Author's note: I do not claim to own any of the characters they are a creation that is best kept by it's author. I hope he might read this one day and get inspired to write a sequel to Chrno Crusade.
If you have not read the manga, do so!!! It's good. this fic is based roughly off the manga, interspersing some stuff inside of it, so if you're confused that's why.
A Chrno Crusade fanfic by Nightelfcrawleryahoo.com
Author's note: Geh one reviewer just spoiled the whole plot out… so… hopefully most of you missed it
Chapter Twelve: The Ties That Bind
"Ohayooo!" Sheda bounced into the room doing a skipping dance, and stopped next to Joshua and winked down at Rosette. "You're up early, Rose-chan!"
Rosette stared, a flush creeping up her pale cheeks. "Ah.. right…" She blinked suddenly. "Wait… why are you here?" The last memory she had of the battle, she'd seen Sheda bouncing up and down on either foot in a frenzy trying to get them all to stop firing at one another…now she was being allowed here in the Order?
"Saa saa!" Sheda clapped her hands together in glee. "Well we worked out an arrangement, after smoothing out our differences. Besides…" She added with a wink. "…they need my help."
Rosette gave Remington an odd stare, and the minister simply sighed and shook his head, as the Elder perked up. "That's right, having Sheda here has been quite an asset! She's much more knowledgeable in archaic technology! Together we've been working out fascinating solutions to problems I've been having on many of my experiments!"
"That and…" Sheda's eyes twinkled dangerously. "After the first time he tried to get a glimpse of my unmentionables, he regretted it after I promised to dismember his own the next time he tried it."
Rosette grinned a bit at that, and threw a triumphant glance at the Elder, who was shrinking under the glare of the cat-demon's glasses. "Maybe you can teach him a lesson or two so he'll leave the rest of us alone." She suggested with a glint in her eyes.
"I'll do my best!" Sheda clapped her hands together energetically. "Anyway!" She pointed a finger at Rosette. "As to why I'm here… it's to actually help you and Chrno out a bit."
"Help us?" Rosette figured that was the case… why else would they allow the demon whom they had fought against down here… granted she was pretty much harmless on her own, but it was the principle of the idea.
Sheda walked up and leaned forward past Joshua, peering intently at Rosette. "Hmm…. I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet!" She clapped her hands. "Well then. I'll explain." She pulled out something from her coat pocket and chucked it at Rosette, who barely caught it in her hand before it beaned her on the head.
Rosette opened her hand, and glanced down, surprised to see the pocket watch sitting in her hand, it's gold plating gleaming dully in the low light of the hospital room. "The clock?"
"It's pretty much useless to you two now, and none of us really have need for it, so I made some alterations." Sheda explained, waving a finger around by her head. "Put it on."
Rosette didn't hesitate, but slid the clock back in it's familiar place around her neck. It settled there against her chest reassuringly, as she had somewhat missed it's familiar presence always with her. "Altered it? What's it do this time?" She raised her head back up, fixing Sheda with a curious look. This was the second time she'd altered the thing since Rosette had it in her possession.
Sheda grinned wider. "I'm so glad you asked!" She pulled out a wad of papers from her coat pocket, and waved them around. "You see, when I first designed it, I only was thinking three dimensionally, the construction of the watch, who it drew from and who it gave to. I didn't consider making a two-way catch in the release mechanism that might allow for a reverse transferal of energy."
Everyone in the room blinked once, blank looks on their face. Well, all except the Elder, who nodded with a thoughtful look. "I see."
Sheda smoothed the papers out in her hand, and held them out for Rosette to peer at, though the blonde nun didn't really make much sense of the schematics as she squinted down at them. "You see…" Sheda continued. "I've managed to alter the catch and release receptor, so that it directly reverses the process that I originally designed."
"Meaning…?" Rosette drawled slowly, as her head whirled with the information being spat at her.
"Meaning, it acts in reverse now. Instead of partitioning out your soul, it allows your soul to be 'recharged'."
