Authors Note: I do not to own any of the characters of the anime and manga
series, Chrno Crusade. All characters of Chrno Crusade are copyright to
Moriyama Daisuke.
Summary: Set between the time that Rosette joins the Militia, and before 'the gang' sets out for San Francisco. It seems that Rosette and Chrno's arch nemesis, Aion, has discovered a way to manipulate the power of the Astral line to affect Rosette's Contractor's clock. Now, the time is flying swifter then ever for the young Magdalena nun, so the whole crew, Chrno, Rosette, Satella, and Azumaria, have set out to find a way to reverse Aion's new devious plot.
Tick... tick... some would be irritated by the soft, yet still incessant click of a clock, however, to Chrno, it was music to his ears. His contractor was sleeping deeply, mouth open, snoring softly, head back. Beside her was a small girl with pastel violet hair, also asleep, leaning against Rosette. It had been a long night; Sister Kate had called in around 10 pm with a high-action, low class job for Rosette and her companions. The extermination itself had taken no more then 30 minutes, however, the cleanup had taken half the night. A novice Satan worshipper had unsealed a demon whom had taken up his residence in a book binding factory. It had only taken one well placed sacred, courtesy of Rosette, to dispose of the low level demon. However, in order to get this perfect shot, she had lured the demon out of the building, and he had wreck the wall of the factory in the process. Of course, this particular wall happened to support the entire building, and it had promptly come crashing down. After spending about 4 hour filling out paperwork and helping clean up the mess, Rosette, Chrno, and Azumaria were able to retreat to the car.
Rosette had attempted to drive home, but had nearly caused three accidents in the process, falling asleep at the wheel. Chrno, taking the lead, had convinced his contractor that she should pull over, and that they could sleep in the car tonight. Of course, after some random prattling, Rosette had fallen asleep, Azumaria had soon followed suit, but Chrno had been unable to catch the elusive grip of slumber. Now, he was listening to the soft sounds of the night; the quiet ticking of the clock, Rosette's snoring, a horn honking in the far background. These were the type of moments he cherished, and hoped that he would never be forced to give them up.
Now of course, he was now onto more morbid thoughts. Just what would he do when Rosette's time was up? It had taken 50 years to heal his emotional scars after losing Magdalene, and the young demon was not sure he could take the depression that would follow Rosette's death. However, his dark musing were interrupted when suddenly he noticed that the snoring had stopped and Rosette was now awake and looking at him intently.
"Ne, Chrno, what's wrong?" she asked, her face showing concern.
"E-eh? M-maa, maa, Rosette, what're you talking about? I'm fine." The young demon said with a bit of hesitation, and a sweatdrop on his head.
Squinting one eye, Rosette leaned forward so that she was only few inches before Chrno's face, nose to nose. Chrno blushed furiously, and attempted to lean back, only to find the backseat of the car in the way, however, Rosette seemed to honorable intentions, for she simply pulled down his cheek on either side, and peered into his eyes, before returning to her previous position.
"Well, you don't look sick." Rosette continued, leaning back into the seat. "You sure you ok?"
"H-hai, hai." He cleared his throat, his blush diminishing. Chrno glanced over Rosette over to Azumaria. "Is she still sleeping?"
"Mmm hmm." Rosette answered absentmindedly as she climbed, rather clumsily, into the front of the car. "We should probably return to Magdalena, I'll have to report to Sister Kate in the morning." She sighed, Rosette was not looking forward to it. Sister Kate was fond of the young nun (though she did not show it often), and therefore, was a little bit harder on her. Rosette had been here before, and knew what was coming. Sister Kate would be furious, but, at least, she had not wrecked the car, and this was improvement. That was Rosette for you, always concentrating on the positive. Sure, she had wreck an entire factory building, but the car was not busted.
Chrno, after making sure that Azumaria was safe in the seat (he knew the reckless nature of Rosette's driving, especially this late at night), he climbed up into the shot gun seat beside Rosette as she started the engine. The car grudgingly sputtered to life, as if it were irritated at being woken so late. However, Rosette did not wait for the engine to really instigate, flooring the pedal and lurching the car forward into a speed that was much higher then what was legally accepted. "Rosette!" Chrno cried in alarm. "You'll wake Azumaria, or worse, kill us all!"
"Eheheh, mou, Chrno, lighten up!" Rosette responded in her normal, joking manner, while making a wild turn into the driveway for the Order, and screeching to a halt in front of the gates.
By this point in time, Azumaria had awoken, and was not clutching to the door to keep from being thrown about the car. "Rosette," she began timidly, "please be careful, Sister Kate won't be happy if you crash the car again."
Rosette's response to this was to turn around in her seat and glare pointedly at Azumaria. "I was nowhere near crashing the car," she said, eyes narrowed dangerously.
Chrno, ignoring both girls, was attempting to catch the attention of the security officer whom was in charge of the gate. This however, was no use, for there was no one in the booth.
"Oi! OI!!" Rosette yelled at the empty booth, waving her hands. "Open the gate would you? We're tired!"
