A/N: Okay! Here's the next chapter! Hope you all like it!
Disclaimer:I don't own Chrono Crusade or all the other shows I rip off.
Remington had insisted that I go back with him to the Order, but I refused and drove slowly towards the apartment that I had rented for the time that I stayed here in San Francisco. In New York, I have a nice house that was only a small one story, complete with a kitchen, a bathroom, and two bedrooms. I sighed as I parked my car into the parking lot and banged my head on the steering wheel, causing the horn to honk out. I'm so foolish. I shouldn't have brought Kyle along with me, I knew that Sark would be too much for him to handle. But the courageous nine year old had insisted and I couldn't find the heart to deny him.
Opening the door slowly, I climbed out warily, my soar muscles aching and my eyes burning for I had smudges of smoke covered on my face. Looking up, I saw a shadow leap over from building to building, slowly disappearing before my eyes.
Yep. He followed me everywhere all right.
I clambered up the stairs to my apartment, opening the door and closing it as fast as I could. Moving into the bathroom and looking into the mirror at my dirty face, I was about to get a towel and washcloth and clean my face, but I thought of Kyle. By now, his parents have already been informed of their son's injury, and it was my duty to write a full letter explaining how I could have prevented his injury and why it happened.
Sighing softly to myself, I pulled out a pen and a simple piece of line paper, signing it to Kyle Jones' parents. Once done, I read it out loud to myself:
Dear Mr. And Mrs. Jones,
As you may already know, Kyle Jones had dislocated his arm in a partner mission with me, Rosette Christopher. Hunting down the demon, Julian Sark, your son had his accident. I should have prevented him from coming with me to hunt the demon down, but he had insisted that he would join me whether I liked it or not. I agreed. I am terribly sorry for this mishap and would understand if you called for a change in Militia expeditions with young exorcists.
Sincerely,
Rosette Christopher.
I stopped and breathed slowly, it sounded good to me. Pulling open the bottom drawer to my desk, I found a case of envelops, incasing my letter within one. By tomorrow morning, I'd have this on its way to Kyle's parents.
Dialing in a number, I held the phone up to my ear, hearing Remington's greeting. "This is the Magdalene Order." He announced dully, I grinned slightly.
"Hey, Remington." I yawned.
"Oh, hello, Rosette!" He said cheerily. "How are you doing? Do you need money?" He added suspiciously.
I sweat dropped. "No, Remington. I'm fine. But I called to ask about Kyle, is he okay?"
"Yeah. He keeps talking about how cool you were…" Remington said quiet lamely.
"Really…that's how these guys are…they think of you as their idol…" I stopped a minute, an unnerving silence between us.
Remington spoke first. "Is he still following you…?" He asked, a tone of concern in his voice.
"Yeah…" My eyes scanned the room I was in. "Yeah, he is… Listen, Sark is going after the Magdalene Order in San Francisco, can you guys handle it or do you need me to come down with you?" I rubbed my eyes tiredly.
"No need, Rosette. It's too late. He already got to it." Remington said sadly.
"Shit…Sark had mentioned he was going after a demon hunting agency called, "K-19." Do you know about it?" I twirled my fingers, entwining them with the cord to the phone.
"K-19…yes…we bumped heads before. They seem to be a rivalry company with the Magdalene Order, but actually, they are far above our class. What did Sark say about it?" Remington's voice asked.
"He told me that his whole gang decided on getting rid of it, considering that they had almost found Eden."
"Hmm…Rosette, you sound tired, get some sleep and report back to us in the morning. I trust that you will be able to go after Sark then?" I agreed and hung up, leaning back in my chair.
With every passing day, I've grown more and more tired of my job. It's been six years since I learned about what Aion was planning, and I haven't been able to uncover any more leads to it. It would seem as if he had already have won. But that couldn't be, the world would be anew and I would be in the hands of Chrono right now. I stood up from my chair and walked into the bathroom, taking out a washcloth and scrubbing my face pink.