Rosette blinked, and felt a surge of excitement. "Then that means…"
"It means the life that Chrno drew from you can be given back." Sheda nodded with a grin. "I'm sure he'll be happy to help too… which is excellent, since we need to solve his problem at the same time! How convenient, ne?"
She pointed down at the sleeping demon with her pinky finger. "Chrno generates two kinds of astral now, instead of just one. Because Magdalena merged her soul with his, he now can channel small bits of the Astral Line at the same time. It's somewhat of a side-effect of his own power. Whenever he uses it, he draws both. He really can't control which he draws, and unfortunately raw Astral is deadly to us demons unless we filter it through our horns, or a device like the watch."
She tapped her finger thoughtfully on her chin. "So, in order for him to not be fried every time he uses his power, I figured out a way to separate the two. The only problem was, where to put that Astral energy that we partitioned away from him." Sheda's eyes twinkled. "I could create another receptor similar to the watch, and allow him to use both powers himself, but somehow I don't think he'd be happy with that. He's such a shy boy, and doesn't like to use his powers much. Besides, it would hurt him just as much as it would hurt anyone he used it against. If he COULD use both together, he could easily out power Dufou…." She looked thoughtful. "Possibly even Pandamonia herself…"
"But anyway…" She dug something else out of her pocket, and held it out towards Rosette. It was a metal clamp with a large green gem attached to it… and Rosette recognized it immediately.
"That's a receptor…" Rosette took the metal clamp and peered at it. "Like what Relaie had."
"Correct." Sheda beamed. "I made several of these babies. Very handy to have. Only problem was they're fairly limited. You can only store so much in it before some of it needs to be expanded. And unfortunately there's no way to 'charge' it without drawing power from someone like an Apostle. However… in Chrno's case since he's generating two kinds of astral now, it's perfect since it will absorb the kind that's harmful to him. Unfortunately, the other problem is, the receptor can only store so much before it needs to be emptied somehow. Which is where you come in, Rosette."
Rosette blinked and glanced down at the clock, picking it up. "This has something to do with it, right?"
"Correct." Sheda beamed, like a proud teacher at a prize pupil. "Separate from one another, the clock won't do much unless you're surrounded in Astral energy, or holding onto someone who can channel it into you to recharge your soul. So it's pretty much useless from day to day. However, I connected the receptor and the watch together." She clapped her hands together again, gleefully. "So that now, whenever Chrno uses his power, the receptor will channel it into the clock, which in turn will channel it into you. Eventually, you'll have your full soul back, Rosette." Sheda's eyes twinkled more, and she fixed the young girl with a knowing look.
Rosette sat there, her hands clasped in her lap, letting that information soak in. Her full soul back…
Slowly a smile began to spread across her face.
"There's only one thing I must caution you about though." Sheda said, raising an eyebrow at Rosette's relieved expression. She leaned forward, and Rosette started to pull back a bit, but paused as Sheda's lips brushed her ear, speaking softly.
Rosette's eyes widened slowly, hearing what the Sinner had to say, before nodding mutely once. "I understand."
Sheda pulled back and grinned. "Good. Then I won't bother reminding you again."
"Sheda…" Remington spoke up, with a thoughtful look. "There is something I would like to ask."
"Hmm?" The feline turned back towards the priest, fixing him with a wary look. Though they were co-operating for this, she hadn't forgiven him for blowing holes in her fortress.
"Without this exchange, how would Chrno fare?"
Sheda rubbed her right ear thoughtfully. "Well.. the problem is, combining two opposite forces results in a clash. Now, I have no doubt that if he is subjected to it small bits by bits, he'll eventually build up a resistance and immunity to it. How long that will take though, your guess is as good as mine. But the problem is, he isn't releasing small bits, he's using massive quantities, which is kind of like dumping gasoline into the fire instead of water. Since you guys are so active out in the world, his power is pretty essential as a back-up, and if you don't have it available, then…" She shrugged. "The two kinds of astral were never meant to combine. One will inevitably taint the other. Usually it's the foreign element that taints what's already there."
