(A/N): Hi! Thank you for the reviews at the prologue they surely made me happy. Yep about the update of "Rosette's Birthday" I'm doing it also, maybe it'll be ready tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, or the day after that...(sweatdrop). Um yeah a little about this chapter, this is also based on an episode of a chapter in the CC Manga Vol 2. Then you will understand what's up with the prologue in the next chapter okay?
Then, on with the fic!
Summary:
Who is this boy Azmaria dreamed about? Does it have anything to do with Rosette and Chrno? And what is so important about this Seventh Bell orphanage everyone speak about?
Disclaimer: Think about it, if I owned him, Chrno would be my husband and Aion would be a little monkey that dances around the streets craving for money while wearing a tutu. So you get the point, right?
Chapter 1:
Falling Rain
The sky turned grey as heavy raindrops ascended from the heavens. Someone would say that the angels were crying. Others that the sky was depressed or it was only a meteorological case in which the water the clouds carried would pour down. Anyways, these kind of days were dark and gloomy. Especially for Sister Rosette Christopher who was glancing out the window from her spot at the Magdale Convent. She sighed and her breath covered the already damp glass. She grunted disgusted, she really hated this weather. She couldn't do anything except staying calm inside the convent waiting for the rain to cease. And those were both things the young militia couldn't stand doing: stand still or wait. She brushed her golden hair away from her ocean orbs as she continued glancing at the pouring raindrops in the grounds of the Magdale Convent.
"Boring..." she whispered while tapping her fingers against the glass. She would ever hardly go out in a mission today, it seemed demons disliked creating havoc with such nasty weather. She chuckled at this thought, her mind remembering the form of her demon partner and contractor, Chrno. She grabbed the dangling pocketwatch in her fist and listened to it as it ticked and tacked silently.
"Rosette..."
The blonde girl turned as her azure eyes matched two ruby orbs. She blushed slightly and jumped away, "Chrno! Don't scare me like that!"
The violet haired demon shrugged as he handed the telephone to the sister, "You have a call."
Rosette blinked and snatched the device from Chrno's clawed fingers, then she placed it next to her ear and talked, "Hello? This is Sister Rosette talking."
"...you're welcome," whispered Chrno sarcastically as he started fiddling with his long braid.
Rosette turned to Chrno and eyed him nastily, "Shhhh!"
The demon boy smiled and continued trying to unlock the knots in his purple bangs. Rosette listened at the person talking to her on the phone with attention as her eyebrows furrowed with deep concern. Chrno could only listen to the other person's voice like a whisper, not really making the words out.
Suddenly a blush appeared on top of Rosette's cheeks and then she swallowed hard, " Oh sure thing. I'll pick you up right now. Oh no, it's alright. Okay, see you later."
Rosette hung the phone as she stared in deep concentration at the talking device. Chrno turned to her worried, had something happened?
"Rosette? Is something wrong?"
The clod raindrops continued splattering against the window's glass as Rosette turned to Chrno sternly.
"...Chrno..."
The boy blushed when she whispered his name, "What is it?"
Rosette turned to the floor as a smile slowly formed in her lips, the she took Chrno's hand and pulled him down the corridors of the deserted convent.
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Cold water droplets landed roughly against the glass of a grey Ford as it raced down the empty concrete streets of New York. The familiar face of the driver was Rosette's as she smiled blissfully with a slight blush tainting her cheeks. Chrno sat next to her frowning while holding his backpack that carried all the guns Rosette used during a mission prior.
"Yay!" screamed the girl, "We're going to pick Minister Remington on the way back!"
Chrno rolled his eyes annoyed, " Now? That's pretty sudden of him..." The young demon boy turned to the back seat and sweatdropped, " But we have so much stuff... We forgot to unload the car last time."
His gaze met the articles blocking the seats behind, a pink umbrella, two paper bags full of cold muffins, and... stuff.
"It's alright. Besides it's not every day that I get an order from Minister," answered Rosette while humming a happy tune.
"But it's already packed up in here..." moaned Chrno.
Rosette turned icily at him (almost causing them crash by the way) and she groaned, "I can always kick you out of the car, y'know?"
"Hey!"
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Thunders rumbled on the distance as the rain turned harder and poured hardly on the roofs of every house and building, but also on Grand Central Station. The place wasn't so crowded since it was Sunday but still a couple of people walked by loaded with goods and bags. Trains arrived and left every minute while singing their whistles loudly and puffing a big cloud of black smoke.
