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
Chapter Fourteen: Re-Awakening
"Rosette? Are you up?" A soft melodious voice caused the young woman to turn from her balcony terrace, and glance back in as the slender pale-haired songstress entered the room, smiling over at her. "Oh you are! Good morning!"
"Morning, Az." Rosette replied with a wide grin.
"Am I interrupting something?" Azmaria glanced over at the older girl, though they were nearly the same height now. In fact, it was clear that Az would soon grow to be a tall woman, but she was still working on that. "You looked as if you were thinking."
"Ah, I was. But it wasn't anything you interrupted." Rosette turned around, sweeping her hair over her shoulder, and re-tying the knot she'd put her hair in to keep it out of her way normally. "What's up?"
"I was wondering…" Az smiled as they turned and began to head out into the hallway. "You're going up there to visit today, right?
"Yup."
"Can I go with you this time? It's been a while since I've seen him."
"Sure, I don't see why not." Rosette gave Az a thumbs up, and slung her day bag over her shoulder. "I'm sure he'd be glad to see you too. It shouldn't be much longer though, so maybe soon we'll be back down here and you can tell him everything yourself."
"True!" Az laughed merrily, a blush rising to her cheeks. "But still…I'd like to go with you anyway."
"Well, we can ask Remington, but I'm sure he won't have a problem with it." Rosette stuck her hands behind her head, and skipped down the steps two at a time with much bounce in her step. "Speaking of which, where is he?"
"I think he's with the Elder." Az jogged down the steps beside Rosette, "They didn't want to be disturbed."
"Rosette." A voice came from the right as the two girls stopped at the base of the stairs. Kate Valentine stepped out, a smile on her face as she beheld the two. "Are you going now?"
"Yeah." Rosette waved the pocket sized device in her hand, that gave off a faint green glow from the orb in the center of the metal inlay. "Unless there's anything else you want me to relay?"
"Just check up on the status from their point of view. And Rosette…" Kate's eyes narrowed warily. "Please be careful. It won't be long now… we don't know what exactly will happen."
"I know that. Don't worry. Where's Joshua?"
"Ah, I left him in the library." Az said, a rosy blush rising to her cheeks quickly. "He was doing more research."
"Just like him, nose stuck into books." Rosette shrugged lightly. "Well…let's go say farewell to him first, or he'll be sore when we get back."
Az blushed more, and Rosette grinned lightly watching her. A year had changed the young shy singer into a flourishing teen, older than she appeared. She and Joshua had been spending far more time with one another than Rosette suspected, she was sure… but not that she minded. Joshua seemed to enjoy her company, and since Rosette was often sent out on assignment, she couldn't be around to keep him company while he did his bookwork.
Rosette's eyes strayed down to the clock hanging about her chest, and smiled lightly, watching the soft glow from the center pulse gently. Won't be long now… She thought, and put a hand over it. A good thing too… I'm getting sick of being so far away from him.
A year later… that's how long it had been since they had solved the problem of her soul limitation. In that time, quite a bit, and yet not much had happened. Chrno had returned to Eden, determined to help with what he could, and he spent most of the time up there. Once a month, he normally came down for a day's break, but not much more than that, and Rosette had been feeling the empty ache in her heart from lack of being close to him for some time now. She had been kept busy, working with Az and the other Militia to control the rising demon population in this world. Some were willing to talk, some were not…either way, the end of the barrel of a gun often changed their mind, one way or the other.
Az had become quite an adequate Rookie, who was working on graduating to Sister. The Apostle still had a lack of wish to harm anything, but she had been instead working on becoming a doctor in her spare time when she wasn't busy singing in the choir. Joshua had grown stronger, from his time spent using Chrno's horns had strengthened his stamina, and was involved in picking up some of the prophecy work, as well as occult research to assist their continuing information stores. Joshua preferred not to get involved in any battles, and considering what he had been through, no one could blame him.
Remington had not changed a bit, and continued to be their providing support, and Reverend Mother Kate had grown into her new position nicely, though not much changed as far as organization in the Order.
As for the Sinners, well not much had changed there either. Sheda was working on alternative substitutes for the lost horns, though she hadn't come up with anything that worked reliably yet. Jenai and Rizel seemed to be growing closer, and Rosette's continuing presence there had somewhat cooled the temper both had, and softened Rizel's stony heart for the better… that and some well placed nudges in regards to the male demon's feelings towards her had helped change her for the best. Vid was the same person, and remained stoic, but friendly when needed, and Sheda was the continuing bouncy scientist she always was.