In the mirror, I checked to make sure there were no more smug marks, looking harder, I saw a flash behind me and a shimmer of air. It was all too old. Jumping up slightly, I heard the phone ring. "Who could it be now?" I walked slowly to the phone and grasped it off its handle. "This is the current residence of Rosette Christopher, may I ask who's calling?"
"Hey, Bitch." I frowned.
"Arvin, I'm tired and I'm going to kill you once I find you." I hissed out, I heard a chuckle on the other end of the line.
"Well you won't have to look far." Just when he said that I heard a knock on the door. I groaned and hung up.
"…Arvin…" I growled out as I opened the door. Arvin stood in a suit, his brown hair, for once, gelled and he held out a bunch of roses. He got onto one knee and dug into his pocket. "Arvin, what are you—" I stopped when I realized what he was doing, a slight blush creeping up on my face.
He held out a box with a shimmering ring in it. He coughed slightly before starting his speech. "I know nuns aren't supposed to wed, but I'm asking you to marry me after this last year of yours at the Order…Rosette Christopher…will you marry me?" Arvin finished, his green eyes shimmering lightly.
"Oh my God…Arvin…you bastard!" I slapped him, but fell to my knees before him and kissed him on the lips. Arvin's eyes widened, until he smiled and returned it. "Yes, Arvin Weis, I will marry you!" I cried out.
Arvin grinned. "Only five more months then, Bitch. I expect you to be ready or you'll have a very pissed off man on your ass! …Which will happen either way…" He grinned and did a swirling bow, before handing me the roses and leaving; the ring remaining with me.
I stared at the shimmering diamond. Arvin and I had always had a strong connection, ever since I came to the Order. We only showed it through bad words and physical abuse. And now…now it was finally happening. I sighed happily and collapsed on my bed. "…Rosette Weis…" I mumbled.
"Rosette Christopher…" A voice corrected in the deep shadows of the room.
I ignored it, rolling over onto my side and walking into the bathroom, only to have the door slam shut in my face. I simply turned around and was about to walk out the door, but a clawed hand covered it. The claw screeching across the metal door. I winced and was about to turn around and lay down onto my bed, but the hand slid across my waist and twirled me around.
Flinching, I dove down to my leg and pulled out an emergency gun, aiming it up at Chrono's angered face. "Move an inch…demon…and I'll blow your face off." I spat out silently.
"Why did you except?" Chrono asked, pushing the gun away from his face. I instantly returned it to its correct spot. "Why?" He asked again.
"You have no business in my personal life, demon." I said coldly, loading the gun.
"But your life belongs to me!" Chrono spat out.
"The Hell it does!" I shouted.
"Wherever you go, no matter what, you will always belong to me…" Chrono stated, before disappearing into the air. I sighed, but panicked suddenly after realizing what he was going to do.
"Chrono! Leave Arvin alone!" I flung the door open, to see Arvin getting in his car. "Arvin! Move!" Arvin looked up, but all to my eternal sadness…Chrono flew down and dragged him off into the air. "No…Oh, God no…Chrono! Leave Arvin alone or I'll do it!" I moved my already loaded gun up to my head. Chrono looked down, a slight cross of fear etching across his features as he flew down swiftly and dropped Arvin, returning to my side.
"Rosette, you wouldn't…" He hissed out, stalking towards me menacingly.
"If you leave Arvin alone, I won't." I said, just as coldly. Chrono threw a glare at Arvin. "If you don't mind, you will take your leave, Chrono." Chrono sneered and disappeared. I instantly dropped my gun and ran to Arvin. He had a streak of blood running through his hair and down his head. I gasped lightly, holding the tears back. "Shit…Arvin, what'd he do to you?"
"I'm fine…just who the Hell was that bastard?" Arvin moaned, rubbing his head.
"It's a long story. Let's get you inside and taken care of, then I'll explain." Once inside my house, I mended Arvin's wound, explaining to him the story of Chrono and I. Arvin nodded.
"So that bastard is stalking you now?"
