Chrono: Stealer!
Lina: What? U've done worse things, you're the devil.
Chrono: Oh yeah... Hehe.
Chrono Crusade: The Fight Part 11
"We are all a little crazy, we are all a little weak,
And we all are very fragile when there's nothing left to speak,
When there's no one left to talk to, no more tears are left to cry,
Will you stand up for the right thing or continue in denial-
I don't know"
Chrono winced and looked up at Joshua, who was smiling. Horns grew out of the sides of his head, Satella gasped.
"He's a... devil," she said. Chrono nodded.
"They were my horns, but Aion gave them to him, Rosette's brother," Chrono said, tears forming. Satella blinked.
"Rosette's... brother? That can't be," she stated.
"He never was like this, he used to be weak, but now..." Chrono's tears fell down his face, which was filled with denial.
"Well you know I'd love to help you, you know I'd love to heal,
But without the hands of God you will never be revealed,
So take off your mask of happiness, take off your mask of fame,
We all know that you've got problems just like everybody's name,"
"You can never understand what I went through... I had to live as someone else, someone weak and not strong, someone I hated. That could not be tolerated anymore. Aion gave me power, something that I could use," Joshua explained, smiling even more. It hurt Chrono to hear these words, since he remembered the sweet young boy that loved to hear Chrono's stories. He stood up, wiped away the tears and went over to Joshua.
"This is all I can do for you," Chrono said, he raised his hand and smacked Joshua on the cheek.
"I don't know why you fold in the arms of reality,
Why do you break with every wave in your stormy sea,
You know I'd love to think you were doing fine but I'd be lying,"
The wind blew the sea up against the rocks that were near the beach house. Aion appeared on one of them, smirking.
Rosette and Ewan finally arrived in San Fransisco. They got out of the train at the station and wandered for awhile, finally they decided to search near the beach, which they found an old house, with four shadows in the window. She thought of Chrono in pain and ran to the door, Ewan followed. Aion appeared in the house next to Joshua. He smirked and went to the door and opened it. Rosette almost fell over, but grabbed her gun and pointed it at him.
"You can not defeat me with that," he said and knocked the gun out of her shaking hands. Chrono started to cry again, noticing Joshua's expression. It was cold... too cold.
"So don't tell me everything is good, don't walk on bitter ground,
I have seen you at your worst and I still love you when you're down,
But I hate to see you live like this, I hate to see you crying,
And I hate to see you tangled in his web of sex and lies,"
"Joshua! Why did you choose to be this way? Yes, it may have made you stronger, but..." Chrono couldn't finish. He bent over and tears fell on the wooden floor. Satella put her hand over the jewel of her glove.
"I am much stronger now, that is the reason why I had to choose this path. Aion saved me, otherwise I'd be dead by now," he replied. Rosette ran around Aion and up to Joshua.
"Joshua... you didn't have to do that. Aion lied to you," she said, tears in her eyes. Aion went up to Rosette, Ewan got his sword ready. Aion grabbed Rosette, swung her around and kissed her. Tears fell down her face as Aion caressed her leg.
"Damn you! Get away from her!" Chrono cried.
"Do you have a god you pray to, Do you have a god you love,
Do you have some twisted fear about the will from up above,
Do you wait for him in silence, Do you wait for him in vain,
Do you think some crazy fool is gonna preach away your pain,"
Ewan swung at Aion and cut his shoulder, but no blood appeared.
"You think you're so powerful, since you have God watching over you. The truth is that there is no God," Aion said, pulling away from Rosette. She fell on her knees. Chrono knelt beside her.
"Are you okay?" He asked, still crying. She nodded slowly, even though she was not fine. She just thought that everything would have gone differently if she had stayed with Joshua at that time. Chrono was thinking of Magdelene, he had another vision of her and him together, fighting a devil, which was not Aion, but looked a lot like him.