Chrno spent most of the year asleep, as it seemed the easiest thing since he was stuck in one place, feeding power into the pool where Ion was being restored. As he had little to do, read, or think about, he just snoozed, and Rosette had occasionally had fun throwing pebbles at his head to get him to wake up. The power feed was on constantly, except for when he took a break, which meant her own soul was constantly being fed the small bits of power that he generated from the holy division of his soul, as he used a steady low amount of his own power. It wasn't enough to make her feel abnormal, but it did mean she had trouble sleeping when she was constantly feeling wide awake. Nonetheless, he seemed to have an infinite supply of patience.
As for their rising threat? It wasn't growing worse, aside from the fact that demons were equaling the amount of people in major cities by 1 to 3. The Order had been very busy keeping things in control, arranging pacts with them, or eradicating those they needed when necessary. As to why the demons were flooding out of Pandemonium by the bucketful, no one knew anything about still.
Rosette poked her head into the library, spotting her brother hunched over the books as usual, squinting at a tomb of ancient languages laid out in front of him. "Oi! Joshua. We're heading out now."
His head came up, and he grinned widely seeing her, obviously glad for the break as he rubbed his temples lightly with his fingers. "Oh, so soon?" He hadn't changed much, Rosette reflected with a smile, as she entered the room. He'd grown taller, but aside from that, he remained as childish as she herself did at times. "When will you be back?"
"Dunno. Couple days maybe." She leaned against the table, as Az shyly came up, blushing as Joshua looked her way. Rosette grinned wider at their shy flirtations. Had she and Chrno looked so obvious? "We'll give you a call if we're gonna be longer."
"Ok." He stood and embraced her warmly, and glanced at Az, hesitating before doing the same, although not as intimate, as his cheeks reddened. "Take care of yourself… Tell Chrno hi for me."
"Will do!" Rosette gave him a thumbs up, then put a hand on Az's shoulder. "Ready?"
"Yep!"
With a light click of the button on the green panel in her hand, Rosette depressed the device, and a green glow surrounded her and Az, and with a slight fade of energy all around them, they vanished from sight, only to re-appear in another chamber, miles from their previous location.
"Welcome back!" An energetic familiar voice greeted them, and Rosette calmly stepped off the receiving dais and waved to Sheda as the cat-demon waited patiently for them down below. "How was your trip!?"
Rosette sighed and rolled her eyes, spreading her hands. "It takes all of, what… 2 seconds to come up here! How do you think the trip went!?"
"Maa, never hurts to ask!" Sheda winked, and wrapped her arms around Az with a sly grin. "Nice seeing you again, Azu-chan."
Az blushed more, but nodded. "Ah, nice to see you again, Sheda."
"So, how are things?" Rosette asked, as they began to walk down the hall.
"Ah! It won't be long now! He should be waking up any day!" Sheda grinned brightly, excitement obviously written all over her face. "Chrno's done a wonderful job! Thanks to my brilliance, of course." She grinned more, her tail twitching happily as she bounced ahead of the two into the central chamber where all the equipment was still rigged up in the same position it always had been.
Rosette's eyes strayed to the figure in the center, and smiled a bit. Ever since he'd insisted on coming back up here on a regular basis, Chrno had been behaving very calm and dedicated. She supposed she should have felt a bit jealous, but then considering the previous four years of her life had been obsessed with finding her brother, she supposed giving him a year to help his own 'brother' wasn't out of the question.
Az stopped at the base of the pools, and nervously peered in, while Rosette walked up the catwalk and stopped in front of the central chamber where her companion sat calmly, legs crossed in a meditative position, wings folded around him, and hands resting lightly on his knees. She raised an eyebrow, eyeing his rather scruffy appearance. Sitting still for months at a time wasn't necessarily the best for his hygiene. He had allowed his hair to grow out in this form once more, and though it looked slightly wild and unkempt from not being trimmed, it fell down past his waist to pool around behind him. Rosette had to flush as she realized she preferred him with long hair in all his forms. It was just too much fun to run her fingers through… Her hands itched at her side as she fought the urge to reach in and braid it before he 'woke' up.
"Maa… I suppose that can be it for today. Not really much more to add… the rest he can do on his own." Sheda flipped the switch back up, and the hum of electricity died as the green glow surrounding Chrno's platform and the pool beneath died out. Sheda sighed. "Wow… I'm surprised it took so little time." She peered in the pool eagerly, and slid aside the protective opaque cover she'd placed over it for protection of it's precious contents.
