Return of Time
10 of ?
AN: Thank you to all of my reviewers. And Ryuu, my use of you has been planned since chapter 2, so it has nothing to do with me being mad at you. I will admit to being upset by your review on Ch. 8, but I got over that quickly enough. My hormones are on a roller coaster right now due to my recently discovered pregnancy. So my AN's are going to be strange sometimes. Also, I may or maynot be able to update next week, as I am getting ready to move soon. My lovely family has just purchased our first home. I'm so excited. Anyways, on with the chapter.
I might've lived my life in a dream, but I swear
This is real
Memory fuses and shatters like glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It's you, it's what I feel.
REM - Leaving New York
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Gabriel stormed into the library of his father's New York mansion, his russet hair flying wildly around his face. "How dare he." Turning he grabbed the door and yelled out into the hall. "You… you old prick!" Realizing that he had just insulted his very powerful demon of a father, he quickly slammed the door shut and leaned back against them.
"Might I ask what he did to upset you?"
Gabriel turned to the high-backed chair that the accented voice came from. "Surely you heard Padre, Ryuu. Since you seem to know everything that happens to me."
"Contrary to your belief Gabriel-sama, I do not know everything." The Japanese demon stood and bowed to her master's son. "Good afternoon, Gabriel-sama."
Gabriel's golden eyes narrowed. "If you're not here to spy on me for Padre, then why do you follow me everywhere?"
Ryuu gestured for him to sit in the seat opposite of her own. "Your otou-sama saved me when I was a child, many years ago from death at the hands of Aion the Sinner. To repay him my life debt, I agreed to serve him. He make me into your bodyguard when you were born to his human lover, Isabella Santo. He tells me that day, 'This little baby is yours to guard. Protect him with your life, as you have protected mine. He is your responsibility.' And so I have watched over and served you since the day you were born nineteen years ago."
"Oh." Gabriel sat heavily. He had never known this. He had always just assumed that Ryuu was his nanny sent to watch him by his father, Duke Duffau.
Ryuu knelt at her younger master's feet, her violet eyes anxious. "Do not worry Gabriel-sama, I am and always will be your servant until the day you no longer want me to be."
Golden eyes looked down on the green hair of the kneeling demon. "You'll do anything I ask?"
"Yes, my lord."
Gabriel stood and carefully moved away from her. "I want that nun. The one we saw a few weeks ago."
"The one with hair the color of my eyes?"
"Yes." Gabriel turned and looked down at Ryuu. "Bring her to me."
Ryuu bowed until her nose touched the floor. "Hai, Gabriel-sama."
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Ryuu carefully watched the nearby convent for the next two weeks, looking for an opening in the girl's schedule. She would do anything for her master, even if it meant kidnapping a Holy Maiden for him. She got to know the girl's schedule fairly well and was confident that she would have her by the end of the next week.
Chrno however was not being cooperative. Every time the watching demon came close to grabbing her, she was called away into the main convent buildings. Leaving a very frustrated demon with empty hands.
After three more weeks had past like this, Ryuu finally caught her.
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Chrno woke to a pounding in her skull, reminiscent of the migraines that she sometimes had after particularly stressful missions.
Carefully sitting up she stared at the luxurious bedchamber she found herself in. All of the furniture was made of a beautiful golden mahogany and all of the pillows and draperies were crimson velvet, the exact shade of her eyes. The silken sheets of the bed she lay on were also that same crimson.
"Where am I?" She slid off of the bed and made her way to the door, only to find it locked. A try of the French doors on the opposite wall also yielded the same results. "Damn it, I shouldn't have let my guard down." She was close to crying. The last she remembered was leaving the convent grounds on an errand for Sister Jasmine. She hadn't expected anything to happen on the way to the small grocery down the street. And now she was who knows where without any weapons and no backup.
A short knock on the door startled her. Whirling around she watched a green haired girl, barely taller than her, enter the room carrying a breakfast tray.
"Ah, eraidesune. I was worried that you wouldn't wake this morning. You have been asleep since yesterday afternoon." She placed the tray carefully on a small table near the French doors. "I brought you breakfast. I hope you enjoy it." She bowed.
Chrno's eyes narrowed. "Who are you?"
Ryuu straightened and smiled. "I am Ryuu Mahou, Onee-san. I am to be serving you while you are here. My master wishes you to be comfortable. He went through great pains to secure you here." She walked to the door and turned as she was about to leave. "If it is not too much, might I ask your name, Onee-san?"
Chrno nodded, "Mary Raphael."
"Arigato, Mary-sama. I will return later. Is there anything you want read that I can get for you, or music?"
Chrno thought for a minute. "Do you have any books from C.S. Lewis?"
"I believe we do. Would you like me to bring you the Chronicles of Narnia, or the Space Trilogy?"
"Narnia, and perhaps a CD or two of swing music or classical. Beethoven or Bach."
Ryuu bowed. "Of course. I will return soon with them."
Chrno quietly murmured a thank you as the door closed behind the other girl. She was so tired. She would worry about escaping after she had her strength back, and had found out who was controlling the young demon servant. It was her duty to eliminate such people if they turned out to be threats to maintaining the peace with Pandemonium. But, she'd worry about that later, when she felt better.
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Padre - Italian - Father
Japanese -
otou-sama - Lord Father
eraidesune - Good!
Onee-san - big sister, Miss
arigatou - Thank you.