Chrono Trigger

Sealed Darkness

Chapter II

Finally Asleep

Copyrights Notice

Chrono Trigger and its characters belong to Square Enix. I DO NOT claim them as my own. This is just a story I wrote merely for fun. Please don't sue.

Authors Note

A big thank you to everyone who took the time to read and review chapter one of this story. I really appreciate it. Those reviews inspired me to continue this story and write two more chapters. Thank you!

"Princess Jikan!" A female voice yelled while knocking on the door to Jikan's room.

It was one of Guardia castle's servants.

"Yes?" Jikan responded lifting her head up from her book.

"It is time for dinner!"

"Alright. I'll be right down."

"Alright."

Footsteps of the servant leaving were then heard. Jikan sighed as she placed a blue bookmark in her book, and closed it.

"It was just getting good too...Oh well...I'll just have to read it later I guess."

She stood up, walked over to her closed door, opened it, walked down the hallway and stairs, through the throne room, down some more steps, turned right, walked north, and down another set of stairs into the kitchen. Crono, Marle, and the former King Guardia were seated at a table ready to eat. Jikan approached the table.

"Oh, Jikan!" Marle exclaimed noticing her.

"Hello mother, hello father, hello grandfather!" Jikan said cheerfully as she took a seat next to Marle's father.

"Someone's certainly chipper!" Marle remarked seeing and hearing how happy Jikan seemed.

"Indeed." Marle's father agreed.

"Mm...Yes...Today's been a good day!" Jikan responded a big bright smile upon her face.

"I'm glad to hear that. And your new headband looks beautiful on you. " Marle said.

"Yes, I agree. It looks stunning." Marle's father agreed.

"Thank you. And thank you Papa for getting it for me!" Jikan said looking to Crono.

"Your very welcome. I knew it'd be perfect for you." Crono responded.

Just then the chef came holding a tray with four plates of food on it.

"Here you go." She said as she placed the plates on the table.

"Thank you." Marle said looking to the chef.

The chef quickly turned away and returned to the back of the kitchen.

"Oh, Crono Surprise! My favorite!" Jikan exclaimed looking down at her plate.

Marle smiled slightly as did Crono although his was a nervous smile. They then all ate their dinner and afterwards ate ice cream for dessert.

'That was so good." Jikan said after she was finished, a satisfied look upon her face. "Well, I'm going to my room.

"Already?" Marle questioned.

"Yes, if that's ok."

"What's the hurry?"

"I got to a really good part in a book and I want to read it."

"Should of known." Crono said smirking slightly.

"What book are you reading, Jikan?" Marle's father asked.

"History of Guardia Kingdom." Jikan answered.

"History of Guardia Kingdom?" Marle repeated.

"Ahh...A very good book. No wonder you want to hurry off to read." Marle's father said.

"Can I go?" Jikan asked.

Marle sighed.

"Yes, of course. Go ahead."

"Yay! Thank you!" Jikan stood up, her smile even bigger and brighter. "Dinner was great! Thank you!"

"Have fun."

"Don't worry! I will! Bye!" Jikan turned and walked up the stairs leaving the kitchen.

"She reminds me of Lucca...Always wanting to read..." Crono said as he watched Jikan leave.

"I know. You'd swear she was related to her." Marle replied.

"Hmmm...She's not at all like you, Nadia. She actually likes to read..." Marle's father remarked.

"Hey! I like reading! Just not history books! Their so boring!" Marle yelled in protest

"Jikan!" Marle yelled knocking the door to Jikan's room.

"Yes?" Jikan responded lifting her head up from her book.

"Are you ready for bed yet?"

"What?"

"Are you ready for bed yet? Me and your father want to say good-night."

"What...? Its that late already? Um...Yes...I'm ready, just a minute!" Jikan hopped off her chair and dashed to her dresser on her left.

She bent down and opened the lowest drawer. She quickly grabbed some purple colored clothing and shut it. She threw off the clothes she was currently wearing, and quickly got into her purple pajama's. Then she picked clothes up off the ground, and tossed them into a wooden basket in the lower left corner of her room.

"She must not of been ready again..." Crono whispered to Marle.

"Sounds like it." Marle whispered back.

Suddenly Jikan's door opened and in its place stood Jikan in her purple pajama's.

"Your ready I see." Marle said.

"Yes, of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?" Jikan responded.

Crono and Marle smiled at each other.

"Well, good-night..."

"Hold on. We would like to tuck you in, Jikan."

"What?" Jikan let out a sigh. "Oh all right. Come in then."

Jikan moved aside and then Crono and Marle entered her room.

"Alright, get into bed."

"Alright..."

Jikan walked over to her bed, pulled back the blankets, and laid down on the bed. Crono and Marle came over to her bed. Marle covered Jikan with the blankets.

"There. Comfortable?"

"Yes."

"Hey wait. You still have your headband on, Jikan." Crono said noticing her headband was still on her head.

"What?" Jikan felt on her head. Her father was right, it was still on. "Oh...Your right..."

"Well, let me take it." Crono reached forward to remove the headband.

"That's ok, Papa. I don't really want to take it off."

Crono stopped.

"You have to. You can't sleep with it on."

"Sure I can. It won't bother me."

"But than it might get ruined. You don't want it to get ruined, do you?" Marle asked trying to help coach her to take it off.

"Well no...But...I don't want to take it off..."

"You have to. Come on now. You can put it back on in the morning." Crono said reaching again for the headband.

:No...Please....I don't want to take it off..."

"Jikan..."

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease...."

Crono let out a sigh.

"Oh just let her wear it. What harm could it do?: Marle said giving in.

Crono looked at Marle and than at Jikan. He dropped his arm to his side.

"Alright, you can keep it on. But if it gets ruined Jikan, its your fault. Ok?"

"Ok! Thank you Papa!"

Crono smiled.

"Now its time for you to go to bed."

"Yes, Papa."

"Good-night, Jikan."

Crono bent down and gave Jikan a kiss on the cheek.

"Good-night, Papa." Jikan said as she returned the kiss.

"Good-night, sweetie." Marle bent down and also gave Jikan a kiss on the cheek.

"Good-night, mother." Jikan said as she returned her kiss as well.

"Sweet dreams. And no more reading tonight. Ok?" Crono said.

"Alright...Good-night."

"Good-night."

Crono and Marle turned and left the room shutting the door behind them. Jikan listened to their footsteps as they walked away. She laid in bed for about ten minutes, and then she heard a knock on her door.

"Jikan? Are you still awake?" A male voice asked.

It was Marle's father.

"Yes." Jikan answered smiling.

"Can I come in?"

"Yes."

The door opened and Marle's father walked into the room.

"I just wanted to say good-night." He walked over to Jikan's bed. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek. "Good-night."

"Good-night, grandfather." Jikan said as she returned his kiss.

"Good-night."

Marle's fatehr turned and left the room shutting the door behind him. Jikan listen to his footsteps as he walked away. She laid in bed for about another ten minutes, and then got up out of bed. She walked over to her desk, and sat down. Then she lit the candle on the desk and poked her nose back into the book she had been reading before. She sat there reading for about an hour. Then her head collapsed onto her book as she fell into a deep sleep.

"Madam, she's asleep." A female voice said.

It was the voice of the short servant woman. She was in the large dark room where she had fetched the taller woman from before.

"She is? Its about time." Another female voice said.

It was the voice of the taller woman, who appeared to be in charge of wherever these two women resided. She was seated at the far end of the room, as she had been before.

"Well, its time to test out the controller then." She said hopping off her seat.

"Yes, madam."