Rosette's eyes slid down to view the sight, and she couldn't help but stifle a shudder seeing Ion's sleeping body, laying there whole once more, but still unmoving. His hair was long and floated about his folded wings and bare chest, interlocking around his tail which could barely be seen from this position. They had fully regenerated him…now they just had to wait and see what happened. Would his soul find it's way back on it's own, or would they have to search it out? They didn't rightly know. Demons were different beings from humans. Once a human died, it was near impossible to bring the soul back to animate the body.
A sigh turned her attention back, as Chrno's head lifted and he yawned slightly, stretching his arms out in front of him, and his wings out behind him.
"Lazy bum." Rosette kicked at one of his boots as he untwined his feet from their yoga-like position. "Bout time you woke up."
He squinted an eye up at her, twinkling with amusement at her dry humor. "Nice to see you too, Rosette." With a swift motion, he rose to his feet, hair swirling about him in long strands, and wings folding behind him neatly. "Azu!" He smiled down at the young woman and waved cheerfully. "You look well today."
She blushed lightly, but smiled and approached as the two made their way down off of the platform. "Nice to see you too, Chrno. Joshua says hello."
Chrno smiled and ruffled her head cheerfully. Seeing them always put him in a good mood. "Thanks for relaying that."
"Ouuu and what am I, chopped liver?" Sheda pouted off to the side.
"Sorry!" Chrno rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, and subjected himself to a severe lunge by Sheda, as she wrapped her arms around his torso tightly. "Ack…" He staggered back a few feet, nearly tipping into the pool below, before he regained his balance.
"Mmm… Ku-ro-nooo." She whined, peering up at him with big green eyes. "Now that we're finished, you're not going to stick around much anymorrree. And it was just becoming funnnn."
Rosette's eyebrow twitched, as she fought to stay calm, and not get jealous as Sheda rubbed a finger against the receptor glowing on Chrno's chest. Chrno just seemed to grow further embarrassed, and coughed a bit. "Ano…I'm not just going to up and vanish."
"Daaakaaraaaaa" Sheda wiggled her rear, tail twitching back and forth as she whined. "It's been nice having you up here! I've got SO many good experiments done because of you!"
His eyebrow twitched lightly. "You did what?"
"While you were sleeping." Her fangs glittered in the dim light as she grinned widely. "You never said no."
Rosette slammed an elbow down right between Sheda's eagerly twitching feline ears, with a snort. "Next time, ASK him."
"Ah, it's ok, Rosette." Chrno waved his hands quickly to stop her from doing anything drastic. "I suppose it didn't do any harm."
"Hmph." Was all Rosette answered, as she crossed her arms, and peered down with Az into the pool nearby.
Ion's face was different than she remembered…for some reason, he seemed younger, less worn by worry, and the fact he seemed relaxed, took any malicious nature out of his features.
Chrno's gaze joined theirs, and he crouched down on one knee, peering down at Ion with a thoughtful expression, the cross around his neck clinking once against the receptor with a soft chime of metal.
"Do you think he'll remember everything?" Rosette asked quietly from his side, a slight frown on her face. "Will he try to kill us all over again? Will we have to kill him again?"
"Gah, I hope not." Sheda growled from the side. "It took us THIS long to get him back, I won't let you blow him up THAT soon."
The three smiled lightly, and Chrno rose to his feet once more and shrugged lightly. "Anyway…" His gaze found Rosette's, and they hesitated a moment, before he voiced the unspoken thought they both shared. "…any further news on the developments?"
Sheda shook her head, pulling out a chart and handing it over to the three for them to examine. "I've been trying to do research into the reason, but none of the demons seem to want to negotiate with any of us… NO idea why." A cat-like grin lit her face up. "But I did manage to figure out, that whatever the reason, they're fleeing."
"Fleeing?" Chrno asked quietly. "That's not a good indication."
"No, it's not." Sheda agreed with a frown. "If it's enough to scare everyone into coming into the human world, it's something serious." She tapped a couple screens, and panels began to light up. "Now, this is just some facts I've managed to scrounge up, and none of it has any real proof to back it up… but apparently there was a rumor that Pandemonia was in power for a reason."
"She was the Queen." Chrno's brow creased as he scratched his head behind his right ear and horn thoughtfully. "What more reason was there?"
"Ah, she was Queen because she was the most powerful." Sheda spoke up, raising an eyebrow. "She commanded power and loyalty in order to maintain a strict discipline. But there seems to be more aside from that… apparently, all the other demons on her level, ceased to exist for some reason."