I nodded. "This is all my fault…"
"Hey, don't be getting all soft on my now, Bitch!" Arvin teased playfully, wrapping an arm around me.
"Fine, Bastard, just as long as you don't tell anyone about our agreement." I said loud and clearly, stifling a laugh. Arvin grinned.
"Sure, Bitch."
A while later, Arvin was fast asleep on my bed as my tired eyes were glued to my sleeping fiancée. I was scared that if I succumbed to sleep, Chrono would come and assassinate my husband. I groaned as I fell asleep in my chair.
The doors flew open as the purple haired demon passed through the cafeteria, throwing chairs that got in his way, out of the way. He stalked ominously up to the white haired demon and grasped him by the collar, Aion only remained smirking. "Ah, Chrono is finally dieing from sexual depression, aye? Don't worry, we all go through it."
Chrono stretched out his claws and stabbed him swiftly in the chest. "Listen, Aion! We have to stop our plan!" Chrono shouted, taking his claws out and smacking Aion with his own blood.
"I'm sorry, Chrono. But just cause Rosette's pissed at you, I'm not going to stop." Aion said, his grin still on his now bloody face.
"You have to!"
"And why exactly do I have to? So that you're over serious case of sexual depression is killing you? Chrono, we all know that you're—" Aion couldn't finish his sentence, for Chrono grabbed him and tackled him onto the ground, stabbing him over and over. Once done, Aion was seeing stars. "Okay…maybe this is a little more serious than I thought…" Aion coughed out. "Listen, Chrono. I'm not doing it! You'll find another petty human whore sooner or later!" Aion choked out, do to Chrono's fist tightening around his neck.
"She…isn't…a whore…you womanizer…" Chrono bit out slowly through his sharp fangs tightly clenched together.
"Alright, sit down and tell me why this is so much more serious then all the other days you come back here to Eden, empty handed?" Aion said, acting like a therapist.
"…A man asked for her hand in marriage…" Chrono grumbled, sitting down next to Aion.
Aion laughed as his stab wounds began to heal. "So that's your problem, aye? That's pathetic Chrono! Just like one of those human romance novels!" He slapped his knee, but stopped when Chrono gave him the look that he was going to kill him. "Any who, you shouldn't worry about that. At least she isn't getting raped or anything like that. She has a choice, don't you want her to be happy, Chrono?" Aion asked quietly.
"…Of course I want her to be happy…! …I just don't want her to get married to him…" Chrono muttered, pushing one of his clawed hands through his hair and groaning.
"Well, why don't you go back and see if you can convince her to changer her mind?" Aion smiled.
"No, she won't speak with me. I almost tried to kill him so that's probably the reason why she won't talk to me." Chrono mumbled, banging his head down on the table they were sitting at twice.
"…Well that was smart, Chrono. Killing can't always solve your problems, but mostly it does. I would suggest killing Rosette yourself, but you wouldn't like that…would you? Hmm, well, woman are a complicated race of an alien culture, Chrono. You need to seduce them! Look sexy and make them want you!" Aion cheered.
"…Rosette's an alien…?" Chrono asked, his eyes and ears twitching.
"…Maybe…" Aion mumbled.
They both sighed and banged their heads repeatedly on the table.
"Hey, Bitch. I have to go to work, so I'll see you later." Arvin muttered in my ear. I groaned as I lifted my head off my desk to see Arvin's green eyes.
"…You go to work?" I joked, Arvin only grumbled and left. "…wait…" I opened the door to see Arvin stop and stare at me in question. "Hey, Arvin? Where do you work now that you left the Order?" I asked nicely, a sweet smile on my face.
"K-19, it's so much better than the Magdalene Order." Arvin mumbled, turning back around. I paled.
"K-19…"
"The K-19 is starting to get really annoying. We all voted to eliminate them, they came very close to discovering our hide away, so that's why."
"Arvin, wait!" Arvin stopped again. "Take me with you!" I pleaded, following him to his car.
"Ah, getting desperate on me, aye?" Arvin lifted his eyebrows up in a suggestible manner, but I ignored him. "Why do you need to come with me, anyways?"