Chrno sighed, and sunk back into the car, after sticking his head out the window. "Rose-"he began, but it was no use, the young nun was already out of the car and shaking the gates.
"Sleeping on the job? Let us iiiinnn!!" She continued, shaking the gates and causing quite a racket.
Before Chrno or Azumaria were able to stop Rosette, a voice split the darkness, and it was rather angry. "Rosette?! What are you doing?! Where have you been?!!?!" It was sister Kate, garbed in her normal habit, which was odd, considering the time of night.
"Eh... Sister Kate, what are you doing up so late?" Rosette said, a bit taken aback, and forgetting to apologize for her actions, once again.
"Where have you been?!" she repeated. "I tried to call you, but no one picked up." She continued angrily.
Rosette sent a glare back to Chrno, who grinned sheepishly. After they had completed their job, Chrno had stashed the ammunition and the phone in the trunk of the car, and apparently it had wrung while they were asleep. Well, Rosette would deal with him later, but at the moment, Sister Kate was quite flustered (something that did not happen often), something must have happened.
Sister Kate wasted no more time, and cut straight to the point. "Demons attacked the Order while you were away, while we're not sure yet, we think it might have been a few subordinates of Aion!!"
"What?! Well, let us in!!" Rosette said, urgency clear on her voice. She ran back to the car, starting up the engine again. Why did Aion show up here? Did it have something to do with Joshua? Just as her hopes had begun to rise, perhaps there had been a clue to her brother's whereabouts, the shattered. Rosette drove the car slowly through the gates, to be confronted by a rather gruesome scene. In the front courtyard of the Order, it was obvious a battle had been waged. Many bodies lay about the grass, with medics, all dressed in habits, walking among them. Some carried bandages, others carried stretchers for the wounded... or dead. Rosette could hear quiet gasps from the back seat, announcing that Azumaria was crying. Rosette too was finding it hard to repress her sorrow, why did this have to happen?!
After parking the car, all three stepped out, and stared about rather dumbly. However, this was quickly interrupted by Sister Kate, leading them all inside the building. Chrno glanced over at Azumaria; he was worried about the young apostle. Maybe all of this was too much for her, she seemed to be a little overwhelmed. Chrno stepped closer to her, and gently placed a hand on Azumaria's shoulder, "It's okay..." he spoke softly. But was it really ok? It had been a long time since the Order had to confront Demons on their own property, and an even longer time since they had seen to many wounded. Why had the demons attacked? They were about to find out as Sister Kate led them into the secluded hut where the Elder normally worked.
Author's Note: Thanks to Nightcrawlerelf for pointing out my mistakes and helping me correct them, I appreciate it!
Summary: Set between the time that Rosette joins the Militia, and before 'the gang' sets out for San Francisco. It seems that Rosette and Chrno's arch nemesis, Aion, has discovered a way to manipulate the power of the Astral line to affect Rosette's Contractor's clock. Now, the time is flying swifter then ever for the young Magdalena nun, so the whole crew, Chrno, Rosette, Satella, and Azumaria, have set out to find a way to reverse Aion's new devious plot.
Tick... tick... some would be irritated by the soft, yet still incessant click of a clock, however, to Chrno, it was music to his ears. His contractor was sleeping deeply, mouth open, snoring softly, head back. Beside her was a small girl with pastel violet hair, also asleep, leaning against Rosette. It had been a long night; Sister Kate had called in around 10 pm with a high-action, low class job for Rosette and her companions. The extermination itself had taken no more then 30 minutes, however, the cleanup had taken half the night. A novice Satan worshipper had unsealed a demon whom had taken up his residence in a book binding factory. It had only taken one well placed sacred, courtesy of Rosette, to dispose of the low level demon. However, in order to get this perfect shot, she had lured the demon out of the building, and he had wreck the wall of the factory in the process. Of course, this particular wall happened to support the entire building, and it had promptly come crashing down. After spending about 4 hour filling out paperwork and helping clean up the mess, Rosette, Chrno, and Azumaria were able to retreat to the car.
Rosette had attempted to drive home, but had nearly caused three accidents in the process, falling asleep at the wheel. Chrno, taking the lead, had convinced his contractor that she should pull over, and that they could sleep in the car tonight. Of course, after some random prattling, Rosette had fallen asleep, Azumaria had soon followed suit, but Chrno had been unable to catch the elusive grip of slumber. Now, he was listening to the soft sounds of the night; the quiet ticking of the clock, Rosette's snoring, a horn honking in the far background. These were the type of moments he cherished, and hoped that he would never be forced to give them up.
Now of course, he was now onto more morbid thoughts. Just what would he do when Rosette's time was up? It had taken 50 years to heal his emotional scars after losing Magdalene, and the young demon was not sure he could take the depression that would follow Rosette's death. However, his dark musing were interrupted when suddenly he noticed that the snoring had stopped and Rosette was now awake and looking at him intently.
"Ne, Chrno, what's wrong?" she asked, her face showing concern.
"E-eh? M-maa, maa, Rosette, what're you talking about? I'm fine." The young demon said with a bit of hesitation, and a sweatdrop on his head.
