Mine
by Chrnocatfleas
Disclaimer: As usual, I own nothing, although I wish I did. Everything belongs to Moriyama Daisuke, ADV and Gonzo.
Author's note: My first ever reviews! Thanks so much to African Anime and Bronwen Stx for being my first reviewers. I totally agree with everyone when they say that the manga is much better. Anyway, I decided to attempt a fic about the manga this time. Remember how in volume 5, Rosette had a freaky dream about a vampiric Chrno? And in volume 6, didn't Magdalena tell Chrno that a bit of blood was required to make the contract? This is going to be an AU, which deviates slightly from the original story, Chrno's personality is going to be slightly different.
"Underlined words are Rosette's" and "Words in bold are Chrno's"
I only have the manga in Japanese, so I actually borrowed the words of the actual script from Episode 10, subbed by chronoGen.
Enjoy and please review.
Chapter 1: The Contract
Chrno:
"If you have a contractor, then you can save him?"
Oh Rosette, please do not ask this of me....
She must know the danger of the thing that she will most definitely ask of me.
"A contract is usually a sealing method that a demon user invokes in order to control demons when he summons them. By forcefully taking a certain element of human beings, it allows demons to use their abilities without requiring their horns to gather energy."A selfish bond, which took Magdalena away from me...leaving me to sink into a darkness deeper than that which surrounded me in the tomb of my beloved, until I was pulled back into the light by this girl...
"The element that's used is a human's time to live."...a girl whose joy of life was shown in all that she said and did...
"In other words, a person's soul."...I couldn't take such a thing away from her...
"Let's think of some other way. There's still time."...I would not see another die because of me.
"But..."Why must you insist upon this?
"You'll suffer for the rest of your life. Also, it'll only last half as long as other people's lives."I could feel her stiffen with shock, though whether it was from my warning or suddenly harsh tone I could not tell.
"Do you really want to live like that?"Do you truly wish to condemn yourself to an early death?
"I...said before...that I'd protect Joshua."
No...did you not heed what I said...
"I thought I knew everything."
Your voice quavers, even as you try to be brave...
"But I was wrong. He didn't want us to pity him."
...I understand that you fear for your brother, but what of yourself...
"I don't want it to end like this, so...I have to go and tell him"
...why are you so willing to sacrifice yourself...
"You're going to be an explorer, aren't you?"
...why must you be so much like her...
"We're going to go places no one has been to before. And, you're going to record that into a book, right?"
You may not live to see that come to pass...
"It's for Joshua, Chrno."
And what of you?
"I have to go save him, so..."
Are you willing to carry such a burden, endure such pain?
"Please...come with us on our dream. The three of us...let's go together."
Her tears, the forced smile....I held her in my arms, a small human, who I could easily break...yet she had broken me with her gentle plea. I could not refuse...even as I was pained by what I would have to do.
"I understand."
I placed her on her feet and knelt in front of her.
"I'll make a contract with you, Rosette Christopher."
I would do anything to make her smile again, that radiant smile which had stirred my heart and made it beat again.
"This is the symbol of our contract. A clock that marks the time in one's life."
I will be hers, just as she would be mine.
As she placed the clock around her neck, I rose to my feet.
"This contract requires one more thing before it is complete. For the link to be forged, I need to take a bit of your blood."
She was shivering...was it the cold, the fear...or a bit of both...
"Don't worry, it will only be a small amount." I remembered how Magdalena had reassured me, holding my hand to her chest, before my claws had pierced her...
As I approached her, she looked down briefly and took a deep breath. Hesitantly I reached forth and tilted her chin up so that I could see her face. There was such trust in her eyes...
I felt something flare up inside me. Rosette had faith...in me.
Me.
I felt a sudden possessive and protective rush of...something...for this human. I would protect her from anything. She would be mine, and nothing will take me from her, nor her from me.
I bent down and scooped her up. Everything seemed so surreal. Even as Joshua's destructive power continued to rampage in the distance, I held Rosette, and time seemed to stand still for that one second. Flaring my wings, I took off, back towards the chaos and destruction. As Rosette relaxed, I bit her.
She gasped in pain as my fangs sank into her neck. My response was to hold her closer even as I drew the blood from her. A clamping sound came from the clock, and I knew that the contract had been made. I was hers...just as she was mine, though she did not realize it yet.
Retracting my fangs, I licked the wound once to stem the flow of blood before leaning back to look at Rosette.
Rosette blushed slightly, reaching up unconsciously to touch the wound, before looking at me hopefully.
"Is it done, then? Will we be able to help Joshua now?"
She was slightly breathless, the clock was already beginning to move.
"We will find out soon enough."
TBC
I don't really know what happens in between the scene where Chrno and Rosette makes the contract to where you see them again standing in front of the time frozen orphanage. So I think I'll just skip that bit. Just assume that some kind of huge explosion occurs and Joshua vanishes. Chrno, wounded, reverts back to child form. The next chapter will begin with the arrival of Remington. Please review. Thanks for making it all the way to the end of this chapter.
I don't like the way the story is looking. I think it needs more space, coz the lines are clumping together. But when I use quickedit, and I press enter twice to try to get more spacing between each line, it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone explain to me why this happens and how to fix it.
I just want to set it out so that there is more paragraphing, so that your eyes don't get so tired reading the story.