"Ceased to exist?" Rosette blinked. "They were killed?"
"No, they just.. dropped off the radar, so to speak." Sheda shrugged, putting the charts away nonchalantly. "They didn't die, nor were they destroyed. They just…vanished. Pandemonia was the only one of her level left, and she became queen because of that."
Chrno seemed a bit skeptical at this information, but nodded lightly to indicate he was listening. "How does that come into play now though?"
"Ah, you see… now that she's gone, it seems that she was sitting upon more secrets than we thought." Sheda grimaced. "What that is, I haven't figured out yet… maybe Ion will know…if he remembers anything when he wakes up."
Chrno glanced back towards the pool and studied the sleeping form of his brethren, as Rosette tilted her head to the side, leaning up against Chrno casually. She grinned, and felt a faint blush creep up her cheeks as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and squeezed once in re-assurance.
Over the past year, though they had spent much of it separate from one another, they had tentatively begun to explore a deeper meaning, and closer bond than they had shared before. Perhaps it was a combination of Rosette's innocence before, and the fact that Chrno too, while older, was as innocent as she in such matters. So, together they had been able to progress at the same rate, experiencing joy, sadness, and a complex relationship of many elements. In that year's time, they had grown closer, so that they were no longer quite as ashamed of their own little small motions of affection for one another. In public was one thing, but among friends, or privately, was another entirely. Yet, both still were young, and did not explore some of the more advanced properties the relationship might eventually offer. Why focus on something so intense, when the youthful childishness of first love could bloom for as long as they wished?
Rosette never really thought about what their relationship would bring in the future… honestly, she didn't really care. Others gave them odd looks, and whispered behind their backs, but she firmly ignored it. It wasn't worth worrying over. She and Chrno understood each other on a level no one else could, and she wasn't about to let anyone ruin that.
It was funny… no matter how many times she realized she'd seen Chrno as he truly was, she still didn't really THINK of him as a demon…
No, he was just a friend.
She smiled lightly, kicking her feet back and forth as she sat on the neatly made up bed she had taken time to organize when she had last been here. He never slept in it for the most part, but still she hated to see his room so disorganized. Despite having lived with her at the Order for so long, Chrno had never really had a room to call his own, unless you considered the small residence in the Elder's cottage a 'room'. Thus, the large space that he'd been given back as his own in Eden, seemed somewhat overwhelming to him.
It was mostly neat, clothes folded nicely in a pile next to the bed, and basin dry and orderly, but books, papers, and the occasional bow tie lay strewn about the floor haphazardly. There was even a holy gun laying on his dresser, that Rosette had left the last time she'd stopped by. She blushed a bit, realizing she'd get a chewing out for doing that…
The sound of the water running stopped from the room attached to his bedroom, and after several more minutes, Chrno came out, drying his long hair in a towel, looking at it a bit disgruntled. "I forgot what a pain this stuff is when it tangles with my tail…" He had reverted back into his 'normal' form for the time being, which suited Rosette just fine since she had been feeling a bit lighthearted from the constant influx of energy into her soul.
"Well, I like it like that. So don't complain." Rosette shot back, as she rose to her feet and pointed at him to sit down on the bed, while she grabbed a comb and scissors. "Now lets make it a bit more presentable shall we?"
He couldn't protest, and simply subjected to her whims as she combed it all flat, then trimmed away cheerfully, getting rid of the parts that didn't quite fit in, and giving him a more tailored look. Then, she set the scissors aside, and braided his hair. He didn't seem to mind, even when she tied another bow there, which clashed something horrid with his current outfit, but nothing was brought up that encouraged him to say anything.
That is, until the door burst open with a slam.
Both Rosette and Chrno jumped, their heads jerking up as one, frozen with surprise as they stared wide eyed at the figure standing in the doorway.
"Ion…" Chrno's voice was soft, surprised, and somewhat reluctant, as he viewed the wild-haired demon who stood gripping the doorway tightly from both sides, wings wide open, eyes shadowed beneath long bangs, and breath coming fast and sharp.
For a long moment, no one said anything, and the tension in the room was such that you could hear a pin drop, bounce three times, and send echoes off the metal walls.
Rosette wasn't even aware immediately, that she was gripping Chrno's shoulder so tight, that her nails were biting into his skin drawing ribbons of blood, but then neither did he notice… he was too driven to stare wide-eyed at the figure in the doorway, uncertain how to react… out of defense, or something else?
