SC: Here's another chapter! Got work on it right after I finished chapter eight on, "Until Death, Do We Part?"

Chrono: Okay…

SC: So, I'm not mean after all!

Chrono: No, you're still mean.

SC: Hey! At least I'm getting some reviews on this! Before I got kicked off, this story had up to seventy reviews! I counted!

Chrono: …Now we're only up to six…

SC: (Sobs)

Disclaimer: If I owned Chrono Crusade, the World would be mine!


Everyone was still, after hearing Aion call both himself and Chrono a criminal. Aion was calm at the moment, as usual and was staring Father Remington right in the eyes. The Militia shifted, tired of holding their guns, but ready to fire at the demon when requested. Chrono had gone pale. It was true, both Aion and him were criminals. Both of them had returned to the scene of the crime after committing it. Chrono had returned four years ago, after killing Magdalene and forming a contract with Rosette. Aion returned shortly after taking Rosette.

It was quiet until Yuan spoke up. "Chrono has been forgiven a long time ago for his sins, but you, I'm afraid, have not. Aion, it'd be best if you leave Chrono out of this." Father Remington's voice was deadly, cold and made Chrono a tad bit happy that he was on his side.

"Ah, but hasn't it always been about Chrono? I mean, first the Lady Magdalene and now dear Rosette. You are still heart broken over Magdalene, aren't you Chrono? And yet…you do the same thing that killed her. So isn't he the bad guy? Why should I be the criminal if what I'm doing is saving everyone? I made Rosette happy, Chrono. I could make you happy too, but yet, you deny my services." He raised his arms out and gestured to Chrono, making the Militia tense and prepare for action.

Chrono stared at Aion's hand and shook his head. "Aion, what you are doing is saving no one. If you weren't so bent on changing the world and causing harm to families, I'd gladly take your hand and accept your help. But I can't. And beside the point, it's not my fault that Magdalene died. If I had known what would have happened, I wouldn't have done it. And Rosette is counting on me. It was Rosette who asked for my help and I am giving it to her."

Aion frowned at Chrono, his hands falling back to his side. "I see…Rosette was the same way, dedicating her life to stopping me and being with you when she does…"

Chrono's eyes widened. So Rosette really did want to be with him!

Father Remington grimaced. "Aion! Where is Rosette? What made her say this? Tell us the truth!" He was starting to panic about the situation they were in. Without Rosette here to break Chrono's seal, they might be in serious trouble…

Aion was silent for the moment, "I brought Rosette upon a deal, I'd grant her every wish if she destroyed that precious little watch she kept around her neck."

Chrono went stiff all over again.

Before Chrono could say anything, Aion was speaking again. "But she rejected me and had claimed that the Order, the World, and even Chrono needed her and that she would continue to fight me, alongside with Chrono, till the very end." He finished in a somewhat dull tone.

Chrono's stiffness ended and he began to feel happy. Rosette. She was right, he did need her. But not in the way that he would die if she ever broke the contract, he needed her mentally. Over the four years, Chrono had actually experienced happiness. And that was all because of Rosette…he owed her a lot now…

"Tell us, Aion. What did you do to Rosette after she had said that?" Remington clenched his teeth, afraid of the answer.

"Ah, after she had said that…hmm…well…she has a little hole in her stomach."

Everyone gasped, excluding Chrono, who was shocked in both horror and anger.

Aion laughed, "I guess she won't be needing food for a while, ne?"

"Aion! Why did you do that? She didn't even stand a chance!" Father Remington gasped the handle to his crucifix tighter.

"Dear Minister, I am the type of person that gets what he wants and if I don't get what I want…I get angry…" Aion crossed his arms over his chest and smirked, staring around at the shocked expressions, let alone Chrono's angered features.

"Y-you…Devil!" Shouted one of the Militia members.

Aion started laughing again, "Thank you! I am a Devil!"

Chrono couldn't take it anymore. Right now, he hated Aion more than anything else, and the only thing he could think of was killing Aion.

Chrono let out a scream and leapt onto Aion, biting down on his arm. He wrapped his legs around Aion's arm, keeping a tight hold.

Aion continued laughing. "My, my, Chrono! Very barbaric of you! …And very much like the devil you used to be!" Aion moved his arm to the side and threw Chrono off.

"Men! Stand down!" Yuan shouted to the Militia, who were eager to start firing.

"Wise move, but stupid none the less…" Aion reverted to his true form and pulled out a long black sword and made a movement towards Remington, who had pulled up his own sword and had prepared to block.

