend to mess it up a little." Azuri said sickly.
"You damned wench!" Chrono exclaimed, his anger rising visibly.
Azuri placed a hand over her chest, acting very offended. "Why, an acid tongue you have! Yet you Mary of Magdalene, You! Had it coming to you!" She barked.
"I'll give you what's coming to you, you little tramp!" Rosette said angrily, rolling up her sleeves.
Azuri became angry.
"You man stealing whore! You always have been, always will be. A century proves the leopard never changes it's spots!" Azuri barked, her hand arrogantly on her hip.
"LIAR!" Rosette shouted, launching at Azuri.
"WHORE!" Azuri yelled launching at Rosette, extending her green glowing claws. (Rosette was too angry to notice this) Both were flying at each other with increasingly fast speed. Both, hands extended, ready for a large scale, demonic cat fight.
"No!" Chrono screamed, he knew Rosette was in no condition for fighting, yet she was too damn stubborn to ever give up. Chrono then launched himself in the middle in an effort to stop the collision.
Suddenly, Chrono felt a cold sensation down his abdomen. His body shook as she glance down.
Through his abdomen was a claw. The claw had stopped glowing green, but it didn't help the fact that it was still through him. He watched as blood drained from the wound. He felt his heart begin to slow, as he face grew more pale.
"CHRONO!" Rosette screamed, rushing to him. Chrono fell to his knees, just as Rosette took his hand in hers.
"Chrono, please no!" Rosette said, begging to cry. Chrono placed his bleeding hand on her bump. He smiled, knowing his children she was carrying, even that she was at his side was comforting at this moment. "Rosette, I'll be okay-" he started, but was then cut off by blood spurting out his mouth, dripping down his chin.
Rosette was hysterical by this point, as she swelled with anger and sadness.
"Look what you've made me do wench!" Azuri barked, pulling her hand out of Chrono.
Chrono fell into Rosette's arms.
"Shut up!" Rosette barked, her fists shaking.
Azuri then grabbed the lifeless Chrono from Rosette's grasp, cradling him in her arms. "Now I've got you Sinner Chrono." She said slyly, taking his chin in her fingers.
"I've urged for the taste of you Chrono." She started, kissing his neck softly. Her tongue dancing on his neck, lapping up the blood.
Chrono winced, trying his hardest to break free.
Rosette drops to her knees, the pain of her abdomen and the pain of Chrono was too much. "Stop it!" she urged, crawling over to Chrono.
"Sweet, sweet sinner blood." Azuri hissed, kissing Chrono's chin. "Stop it you whore." Chrono whispered out, his face in agony.
"Oh hush Chrono, you know you like it." Azuri said, nearing closer to his lips.
"No." Chrono, now demanded, he was slipping. His eyes began to flicker as if he was fighting off sleep.
"Your lips say no, but your heart says yes. A heart that, once my poison reaches will no longer beat, and will be mine once again. Right Sinner?" Azuri said loudly, her voice shook through Rosette's entire body.
"Poison!?" Rosette exclaimed, her eyes wide with fright.
"never." Chrono demanded. As the words escaped he coughed up a large amount of blood. It spilled onto the floor in a crimson pool. He then slumped over, lifeless. Exuding his last breath.
"Ah, it's working now is it Chrono?" Azuri said, picking his head up with her hands, pushing her dead, cold lips into his. Her kiss lasted for a few moments, to Rosette they were the most painful seconds of her second lifetime.
Suddenly the cocking of a gun is sounded behind Azuri. Azuri stops kissing her stolen lover, dropping his lifeless corpse to the floor. His little body thudded on the ground, he not making a single peep.
Rosette was behind Azuri, holding her exorcist gun, loaded with a shining new gospel inside. Her face was pale, weak but determined. One of her eyes were closed as she was panting loudly. The gun was held steady, to the back of Azuri's head.
"You EVIL, Jealous, conniving, BITCH. You will NEVER have what was never yours." Rosette painfully spit out. Her pants breaking up the words. Yet still they delivered the message.
"Pull the trigger sister, it won't bring him back." Azuri said smugly.
Rosette pulled the trigger, blasting the succubus's head into bits. Her body fell to the right, as she died so did the chaos that she brought with her. The house rings eerily quiet.
Rosette gasped, falling to her knees, the gun sliding across the floor. Rosette then preceded to crawl to reach her fallen lover, holding his cold hand in hers.
Chrono is still unconscious, pale and dead looking.
"Chrono?" She asked fearfully.
Chrono was motionless.
Tears began to well in Rosette's eyes. "Chrono, please let what she said be nothing but..a lie?" Rosette started before slumping over next to him.
--
White light surrounded her as her eyes opened slowly. Her breath was steady, she was warm, surrounded by the comfortable feeling of recognition. She gasped, remembering the events that led up to this. It was Rosette, and as her crystal eyes readjusted so did her racing heart.
She looked around, trying to figure out where the hell she was, and who exactly had helped her. Also did anyone survive the attack?!
Rosette then glanced to her left, seeing a lifeless Chrono laying next to her.
She was dead?!
"Chrono?!" Rosette barked, taking his hands, shaking them. Chrono was motionless as a corpse. He was, but a shell of what he really used to be.
"He's been passed out for three days just like you." A tiny voice said. The voice echoed through Rosette's head until it clicked with a face. "Azzy?" Rosette said quickly.
"Hi Rosette." Azmaria said, approaching the bed with a warm smile.
"Three days Az?" Rosette asked fearfully.