Remington nodded with some understanding, and Rosette realized he must be more interested in this situation because he himself was in a similar one. Demonic implants on a human body had a smaller effect than on a holy one, but Rosette had sensed the rage of a demon in the priest before, and she knew that however small it was, it effected him.
She let out a breath. "So…that's it?"
"Wadda ya mean 'that's it'?" Sheda snorted. "It took me days to figure out how to alter the devices to work properly with one another! And I still have to install that on Chrno and test it out before I'm sure it works properly."
Rosette shot her a wary suspicious look. "You mean you don't even know if it works?"
"Well, no… I'm PRETTY sure it works." Sheda tilted her head to the side thoughtfully. "But I have no way of testing it, since this is a unique situation. But he should be awake in a couple of days and we can test it then, and let him heal himself up the rest of the way."
Rosette sighed, rubbing her head awkwardly, and stealing a glance at her brother, who simply shrugged. "Where's everyone else, by the way?"
"Ah well, they didn't feel as comfortable coming down here." Sheda turned around and headed towards the door. "'sides, the invitation wasn't extended to them, and I doubt it'd be a good idea having 'em all down here anyway. They can hold the fort till I get back." And with a jauncy wave of her hand, Sheda grabbed the Elder and dragged him out of the room with her.
"Rosette…" Sister Kate turned to face the young girl with one of those 'we need to talk' looks. "Why don't you get some more rest, and then in the morning, or…rather later today, we can talk. I have some things to discuss with you."
"Um…right."
Rosette watched as everyone filed out, leaving her alone with Chrno. Her mind was swirling from excitement, and dizziness. She had to admit, something good had come from a bad situation…as strange as it was.
Her eyes fell back down on his face, and she brushed some hair out of his eyes with a sigh. Poor guy. She'd been hard on him lately too, and here he was going through so much because of her… granted, it was sort of a morbid payback for the start of their meeting, but nonetheless.
She smiled shyly, and pulled herself up on the bed next to him, and lay down on the edge, so she could watch for when he awoke. She fully intended to be here for him, since it was now certain that they wouldn't ever have to be separated again.
Which suited her just fine.
"You didn't tell her about the situation…why?" Remington's voice spoke softly as Sister Kate closed the door to the hospital wing gently behind her.
"She has enough to worry about right now." Sister Kate replied with a sigh, pushing her glasses further up the bridge of her nose, and turning to face the priest with a resigned look. "Let her relax. She's been through a lot lately."
He signed, but smiled in return, brushing some lint off of his jacket. "True. She's an amazingly strong girl. She refuses to give up even in the most dire of circumstance, nor will she back down. She'll make an astounding Sister one day."
"I'm not so sure she ever will become a full Sister." Kate smiled lightly. "She's too free-spirited for that. Besides, to take the vows required would limit her.. ah… options."
Remington laughed out loud at that. "I never expected to hear such a thing from you."
Kate's eyes twinkled. "I'm a woman too, Yuan. I know what it's like. Just because I decided to take this course of action in my life, doesn't mean Rosette is the right kind of person to follow. She may make a better field associate in a private agency."
"That would be more fitting for the three of them…" Remington smiled. "I'll see what I can arrange."
"Until then…keep monitoring the progress of the situation." Kate's eyes grew more serious. "We'll have to ask the Sinners what they know about it… I don't believe even that cat-woman knows."
Remington inclined his head lightly. "I'll pursue the matter with her privately, and I will also notify Ms. Harvenheit of the situation."
"Excellent."
When Rosette woke to the sun pouring in on her face, she blinked groggily and was tempted to go back to sleep, since laying in the warm rays of the sun was very soothing. But as she started to close her eyes, she dimly was aware that not only was she warm where the sun fell across her, but she was warm beside her…
Why?
