A/N: Okay, someone asked a very important question, but I forgot who it was account of my bad memory...Uh...I didn't say that...Okay, yes, I'll be doing the same chapters as before, and read my bio if you want to know more about me getting kicked off... I'll try to update as soon as possible, but I'm a very busy person! I have plans to do for my ideal organization to rule the World!
Disclaimer: I'd be so happy if I owned Chrono Crusade, but I don't…Moriyama does…
I frowned in my sleep. My body was curled up on the sidewalk as I slept, my dream disturbing me. In it, I was in an odd forest, which reminded me of the one at Seventh Bell. Before me, was my brother, but he looked the same at eleven years old of age. I had cried out to him and was going to run after him, but Chrono had suddenly appeared and stopped me. I asked him why, but he didn't answer. I looked onward at my brother to only scream as I saw him laugh evilly as two big, black wings stretched out from behind him; his claws pasted with blood. When I looked again, I saw a wound in my chest and that it was my blood that was on his hands. I started crying as Chrono began to laugh as well. Suddenly, a demon with white hair walked up and hung his arms around Chrono and Joshua, smirking. Who was he? Did I know him—"Wahh!" I screamed out as I felt a hand touch me. I looked up to see Chrono's face stare down at mine. "Sorry…you scared me."
"I did…?" He said in a sad tone.
"No! I don't mean it that way! You just startled me! I wasn't expecting you to be done so fast!" Chrono nodded as I sighed.
"It's been a long time, Rosette. I just finished my job. You've been sleeping for over two hours." He picked me up and set me down onto my feet, holding me by my shoulders. "Are you alright?" He asked in concern.
I nodded. "Yeah…just a bit tired…" I rubbed sleepily at my eyes. He held the look for a moment longer, before changing the subject.
"Guess how much money I made!" He said with a slight tone of glee in his voice. I looked up at him, slightly nervous.
"Uh…how much?" I asked to his request.
"This many!" He held out a handful of coins, some dropping out of his hands joined together and falling onto the sidewalk.
"Do you know how much that is?" I asked, taking some of the money out of his hands.
Chrono sweat dropped. "What, do you deem me as, a human? I don't know how you guys count your money!" He turned his head away in anger, his cheeks puffing out slightly.
"Sorry! I just asked…" I took out all the money from him and set it down on the sidewalk, beginning to count. Chrono paced around me a while, until he grew bored and leaned down next to me.
"So, how much is it?" He had his arms laid onto his knees, as his legs were the only things supporting him up.
"Well…its about seven dollars and ninety five cents! Great job, Chrono!" I hugged him, before long I let go and started to pick up the money and stuff it down my pocket, Chrono flinched slightly.
He mumbled more to himself than to me. "Humans…so emotional with there hugs and kisses." Apparently, I had heard him.
"That's how we show our appreciation." I said lightly, standing up.
"So now can we get you something to eat?" He asked, standing up also.
I nodded to him and took his hand, leading him into the store in back of where I had slept. We stepped inside and saw the shop keep smile nervously at me. "We have money now, Old Man. So keep your trap shut." Chrono said rudely, walking past me and reaching his hand out for numerous objects again.
I sighed and stopped his hand.
"Chrono! We need to see what we can buy! Just because we have money, doesn't mean that we can buy anything!" I turned to see the shop keep making signals for me to stop; shaking his head. I only waved back to him signaling that it was okay.
"See…" I picked up a bag of chips and pointed to a sign on it. "This says how much money this costs…fifteen cents. Now…" I dug out a quarter in my pocket.
"This is twenty five cents, so that means we can buy it!" One of Chrono's eyes were wide as the other one started twitching. "What?"
"…I…don't…get it…" He said slowly.
I cried out as he lifted his hands up into the air in frustration. "What? You humans are so complicated! …Stupid money…" He whispered lastly.
"Okay! Just let me buy the stuff. You'll get it sooner or later." Chrono huffed, but agreed nonetheless. He stepped to the side and watched me pick out the foods that we could buy. After finishing with the food, I than moved to the drink section, pulling out a couple of water bottles.
"What about this stuff?" He pointed to a can of waxing oil.
I sighed.