"Sark told me that he was going to eliminate you're company! We have to hurry!" I shouted, already in his car and starting up his engine.
"Hey! At least let me drive!" I groaned as I got out of the car to let Arvin get into the driver's seat. I moved around the car and got into the passenger's side as we took off.
"I'm telling you, she's not an alien!" Chrono yelled.
"She's a woman! All woman are aliens! There too God damn emotional!" Aion yelled back.
"She is not!" He glowered at Aion.
"Is too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
They stopped to glare at each other. "Fine, she's not an alien. Alright, this is my plan so listen carefully." Chrono leaned next to Aion to hear his plan. "She's an alien!" He screamed into Chrono's over sensitive ears.
Chrono screamed and fell backwards in his chair. "She is not, Bastard!" He screamed back, wrapping his hands around Aion's neck to choke him. He mouthed out the word, "alien," only to have Chrono pound his head against a wall.
"Okay!" Chrono let go of Aion. "…I really do have a plan! Look sexy and make her beg to be with you again!" Aion raised his eyebrows up with a cocky smile. "There! It works all the time!"
"…Aion…we're demons, not seducers!" Chrono shouted at his brother.
"So? We can still look sexy!" Aion stood up and got on top of the table. "Hey! Everybody come and see how good I look!" Jennia and Rizel walked in, only to have Rizel groan and walk out.
"What? I don't see anything!" Jennia shouted, running after Rizel.
"You don't want to see what's in there…" They heard Rizel mumble.
Shader bounded in, only to stop, dead in her tracks; seeing Aion standing on a table with his shirt off and swinging it around in circles above his head. "Hey, Kitty!" Aion shouted, giggling wildly.
"You're only doing this to piss me off, aren't you Aion?" Chrono growled out, leaving the room.
"Make her beg to be yours!" Aion shouted out after him, only to have Shader scream and run away. "Ah, common! I'm not that bad!" Aion screamed out to the cat demon.
Chrono shook his head and dove off the ledge of Eden, his wings puffing out and letting him glide down slowly towards cities below. "Make her beg to be mine…?" Chrono shook his head. "…I don't know…but, I think Aion may have had a good idea for once…" Chrono sighed and hung his head low.
"Are we there yet?" I groaned, tapping my fingernails along the edge of the window. Arvin grinned.
"You're still the same impatient Bitch I knew, aren't you?" Arvin's eyes watched mine flash with a brief sign of anger.
"Yeah, and you still need you're head to be inflated, Bubble Boy!" I snapped back, I only groaned when we came upon a traffic director. "That's it, we're walking." Throwing my door open, I got out of the car. Arvin looked as if he wanted to disagree, but decided not to and led the way there, running at a fast pace with me not far behind.
We soon came upon a skyscraper. "…Holy…" I whispered.
"This is why I changed from the Order to K-19." Arvin said, a grin playing at his lips. "Just admit it, you whished you worked here." He said, humming slightly.
"I do not!" I snapped. "It's just…I didn't expect it to be so big!"
"That's only half of it, there's an underground base also. Not counting all the other K's outside of SanFransico. Like, K-1, K-2, K-3…And I could go on, but we don't really have the time."
I scowled. "So! That's only—" I stopped my sentence when we turned our eyes up to see an explosion go off near the top of the building. "Damn! Sark's already here!" I bent down to my leg and pulled out a gun. "Stay here, Arvin, I'll handle this."
"Okay, listen. I'm the one that's in a higher league than you, so I vote that you stay here!" Arvin cried out, pulling a gun out from inside his jacket.
"I'm not staying behind!" I shouted.
"Well, I'm not either!" We held a glare at one another, but I gave up.
"We'll both go." I decided.
"No, only me. This is my company and I deserve the right to kiss whoever's ass who's trying to destroy it!" Arvin shouted, banging his fist into his other.
"Listen! We don't have time to argue with each other! We both go and that's the end of it!" I shouted, running already inside the building.