Oh right… A blush crept up her cheeks as she quickly scrambled off the bed, and glanced down at her companion, who hadn't moved much, and was still sleeping calmly beside her.
Good thing no one saw that… She glanced around quickly, just to make sure, then leaned over quickly before her chance was gone, and gave Chrno a swift kiss on the forehead to wish him a speedy recovery.
Already she could see his face held more color than earlier in the morning. In fact, as she lifted one of the bandages from his arm, and unwound it, she saw that most of what lay beneath was already healed over, with just a tint of red to his skin almost like a faint sunburn. She suddenly had the feeling that she'd slept longer than just a few hours, as she glanced behind her and saw her bed had been made up, and removed of any sign she had slept there. She'd slept longer than a day, then. Oh well. Her gaze fell back on her companion, smiling in relief, and watching his breath rise and fall a minute more, before she turned and headed back to her room, remembering Sister Kate wished to speak with her. But first, a good bath, and clean clothes were her priority.
Finally, she rapped upon the elder Sister's door, and pushed it open hearing the resounding answer from inside. "Sister Kate? You wanted to see me?" She stuck her head in, pigtails bobbing merrily on the side of her head as she peered in.
Thus she was surprised to see the room was far more crowded than she expected, which caused her to straighten up quickly, feeling glad she'd at least put on a clean habit. Her eyes scanned the room, and recognized the head of every house of the Order from all over the country, gathered there.
"Sister Rosette, please come in." Kate's voice sounded from on the other side of the masses of people, and Rosette slipped in a bit shy at all the faces turned her way. But they stood aside, allowing her to make her way to Sister Kate's desk. Kate smiled warmly at her, and pulled her to the other side of the desk, and gave her a chair. "Please… sit. We were just going over some business. You can remain here while we wrap it up."
Rosette sank into the chair with some relief, and her eyes scanned the crowd of over fifty people. She grinned as she recognized Gillium sitting not too far off to one side. I wonder what this is all about? She thought, as Sister Kate took her seat once more.
"Please, continue Edward." Kate said politely to a Minister nearby, who was stroking a well-trimmed beard thoughtfully.
"Ah, yes of course. As I was saying, the threat seems localized in only a few major points for the moment. What is odd about the situation, is while abnormal amounts of demons have been flooding to this realm, none of them seem to be causing trouble in the cities, which baffles me to no end."
"We've noticed the same thing." Gillium spoke up from the side. "San Francisco is still very skittish about demons after the last incident we dealt with, however only a few small squabbles have been started due to the influx of new population into the city. We're not sure what to make of it."
Kate sighed a bit. "Whatever the cause, we need to discover why this is happening."
"True. However, do you think questioning the Sinners is a viable source of information? They ARE demons."
"And only demons will know more about what's going on in Pandemonium than we do." Sister Kate replied evenly. "Though they may have no information, being they have not lived there for some time now."
"Perhaps one of them might be willing to go back and investigate?"
"Unlikely, but it won't harm to ask." Remington spoke up from his reclining position against the window. "I seem to remember discussing the events of Pandemonium before… Without the Queen there, chaos has reigned for over fifty years. Their whole society is in disarray without a focused leadership in place. We should be worried if a greater force will rise to power, but I think part of the problem and disarray of demon attacks in our plane has been a result of the chaos down there."
Everyone nodded in agreement at his words, and Rosette scratched her head thoughtfully. From the frying pan into the fire, eh? Maybe that's why Chrno had been so willing to help resurrect Ion… she'd have to ask him about that once he was awake.
"Anyway…that's only part of the reason we're all here today." Gillium rose and fixed the group with a grim smile. "The other part is something a bit more uplifting."
Sister Kate seemed surprised at that. "Ah? What are you talking about?"
Gillium turned to her and bowed partially. "Sister Kate, you've been serving your post diligently for many years after Father Melton passed on. We, as representatives of the Magdale Order, are here at the Pope's request to instate you as a Reverend Mother of the Order of Magdale."