"We don't need that stuff, only unless you want to be waxed." I smiled, imagining myself wax Chrono.
"…And that means?" He asked.
"Well…uh…it makes cars and other things shiny." I said after thinking about it.
"…Does that mean I can be shiny?" He asked, not realizing how stupid he sounded.
I giggled slightly. "No! It only works for cars and other objects! Not demons!" I held on tightly to the foods and some of the drinks, as Chrono helped some of them out.
"Alright, we're going now!" He flashed out his money. "See! We have M...O...N...E...Y...!" He pronounced, about to walk out, until I grabbed his arm.
"No, stupid! We have to give the money to him!" I set out the foods and the two water bottles I had, as I forced Chrono to do the same; him grumbling about how complicated humans were. "Okay!"
The shopkeeper nodded, placing a nervous glance on Chrono as he began to register our foods and waters.
Chrono began an irritating glance at the shopkeeper and then started tapping his fingernails on the counter. Until he couldn't wait any longer. "Are you finished yet?" He said with a sneer.
I gently elbowed him and glared at him. "Be patient!" The shop keep smiled and held out the receipt.
Seven dollars and twenty-five cents, that left Chrono with seventy cents.
I gave the shop keep Chrono's money as we went on our way, our foods and waters in a bag. "That solves one problem, all we need to do is find shelter for the night." I glanced around, looking at the people who were now returning to the city. Luckily, Chrono was in his human form. I looked up at the demon now to only see a smug look on his face.
"…We could ask one of these guys for a bed to sleep on tonight…or we could rent a hotel and tell him that we'll pay him back tomorrow once I get my money." I told him, seeing Chrono nod.
There wasn't much he could do about shelter. We walked down the paved streets as we came upon our first hotel. It looked empty and small, but it would be better than nothing. I stepped in first through the door. "H-hello?" No one answered.
I moved forward a few more feet cautiously as Chrono followed close behind. It was dark, but not as dark as Chrono's hidden chamber, thank God for that. I walked up to a broken down counter and clicked on a rusty bell, the weak chime ringing out. No one came.
"Do you think they abandoned it?" I asked Chrono.
He shrugged. "All the better than, now we can stay here without paying." I was about to disagree, until he grabbed my hand and threw me to the side as a person leapt over the counter and stabbed him with a blade. The man's eyes widened as he saw Chrono's eyes turn to slits as he grasped onto the arm holding the knife, pulling the blade out of his chest slowly. I gasped as I stood up and ran to Chrono. "A-are you…alright…?" I asked, my eyes widening when I saw a slight trickle of blood fall down his shirt, staining it.
"Rosette, go away." He said sternly, not taking his eyes off the man. I looked over at the man as he started trembling with fear.
"D-demon…! P-please don't…please don't hurt me!" The man fell onto his knees and begged for his life.
I felt sorry for him.
"Chrono! He was just trying to protect his hotel let's just go—" My eyes fell down to Chrono's chest, the wound healing with agonizing speed, as Chrono turned his angered gaze to me.
"Rosette, don't make me tell you again." He left no room for argument. I stood still. Not this…not now. I shook my head and walked up to the man, his knife on the ground at his side.
"It's okay…please calm down." I told the man slowly, he looked at me with a bit of fear and in question. "Please…explain to me why you attacked us." I took a look at Chrono, he wasn't moving from his spot.
"I h-heard…a…d-demon was in town…everyone is in…h-hiding…please! I have a wife and two kids! They won't live if I die!" He started crying. I patted him on the back soothingly.
"Hey there…we won't kill you…" I threw a cool glance at Chrono. "Please…if you could just let us stay here one night, we'll be gone! And then I'll pay you when I get the money tomorrow! Please let us stay." I asked kindly, the man nodding instantly.
"No! You don't need to pay! You can stay here for free!" The man started to go into hysterics.
"No. I'll pay." I stood up and patted him again, helping him up slowly. "Go to your wife and children, tell them that there is no demon here. Tell them that they can sleep safely tonight." The man bent down before me, holding onto my hand and covering it with his own.
"Thank you so much!" He hurried off, not looking back.
Chrono's eyes watched him go, his head still directed at me. "Rosette…you should have listened to me." I shook my head fiercely.