Then, finally, Ion's head raised slowly, and they saw his expression for the first time.
It was something between rage, sorrow, agony, and confusion.
"Chrno…" Ion's voice was low, hoarse, and heavy with conflicting emotions. The two slowly rose to their feet, Rosette still keeping a respectful distance with Chrno between her and the other demon, and Chrno with a hesitant posture, as if he wasn't sure to be defensive or supportive.
"Why…?" Ion's hoarse voice continued, bridging on the verge of the inaudible. "Why did you do this…?"
Chrno's breath held for a moment, then slowly expelled as he spoke slowly, not certain which part exactly his opponent was referring to. "Why did I help you…?"
The piercing gaze that Ion shot at him, was enough to boil or freeze your blood at once, yet there was an element of confusion that flashed over his features for the briefest moment. "How long has it been….?"
Chrno exchanged a glance with Rosette, surprise on both their faces not providing any answers immediately. "Uh, it's been over a year since… Central Park."
A frown creased Ion's brow deeper, and the demon seemed to be having trouble making heads or tails of that, but turned his gaze down to Rosette, staring at her with piercing violet eyes, before meeting Chrno's eyes once more.
"You spent… a whole year of your life, attempting to bring me back… after ALL of that? Why…? I thought your foolish nature over that human woman interfered with your judgment permanently."
Chrno sighed a bit and looked a bit nostalgic. "It did. But for the best I'd like to think." He spread his hands. "Ion… what happened was partially my foolish actions, I admit that… but as you once said, we can put things behind us. I think I learned more about that concept recently than I knew of it before… and I would like to hope that one day, we might go back to the way things were once, between you and I."
Ion stared at him flatly, a look of emotionless consternation on his brow, as he processed that information.
Rosette continued to stand behind Chrno, watching Ion carefully, not certain yet what to say. So she smartly kept out of it. This was Chrno's argument, not hers, and she had no place in it.
The silence continued, then finally, Ion's shoulders drooped a bit, and a slow sigh escaped his lips. "Chrno… even now, you never cease to amaze me…" his violet eyes came up, and studied Chrno with a puzzled look. "Most of what occurred in the past fifty years only exists in the form of your memories, now in my head."
Chrno's head jerked up, and he looked clearly startled. "What?"
Ion's smile turned rather sardonic. "I see myself… through your eyes. I see what you have seen, what you have lived, and what you have felt… My own memories that existed after…" He paused and frowned, as if fighting to remember what he was thinking.
"Wait…" Chrno stepped forward, and approached Ion slowly, peering at him. "You don't remember what happened?"
"I remember…but through your point of view." Ion said quietly, his eyes shifting from Chrno, down to Rosette with a mixed look.
"My point of view…?" Chrno put a hand to his head, obviously looking overwhelmed by that. "I wonder…." He glanced at Rosette, and they shared a knowing look. They both had just figured it out at the same time.
The horns had been Ion's source of life that the re-generated from… they had created his body as it was when the horns had been separated from him… but being as Chrno had funded the power with his life, his influence had been slowly seeping into Ion the whole time. Which gave Ion a WHOLE new perspective on how things had been, she realized with some awe. Maybe… he could understand Chrno's motivations now.
Chrno turned back, and quickly reached forward as Ion began to slump forward. "Oi, you should sit down. You probably shouldn't be up and around yet this soon." He pushed his companion into a chair nearby, as Ion's form rippled, and converted back into his human guise.
"I thought I understood my own goals plainly." Ion spoke quietly. "But now…" His eyes rose, and studied Chrno's carefully. "…I'm not so sure."
Chrno sighed and crouched down next to him, and ran a hand through his hair, and sat silently for a long time, obviously turning over what to say carefully. Finally, after ages of silence, he lifted his head once more. "Your dream was something we all shared… but I think… I wasn't willing to take quite the risk you were, because I wasn't ever as forward and aggressive as you. My hesitation ruined everything we had planned, and because of that I'm sorry…" Rosette stared sharply at Chrno, but he continued.
"…however, because of that failing, you helped me understand more about myself, and others, and come to a place where I finally found out who I was, and where I stood in the world. Because of the tragedy that happened, I met Rosette…" He lifted his gaze and slipped a hand into hers, and squeezed lightly. "Without meeting her, I think my life would have lost meaning, and I would have wasted away into nothing."
