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Author help: Since this story completely blows off the original manga and anime. So, don't get mad at me when things go completely off because I completely started one different…and it really doesn't stick with the summery either… And also, Pandemonia is not Chrono's mother in this, it's someone else so don't think that she is, like maybe she could be an aunt…and if he has a dad in the manga, then it's not him either. Now, on with the story! Chapter 2

Meet the parents

Chrono-

I was beginning to come back to my senses. I could feel a heavy weight surrounding me protectively, so I guessed I was in my bed because I felt warm…a big change since the last time I was awake. I could hear Rosette nearby, talking to what sounded like Father Remington.

"He's fine now Rosette, all we gotta do is wait. He has food, a warm bed, and rest; it's only a matter of time before he wakes up." Now that he mentioned it, I wasn't hungry anymore. I could smell something that smelled like soup on the nightstand table so I turned my head to it. Sure enough, there was a bowl with steam coming out of it that smelled like chicken noodle soup.

"How long do you think he will sleep Father?" Rosette asked as he heard her sip something, which he guessed was tea. They continued talking, but he tuned them out with a sigh.

'Guess I should get up…' He thought wearily as he pulled off the covers and stood up. He saw his coat lying on a chair nearby and he walked over to it slowly, hating the cold beneath his feet. He was about to pick it up when he noticed the letter in his hand preventing him from doing so. Curious, he flipped open the top and pulled out the small piece of paper. It read,

Dear Chrono,

As I am most sad to inform you, there has been a slight

disturbance at home and we are ordering your immediate arrival back home.

We will be there tomorrow, around the time this was delivered, to pick you up.

Can't wait to see you again,

Love, Mum & Dad

and the rest of the family

Wow. This certainly was odd; his mum and dad wanted him home, for what though? A 'slight disturbance' didn't tell you too much about it, ya know. That's odd since the last time he saw them…well, he apparently had no say in whether he was going or not, so he might as well get packed. He picked up his satchel, then dropped it, suddenly tired again.

'I'll pack later. Right now, I want to go see Rosette.' He thought as he set the letter down on the chair and pulled on his coat, walking over to the door and opening it as he adjusted his collar. The talking behind it abruptly stopped as he walked out.

"Apparently that's how long it will take for him to wake up." Remington said as Rosette rushed over and bear hugged Chrono.

"Rosette…I can't…breath…" He gasped as Rosette squeezed him harder.

"Oh, sorry Chrono, it's just I'm happy that your all right…" She said as she dropped him with a 'thump' on the hardwood floor. "I'm sorry I was such a pig and wouldn't let you have any blankets…and that I sent you after that rag." She said, blushing. He looked up at her from the floor and smiled.

"It's okay Rosette, I don't mind. Besides, you probably needed it more than I did." He said as she helped him to his feet. Rosette was about to respond but Father Remington cut her off.

"Chrono, I believe you had a letter in your hand when I found you…" Father Remington said carefully as Chrono sat down at the table. Chrono nodded slightly as a sweatdrop formed on his forehead.

"Yeah, uh…it was a letter from…heh heh…my parents." He said slowly.

"Your parents?! I didn't know demon's have parents! What did they want? Wait, I know! They said, 'Congratulations, it's a boy! You better come home right now to be with your wife' didn't they?! You have a son?! You never tell me anything!" Rosette screamed as she pulled at her hair and stomped around the room loudly.

"Uh…no Rosette, I don't have a son, children for that matter, and I definitely don't have a wife." He said as Remington fell out of his chair from laughing so hard at Chrono's face. "They are coming here tomorrow to get me…because I'm going home." He said as he stared at his hands. The laughter and stomping stopped abruptly.

"Wh…what?" Rosette choked as Remington said,

"They're coming here…tomorrow?! Your family…" Remington put a head on his forehead and closed his eyes, apparently stressed. "Your family is well known for being extremely over-energetic and short tempered…I don't know why you're not, but that's not the point. They are way to energetic and dangerous to be playing with humans…." Rosette sat down next to Chrono and stared him in the eyes.

"Yeah, there are kinda energetic I guess. Everyday was unpredictable and fun…nothing was ever the same the next day." He laughed at Rosette's shocked face and Remington's panicking face. "Anyway, they're coming here to get me tomorrow, around the same time I got the letter, and I don't know when I'm returning." He smiled.

"AND JUST WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WHILE YOU'RE OFF PARTYING AND HAVING FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY?!" Rosette yelled as Chrono stood up.