"No more killing! It's wrong! That guy has a family, Chrono! …I know how it's like…to have no family..." I said the last part more softly than I started out with. Chrono nodded slightly. "Common, lets find a room and get some sleep, I have to get up early so that I can do my job."
Chrono and I walked up a flight of dusty stairs; they creaked with every step we took. After getting to the top, we found an empty room with the number three on it. We pulled open the handle to see that it had a bed, a bathroom, and a chair in a corner.
I grimaced "It's not like at the Order, but it's better than nothing." I ran over to the bed, pulling off my socks and boots, and jumped on it once, landing down onto my back with a heavy sigh.
He only rolled his eyes and moved over to the chair and sitting down. His eyes watched me all the while. My eyes were closed, until I felt that I was being watched.
I cracked my eyes open slowly to see Chrono's intense gaze. I gulped and turned around so that he could only see my back. Hopefully he wouldn't watch me all night…
I woke up suddenly with a jolt. I had another weird dream again… I looked around for a clock of some sort, finding one I looked at the time. Four o' clock. I think this might be as good of a time as any other to start now. I quietly crept off of my bed, looking over to see Chrono dozed off in the chair.
I stifled a giggle. He looked so fluffy!
I resisted the urge to hug him as I pulled on my socks and boots, moving over to the door with an agonizing pace. Once there, I opened the door softly and moved out in a swift, fluid motion, shutting the door as I got out. I sighed; worst part of it was over. As I walked down the creaky stairs, I wondered just how many newspapers would I have to deliver?
Opening the door to the main entrance, I walked out into the foggy city. No one was out at all, no lights on, no cars. It was as if it were a ghost town.
Still walking, I found the printing stand where I was supposed to meet the elderly couple. I found the door to the stand was opened and welcomed myself in. "Hello?" I saw a light flick on as I saw the old man walk out of a door to the side of his counter.
"Ah, you're here early! All the better!" He gestured for me to follow me and I did so. He led me to a room with dozens of stacks of newspapers. "This is all the newspapers you need to deliver, there is a total of seventy five houses and six hotel rooms. Try to hurry so that we won't have any complaints." And with that, he turned to leave.
My eyes widened as I struggled to pick up a stack of newspapers. This was going to be a hard job…
I wobbled down the street, over ten newspapers in my arms as I stopped to the first house. Wobbling up to the door, I bent down slowly and reached up to take a newspaper off of the top, only to have it given to me. "Thank you…" I mumbled slowly, and then I realized what just happened. "Whoa!" I slid over onto my side and looked up, only to see Chrono's red eyes glance down at me. "Gee! You need to stop doing that, Chrono!" I stood back up and held on tightly to the newspapers, setting down the newspaper that belonged to this house.
"Did you actually think you could sneak away without me noticing? Trust me, Girl, I can stay up all night long without sleep." He scoffed softly, taking the pile of newspapers out of my arms.
I puffed my cheeks out.
"For your information, I wasn't sneaking! I was just going without trying to wake you! And second of all, I didn't know that…" I tried to grab back my newspapers, but Chrono moved them away from me. "Common! This is my job! You did yours so let me do mine!" My cheeks returned to normal.
"Feh, we need to get an early start today and you'll take all day if you have to deliver newspapers to seventy five houses and six hotels." I gasped slightly. "And yes, I did here yours and the old man's conversation. I actually use my ears, what did you think they were used for? Poking people's eyes out?"
I giggled lightly.
"Fine! But as long as I can help." Chrono nodded and flew off, dropping newspapers as he went. I sighed. He's going to scare a bunch of people if he did that…
I headed back to the newspaper stand, only to find that another stack was taken. Chrono was already two stacks ahead of me! My eyes narrowed as I bent down and picked up another stack of newspapers, only to have it disappear in mid air. "What the—Chrono!"
I tried to pick up another, but it too disappeared. I growled slightly as I managed to hold onto five newspapers and ran off to go deliver them, only to have my eyes widen to the sight I saw; almost all houses closest to me had newspapers at them. I'd have to hurry if I wanted to at least deliver one. I started running towards an empty house, only to have my newspapers lifted out of my hands and a blur of movement.