Rosette's head jerked up in surprise, as a wide smile crossed her face, and she glanced over to see Sister Kate sit back in surprise, a hand across her chest unable to reply to that. Then after she seemed to finally gather her wits about her, she smiled slowly, and bowed her head. "I am honored…to receive this merit… thank you."
The day kept getting better and better.
After a good meal, and a refreshing chatter with the three Sisters whom she had missed chatting about random rumors with, Rosette found her way back to the hospital room just in time to see Chrno pulling his shirt on, as a nurse unwound the bandages around his arms and torso.
"Chrno!" She dashed forward, and nearly tackled him before he knew who was lunging at him. His arms wrapped around her warmly, and she heard his soft laugh greet her as she buried her face in his familiar comforting arms. "You gotta stop making a habit of this."
He laughed again, and she pulled back, grinning up at him as he smiled down at her. "Sorry to make you worry, Rosette."
She pulled back then, blushing a bit as she remembered there were other people in the room. "Well, at least you're ok. When I first woke up, I wasn't sure…" She trailed off, then shrugged lightly. "Never mind. It's all fine now, right? How's your head?" Her eyes trailed the nurses as they unwound the bandages from his head, revealing he was completely healed in most places, with only minor signs left that he had been injured.
He put a hand to his head, massaging it lightly at the temple, as the nurses backed off allowing them some room to themselves. "Ah, well at least the plus side is I don't have a headache."
Rosette snorted. "Lucky you. I'd hate to have seen you the morning after you sloshed yourself silly. Maybe we'll get you to do it again…" Her eyes glittered up at him as she had a conniving thought. "…you know, we had fun that night."
His face turned bright red, and he coughed a bit, looking away quickly. "Er…right…I don't rightly remember much of it."
Rosette smacked his head. "Idiot! You forgot it!?"
"I was really out of it!" He protested, rubbing the side of his head and giving her one of those 'why me' looks.
"Yeah, excuses excuses." She rose and bent down, picking up the crosses keeping the barrier active. It fizzled out, and she tossed it aside, then glanced back as Chrno rose to his feet, stretching a bit. "Chrno… can I ask you something?"
"Hmm?" He turned towards her, straightening out his shirt, and adjusting the belt around his waist as he stepped up to join her. "What is it?"
She fixed him with a thoughtful look. "You knew what was affecting you before we did, didn't you?"
"Oh… that.." he smiled awkwardly. "Yes…I knew."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
He ran a hand through his hair, straightening out some tangles from laying in bed for so long. "Well…I didn't really want it to bother you. There wasn't anything anyone could do about it, so…"
Rosette glanced at him and sighed. "You need to be more assertive sometimes, Chrno. You could have killed yourself, Sheda said."
"I know." He replied quietly, and put a hand on her shoulder. "But I didn't, so why worry about it, right?"
"Maa… you're too flippant about it." Rosette shrugged, then grabbed onto his arm. "Come on. We have work to do."
"Eh?" He blinked as she yanked him forward into the hallway behind her. "Work?"
"You honestly think that you get a break after sleeping for a solid week!?" She snorted at him. "Sheesh. Talk about lazy. All you ever want to do is sleep!" she pinched his arm teasingly, as she pulled him along. "Anyway, Sheda wanted to see you the moment you woke up, in case you tried anything stupid." She grinned darkly at him.
Chrno scratched his nose awkwardly, then blinked. "Wait.. did you say Sheda?" He looked as surprised as Rosette herself had when seeing the cat-demon in the Order the first time.
"Yeah, apparently our little heroic stunt got them to act up and behave. They're working together now." She grinned up at him. "And you get to be their project for a little while."
"Me?" Chrno looked highly wary of that. "Why me?"
"Because, I already was subjected to it!" she grinned more at his sweat drop from her reply. "So just shut up and take it."