"It wasn't my choice to go or not, Rosette, but I definitely can't take you; they'd eat you alive." He walked to his room door. Rosette couldn't tell if he was serious or not about what he said, but she didn't want to ask, I mean, they were a family of demons after all. "I suggest you get some rest, you look tired after all." He said as he closed the door with a snap. That had certainly been a short discussion, and he didn't even have to explain it either, helpful.

He heard Rosette and Father Remington talking as they closed the front door. He sighed; that had been harder than he had thought, telling Rosette he would be gone for awhile and she was gonna be stuck here all alone. He walked over to the closet and picked up the dropped satchel; he might as well start packing since they would be here tomorrow. He couldn't tell Elder goodbye since the coot wouldn't be home for another month or two himself, so he'd leave a note in case the Elder got back first.

After he was finished packing, he laid down. Why did his family want him home now? It's not like they were on bad terms, but they weren't exactly a tight-nit family either. He sighed; whatever the reason, he would find out tomorrow. He stretched slightly to turn off the light, then rolled over and went to sleep.

The sun shone through the window onto his face, waking him up. He sighed; how long did he sleep if the sun was already up? He normally slept till sunrise, not noon; not that he minded of course, it was a relief to get enough sleep for once. The sun only got brighter as he lay there, so he stretched his arms and legs then got up and moved away from the blinding annoyance.

Today was the day he would go back home, the first time in over 75 years…frightening. How much could it have changed? Surely not that much, at least, he hoped not. 'If I slept that long, then it's almost time to go I suppose. Better get my stuff and say goodbye to Rosette.' He thought as he grabbed his satchel and walked out the door, setting the note to Elder on the table.

Outside, it had stopped snowing, though the wind still blew, leaving the Order ridden with snow clear up to the knees. How fun. He struggled through the snow for a while, then stopped with a sigh. Now was one of those times he longed for his original height, at least then he wouldn't have trouble with snow. He could already feel a stir of demonic energy ahead of him.

'Better hurry, don't want them to get off on the wrong foot with the Order.' He thought as he leaped through the snow once more.

When he had reached the spot where the energy was the strongest, he could feel the humming vibrating throughout his body, he saw a big red ball of energy spinning in the air gently. 'Now aren't they inconspicuous.' He thought as the ball began to descend to the ground, the humming increasing with every spin. He heard people running towards him and turned despite himself.

The sight was rather surprising, yet expected. Father Remington stood there with half of the Order's ground defenses, guns pointing to him. Rosette was nowhere to be seen, which made him slightly uneasy and happy at the same time.

"Sorry Chrono, but we can't take chances, you understand right?" Father Remington said as all the guns clicked out of their safety lock.

"Father, I doubt anyone in my family will be interested in harming you or anyone else in this Order. They really aren't like that." He said as he turned back to the energy sphere. It was almost to the ground now.

"I know, but I can't take chances with these kinda things, sorry." Chrono nodded, though he had really been tuning the priest out.

The humming increased to a point where it was running through your bones with it's melody, and ever growing as it neared him. It looked like he was about to say something else, but was cut off by a sudden roar. Red light poured over everything, blinding them as they stood there, forcing them to cover their eyes and turn, then, abruptly, it was over. No more red, no more sphere, just smoke. Father Remington blinked in confusion as Chrono laughed.

"As if you couldn't pick a better way to come, instead of a giant platform." He said as he brushed some red out of his hair and off his shoulders. Somewhere in the smoke, an answering laugh resounded, reverberating through all their bodies.

"I know, but they insisted that we use this way; I couldn't persuade them. Now, where is my son, do you know young human?" A deep voice called as the smoke cleared, revealing an extremely tall form with wings slightly unfolded on its back. Chrono sighed.

"Still can't tell who's your son and who's not, huh dad? Well, the last time I checked, this 'young human' is your son." Chrono said. The smoke was almost completely gone now, unveiling a tall man with short purple hair, a bone tail, black leathery wings, big potbelly, and one sleek ivory horn with a ring of silver at the end. The perfect figure of a nice dad, a little chubby, but friendly and good humored.

"Well I'll be, you definitely got shorter since I last saw you, my boy; not that you were much taller last time of course." He joked, causing everyone that was watching to sweatdrop and laugh.

"Oh, thanks so much for the support dad, oh no really, it's helpful." Chrono said sardonically as his father bent down, far down since Chrono was short and he was tall.

After several long seconds of investigating, he snorted, exhaling a small puff of white steam into the icy air; then laughed. It was a deep laughter, infectious too, that seemed to vibrate in your very bones, reaching deep down into the depths of your soul to cheer you up.

"Oh yeah, that's my son. No one else has those kind of eyes; freaky they are. Red as blood when he's angry, calm as the sunset when he's happy, and…the most shocking of all colors his eyes take on…is when he's sad; it's almost like looking into the very essence of sadness." Everything was quiet.