"Damn it, Rosette!" Arvin cried, running after me.
I coughed slightly as smoke flew around the air. People were running and pushing past one another to get out of the exploding building. I sighed when I came upon a camera room and discovered all people have exited the building at this level, but looking at the higher levels, people we're trapped. "Shit…we have people on the top floors. I need you to call for help." I turned to Arvin.
"Already done…" Arvin told me, dialing in a number from the nearest telephone. We both ducked down when another explosion went off, this time flames bursting through the ceiling.
"The fires above us…that must mean Sark's near…" I had an idea. "Oh my Love! Dearest Love! Come and Save me!" I screamed out pathetically.
"What the Hell are you doing?" Arvin asked, finishing off his conversation on the phone.
"…Long story." I continued to cry out. Arvin spun around when he felt a hand rest on his shoulder. He yanked out his gun and aimed it in the face of Sark.
"Love, what are you doing here?"
"Damn it, Sark! Innocents are going to be killed if you keep this up!" I yelled at the demon. Sark only shrugged as his wings slid out of their cape position and his claws flexed.
"Listen, Love. You need to get out of here. I'll come by and brag all about my love for you later." Sark said in a professional tone.
"The Hell you will! I just asked her to marry me and she agreed!" Arvin shouted, completely oblivious to the flames getting closer.
"That's ever so nice, but I doubt that you'll live to see that day." Sark said quietly.
"Sark! Please stop this! Don't you care that people will die?" I pleaded, slightly ducking when a pole fell down near me.
"You know the consequences if I don't do this and we lose, Love. I really don't like this at all. But, a job's a job. Now, tell me, are you with the K-19?" Sark asked, turning to Arvin.
"Don't answer that!" I yelled out to Arvin, but he told him anyways.
"Yeah, and we're going to kick you're asses for even thinking that you could get rid of us—" Arvin's eyes trembled as he groaned out and fell to his feet. I flipped my head around to see Sark behind him, a smirk playing at his lips as he dug out his claws. "S-shit…" Arvin moaned out.
"My job here is finished. This building will be destroyed in a matter of minutes, Love. I suggest that you come with me." Sark told me in his professional tone, grasping onto my wrist.
My eyes trembled as I stared down at my fallen fiancée. "S-Sark…? What did you…do…?" I asked slowly, feeling time slow down around me.
"My job, Love. Now may we please leave?" Sark asked, starting to get nervous about the flames surrounding us.
Another explosion went off, but my deaf ears didn't hear it. I slowly leaned down to the ground and held Arvin's shocked face in my hands. "Arvin…? Oh…God…No…" I said slowly, tears finally going down my face. Sark hissed out as a burning table collapsed and hit my leg, he yanked me up as we both disappeared and reappeared outside of the building. "Arvin…" I mumbled, ignoring my wound.
"I'm so sorry, Love. But a job's a job. I hope you get home safely and feel better soon. I must go." Sark told me softly, actual sadness in his voice. "I'm so sorry…about you're fiancée…" Sark disappeared after I didn't answer him.
Around me, fire trucks began to arrive, policeman also, as they began to take out the fire. The building let out one final explosion before it began to collapse slowly. I don't know whom, but a policeman grabbed me and pulled me away from the falling building. "Ma'am…are you okay?" I looked up at the policeman and nodded slowly, totally speechless. "Tell me where you live and I'll take you home."
I only shook my head and began to walk off in the direction of my current apartment, not noticing the gash I had on my leg from that table scraping my leg. Without thinking about it at all, I made my way to my current residence, slowly opening the door that I had left unlocked. I trembled slightly as I went into my bathroom and put my hands on my face, realizing that I was terribly cold, besides the fact that I as in a scorching building. Suddenly, I felt a lurch in my stomach.
I quickly ran to the toilet and puked.