Chrono gasped out, rubbing his head and stared up at the fighting duo. Aion seemed to have the advantage, but Yuan was holding his own. Chrono was completely helpless. This was one of the times that he hated being stuck in a human guise. He had absolutely no powers at all. Well, he did, but that would cost Rosette he life…that they weren't sure that she still had.

Chrono got to his feet and rushed around to the Apostle Tracker. He had no choice, he would only get in the way if he stayed here. He grabbed onto the sides of the contraption and stared at Father Remington, who was blocking a powerful attack of Aion's.

Remington noticed Chrono holding the Apostle Tracker and nodded. He would hold Aion as long as he could, giving time to Chrono to find Rosette…

Chrono saw Remington's nod and moved towards the Militia, who moved out of the way as he ran down the hall.

"CHRONO!" Aion glared down at the Minister. "I am getting tired of this! I have come to kill Chrono, not play with a stupid Priest!" Aion let out a burst of Astral wind, sending Father Remington flying back along with the Militia.

Aion leapt out the window and outstretched his wings. He flew around until he spotted Chrono running down to one of the cars parked on the outside of the gate. "CHRONO!"

Chrono heard his name being called and looked up, seeing Aion soaring towards him. HE covered his face with his arms, preparing to block the oncoming attack, but he didn't feel anything. He looked up just in time to see Father Remington jump out the window and fall down onto Aion's back, stabbing him with his holy blade.

Aion screamed out, feeling the holy energy burn through him and feeling the rush of the ground he was now pinned to.

Remington screamed out to Chrono, telling him to go now while he had him pinned. Chrono nodded instantly and was off to wherever the map on the Apostle Tracker showed.

Father Remington gasped for breath as Aion struggled to stand up, but was laid back down to the ground when the Militia came and set up a barrier around him.

"Fools!" Aion hissed, "Do you think you can take me down this easily?" Aion struggled to stand up, but the barrier held him down.

"Well, I think we just did!" Shouted one of the men among the Militia.

Remington frowned and got off the fallen Sinner. "Someone, go get Sister Kate and the first class exorcists! We'll need a twenty four/seven guard here to make sure he doesn't try to escape before Chrono reaches Rosette!"

"So that's your plane, aye? He'll never make it!" Aion laughed in triumph, but then coughed out blood from the sword plunged in him.

"I wouldn't underestimate Chrono and Rosette's powers. If they want to find each other, it'll happen." Father Remington smiled at the shocked expression on Aion's face. "We created a tracking device to find an Apostle's energy. Looks like it's Joshua's energy that we have found, leading us straight to Rosette. Looks as if we beat you at your own game, Aion."

Aion smiled back, "I see…but I am never truly defeated…I have my ways…" And with that, Aion disappeared, leaving Father Remington, the Militia, and Sister Kate, along with the now arriving exorcists, in shock.

Joshua had stopped running a while ago and was now sitting by the water, not too far from the rocks he left Rosette at. The water dazzled in front of him, reflecting the light off the sun.

He sighed and stood up, dusting off the sand on his jeans. He shouldn't get upset at Rosette. Of course she probably feared him! He had started to scare himself…and besides that, she had to go. Chrono needs her, just as he needed her…

Joshua thought about that, What if Chrono and Rosette's relationship was something more…? They had been together for over four years, so something was bound to have changed.

He looked over to the spot he left Rosette at, but saw nobody except for a quick shimmer of air. Joshua was about to walk back to Rosette when a clear scent of blood hit him.

"Blood…but…ROSETTE!" Joshua broke out into a run.

Rosette was lying on the ground when Joshua got there. Blood was trickling out of her mouth and there were tears coming out of her closed eyes. But the part that worried Joshua the most, was the pool of crimson liquid she lay atop of.

Joshua felt his own tears streaming down his face as he got on his knees and cupped Rosette's face into his hands.

Rosette's eyes flickered open and she raised her hand to touch Joshua's face. "J…o…shu.." She gasped out and moved her hand weakly to her stomach, signaling to the blood leaking out.

"I know Rosette! W-who did this to you?" Joshua stammered as he felt Rosette begin to feel cold.

She was silent, as if she were thinking of who it was who did this to her.

"Rosette, tell me!" Joshua swore, that he'd be the one who'd kill the bastard who did this to her!

"I…on…" She smiled weakly to Joshua, "T'll…K…urn…o…love…im…" Her sentence trailed off as she closed her eyes, her hand growing weaker in Joshua's.

"NO! YOU'LL BE THE ONE TO TELL HIM! YOU WILL BE THERE FOR HIM! YOU AREN'T GOING TO DIE ON ME!" Joshua screamed out.

Rosette shook her head, "K'll…I…on…frr…me…" She stopped shaking her head, her breathing slowing down.