"Chrono!" I screamed angrily, crossing my arms over my chest.
There was a flicker of movement, and then Chrono was standing right at my side. "You scream?" He said teasingly.
"Chrono! I demand righteousness! I should have done this job! Not you! Me! Th-tha-tha-that's not fair!" I stuttered out.
"Demon's don't play fair." He said simply.
"B-b-but…but I wanted to do my job!" I whined.
"Do all children whine as much as you?" He said, sounding slightly annoyed.
"Do I look like other children?" I cried out.
"No. You're uglier than most." My mouth dropped a couple centimeters.
"U-uglier? Uglier? Chrono! You're uglier than most demons! You're so ugly…I…I can't even look at you anymore!" I faced my back to him.
"You're so pathetic. Let's go get your pay and get out of here." He grasped my hand, but I slipped out of it.
"Not until you apologize! That was mean and totally unnecessary—" I went cross-eyed as Chrono shoved a cookie in my mouth.
"Be quiet already!" He hissed slightly, picking me up so that I was leaning over his shoulder.
My stomach growled. Food. I smiled as I started munching happily on my cookie. Chrono only grinned slightly as he reverted back to his human form, stepping into the newspaper stand.
The old man was sitting on a rocking chair, happily reading his newspaper until he noticed us. "Oh, your back so soon!" He looked out the windows as his mouth dropped. "In my day, it took us at least five hours to deliver newspapers in one city…kids these days." He sighed as he dropped some money in Chrono's outstretched hand. "Hope to see you again!" He waved at me.
As Chrono turned to walk out, my face came into view of the old man's. I smiled again, munching on my cookie as I waved back.
"Now time to go pay off that hotel keeper than be on our way." Chrono grumbled as I finished off the last of my cookie.
"Hey, Chrono? Where exactly are we going?" I asked him gently, turning my body around so that I was sitting on his shoulder.
Chrono stopped, suddenly letting out a nervous laugh. "I don't exactly know…" I sweat dropped until a thought popped in my head.
"I do…do you think…you can take us to a place called Seventh Bell? My brother said that when his four years are finished, he'd come and find me. I think it's only necessary to be where he can find us easily." Chrono looked at me.
"Are you sure you want to go there?" I nodded. "Alright then." We walked, or more like, Chrono walked up to our room and grabbed the bag full of our waters and foods, heading back down the stairs. As we headed out, Chrono dropped the money the old man gave us, after me telling him that that should be enough for the rent.
He stepped out onto the streets and reverted back to his original form. Luckily, it was still morning so not many people would be out and about at this time. "Do you know where Seventh Bell is?"
"Um…I think it was somewhere in Michigan. I don't exactly know where though…" I said nervously. I spent six months of my life there and I don't know where it was located.
Great.
"I guess we can ask people around once we get to Michigan." He said, sliding me down off of his shoulder and into his arms. "Lets try to get there before the sun rises." His great wings unfolded from their cape like position and spread out behind him, taking a huge leap, we took off into the air.
During the whole ride there, I mostly tried to get some sleep. Sometimes I'd look below us to watch the scenery and other times I played with Chrono's ears. I don't think he liked it very much…so now I slept, gently dozed off in my demon's arms, waiting for us to arrive at Michigan.
A while later I felt Chrono prod me awake. "We're there…" He said as quietly as his deep toned voice would allow. I opened my eyes slowly, shutting them briefly from the now rising sun. It would be a little hard to prove we're in Michigan, but if Chrono said we're there, than we probably were.
"Hmm…okay then." Chrono let go of me slowly as I slid out from his arms. "Lets ask people around now." Noticing that we were in a city I added. "And you should turn back to your human form so that we don't go through what we did last time." Chrono thought about it, before doing so.
A man with dark brown hair and wearing a suit walked past me, I changed direction so that I was walking next to him. "H-Hello, Sir! May I ask if we're in Michigan?" I said, still trying to keep up with his swift pace.
He turned his green eyes onto me. "What do you think?" As he went into a building, I sighed and turned to another person.
"Hello! Do you know if we're in Michigan?" The person shook her head and went on with her daily routine. "How rude!" I commented, turning to find Chrono. I saw him doing the same as I.
