(A/N): Hi, I want to thank all my reviewers for, well obviously, reviewing. So here, have a cookie!

Summary:

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...

Disclaimer: No, even if I wish terribly to own the Chrno Crusade cast I can't, I'm not that rich...

Chapter 2:

"Hajimari no Jikan"

The Beginning of Time

Azmaria remembered being at the ocean watching as a storm prepared to arise, she heard someone's voice calling for her. She had seen a young blonde man that reminded her of someone she knew yet she couldn't remember of whom exactly.

" Can you hear the wings whispering to you?" he said still looking at the great mass of water, "You understand who I am, right?"

That's what the teen had said yet she didn't understand what he meant with that, ´ This is a dream...?´ she thought, ´ I don't know him... I've never met him before...´

´ However, I feel nostalgic... I know someone who he reminds me of...´

She stared at him carefully but couldn't make out who he was, she had never seen him before, then why did he seem to know her? And what was he trying to tell her?

´ Who are you!´

Rain droplets splattered against the glass of the windows at the Magdale Convent. The grey clouds and the flashes of light from the rays were reflected on the windows all over the place as the rumbling screams of the thunders caused the crystal to tremble slightly.

The first year exorcist class was right now in a lecture from their teacher Ms. Faith and reading a lesson about poltergeist cases and different things about religion related to being an exorcist.

The 11 or 12 year old students seemed pretty bored as some yawned once in a while, other were just sending notes to others, or simply gazing at the windows wondering if there would be recess even it was raining so harshly. Suddenly quiet mumbles caught Ms. Faith's attention as her eyes looked around the room for the source of the noise. She finally spotted in the second row next to the window Azmaria's seat. The sleeping Apostle was talking while asleep as she muttered, "This is a dream...? Who are you...?"

The student sitting next to her shook her gently in an attempt to wake her up since the teacher was glancing at her nastily and drumming her fingers in a steady rhythm against her desk. A girl sitting beside her giggled silently and the boy in the front turned from his book to the slobbering and dreamy albino haired girl.

"You have some guts there..." said the teacher frowning.

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A nun walked calmly down the hallways of the convent while humming a tune to herself, she was wearing her usual blue uniform, that meant she was not a "first class" or militia yet she did a good job inspecting the grounds. She continued walking down the deserted corridor and cautiously passed by two huge wooden doors, that was the head nun's office, Sister Kate's. The exorcist knew that she had to be careful every time she passed by that place, you never knew what could happen in there if Rosette was inside. Once the office had exploded and another time the roof had fallen so she was almost tiptoeing as she walked next to the doors as if waiting for a demon to surge from inside and hurl itself over her. The nun yelped surprised and jumped slightly when she heard a loud scream priece from inside the office, "WHY!"

Inside the room Rosette slammed her hand against Sister Kate's desk, which some minutes earlier had been in complete order but because of the sudden shock, all things seem to run and get somewhere else of the table. She then shook her fist menacingly at the head nun before her seating in a huge chair with a red velvet pillow for her to rest her body and parts I'm not going to mention (ahem).

"Why won't you all move!" screamed the enraged blonde, "You've found some clues, right...! Then...!"

Sister Kate avoided eye contact with the young militia as she used her shoulder for support against the desk, "This is a difficult situation that you can't imagine! I understand that you are a witness of the Seventh Bell incident..."

"That's why...! Joshua's my little brother so...!" responded Rosette loudly, the look she had in her eyes made her seem that she was going to start crying at any moment.

"There! Right there!" shouted Sister Kate pointing at Rosette and making the blonde to frown, " Right now, you are too emotional!" she screamed.

Sister Kate stood up from her desk still pointing at Rosette who retreated trying to get away from the fuming head nun, "All the investigators have vanished! And also the past incident at the Grand Central Station! All we know is something is occurring! Until we get more clues we exorcists shall not move!"

Rosette continued backing away while trying to escape from the deafening lectures of Sister Kate yet the head nun didn't let her get away so easily, no wonder she was the boss there. Rosette retreated once again until she found herself cornered against the closed doors. What now? Escape and hurt her pride or face Sister Kate's wrath? Oh, did she mention Sister Kate?