"Hmmm... He's late."
A man said while sitting on a bench cross-legged and laying an unfolded a newspaper on his lap. He had short blonde hair and honey eyes and was wearing a priest suit. It was the so called "Minister Remington", first class militia at the Magdale Convent, top exorcist, and number one flirter with the chicks.
He turned to look around while biting his lower lip desperately, " He was supposed to be here a long time ago... Keeping the time right is also our duty... Well... like I can really say that..."
Remington continued looking around for the person he was waiting, supposedly a fellow exorcist of the Magdale Convent and turned only to spot a young boy tugging from his mother's dress, "Mommy, I'm hungry," the midnight-haired child whined.
The gentle looking lady smiled as she stared at her son, " Wait until we are at home, or Grandpa will be upset..."
The boy turned to the ground, "Darn... okay."
His mother who was a black haired lady with a topknot smiled wider, "Good boy."
Remington grinned and chuckled at the boy and his mother's conversation believing it was cute. Those kind of people reminded him of his childhood.
" He won't be arriving," whispered a masculine voice from behind Remington, making him tense. A black haired man wearing a cap sat behind him, in the opposite part of the bench smiling darkly.
"...But I have what you want. You wanted this, right?" said the man handing him a yellow envelope, he was still facing the other way not turning to see Remington directly in the eye, " So... would you like to chat with me?"
Remington snatched the envelope away from the other man's grasp and hid it inside his coat, " ...Who are you?" whispered the Minister while combing his hair away form his honey orbs.
"A messenger from who you Magdale are investigating," responded the man smirking wider.
Remington gasped, "...Where is he?"
(A/N): Remington refers to the fellow exorcist who was going to give the envelope to him but instead this man came in his place.
"You mean the guy you were waiting for? He wads investigating too far so..."
The other man chuckled loudly as he beared his canines, " I killed him. And I ate him. There isn't even a piece of him left. Kakaka! He was delicious!"
In a blink of an eye, people were gathering at the following scene, Remington hurled himself on top of the man and put his gun inside the other fellow's mouth.
Suddenly the tears welled up on the man's eyes as he noticed the pistol's gun inside his mouth and about to be shoot. Remington noticed this as he removed the gun, ´ ! It's not...´
"Ha, ha, ha, ha," the sound of evil laughter overflowed the room as Remington turned and saw all the people eyeing him with a weird look and smiling stupidly, yet they seemed like dolls, and were in some kind of trance.
"You can't get me," called out a hoarse voice, "I am right here although I'm not here as
well."
Suddenly he saw the man with the cap getting up and smiling evilly once again, just like the other people, that meant someone was also controlling him... or something...!
"You are a dangerous human. So I decided to use these other humans," he stated chuckling.
"Ur...!" Remington drew his gun out and pointed it at the possessed man but stopped in his tracks when he noticed the other people drew needles, knives or whatever pointy objects they had and pressed it slightly against their necks, some on the head or the mouth. They were intending to commit suicide, or so it seemed. Warm blood oozed slowly down the flesh of the people as they pressed the blades harder on their bodies but not reacting to the pain. There were elderly people, adults, and even kids doing the same! They were trying to kill themselves and still smiled weirdly while staring at Remington, who didn't know what to do now, he couldn't risk these innocent people.
"Don't move. They are all so fragile," sounded the voice again, "Don't worry. I'm just using them until I accomplish my duty."
Remington gritted his teeth, "Hostages... eh!"
The black haired man with the cap that he had tried to shoot last time extended his hand, as he smiled vilely, "Now why don't you hand over that weapon of yours and start our business?"
Cold sweat raced freely down Remington's temple as he thought of a plan to get out of this as the other man continued speaking, "We need your help."
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Rosette rested her head on her hand as she stared at the parked car's window while looking at the main entrance of Central Station. Rain was still falling down the streets, although the storm was growing stronger every moment as thunder rumbled on the heavens and thunders causing sparkles to flash all over the city.
"That's odd..." moaned the young militia, "He should've been here by now... Did something happen?"
"I'll go find him," said Rosette while exiting the car and heading to the doors of the station. Chrno glanced at her from the car as he frowned, "I'm sure he's alright."