"R-Rosette…? Rosette! ROSETTE!" Joshua thought back to the time when they first met Chrono. She was offering candy to the demon they hardly knew, he was yelling at her, telling her that they could have eaten it for themselves earlier. Then he thought back to the night that Aion gave him Chrono's horns. He had told her that she didn't have to become a doctor anymore, but she had screamed to him that he never acted like this. Then it turned to the time when he had healed her leg when they fell down in the path to Chrono's room. Healed…

Joshua grasped Rosette's hand tighter. "ROSETTE! NO!" He let go of her hand and raised his over her body. Nothing happened.

"COMMON, YOU STUPID POWERS! ROSETTE WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T WORK!" He held his hands over her, not giving up.

Then, a warm glow washed over himself and Rosette. A bright beacon of light could be seen, miles around.

Joshua gasped and screamed, "IT'S WORKING! IT'S WORKING!" He smiled down to Rosette, expecting to see her smiling back to him, but nothing. Her eyes were closed and her hands were in the same position he dropped them in.

"Rosette! Common! My…powers! You're supposed to be healing! Stop faking!" He laughed weakly, still holding his hands over her. He looked down to the hole in her stomach and saw that it was closing up. The blood on her hands and habit was disappearing. The only thing he didn't understand was why she wasn't moving.

He leaned forward and put his head down on her chest, after he was sure that he had healed her enough and listened. He raised his head back up when he heard a soft snoring sound.

"ROSETTE, WAKE UP!" He was partly mad at Rosette for making him think that she was still dead, but was mostly happy to find that she was still alive…and snoring…

She opened her eyes and then raised the upper half of her body. "Joshua? What am I…AION! Where is he?" She noticed that the blood on her body and the hole in her stomach were both gone. "How am I…your powers…"

Joshua smiled and helped her up to her feet, "So, how does it feel to be healed by the miracle worker?"

"Miracle worker? Oh, your powers…Um…I have to say, I should use you more often when I have stains on my habit…" She gestured to her uniform, "See? No blood stains!" She laughed when Joshua scowled.

"Oh, right! Just use me, aye?" He put on an angry expression, when his heart was actually leaping for joy, but gasped when he felt Rosette's arms rap around his neck.

"Joshua…I'd never fear you…I just want you to know that I'd never leave you either. I was just saying that we should get Chrono and stop…Aion…then we can be together…" She was partly scared of what Joshua's reaction to the stop Aion part.

He was silent until he softly murmured, "I'll kill him…"

The rest of the day, they stood by the water; watching the sun go down.

Chrono was actually driving more reckless than Rosette! The Apostle Tracker, when he got in range, said that Joshua and Rosette were located somewhere in San Francisco, near the beach.

A screeching sound was heard and then a small explosion, indicating that Chrono had just crashed into a building. "Stupid car!" Chrono tried to start the engine, but a squealing noise sounded off. "FINE! I'LL WALK!" Chrono pushed the door open and started running. "I'M COMING ROSETTE! I WON'T STOP UNTIL I FIND YYYYOOOOOUUUUUU!"

One hour later.

"That'll be thirty cents, Sir." The shop keep pushed the bag of chips towards Chrono, who mumbled about expense and gave the man the money.

Chrono walked out the door and sat down on the sidewalk, the Apostle Tracker next to him. He pooped open the bag and started munching on the chips. "Stupid machine! You're supposed to show where it is! This is like a game of warmer and colder! GRAH!" He through the bag down and started walking off.

"HEY! SIR! PICK THAT UP! THAT'S LITTERING!" The shop keep stuck his head out the door.

Chrono threw his hands up into the air and walked back, throwing the bag into the garbage and started off again, but stopped when he heard metal falling on the ground.

"Um, Sir, you'll have to pick that up too…"

"I KNOW!" Chrono picked up the fallen garbage can and placed in some items that fell out back into it.

The shop keep nodded and went back into the store.

"This just isn't my day…" Chrono bit back the tears that were threatening to fall, "Why? Why! Rosette! When I have you back, there will be Hell to pay!"

The shop keep peaked out of the store's window when he heard insane laughter. He saw the strange boy with the purple hair and pointed ears, standing with this hands raised up into the air. Then he grabbed the strange machine he came into his store with and ran off.

The shop keep grabbed a glass and started shinning it. "Such a weird little boy…" He stopped and stared at the glass, before throwing it behind him.

When Rosette and Joshua had finally left the rocks and returned to Aion's beach house, Fiore was standing out on the porch, waiting for them.

Joshua smiled and bounded up to Fiore, waving. "Hey, Fi! Sorry we've been gone for so long…" He turned to look at Rosette, who kept her distance from Fiore.