"We are an organization! As a group, we cannot forget the rules under any circumstances!" screeched the head nun, smoke puffing from out her ears.

Rosette stood there speechless after Sister Kate's scolds not knowing what to do next, "Ur... aw..." she muttered.

Chrno was next to his Contractor sweatdropping at the sight before him. Rosette then pouted child like and flailed her arms with confusion, Chrno sighed, ´ It's hopeless... she can't convince Sister Kate...´

Sister Kate blowed her cheeks with anger as she turned her back at the militia and opened a small Bible she kept in her now messed up desk.

Chrno slowly approached the still dazed Rosette as he whispered her encouraging words, "Come on! You have to say something! Hurry! Hurry!"

"What is it?" muttered Sister Kate while glancing nastily at the couple.

Rosette bit lower lip, "Wha? A... ur... o...okay... th...then!"

The blonde, who still seemed deeply out of her senses by the shouts from the head nun earlier, turned to Sister Kate as she smiled proudly and with a devious tone said, "Y...Y... You ugly whore!"

Sister Kate paled as her trembling hands unconsciously let go of the Bible they carried. Chrno on the other hand stared at his Contractor blankly as cold sweat ran down his temple.

That was certainly not a good situation they had gotten themselves into...

The sudden sound of screeching and indescribable blasphemies caught every exorcist's attention at Magdale when the doors of Sister Kate's office slammed open and two figures rushed out.

They were Chrno and Rosette who were attempting to escape the flaming rage from the head nun who had started throwing things at them. Sister Kate's telephone, a lamp, several books, and even a teapot flew through the air as the blonde and her Contractor dashed by the corridors. Some witnesses believed even the desk would be thrown at them at any minute.

Chrno turned to Rosette angrily as he screamed at her, "You moron!"

Rosette who was still shocked by Sister Kate's sudden reaction didn't really get that Chrno was insulting her so she just let that one slip, " But... but!" She stood there quiet, this time, for the first time, she had no reply.

They continued running and receiving the curious looks from their fellow exorcists, they got distracted in their discussion that Rosette didn't noticed where she was heading and crashed against someone. She landed face first to the stony convent floors and moaned in pain together with the other person as the books the fellow carried were scattered all over them.

Chrno who had been able to evade the accident turned to whom Rosette had hit and his eyes opened wide with concern and surprise, " Wow... are you okay Azmaria?" he said extending his hand to the spiral eyed Apostle.

Azmaria giggled as she took Chrno's hand for her aid so she could get up. She cleaned her dress up and smiled, " Yes... excuse me."

Chrno then leaned in order to help her get her books, which laid all over the place because of the impact, some even landed on top of Rosette " What's all this?" asked Chrno eyeing the heavy volumes he had taken as his share.

Azmaria smiled nervously as she gathered some papers that were also in disorder, " I feel asleep during class so..."

Chrno smiled warmly and chuckled, "Ha, ha, that's odd of you."

Both Azmaria and Chrno were now laughing together they had forgotten about Rosette who still laid on the ground covered by books. She moaned and clenched her fists, ´ Chrno... what about me?´

Azmaria continued getting her stuff up when her fingers reached for a small scrap of paper, she curiously turned it to see what it was and gasped. She saw a photograph of a young teen walking through several people. She had seen this boy before, yes, in her dreams. Who was he?

" This photo..."

All of a sudden Rosette snatched the photograph back and snorted, "My little brother's photo... He was missing but we found him."

Azmaria turned to the militia hurt yet with surprise reflected in her crimson eyes, Chrno sighed deeply and put a hand on the Apostle's shoulder as if being her forgiveness, "Sorry. She's in a bad mood."

Yet Azmaria didn't really seem to hear him as she continued staring at Rosette who was puffing her cheeks with anger. She was remembering the scenes from her dream, now that she thought about it, that boy looked a lot like Rosette. She wondered what had happened

that he was missing. Her friends had never told her anything about it and she was a bit curious of why she had seen him in her dream. She also pondered about telling her about it, how would she react? Would it be useful? She bit her lower lip and decided to keep it a secret until the right time came.

"Let's go Chrno!" screamed the militia.