I quietly hoped that he wouldn't lose his temper… "Hello, Ma'am! Do you know if we're in Michigan?"
A plump lady stopped, as she was half way from entering her car. "I'm sorry, I don't give information for free." I grimaced as she got in and the car drove off.
I saw a frail old lady walking across the street. This was my chance. I ran up to the lady and held her arm, walking her across the street. She turned her angered gaze onto me. "Do you think I'm old? I'm only fifty four!" She took her purse and started hitting me.
"I-I'm sorry! I thought you were…I was just trying to help!" I dove off towards the ground, to escape from her purse hitting. I coughed out dirt as I did so, looking up to see a hand in my face.
"Let me help you." There was a boy with blonde hair and nice blue eyes, his grin looking gentle. "I'm sorry about that. Are you okay?" I dusted myself off as I looked at him.
"Y-yeah…" I blushed slightly as I noticed that the boy was very good looking. "T-thank you…" I lowered my head to cover my blush.
"Are you traveling alone?" He asked.
"N-no, I'm traveling with…" I looked around frantically, not seeing Chrono in sight. "…um…my father!" I finally concluded, he nodded. "Do you know where we are?" I asked with my blush showing again.
"Yeah. We're in Summerfield, Michigan." He said, nodding his head once. "What's your name, mine's Joshua Christopher."
I gasped. His name was the same as my brother's. "I'm…Rosette Christopher…" He stared at me.
"Wow! What a coincidence! I have a sister named Rosette Christopher also! In four months I'm going to be allowed to see her."
What could I do? I had no proof that this kid might be my brother? What could I do? What could I do? "Do you know…where Seventh Bell is?" I asked, trying to keep my calm.
"Yes. I could show it to you if you like…my sister is staying there also…" He said the last part more quietly.
I had to say it. "I'm your sister!" I blurted out bluntly. His eyes widened widely for a second before closing and shaking his head.
"That can't be. My sister is staying at Seventh Bell."
"B-but you left me there three and a half years there! I left after six months and went to the Magdalene Order! I'm back to await your arrival! You have to be my brother!" I cried the last part out, going slightly into hysterics.
My could be brother thought about it. "It does make sense…but I don't think so. My sister and I don't have a father. It just might be a coincidence." He turned to walk away, I frantically searched in my mind for something that could convince him that I was his sister…until I found it.
"None sing…so wildly well…as the angel…Israfel…" I sang slowly at first, watching as Joshua turned around slowly. People stopped in their haste as they heard the soft sound of singing, turning towards me. "…And the giddy stars…(so legends tell)…Ceasing their hymns…attend the spell…Of his voice…all mute…" I saw Joshua's mouth hang down as he slowly closed it and formed out his words slowly, entwining them with mine.
"…Tottering above, In highest noon. The enamored moon, Blushes with love. Yes, heaven is thine; but this is a world with sweets and sours; Our flowers are merely-flowers. And the shadow of thy perfect bliss. Is the sunshine ours…" We stopped singing at the same time, the people who stopped sighed softly and went on to their business. I closed my eyes, expecting Joshua to make the first move.
"…You are…Rosette then…" He said softly, I nodded. "I'm sorry…Rosette, for leaving you!" He cried out, running forward to hug me. Tears streamed down both our faces as we hugged one another.
"D-don't…ever lea-leave m-me again!" I cried out between sobs.
"I-I won't!" He hugged me harder, passer byers cocked an eyebrow at the sobbing siblings.
After awhile of our hugging and crying, we let go. "So…what are you doing here?" I asked, wiping hastily at my eyes.
"I'm on a mission for the job I told you about." He said, doing the same.
"So you still aren't finished with it?" I asked slowly.
"…yeah…" He told me with a slight tone of disappointment. "But my employer said that this would be my last job. Then I am free." He smiled. "Rosette! Your so big now!"
I grinned. "Yeah, but not as big as you!" He nodded. "What do you have to do here?"
He thought about it, answering with a slight hesitation. "Well…I'm…supposed to hunt down a demon."
My eyes widened.
"Do you…know this demon's name?" I asked with a tingle of fear.