The blonde turned to his contractor with concern reflected in her deep cerulean eyes as she continued on her way, " I'm not sure why but something feels wrong."
She started running looking for a clue of where Minister Remington was, " It's going to rain hard..." she whispered to herself leaving the car and Chrno behind.
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Remington was speechless as he listened to the man, "It's almost time..." he said smiling.
"What are you going to do with Rosette?" asked Remington clenching his fists.
" ´He´ needs Rosette on his side... and wants to meet her again," responded the possessed man while clutching the gun that Remington had handed over tighter.
"...I am... I am supposed to be her guardian..." said Remington glancing at the floor then he turned determined at his foe, his eyes flashing with anger "Since I brought her to Magdale... No... before that...!"
In a sudden movement, Remington jumped behind the smirking fellow and snatched something from his neck. The man's eyes turned dim and then white as he landed to the floor fainted and the gun bounced some inches away from him. Remington turned to the palm of his hand and saw a small spider with a string tied around its paw.
"So... as a guardian I can't allow you to take her away!"
Remington turned to one of the highest windows and spotted a shadow of an otherworldly creature pulling the strings that bind the people in the spell.
´ Up there!´
Remington stiffened when he heard a feminine voice calling out his name from behind him.
" Oh there you are! Minister!"
He turned and saw Rosette smiling and walking toward him not really noticing what was going on. She stopped and turned with fear when she felt a hand grasp her by the wrist. She saw a tall man wearing a black uniform, maybe he was a worker in one of the trains. He smiled weirdly as he squeezed her hand tighter pulling her closer.
"How do you do, Sister Rosette? Master Joshua is waiting."
The following words the man spoke hit Rosette like a bullet into the heart. She gasped as her eyes widened when he whispered her brother's name.
Remington continued staring at the creature hiding in between the shadows as he drew a cross from his suit, ´ It's targeting Rosette! Now's the time! ´
He swung his arm and a green flash of light blinded the people in the room for a moment and when it vanished the cross Remington carried had turned into a blade.
The blonde priest slashed the strings that were wrapped around the people and forcing them to do what they were doing causing them all to fall to the floor fainted. The man grasping Rosette also fell leaving her free and wondering what the heck was going on.
He turned to the young nun and screamed, "Rosette! Up there! The 2nd window of the eastern side! Shoot it!"
Rosette gasped and turned, noticing the demon standing there and cursing because its hiding spot had been discovered. So the blonde militia jumped to where Remington's gun had landed and aimed at the creature, then shoot Sacreds at it without rest.
The flashes of light the Sacred bullets created when in contact with the creature's skin covered the monster not allowing both exorcists to know if it had died. The bullets' force created holes on the wall and the people out of Central Station stopped surprised at the sight of an explosion of light coming from inside.
"I guess I shall just greet you both and leave for now," sounded the eerie voice of the demon who apparently was able to survive the bullets' power and impact. But we shall meet again... Ka, ka, ka, ka, ka, ka, ka, ka, ka!"
Rosette gasped at these last words before the monster had vanished. The sound of the pouring raindrops still could be heard as the thunders rumbled fiercely like a wild beast chasing after its prey.
"Are you alright?" asked Remington turning at Rosette ho was staring at the fainted people and holding her own wrist. That man had certainly grasped her firmly.
"Yes... but what happened here? And these people?"
"Don't worry. They're alive. A bit unlucky for them though," responded Remington leaning to take the envelope he once carried from the floor since with all the fighting it fell.
"Minister..."
The honey-eyed man turned from the envelope to Rosette whose expression was dark and gloomy as she stared at the floor.
" Why did that demon know his..."
Rosette was cut off in mid-sentence when Remington handed the folder to her, "These past 4 years, we've been looking for information. And finally, a couple months ago, we were able to find him."
Rosette took from out of the cream colored envelope, a photograph and gasped at the person she saw in it. A tall blonde boy walking in between some people with a dim and lonely glare.
"Joshua..."
(A/N): Tada! And there it ends! Yeah in the next chapter, the scene of the prologue will be explained I guess this chapter would be too long with that. So then see ya later!
Preview for Chapter 2: "Hajimari no Jikan" The Beginning of Time
Rosette and Chrno return to the place they had first met, Azmaria wonders what happened 4 years ago and wishes to satisfy her curiosity while looking for her friends and answers to who this "Joshua" is...
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