"It's okay, Master Joshua." Fiore bowed. "Lord Aion has left you a message."

Rosette and Joshua both scowled. "What does he want?" Joshua said, his fist clenching with anger.

"He wishes for you to come and join him at Eden. The former Sinner known as Chrono and the one called Yuan Remington has wounded him. He is now recuperating there…" Her eyes remained on Joshua, not blinking once.

"Chrono…"

Joshua looked at Rosette and smiled at her. "Yeah, so Chrono got the better of him, aye?" He laughed, "Great! Now all we need to do is—" Joshua's eyes turned blank and he gasped out before falling to the ground.

"JOSHUA!" Rosette screamed out, running to his side. "Joshua? Are you okay?"

"Please stand aside from Master Joshua." Fiore moved between Rosette and Joshua, picking the fallen boy up.

"Wait! Where are you going? What are you going to do with Joshua?" She tugged on Fiore's sleeve.

"I am taking him to Eden, just as Lord Aion had requested I do." She stared down at the blonde nun.

"You can't do that! Aion will…do something bad to him!" Rosette couldn't say that he'd kill him, she wasn't sure of that, but she was sure that he needed to use Joshua's powers.

"I'm sorry, but I have to do what I am told." Fiore, with Joshua in her arms, disappeared.

Rosette sunk down to the ground. "But…I jut found him…" She stared up as the sun finally disappeared, along with her hopes.

Chrono, as far as he knew, had been walking for three hours straight. His purple hair was starting to loosen up in its braid as he was gasping for breath, deep bags under his eyes. "Rosette…I'll kill you! …not literally, but I'm sure she knows what I mean…" He stopped and bent over, gaining his breath.

Common, silly! Think of this as a game of hide and seek! I'm the hider, so you have to come and find me!

Chrono gasped and straightened up, looking at Rosette. "R-Rosette?" He lifted his hand out to touch her face, but he went right through her. "A-are you a ghost?"

Of course not, stupid! Common! It's just like old times! The fake Rosette laughed.

"But, I always hated that game! You and Joshua always won!" His delusion of Rosette was starting to get the better of him. He was actually thinking that that was actually Rosette standing in front of him!

Chrono's imagination of Rosette only smiled, until a car skidded to a stop, hitting the fake Rosette and making her disappear.

"HEY! YOU KILLED HER!" Chrono lifted his hand up in the air in fury, but stopped as his eyes started twitching when he saw who it was in the car.

"Killed who, sweet heart?" Satella's cocky voice sounded off.

"AHHH!" Chrono screamed and dropped to the ground, trying to get away from her.

Satella opened her door and bent down in front of Chrono. "AHH! CHRONO! I'VE MISSED YOUR CUTE LITTLE FACE SO MUCH!" She screeched and bent down to hug Chrono.

"NO! BACK DEVIL WOMAN!" Chrono put his two index fingers together, forming a cross.

"SILLY! You're the devil! Now come here and vie me some lovin'!" Satella reached for Chrono, who jumped up and tried to flee from her, but Satella managed to grab him and place him in that little place in between her chest.

"AHH! NOOO!" Chrono screamed and struggled to break free.

Satella only ignored him, until she grew tired of hugging him. "Ah! Chrono, what are you doing way out here in Chicago?" She looked curiously at the gasping Chrono.

"…Looking for Rosette…" He started rubbing his face repeatedly.

"Rosette? What's she doing here?" She looked down at Chrono, grabbing his face for him to look at her.

"Aion took her, she's not her though…she's in San Francisco! And I'm trying to get there!" Chrono cursed and moved out of Satella's grasp.

She smiled and puffed up to her full height. "Hmm, then let's get you there!"

"You…would really do that…for Rosette?" He looked up at her.

"Not for her, silly! For you! If it will make you happy, then I'd be more than glad to take you there!" She didn't wait for Chrono to respond, she picked him up and threw him into the passengers seat and started up the car, taking off.

"AHHHHH!" Chrono screamed, imagining the horrors that awaited him for traveling with Satella.

"AHAHAHAH!" Satella laughed out loud, going at full speed.


SC: Hey guys! Sorry it took a little while to get this out, and I'm sorry to those who are extremely upset with me for taking that long.

Aion: I'm not one of them.

SC: (Loads gun and fires at Aion) Okay! Here's my request! For those who have been reading this story and like it, I wish that you would read my other story, "Until Death, Do We Part?" It has a whooping good nine chapters out! And for those who are reading "Until Death, Do We Part?" I wish for you to read this! So it's a trade off!

Aion: (Gaping at the huge hole in his head)

SC: Okay, I'll try to get chapter five out soon for this!