"Yep, he's called the Sinner. Or Chrono." He answered.
Oh no…first Remington, now Joshua. "Um…Joshua…why do you need Chrono?" I asked.
"Why do you ask? Do you know him?" He asked me, I said nothing. "Well, my employer said that I needed to do my best to exterminate him. If failed, I would die in the process…"
I gasped as I held my hand before my mouth. "H-how could you live with that resting on your shoulders, Joshua?" I said slowly. "I-is this your job? Killing people?" I questioned on, absolutely horrified.
He didn't respond, he only tilted his head away from me in shame.
I almost fainted. With the thought of my own brother killing people absolutely traumatized me. "W-why?" I managed out.
"It's a job, Rosette. I do this for a living. If I didn't do this, then I wouldn't be able to take care of you and me!"
"D-did you…When I was young, what was your job?" I asked.
Joshua hesitated. "Something like this one…" He muttered.
This time I did faint, but only for a brief moment, he caught me before I fell. Tears threatened to fall in my big blue eyes. "I-I can't believe it…" I gasped out, my hand landing on my chest.
"Rosette, damn it! I did this so that you and I could live! If I didn't, you would probably not be here by now!" Joshua snapped, his blue eyes not as big as I remembered them to be. This wasn't right. I thought of my brother as my idol! Not my personal killer! Then I realized, that he had changed…a lot…
"I just can't believe that you did those things! I'd rather be the one to die then those innocents!" I screamed out. Joshua bit his lower lip, his eyes flashing again…and narrowing down into slits.
That again. Remington and Chrono did it. And Chrono was a demon. He had an explanation for it. But…what about Remington and Joshua? …Could they be…?
"They weren't innocent, Rosette…trust me on that!" Joshua spat out. "May we please change the subject?" I nodded, feeling a bit weak. "Whom were you traveling with?" He asked in a tensed voice.
I felt speechless all the sudden. Should I tell him? Surely Joshua couldn't kill Chrono! …I couldn't lie. I don't know why, but I couldn't lie to him. "I am traveling with…Chrono…" I said weakly, my arms hanging lifelessly at my sides.
Joshua took a quick intake of breath. "You're traveling with that fiend?" Joshua spat out. I nodded. "Tell me, were you the one who freed him?" He asked moving closer to me so that it felt as if he was cornering me.
"Yes…" I said softly, feeling suddenly very depressed.
"Where is he now?" He looked around, feeling exposed all the sudden.
"I don't know…we split up to ask people if they knew where we were. He usually comes back when he knows that I need him though…Joshua! You can't kill Chrono!" I suddenly said, gasping onto his shoulders tightly. "Please! Don't…don't try anything! Chrono is a very nice demon once you get to know him, but if you get on his bad side…please Joshua!" I started begging him, shaking him as much as I could so that I could get the point across.
"Let go of me, Rosette." Joshua said calmly, using a sudden move to counter my shaking so that he was now grasping onto my arms. "I have a job to do and I will carry it out." He turned to walk away, his eyes narrowing as he tensed. A sudden dark feeling erupted in my heart.
"No, Joshua!" I screamed out as loud as I could, punching him hard on the back. "I won't let you! Leave Chrono alone! Leave him alone!" I screamed, landing a hard punch on his chest as he turned around to face me.
"Rosette! I have job and you won't get in my way!" He screamed out to me, grabbing me by my arms, stopping any by passers to stop and glare at the boy.
My eyes widened as I slightly gasped as his grasp hurt me. Joshua would never hurt me though. "I'll be back for you as soon as I finish my job." He informed me more calmly, turning around.
I trembled slightly, crunching my teeth together. "…Leave him alone Joshua…" I whispered slowly, causing him to stop. "Leave my demon alone, cause I won't let you hurt him without you getting through me." I stated, in a strange sense of need to defend Chrono.
"You just don't get it, Rosette, do you?" He asked, turning back around. "I have to do this or horrible things will happen, and if I have to dispose of you…I will." He said bitterly.
I stared at him with a strange hatred. I never hated my brother before, but now…now I despised him.
"I hate you." I told him, speaking of what I felt. Joshua only glared at me and backhanded me across the face.