"Crimson…perhaps is the only color that can describe it closest. It's not something a father likes seeing in his son's eyes, I can assure you." He looked down at Chrono, and they all saw his face held grief and sadness.

"I'm so glad that your eyes have no sadness any longer. When I last saw you…it was all I could see in them. Now all I see, is happiness and laughter; very calming it is."

"So," He looked sly suddenly. "Just why do they look so happy? Is it someone special?" He asked, apparently teasing. Chrono was about to answer when-

"CHRONO! WAIT, DON'T GO YET!" Rosette screamed as she rushed towards them, breathing hard.

"Ha, I knew it; it is someone special and you can't hide it, it's in your eyes." His dad said as Rosette reached them, leaning over panting as she fought to catch her breath.

"I…wanted…to say good-…goodbye before you go…and ask when you'll…you'll be back…" She gasped as she stood back up, face red from running in the cold, embarrassment clear on her face. Chrono smiled.

"Thanks Rosette, and I don't know when I'll be back, but I'll let you know when I'm coming back." She was about to say something, but she was cut off.

"When he'll be back? Never I hope. It was always fun with him home, just because he's always so understanding and doesn't judge you, I can talk to him about some of my most private issues and he'll always give me good advice and doesn't judge me about them." He smiled.

"I hope we can keep him longer this time; it's not like I enjoy seeing one of my favorite sons go away, and certainly not for 75 years." He laughed his deep laugh again. "Well, time to go, the whole family is there waiting; all of your 32 brothers and 49 sisters are home, so we should hurry. Even your 26 times removed Aunt Jodie came." Chrono sweatdropped as Rosette snickered.

"32 brothers and 49 sisters? Jeez, your really lost in the crowd aren't you Chrono?" She said as she laughed harder.

"Bah, girlie, that's nothing. He has a bigger family than his measly brothers and sisters, and he's the shortest of them all too! Though, he's the powerfullest one out all of us, so I guess size isn't everything, now is it?" His dad said, looking thoughtful as he scratched his chin. He shook his head and laughed.

"You couldn't pick on him and not expect to get bruised or broken bones when he was younger; little squirt isn't easy to pin to the ground when wrestling either…you can't put him in a headlock, he'll bite you." Chrono laughed a little at that remark, causing Rosette to laugh as well at the look on Chrono's dad's face.

"Little piranha has sharp fangs, I'll tell ya. I have proof up and down my arms, whatever you do, don't let him bite you. Hurts like crap and takes forever to heal." He held up his arm, showing several fang marks that looked deep and painful. Rosette laughed as Chrono sweatdropped again, a small apologetic smile on his face.

"Well duh. You don't wrestle Chrono, that's just stupid to try. Of course he's gonna bite you when you have a hold of his head, idiot. I would too if I had the chance." Chrono's dad laughed in embarrassment and was getting ready to respond, but was cut off by the sudden clicking of his pocket watch. He looked at it for a second with a frown, then put it back in his pocket, though the frown didn't leave.

"It's been fun, really it has, but we need to go. Time is running out for her, and we need Chrono because he is the only one that can help." He said, putting his hands on Chrono's shoulders and turning him away from Rosette and pulled him back a little.

"Wait dad, is mum still the same mum…ya know, my mum?" Chrono said shyly, apparently embarrassed about bringing it up in front of the Order. Chrono pulled back towards Rosette a little as his dad sighed and rubbed his eyes tiredly.

"That is the reason we need you home Chrono. But no, she is not. I have a new wife now, and she is 6 months along in a new little family member for you, and she wanted to meet you before it's born. And, get this, she's part of Dufou's bloodline! No more pursuers after us and everything, which, if I might add, is helpful. But…your mom is…I'm sure you'll find out when we arrive. Now, come along." He said, once again turning his back to Chrono and Rosette. Rosette looked at Chrono. He looked sad, but smiled at her nonetheless.

"It's okay, Rosette. Dad has a new wife or girlfriend every time I turn around…I should have expected it." He said quickly as he saw her sad face. He walked over to stand next to his dad.

"I'll be back soon, Rosette. Promise." Chrono yelled, waving and smiling before he disappeared in a whoosh of red smoke. Rosette stared at the spot they had just been in disbelief. He was gone…now what?

She turned and walked back inside, knowing that she was once again alone.

End Chapter 2, Meet the parents

Hello! I know it has been a long time since I updated, but I'm trying to make the deadline, so don't get in a rush. The whole story will be finished this week, promise. Hope you had a great Christmas. Happy new years! God loves you and so do I!

SincerelyDoveofLight