"Yes." Azmaria replied.
Rosette's mind finally snapped, as she randomly burst into a fit of tears, collapsing on Chrono's lifeless chest.
"Rosette he'll be okay!" Azmaria urged, rushing to her side.
"No Azzy, she stole his heart! He'll never be the same!" Rosette exclaimed.
"he's okay!" Azmaria urged. "he still has a pulse!"
"yet it no longer beats for me." Rosette said sadly, burring her face.
"Stop taking in riddles!" Azmaria barked, grabbing Rosette's arm.
Rosette collapsed again.
"Chrono! Please don't tell me this was all a lie?! The years we spent together! Our wedding? Our deaths? That night? These children! Please tell me it wasn't all a lie Chrono?!"
Rosette, now hysterical cried out, this one time, not afraid to show that she too was breakable.
"Rosette-?" Azmaria urged, letting go of Rosette, and exiting the room.
Just as Azmaria stepped out, arms wrapped around the hysterical exorcist, pulling her closer.
Rosette forgot to breath for that second.
Once the arms pulled her closer, it was obvious that it was Chrono. His soft now full of life lips were against hers, softly kissing away every worry she ever had. Once released, Rosette looked down at Chrono, just to check that she really hadn't gone insane. When she noticed the pair of crimson staring back at her, relief washed over her.
"I Love you Rosette." Chrono whispered, his eyes not leaving hers.
It was a small phrase, but it was just the words Rosette needed to hear. She blushed, whipping her eyes.
"I Love you too Chrono." she responded, laying her head against his, now warm chest.
"She was an ex-lover." Chrono stated. Breaking the moment silence the two shared.
Rosette picked he head up angrily. "Yet you never bothered to tell me?!"
"We'll because she was more a forced lover, she seduced me, because that's what her kind does. Then she left me." I felt nothing for her then, because I was under a spell, and is still repulsed by her site, to her thought this very day." Chrono stated, making a face like he was going to get sick.
"I'm sorry Rosette." he then sad sadly.
"It's not your fault Chrono." Rosette stated, taking his hand.
"yet one thing?" Rosette started. "How did she know me?"
"You're the one that saved me, so she remembered the woman that took me away from her." Chrono answered.
"I did?!" Rosette exclaimed.
"Mary of Magdalene did." Chrono responded, half smiling.
"Oh." Rosette said quietly.
Chrono hugged her back down to his chest. She smiled. "Rosette, I Love you. Not her, not Mary, but you." he then said sweetly.
Rosette blushed, then turned her head towards him.
"I thought I'd lost you Chrono." Rosette stated, trying to push the thought of that out.
"Give me more credit than that Rosette! I don't die that easily!" he joked, then kissed her softly.
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THREE MONTHS LATER: EPILOGUE
Azmaria was in the kitchen, mixing a cooking batter of cookies with Joshua.
She was lost in thought, as she started ahead, mixing the dough.
"It's been about three months since we brought Satella back, and my new friend Joshua joined the family. That fateful night where we were attacked, we all seek shelter and Satella and Joshua fought off most of the demons. Even Father Remington helped! When we found Rosette and Chrono, they were in an awful condition. If it wasn't for Joshua, they'd probably be angels again!
In these last few months, we've been here, in Satella's mansion. The elder and Father have taken up permeate residence, to protect us. The rest of us are relaxing and enjoying life as it's thrown at us. Were all excited, and looking forward to when out newest family members to join us! Only three more months now! As Rosette has grown more pregnant, Chrono has grown more busy and we all have grown more excited! (She's pretty lazy even so) Rosette and Chrono have moved downstairs, and I've taken their upstairs bedroom. (less stairs for Rosette to climb)
Nothing much has been going on since that one night. I'm relived of this! I'd like to keep it this way, no more demons!
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A Knock at the door ended Azmaria's thought. She jumped back to life, her eyes trying to regain focus.
Joshua giggled, smiling at her,
Azmaria smiled. "Joshua' can you stir this while I get the door?" Azmaria asked sweetly, handing the mix to the blonde haired apostle. Joshua nodded happily, shoving the spoon into the gooey mix.
Azmaria skips to the door, pulling the wide oak entrance open. In the doorway in none other than sister Kate. Her face was stern and unhappy. She seemed to teem with irritation.
"Sis..ter..kate?!" Azmaria choked out. Her face was red as a tomato, her hands quaked nervously.
"Azmaria!" Kate's voice bared, it was scratchy, like she hand gained more years in these last months.
Kate also had a exorcist gun pointed squarely at Azmaria's forehead.
Azmaria let out a petrified squeak.
"Don't make a peep,or I'll shoot!" Kate demanded. Fire surrounded he voice.
Azmaria nodded, petrified.
"Tell me where Rosette is, now!" Kate demanded.
Azmaria inhaled deeply……
Chapter 14 end!!
Wow, I hope that wasn't too short? I tried to make it as action filled as I could?
Also, I just noticed, For Chrono being my favorite character, I do torture him a lot don't I?!
I'm sorry Chrono!! hugs
So I hope you enjoyed that chapter?! I really enjoyed it too.
Thanks so very much for reading. Please do leave me some feedback?!
Thanks again! 15 will be here soon, so stick with me!
( "Azuri" is a OC, she never showed up in the anime F.Y.I)
Also, just because I put Epilogue at the end does not mean this story is over. It's just to break up the three month lapse. Thank you.
Hope you enjoyed see you in 15!
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I feel I need another poll!
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