"Is this what I get…for raising you, Rosette?" He spat out slowly, grabbing me by my collar and shaking me hard. I felt the red hand marking on my face start to sting as I sniffled softly. But I said the most unlikable sentence to ever cross my mouth.
"I hope you burn in Hell, Joshua." I stated with a cold expression on my face. Joshua twitched as his grip on my collar tightened.
"I have a job to do, Rosette!" He screamed into my face. "And I will burn in Hell if you don't let me do it!" It looked as if he was going to do something else to me, but I felt as if I was being flung across the city. I closed my eyes as I new who it was.
"Chrono…" I said softly. True, Chrono stared at me with his crimson gaze, his long ears twitching as he was in his demon form. Below my legs, he held the bag in his arm, slipping it off slowly as he landed.
"I heard the whole thing, Rosette. Are you alright?" He asked with a slight concern, quickly masking his anger.
I nodded, just wanting to close my eyes and forget about the whole thing. Chrono turned around slowly, me in his tight gasp, as he faced Joshua. "What type of brother hits his only sister?" He spat out at him.
Joshua only smiled an insane smile. "What type of demon doesn't kill when given the chance?" My eyes scanned over my brother. I almost screamed as I saw his body tremble slightly; two long, black wings bulging out from behind him. "Chrono, the Sinner. Time to die!" Joshua screamed, using his wings to fly towards us as two horns appeared from his head and the same fluffy ears as Chrono appeared.
Was he insane? I was here! "Chrono! Move!" Chrono didn't need to be told twice, his own wings spread out as we barely dashed out of Joshua's way, taking flight into the air. "Chrono! Please get away from the city so that people don't get killed!" I shouted into his ears. Chrono flicked his eyes to me as he gave a swift nod and flew out towards a forest. I looked past Chrono's back and through his wings to see Joshua right on our tail, just to notice something I never noticed about Chrono before. He had a tail! …Or more like a vertebrae tail connected to his spine. When did that appear? Was it a weapon?
I jerked my head back as Chrono dove towards the forest, avoiding the thick trees in our way. I screamed out as he dropped me down onto the ground deep in the forest, flying off back to the skies.
I shielded my eyes as Joshua dove by, watching as his cold, blue eyes were narrowed into slits and watched me as well as he followed Chrono back up into the air. I rubbed my bum as I stood up. "Ouch…" I muttered, watching as a sudden flash of light sparked through the skies.
What in the world was happening?
"Who sent you?" Chrono said harshly, dodging an astral blast. Chrono felt a soar of excitement. His life circled around death and killing, so this was like a newfound freedom to Chrono. He grinned as he landed a hit on Joshua.
Joshua winced slightly as he flipped over in the air. "I think you might now him well, Sinner! Aion!" He blasted an astral blast at Chrono, only to have it deflected away from the Sinner.
"Ha! So brother has finally found me, ne?" He grinned widely. "Send him my love!" Chrono screamed the last part out as he dove at Joshua, hoping to stab him with his deadly vertebrae head tail.
Joshua dodged it and folded his wings in so that he plummeted straight to the Earth, unfolding him when he thought he was far enough down. "Sure! Since I am assured to emerge the victor in this fight!"
Chrono smirked, the boy had no idea. Sure Aion would try to kill him, but he would never succeeded. It was more like a sibling rivalry. He probably sent Joshua out to send a sign that he was well and probably wanted the boy to be disposed of. Aion already knew that Chrono would come out as the winner.
"Think about it, Boy!" Chrono shouted, dodging one of Joshua's claws. "Have you ever heard stories about me? I killed over a thousand of humans in my time and about a hundred demons of my kind! I'll easily kill you! That's why Aion sent you! He doesn't want you to live anymore! He lied about paying you!" Chrono twirled around and clawed Joshua, causing the boy to scream out in pain.
Joshua plummeted towards the ground, his wings not folding out in time to stop himself. He landed hard on the ground, a small crater forming around him. Chrono saw the boy cough out some blood as he twitched slightly.
Then the most startling sight of all…Rosette ran out of the woods and towards her brother.