They entered the lab outside several minutes later, and peered through the throngs of equipment rigged up all around them, that was even more chaotic than normal. Apparently Sheda had upgraded the Elder's laboratory. Voices from the back caused them both to weave their way through the masses of wires and boxes, until they found the two mad scientists, engaged in a heated shouting match over the hum of an overloading generator.
"I TOLD you not to add the release circuit's outflow into the capacitor! Kyaaa look what you did, you old goat!!" Sheda was hopping up and down furiously trying to get close to the overloading device, while the Elder stood there, peering at as mall knob in his hands.
"I didn't think it would have much effect… it wasn't connected to any major power supply."
"It was the release for the strain on the system! Without it, the whole thing will…"
Black smoke began to spew out from the device, until with a crackle and pop, the hum died, and left the two scientist coughing, and waving the smoke away. "…overload." Sheda finished with a sigh. "Damn…there goes the past two hours of work down the drain."
Chrno exchanged a grin with Rosette, and they both stifled snickers at the irony of the situation. The Elder who fought against demons by even going so far as to seal them in bullets, and the demon who worked on leeching out human lives to power demons….talk about complete opposites.
Finally, the Elder turned his head, sensing their presence. "Ouu! Rosette! Chrno!"
Sheda whirled about, squeaked once in a very feline manner, and tackled Chrno in a big enthusiastic hug, then as a second thought, gave Rosette a matching one. "Ohayoooo! You look much better, Chrno!" She winked up at the demon as she pulled back from a rather flushed Rosette. "Tee hee… ready for everything?" Her hands twitched in a paw-like manner as she gave him a very evil grin.
"Ah… I'm not really sure." He answered by way of reply, but Sheda didn't give him a moment to respond, as she snatched his arm and yanked him forward.
"Come come! Let's find out if it works!"
"If what works?" Chrno gawked, a bit overwhelmed, as Sheda pushed him down into a chair quickly, and began rummaging on the workbench behind her. No one had taken time to explain things to him, it seemed.
"This!" Sheda's hand shot up gripping the receptor in her claws, and she threw him a wide energetic smile.
Chrno stared at it with a blank look, and glanced over at Rosette for help, only to see Rosette's eyes gleaming with a matching look.
"Should we tie him down, ya think?" Sheda cackled somewhat.
"I dunno, he might run off if we don't…" Rosette snickered, and grinned more at Chrno's increasing uncomfortable look.
"Ano…." Chrno's sweatdrop was growing in size.
"Ger yer demon butt in gear." Sheda commanded, waving the receptor at him. "I can't put this on you as you are right now!"
The Elder just smiled patiently to the side, as the girls coerced the cowering demon into shifting forms before they were able to rightly threaten him. Rosette patted his cheek fondly as he glanced awkwardly between the two of them, not sure what to make of two hyperactive women practically hanging all over him.
"Um…someone mind explaining what's going on?" He asked meekly, as Sheda pulled his chin up, and began to unbutton the high collar to his 'battle' shirt, and pull it aside.
Rosette simply patted his shoulder and leaned on the chair next to him, smiling reassuringly. "Relax, it won't hurt…"
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"…much."
Chrno glared over at Sheda, hand itching to come up and rub at the place where she'd slapped on the metal clamp, on the left side of his pectoral muscle.
Sheda grinned wider, and winked at her friend. "Relax. That was the hard part. Now I just have to calibrate it."
Chrno's eyes glanced down, staring at the clamp with the green containment gem on it. "What is this for?"
"It's to keep you from melting your insides from here forward, so shush." Sheda chided, bringing up a tool and touching it to the receptor. "Now just hold still." She focused closely on her work, biting her tongue to one side as she stared intently at her alterations.
Chrno glanced up at Rosette, who just grinned and shook her head, before briefly explaining what she'd been told already. As she had suspected, his eyes widened as she finished, and he looked a bit lost for words at first, before the full meaning of the situation dawned on him, and his whole expression brightened. Rosette couldn't help but smile in return…though as she stared at his eyes, she was somewhat disturbed to see that his eyes in this form, were still shot through with the blue streaks, though they no longer glowed like she had seen during the attack.