That was only to be expected. I just had one of the most major shocks in my life. The first was my brother's death and this was my fiancée's death. But I new my fiancée much longer than my brother…
I coughed and spat out in the sink once I was finished. Using a nearby cup, I gargled water and spat it back out. Closing the lid on the toilet and flushing, I sat down onto it and stared at my wounded leg. I didn't deserve to heal myself or to make sure that it wouldn't get infected. That would only mean that I was being selfish when I could be down at the building and helping the officers and fireman make sure that the wounded could be tended to. So instead of fixing it up, I left it alone.
Walking over and sitting down at my bed, my sadness caught up with me. My heart ached and it felt something like a heart attack. I was losing my breath in deep shudders as I sniffed hard.
Then I screamed and threw myself at my pillow, still screaming in it. Why? Why? Why? Why? I could have stopped Arvin from dieing if I hadn't unleashed Chrono! It was his entire fault! No, it was Aion's fault… I screamed harder into my pillow, not caring if I waked up my neighbors.
It's been two days since Arvin's death. I hadn't moved from my bed at all. Not getting food to feed myself, not answering the phone when I only knew too well that it was Remington. I didn't go to get water, and I didn't go to take my usual shower. I was still in shock.
I breathed slowly, my chest rising slowly as my glazed over eyes only stared at the door, expecting Arvin to spring through it and shout, "Surprise!" and tell me that he hadn't really died.
I was still being selfish. I could be doing something useful for others right now, not feeling sorry for myself.
This time I got up and pulled on a coat. I would usually carry my gun with me, but it was left in the remains of the building.
After grabbing the keys to my room, I decided that after I checked up on the injured people, I would deliver my letter to Kyle's parents, and then leave SanFransico. I didn't want to be anywhere near here anymore. I walked slowly towards the door and pulled the handle open, shutting the door behind me as I crept slowly down the stairs. I thought if I walked any more faster I would trip and die for sure…not like the thought didn't appeal me.
My life…was over…
That's the only phrase that I could think of. Some how, I found that this was all my fault that Arvin died, even though it was Aion's for his stupid ruling the world plan. Near me, I saw a flicker in a shadow and a shift of movement in the light. But I paid no mind to it.
It was only Chrono.
Once down the stairs, I pulled open the doors to my car, but only to decide that I would be better off leaving the keys for my room now. Doing so, I returned to my car and put the gear into drive, taking off fast down the corner and driving at top speed to the building.
In my rear view mirror, I saw Chrono soaring not too far away falling me.
I didn't stop for the same traffic director from yesterday, I only gave him the choice to move or be killed. Which he did move, causing some cars that were already going have to stop and honk their horns at me.
Screeching on the breaks, my car skidded in a puddle of water from the fire as I stopped just in time to not crash into the remains of the building. I got out and walked over to a nearby policeman. "Where…are the…injured people…from this building…?" I asked slowly, my eyes drooping down.
The policeman gave me a sad smile. "There are no injured…they all died…which, we don't know how that's possible. At least somebody had to escape from the fire!"
I only nodded and drove my car more slowly than earlier to a postal office, dropping off my letter and driving to the airport. I looked around and saw that Chrono was still following me. I only sighed softly and shook my head, he would never give up.
To my surprise, I saw a familiar face head towards me and give me a hug. It was Remington.
"Hello, Rosette…" He said, pulling away from me and eyeing me. "Rosette…you look horrible! What happened?" I only sniffed as tears started to fall. "Why weren't you answering the phone? Have you been eating? Rosette—" He stopped when I slumped down into his arms, crying hard into his chest. "What the Hell happened?"
"Arvin…Sark…K-19…" I gasped out through my choked sobs, only to cry harder. "Please…home…" I choked.
"Yes, of course." Remington held me tightly in his arms and giving me a reassuring squeeze. "Come, I have a airplane ready for us right now." He carried me off to it, eyeing a certain shadow that followed him.
It didn't take long for us to make it back to New York and to my house. I smiled sadly at my house as Remington walked me in. He set me down slowly onto my comfortable couch and got a good look at me. "Rosette…you're leg has burn markings on it…do you have anything to do with the fire at K-19?" He asked me, I didn't say anything. I only closed my eyes and fell asleep.