"I don't know why you fold in the arms of reality,
Why do you break with every wave in your stormy sea,
Why do you cringe at the wake of every godly dream,
While I watch you laughing on the brink of insecurity,
You know I'd love to say you were doing fine but I'd be lying,"
This was the present, painful reality that they were living in now. Chrono had to face it, so did Rosette. They did not want to get anyone else involved, but it was too late. Chrono heard the waves and started to laugh, although he did not know why, maybe he was going crazy. He wanted to save everyone, especially Rosette.
"Chrono? What's the matter?" Rosette asked, still crying and shaking.
"This is too much... I don't want to hurt you anymore, but it's the only way to defeat him," he said, bending his head down.
"It's okay, I'll be all right," Rosette lied.
"So why must you walk with burdens much too big for you to bear,
When you know it's not your fault"
There are saints and sinners everywhere,
You don't have to smile, I can read between your lines,"
"No! You always do things for others that make yourself hurt. I don't want that anymore," Chrono stated.
"It's fine, really," Rosette said, standing up. She clutched the watch. Chrono stood up as well, tears still falling. He started to spark and his braid flew straight up. His eyes grew bright red and he grew ears and wings appeared on his back. Rosette screamed as all this was happening, but she smiled. Satella caught her before she hit the floor.
"Poor Rosette, she goes through so much," Aion said, laughing.
"You bastard! Die!" Older Chrono cried and flew at him. Aion turned into his original form also and flew up through the roof. Chrono followed him. Rosette and the others ran outside, except for Joshua, who had veins sticking out the sides of his head. Fiona stayed by his side. Suddenly Joshua rushed out to Rosette. His eyes were normal again, not all hazy.
"I read guilt and I read mercy, I read glory to the father,
I read bitterness and suffering and love for all your people,
I read brokenness inside your heart and scars too deep to see,
I read pain from a young boy who's father left too early,
Who's mother tried to mold him into what she'd love to be..."
"Rosette, tell me the truth about mother and father," Joshua said. Rosette was surprised by this, since he had never asked about them before. Chrono and Aion were still fighting, but Rosette walked up to Joshua.
"I never wanted to tell you this, but dad left us... and mother, from what I remember of her, she was kind and passionate. She loved us very much, even to her death... which I can't remember all that well. She loved you most of all," Rosette said, tears in her eyes.
"Sister..." Joshua said, his eyes were returning to evil, the kind of evil that would destroy anything in it's path. Rosette would not let this happen.
"Joshua, you can stay the way you are now, innocent and loving!" Rosette cried.
"I don't know why you fold in the arms of reality,
Why do you break with every wave in your stormy sea,
And why do you cringe at the wake of every godly dream while,
I watch you laughin on the brink of insecurity,"
Joshua laughed a little. He knew that he could not stay like that. He had to become stronger in order to protect himself and Rosette. Aion slashed at Chrono and sent him flying to the ground.
"Chrono!" Rosette cried. Satella called her jewel knight forth. It slashed it's sword at Aion but did not hurt him. Aion laughed.
"You will never defeat me," he said. Chrono got up slowly, then leaped and charged at Aion. He pulled his hand back and then thrust it forward into Aion's chest. Blood sprayed onto Chrono's face. Aion went flying back into the sea, slamming into the water. Blood flowed up onto the beach.
"Aion!" Joshua exclaimed. He suddenly returned to normal.
"You know we'd love to help, yeah you know we'd love to heal,
But without the hands of God you will never be revealed,
You know we'd all love to say you were doing fine."
"Joshua? Is that really you?" Rosette asked, she staggered over to him and fell into his arms. The horns and veins disappeared. Chrono and everyone smiled. Chrono reverted back to his small form and Aion disintegrated, leaving nothing but blood on the sand. Rosette went over to Chrono and hugged him.
"Thank you so much... I love you Chrono," she said. Chrono held on to her tightly.
"I love you too. Now, let's go home," he said. Rosette backed up and then leaned in until their lips touched. Satella and Ewan smiled, even Joshua did. They were all happy that the battle was finally over, and Chrono's battle as well.
The End (Yes, this is the last chapter)
Lina: I hope you liked! It's loooong. Hehe
Chrono: (Hums between your lines)
Lina: Lol Ja ne everyone!