The violet haired boy turned to her curiously but swiftly joined his Contractor, his expression darkening, "Where?"

Rosette closed her eyes as a lonely tear raced down her cheek, "You know where..."

Chrno seemed to pale at her statement but just nodded and followed after her as she walked away into the corridors.

´What?´

Azmaria tightened her grip on her books as she saw her comrades walking away. She turned to the floor darkly wondering if her decision of not telling Rosette about her dream was a good idea.

She was so caught within her thoughts that she didn't notice that a midnight haired girl was calling her.

"Azmaria? Come on, we need you at the chorus remember?" she said tugging from her hand gently.

The albino haired girl blinked as she just snapped out of her trance and returned a kind smile to her fellow classmate, "Yes, I'm coming."

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"So... you have finally found him."

Sister Kate stared sternly at the photograph of Joshua that Minister Remington had copied from the original one Rosette now carried. The blonde priest gazed out the huge window from the head nun's office which, after the racket with Rosette, was back in order. He leaned his forehead against the glass, which now only had little raindrops running down its surface. The sun was still hidden in between the grey clouds as small rays of light peered out of the dark blankets of the heavens illuminating the convent.

Remington returned his attention to Sister Kate as both their eyes met, " The file was once in ´ their hands´ so I cannot assume though..." he closed his eyes sadly and sighed in defeat, "We at least have some evidence to proceed with."

Sister Kate slowly nodded her head as she turned back to the delicate picture in between her fingers, "...By the way, where is Rosette?"

Remington placed his hand against the window's glass once more as his eyes caught a glimpse of a large dome towering some miles away from there.

"She went to the place where it all began for her..."

Meanwhile Rosette parked her car against a sidewalk as she exited the Ford followed by Chrno, who walked slowly after his Contractor, his hands dug inside his pockets. Rosette headed toward that building and when she saw it coming into view she accelerated her pace while holding of her pocketwatch tightly. When they got there she took a deep breath before giving it one last look. It was certainly an old place since some of its stony walls seemed to start crumbling slowly 'cause pieces from them were missing. There were huge yards encircling the zone and a sign that read, " Keep out" was tied before them.

"It's all protected..." she whispered while grasping her pocketwatch tighter and receiving a concerned glance from Chrno's ruby orbs, "...'cause this place would stand out..."

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Azmaria jogged happily down the Magdale's convent's hallways. She had just finished her reunion with the choir and had been informed that she would have a solo all for herself!

She felt so proud of herself, she was able to show her abilities and that she was good at it and was able to do at least something by herself that wouldn't worry others, singing.

People who had witnessed Azmaria's healing powers would refer to her as an angel, not only because of her beauty but the sweetness of her voice. Every time Azmaria sang it seemed as if it were a divine moment that one, in a holy place where she had sang; an apparition of the Saint Virgin had occurred.

Sometimes Azmaria was confused with a messenger of God, despite her being an Apostle, because of her gentle and kind personality. She was always there to help others and gently offered her own life for the sake of her friends and people she cared about.

First, she had been a very solitaire kid since her power brought misfortune to every one who took care of her, eventually death followed. Her powers were also used with greedy purposes, as an example was Ricardo Hendric, Azmaria's foster father and demon tamer.

Azmaria hated to talk about him since he always abused of her holy abilities, but in some way she was happy that he had used her. In one way, if it wasn't because of his greedy ideals, she would have never met her two best friends, Chrno and Rosette.

Now that she thought about it, she had noticed that both exorcists were attracted to one another and were also very close friends themselves. She wondered if someday she would get to know how they met.

(A/N): That's it! I hope you enjoyed this new chapter and that all, or at least, most of your doubts have been answered. Please tell me what you thought about in a review and feel free to ask any questions if you have any. Oh yeah, I'm working on the update of "Rosette's Birthday" so you readers please bear with me. Ja ne!

Preview for Chapter 3: "Tsubasa Wa Pleasure Line" (Our Wings are Pleasure Line) Pure Song

Azmaria notices that Rosette and Chrno are hiding something very important to her and she decides to find some clues about what's going on, yet what she discovers isn't what she had ever imagined...