"There." Sheda pulled back and nodded with some satisfaction, and peered down at her work, before turning to Rosette. "Open it up. Let's see what happens, na?"
Rosette didn't have to be told twice, as this time she practically was eager to activate the pocket watch. With the familiar twist of the gears, the watch snapped open. But there was a distinctive difference in it's inner layout this time.
The glow from the center was still green, but there was no numbers or dials in it any longer, instead an intricate series of circuits could be faintly seen beneath the glowing surface of the dial. The whole thing pulsed slightly in tune with an unknown rhythm, that seemed to match the flickering on Chrno's receptor. Sheda smiled and nodded. "Excellent. They're in tune." She took the clock and tinkered with a few more things as the three watched her in silence, then she pulled back.
"Right. Shall we test it?" She grinned with an evil smirk, and Chrno looked highly uncomfortable.
"Are you sure this is safe?"
"Bah!" she smacked his head. "Come on. Test it out."
"By doing what, exactly." He managed to sound slightly sarcastic, and rolled his eyes slightly.
"Um… Naa! Elder-san! You said you wanted some tree branches clipped, right?"
Chrno nearly slid out of the chair with embarrassment, while Rosette fell into bouts of hysterical laughter.
The Elder simply snorted, and turned around. "I have a better idea." He gestured, and bemused, the three followed him. The Elder wound through twists and turns in his lab, before coming to the back wall where the seal rooms were, then opening one. Rosette knew this one immediately, as they entered. It was one of the Elder's testing rooms, small, but partitioned off so that you could fire a bullet and see the effects.
With a clank, the Elder pulled the secondary door open, and gestured. Chrno stepped inside, and the three stood behind the wall where a solid glass window separated the testing room from the viewing area. The whole inside was lined with double layered steel, and was the perfect testing zone.
"Right, go ahead, knock yourself silly." The Elder grinned brightly, having complete confidence that the demon wouldn't ruin his testing room.
Chrno raised an eyebrow at Rosette, who smirked, and then he turned to face the entryway, raising his right hand up, wings spreading a bit as he took a step back to brace himself. They all plugged their ears, out of habit, as a bright glow began for form in his hand, before beams of light shot out, and rocketed towards the far wall before exploding with a loud boom that shook the whole building.
Rosette grinned wider, a thrill of excitement and surge of energy throbbing through her veins as she watched him. No matter how many times I see it, it still looks cool. She rocked forward on her heels, peering eagerly over at him as he lowered his hand, then turned to glance back at them with a curious look on his face.
"So! How do you feel?" Sheda pressed, as he turned around. "Any difference?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." He admitted, glancing down at the glowing receptor that had brightened considerably.
Sheda clapped her hands together in glee. "Wonderful!" She turned around and faced Rosette. "And you? Ahh..never mind I think I can see the result already."
Rosette blinked, not certain what she meant, but seeing Chrno smile, she glanced over at the glass next to her which dimly showed her reflection, and saw her cheeks were flushed rosy. And she DID feel as if she had just eaten a whole pint of ice cream…
She glance down at the watch, and saw it was crackling slightly. Not a whole bunch, but then Chrno had just done something simple with his powers, so the result would be small to begin with. But it was clear to everyone, that the result was a positive one.
One problem down… One more to go…
But then… trouble always came in threes.
Author's note: There. Finally got THAT out of the way. Now you got two more things to wonder about nyaaaa!
And some new reviewers to reply to!
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Just a reader: Glad to know I'm helping string the threads of sanity back into your life! Good luck with finals!
Kryal: Dang you! Spoiling my plot before I posted it XD You're too perceptive!!!
Irisgem: Yes try writing fics! You could just do fun scenes between them when they're fighting off the 'evil of life' or what have you Anywho, I emailed ya about them translations you asked about
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And that about covers it woot.
Next Chapter: More mega plot! And Minor Plot! And Pawn Shops!