Squinting one eye, Rosette leaned forward so that she was only few inches before Chrno's face, nose to nose. Chrno blushed furiously, and attempted to lean back, only to find the backseat of the car in the way, however, Rosette seemed to honorable intentions, for she simply pulled down his cheek on either side, and peered into his eyes, before returning to her previous position.
"Well, you don't look sick." Rosette continued, leaning back into the seat. "You sure you ok?"
"H-hai, hai." He cleared his throat, his blush diminishing. Chrno glanced over Rosette over to Azumaria. "Is she still sleeping?"
"Mmm hmm." Rosette answered absentmindedly as she climbed, rather clumsily, into the front of the car. "We should probably return to Magdalena, I'll have to report to Sister Kate in the morning." She sighed, Rosette was not looking forward to it. Sister Kate was fond of the young nun (though she did not show it often), and therefore, was a little bit harder on her. Rosette had been here before, and knew what was coming. Sister Kate would be furious, but, at least, she had not wrecked the car, and this was improvement. That was Rosette for you, always concentrating on the positive. Sure, she had wreck an entire factory building, but the car was not busted.
Chrno, after making sure that Azumaria was safe in the seat (he knew the reckless nature of Rosette's driving, especially this late at night), he climbed up into the shot gun seat beside Rosette as she started the engine. The car grudgingly sputtered to life, as if it were irritated at being woken so late. However, Rosette did not wait for the engine to really instigate, flooring the pedal and lurching the car forward into a speed that was much higher then what was legally accepted. "Rosette!" Chrno cried in alarm. "You'll wake Azumaria, or worse, kill us all!"
"Eheheh, mou, Chrno, lighten up!" Rosette responded in her normal, joking manner, while making a wild turn into the driveway for the Order, and screeching to a halt in front of the gates.
By this point in time, Azumaria had awoken, and was not clutching to the door to keep from being thrown about the car. "Rosette," she began timidly, "please be careful, Sister Kate won't be happy if you crash the car again."
Rosette's response to this was to turn around in her seat and glare pointedly at Azumaria. "I was nowhere near crashing the car," she said, eyes narrowed dangerously.
Chrno, ignoring both girls, was attempting to catch the attention of the security officer whom was in charge of the gate. This however, was no use, for there was no one in the booth.
"Oi! OI!!" Rosette yelled at the empty booth, waving her hands. "Open the gate would you? We're tired!"
Chrno sighed, and sunk back into the car, after sticking his head out the window. "Rose-"he began, but it was no use, the young nun was already out of the car and shaking the gates.
"Sleeping on the job? Let us iiiinnn!!" She continued, shaking the gates and causing quite a racket.
Before Chrno or Azumaria were able to stop Rosette, a voice split the darkness, and it was rather angry. "Rosette?! What are you doing?! Where have you been?!!?!" It was sister Kate, garbed in her normal habit, which was odd, considering the time of night.
"Eh... Sister Kate, what are you doing up so late?" Rosette said, a bit taken aback, and forgetting to apologize for her actions, once again.
"Where have you been?!" she repeated. "I tried to call you, but no one picked up." She continued angrily.
Rosette sent a glare back to Chrno, who grinned sheepishly. After they had completed their job, Chrno had stashed the ammunition and the phone in the trunk of the car, and apparently it had wrung while they were asleep. Well, Rosette would deal with him later, but at the moment, Sister Kate was quite flustered (something that did not happen often), something must have happened.
Sister Kate wasted no more time, and cut straight to the point. "Demons attacked the Order while you were away, while we're not sure yet, we think it might have been a few subordinates of Aion!!"
"What?! Well, let us in!!" Rosette said, urgency clear on her voice. She ran back to the car, starting up the engine again. Why did Aion show up here? Did it have something to do with Joshua? Just as her hopes had begun to rise, perhaps there had been a clue to her brother's whereabouts, the shattered. Rosette drove the car slowly through the gates, to be confronted by a rather gruesome scene. In the front courtyard of the Order, it was obvious a battle had been waged. Many bodies lay about the grass, with medics, all dressed in habits, walking among them. Some carried bandages, others carried stretchers for the wounded... or dead. Rosette could hear quiet gasps from the back seat, announcing that Azumaria was crying. Rosette too was finding it hard to repress her sorrow, why did this have to happen?!
After parking the car, all three stepped out, and stared about rather dumbly. However, this was quickly interrupted by Sister Kate, leading them all inside the building. Chrno glanced over at Azumaria; he was worried about the young apostle. Maybe all of this was too much for her, she seemed to be a little overwhelmed. Chrno stepped closer to her, and gently placed a hand on Azumaria's shoulder, "It's okay..." he spoke softly. But was it really ok? It had been a long time since the Order had to confront Demons on their own property, and an even longer time since they had seen to many wounded. Why had the demons attacked? They were about to find out as Sister Kate led them into the secluded hut where the Elder normally worked.
Author's Note: Thanks to Nightcrawlerelf for pointing out my mistakes and helping me correct them, I appreciate it!