Remington watched me for the first few hours, before leaving my house and heading back to the Magdalene Order.
Hours later, I woke up to the fact that I was dieing of thirst. I stood up and grabbed one of my plastic cups and filled it in with water from a refrigerated cup of water, finishing the cup almost instantly.
I'd worry about feeding myself later…I gazed around my cozy little house, noticing that I had every corner or shadow lighted with a lamp, leaving Chrono bare to the lights. He had on a tight tank top and black baggy pants, leaving his muscled arms free for my eyes to observe. I didn't move when he grasped onto me and held me in his arms. "Hello, Rosette…" He said softly. "Would you mind telling me what happened?"
I only shook my head and tried to push away, but his grip was too strong and mine was too frail.
"Why not?" He asked in a gentle tone. I didn't say anything. "Where's your…fiancée…"
At this I glared at him. Chrono was playing with me. "Dead…" I gasped out with my hoarse voice.
"Dead…" Chrono echoed, his voice shallow and leaving no room for me to guess what his emotions were…probably one of happiness. "How tragic…"
This time, a tear streamed down my face as I slid out of Chrono's arms and onto the floor, trembling as I curled up into a ball. "Y-yes…S-Sark…k-k-killed…" I left the rest for him to think up as I cried harder.
Chrono stared down with emotionless eyes as he slid down next to me, waiting my crying out. "Your sad that Sark killed him?" He asked, I didn't remark him with a snappy comeback, I only nodded. "You…loved him…?" He asked more slowly. I nodded harder.
"I-I…kne-knew…him si-since…I fi-first came to th-the O-Order…" I choked out. "We ha-hated…ea-each o-other…until re-recently…" I cried out.
Chrono suddenly seemed to understand. He raised his hand out and began to rub my back calmingly, I surprised myself by letting him do it. "Rosette…I've decided…that I won't be a part of Aion's rebellion if it means that I can't be with you. I quit." He told me steadily.
I stopped crying and stared into Chrono's all too familiar crimson gaze. "Really?" He nodded as I only cried harder and hugged onto Chrono tightly. "I-I hate…pe-people dieing all t-the time…be-because of me…" I choked out slowly.
"No one died because of you, Rosette. It was all Aion's fault." Chrono told me reassuringly.
"…I-I hate him…I hate him so bloody much…" I said as my sobs slowed down to an every now and then sniffle.
"I hate him also…for causing you so much pain…" Chrono growled out. I half listened as I fell asleep in Chrono's arms…just like old times.
I woke up to find that Chrono was gone. "What the—" I grasped onto my leg when I felt it throb with pain. "Damn…it's infected…" What was I thinking? I walked slowly to my door and walked out of it, locking it behind me and heading towards the nearest hospital.
Chrono broke through the doors and with a growl he stopped when he saw Aion smirking as he beat Jennia at chess. "You're cheating! You're only playing against me cause I can't see!" Jennia whimpered as Aion laughed out.
"Ah, Chrono my friend! You're back! Did you make her whimper to be with you again?" Aion asked happily.
"Aion…I quit…" Chrono told him with a dramatic conclusion.
"Whatcha' say?" Aion asked.
"I quit…" Chrono repeated.
"I'm sorry, would you repeat that again, I must have ear wax clogging up my brain." Aion stuck a finger in his ear.
"Damn it, Aion! I bloody quit!" Chrono roared out, grabbing tightly onto Aion.
"You can't quit!" Aion told Chrono.
"And give me a good reason why I can't!" Chrono shouted.
"Cause I fired you!" Aion yelled with determination.
"You can't fire me, because I already quit!" Chrono said, slightly confused.
"You have a point there…but why?" Aion told Chrono, getting back on subject.
"Because, Rosette won't love me if I remain here with you. I choose love!" Chrono shouted romantically.
"…Love…?" Aion cocked an eyebrow. "That's nice, Chrono. Now why don't you tell me the real reason why you're dumping our life goal."
"I told you, for Love!" Chrono shouted again more romantically.