"J-Joshua!" I cried out, hugging onto my brother. "I'll forgive you if you just stop this nonsense!"
Joshua only shook his head, grabbing onto my arm and landing back onto his feet, holding me tightly against his chest. "I'm sorry, Dear Sister. But I never give up on a job." He replied coldly.
"Rosette!" Chrono roared, diving to where Joshua and I stood. "Bastard! Let her go!" Chrono screamed, his hair getting flustered and his ears lowered as he bared his fangs.
Joshua only grinned as his claw formed into a sharp looking blade as he held it before my throat. "J-Joshua…what are you-" I gulped as the blade cut me slightly, a small trickle of blood coming out from my stretched throat.
"Quiet. I love you Rosette, but I have to do this. You don't know what would happen if I didn't." Joshua flicked his tongue out and licked my cut throat. "Common, Chrono! What are you going to do now?" He smiled as he harshly kissed it.. "Does it feel better now?" He taunted with mock concern.
"I-I can't believe you…!" I gasped out.
"Believe it!" He said.
Both of our eyes turned over to Chrono. He wasn't moving, his eyes were wide though and he kept on twitching. "Aw, is poor Chrono angered? Because I can go on from here…" The blade was lowered from my throat and moved down to my arm, cutting it slightly as it moved down to my chest, directing it so that if he moved an inch, it would cut into my heart. "I always loved slow torture…" Joshua taunted.
From this day, I would remember forever. "Y-you…sick…bastard!" My first extreme bad word. From hanging around Chrono, I guess it was bound to come.
Joshua scoffed. "I'm amazed, Sister. You're growing up to be quiet a lady." He joked, plunging the blade slightly into my chest. I winced and flinched at the same time. Joshua dug it in slowly, as I couldn't take it. I screamed out.
"The truth hurts, doesn't it, Rosette?" Joshua taunted it, pulling out his bladed arm and licking my blood off.
"I hate you! I hate you, Joshua!" I screamed.
"Hate can be a good thing, Rosette. I only hope that you-" Joshua stopped as he saw Chrono's eyes redden.
"Enough." He growled out, his eyes flashing dangerously. He walked slowly towards Joshua and I, stumbling slightly. Joshua didn't move when he grabbed onto me with a weak hand. "Ro-Rosette…c-come…with m-me…" He stuttered out, grasping onto me twitchingly.
Joshua let go of me, grinning.
Chrono started to lead me away, ignoring Joshua. I stared up at the demon as he kept on stumbling over himself. What was wrong with him? "Chrono…are you okay?" I asked kindly. He turned his glazed over eyes to me and smiled a grief stricken smile. Nodding tensely. "A-Are you sure…?" I asked again, this time he only kept on moving slowly. "Chrono…you're starting to scare me…" I said softly.
Chrono stopped abruptly then, as he suddenly threw his head back and started to laugh. I turned to face Joshua, but his eyes were narrowed, his grin was now turned into a frown of confusion. I turned back to see Chrono stop laughing, his face still directed facing back up to the sky. "It's so good to be back…" He said darkly.
Remington stopped his car, seeing some shocked people. "Sir, do you know what happened here?" He asked a shaken looking old man.
"T-two demons came! They took off into the air, one of them took an innocent girl! You have to do something!" The man said quickly.
Remington nodded, but stopped when his attention was directed to a nearby forest. There was a brewing dark aura in there…one that was all too familiar to the priest…He grimaced as he ran off towards that direction.
A towering dark figure stood a top of a cliff as he observed his brother let out a laugh. His newest creation was doing an excellent job. Joshua had finally gotten through to the old Dark Chrono…he never thought that their connection to getting to the dark Chrono though, would be threatening a simple girl's life…
A/N: And…that's where I'll be stopping! …This ending wasn't as…uh…happy as the last one. If you read correctly, the genres said that this would be a Romance/Angst, I tried to warn you. Ah, well. Hope you guys review! I'll start right away on the next chapter after I post this and get to laugh evilly over my evil little stories. …If you want to yell at me, go ahead. I need a good yelling for what I'm doing. I'm just a corrupt little girl…(Sobs) I can't believe you guys like this story! I just got the idea in a dream of mine! What a co-inky-dink, huh?