"I'm sorry for ruining everything you had worked to accomplish." He spoke with a heavy tone of regret. "However, destroying everything and killing others to achieve a dream… sacrificing the lives of innocents… that's not the way to achieve equality. There must be another way to do what you wanted, without loss of life." His gaze lifted. "Let's find a way that works."
Ion smiled lightly, and shook his head, fixing them both with a bemused glance. "Before, I would have called you a foolish idiot dreaming of the impossible." He tapped his chin with two long tan fingers. "I would have laughed at your idiocy… a foolish choice to abandon all those you cared for, on a whim of a woman. A human woman. But…" His eyes looked distant. "Now I understand why you threw everything away… to a small extent perhaps, but I understand nonetheless when I was incapable of doing so before, having never experienced such things myself."
He slapped his hand down on his knee, and fixed Chrno with a pondering look. "We both have been fools, in different ways perhaps. It was once said we were exact opposites of one another… which I felt was true, even more so after you departed our troupe. Perhaps, we can learn to use that to our advantage together once more…brother." Ion held his hand out towards Chrno with a slight pulling smirk of his lips. "I shall overlook your indiscretions, if you shall forgive me for mine."
A relieved smile flooded Chrno's face, and Rosette felt her breath drift out of her as she relaxed. It seemed Chrno's good nature had definitely had a calming effect on Ion's personality. He held a hand out, and firmly grasped Ion's and the two exchanged equal expressions of understanding, as the last old wounds that remained open, were beginning to be patched up.
"Ion!!!"
Sheda came bowling out of the lab, running straight for the tall white-haired demon at full force, a look of glee, and pouty annoyance crossing her face, even as she lunged at him, attaching her arms firmly to his right side.
Ion's soft laughter filled the hallway, as he put a hand between her two perked feline ears and ruffled her ebony hair fondly. "Just as energetic as ever, I see."
"You just got up and LEFT!" she growled, tail twitching wildly behind her like an angry cat. "I nearly died when I found the lab empty!"
"Sorry." He didn't look the least bit sorry, and just smiled almost in a taunting manner down at her. "Next time I shall be sure to leave a memo."
She pouted more, her ears wilting a bit at his teasing. "No fair…"
"Ion!" Two more hurried footsteps echoed from around the corner, and tall strides brought Rizel and Jenai up, both their faces lit with excitement and relief. "You're back!"
"Damn, it's good to have ya back."
"Goodness, if my departure causes such a stir and warrants this warm welcome, perhaps I should make more of a habit of it." The demon smiled smoothly, but was in good humor. "I trust things didn't deteriorate in my absence?"
"Well it was boring as hell, if that's what ya mean." Jenai spat with some resigned annoyance. "All we did was drink, sleep, and …." His grin widened distinctively at Rizel, who shot him a dirty look. "…enjoy leisure activities."
"Ah, so you were lazy is that it?" Ion raised a thin eyebrow, and glanced over as Chrno and Rosette approached to the side. "It seems things fall apart without me." He spread his hands lightly. "What IS the world coming to?"
They all laughed lightly, tension evaporating instantly, especially as Vid came into the party, his normally passive face smiling broadly.
Rosette smiled, and glanced up at Chrno, though he was busy watching, a smile on his face. Who would have imagined that such a group of those who were supposedly 'hated by God' would be so joyous? In fact, her suspicions drifted more and more towards the endless bounty of questions that she had developed over the years, the more time she spent with demons. Not all of them were 'evil'. In fact, she had come to understand that they too, like humans, had the powerful ability to love, despair, mourn, and laugh. What was the definition of a demon? An Evil Being, according to all stigma.
To Rosette.. it meant nothing, other than a different branch of people, each capable of exactly the same, as every human existing on this earth.
Author's note: wow over 50 comments now! I'm thrilled. Well lesse, thanks everyone for continuing to read! For those interested in the anime and or manga, I recommend the manga first, the anime is… very different and I personally don't like the way the plot goes, nor how they change the characters so badly. (Though I do enjoy warping some scenes to my own good use )
I will be busy writing over my vacation this next week, but the next update will not be until after Saturday May 22nd.
Some of you may wonder how much longer the fic will be going? Well, I can tell ya that there's a few more chapters, and POSSIBLY depending if I get more motivation, there may be an act 4. Thing is, I have to find out what's a bigger plot than the one I have… o.o there may not be one. So it may end at Act 3. But don't worry, I shall bring you other CC fics I have 3 I'm working on at the moment! So never fear!
Next Chapter: The plot is revealed! And Booyah… it's a doozy.