"…Ehh…Your dumping me…for Love…Okay, I've officially gone insane, so why don't you beat me up and then tell me again why you're doing this." Aion said, tapping his fingernails on his cheek.
"Damn it, Aion! Learn how to listen! I'm doing it for love! I love Rosette! And I'm willing to quite working with you and live with her!" Chrono shouted out in Aion's face. "I'm leaving now, so…bye…" Chrono transformed into his demon form and was about to leave, but saw a hand plunged deep within his chest. He turned around to see Aion's deep violet gaze glaring at him.
"Chrono…we don't just let people say that they're quitting and leave like they can just go on with their lives. If you quit, you die." Aion hissed out, pulling his hand out and whacking Chrono hard with his bloodied claw.
Chrono coughed, but kicked Aion hard in the gut. " I won't be the one dieing, Aion! I will live so that I can go back and see Rosette!" Chrono screamed out, flipping onto his feet and grounding his fist into Aion's distracted body.
"You're going to kill your own brother, just for a damn wench? Chrono…I missed the old you, when you could kill without hesitation…where you didn't have time for love. When your life revolved around killing. And I will do whatever it takes to get you back…brother…" Aion hissed out, a shimmer of air referring to Chrono that the white haired demon had disappeared.
Chrono sighed harshly as his wound healed up. Wait… "Do whatever it takes to get me back—Rosette!" Chrono screamed out, his eyes widening as he burst out of Eden in a big astral wave.
He had to beat Aion to Rosette's house!
I parked in front of my house, after seeing the doctor and having him wrap my leg up, only to see my house in complete wreckage. Half of it was shattered, as the other half was scratched and tattered.
Opening the door slowly with my keys, I saw bloodstains on the walls. I gasped when a bloodied claw wrapped around my face. I looked up to see Aion in his demon form.
"Shush, Girl…" Aion whispered softly. My eyes looked over to where Aion was currently looking, to see a girl who resembled me exactly. "That's a demon, if you're wondering. Actually, a shape-shifting demon. It took your form as I requested and then I killed it, spreading it's blood onto you're walls. It smells and looks exactly like you, if you hadn't noticed." Aion whispered softly.
I muffled out the word, "Why?"
"Because…we're going to have fun with you're good friend, Chrono…" Aion hissed out. "Time to go to a safe place and enjoy the show." He muttered, grabbing me up, with his hand still blocking my screaming. "Wait…" He placed some type of rosary around my neck.
I looked at him in question.
"This will keep Chrono from smelling and seeing you. To him, this will look exactly as if you had died. Now. When you see him come, you will see how much he really loves you…" Aion whispered hastily, his white hair flipping around his ears as he flew us over to a hole in the ground. "Trust me, this rosary will save your life."
"But…Chrono would never kill me…!" I whispered back.
"He will…once he sees your house…" He said with a slight grin.
"You bastard…I should kill you!" I looked around, noticing that I still didn't have my gun with me. "Damn it…" I muttered. Aion laughed silently, but stopped when he saw a big wave of astral light crash down near my house.
"Now…the fun starts…" Aion said, an evil glint in his eyes.
"I can't believe you're doing this to Chrono! …and you destroyed my house!" I cried out.
"Hush, Girl, I'll pay you back later…" Aion mumbled back to me.
I glared at him, but my eyes widened as I slowly began to realize, just what Chrono might do once he saw my house…we both watched Chrono as he moved inside my house.
A/N:Mwahahaha! I'm going to get yelled at for this! Oh…and some people told me that Shader, is actually Sheda…well I kind of wanted it to be the same as in the original American anime and manga. Cause I'm an original person. I'm sorry if you're unsettled by it, but I just want to go by their original American names. Now, we get to see the different side of Aion! And I bet you guys are going to freak out that I made Rosette have a fiancée! Well, I thought that I should let Rosette have a relationship, only to make Chrono jealous. I'm that type of person. All right, I'm going to post this up and get straight to work on the next chapter! Review on your way out!