A/N: Wow, it feels like it's been forever since I last updated! Sorry it took so long guys, but I've been really busy! Since it's the last quarter of school, my homework has been piling up and, well, I just got caught up in it. Hopefully this chapter will make up for my absence…not like anybody missed me, though…
Disclaimer: Nahh, don't own it…
For a moment, Chrono felt very uncomfortable with his current position.
The young woman underneath him blinked twice before blushing. It would seem that she had a very inappropriate thought run through her mind… The demon slowly got off of her and held out one of his slightly clawed hands, helping Rosette up.
"Rosette…are you alright? You have a nasty gash on your forehead…" He lifted up a finger and traced the blood down to one of her blue eyes, wiping it off gently.
Rosette only blushed further than what she had thought possible.
Chrono stopped and stared at her, for a moment, he thought that he was going to kiss her. "I-I…I was looking for you." He stuttered out, forcing himself to look away.
Rosette nodded and looked at the charred remains of Chrono's car. "Umm…I can see that you took one of the Order's cars…"
Chrono coughed slightly, "Sister Kate won't be too happy…"
Rosette cleared her throat. "Yeah…"
It was a very unnerving silence between the couple.
"Should we go?"
"Yes, let's."
They both ran off down the street, just as the so-called clean up crew came by to supposedly clean up the mess from Rosette's demon incident.
A large van pulled up near the dull sidewalk and two small feet followed by two large feet got out of the vehicle. One would find the two odd, for the owner of the small feet had two fluffy ears on her head, a long tail, and rounded glasses on the bridge of her nose. The other was wearing all leather and had his left arm missing.
The cat like being prowled near the remains of the demon and took in a deep breath and grinned innocently. "Rosette's been here…"
The tall man nodded as the cat woman pointed off down the road Chrono and Rosette took, both of them reentering the van and driving after them.
Chrono and Rosette stopped running after a while and took mouthfuls of air to catch their breath. "What do we do now?" Rosette asked after she had caught her breath.
Chrono's arched form straightened as a short ear flickered instantly after a short flare of his nostrils. The latter watched curiously as the demon did so just noticing a black van coming along side the road.
"Shader and Vid."
The tall man whispered and Rosette strained to hear his words, once she did, she gasped. "Those guys again? Aion's goons?"
Chrono nodded and stared coldly as the two forms got out of the car and approached them slowly. Rosette's eyes narrowed and Chrono looked as if he were about to transform when Shader held up her hands in peace.
Rosette's creeping hand fell to her side as she was just about to reach back and grab for her gun as did Chrono's arms.
The cat demon grinned cheerfully though, ignoring the two beings weariness of them and hugged Chrono. "It's been so long! I thought we had lost you for sure!"
Chrono didn't push her away, but he had on a strange sense of foreboding in his aura. "What a shame…" He muttered dryly.
"Don't be like that! Vid and I have been searching for the both of you everywhere!" She pushed her glasses up quickly as she did a brief curtsy to Rosette.
Rosette said nothing, but responded with a simple bow of her head.
It was quiet for a while when Chrono exchanged a glance at Rosette, Shader looked happily at the two, and Vid watched a pair of birds flutter around the other and finally land on his shoulder.
Finally, Chrono broke the silence. "So what do you guys want?"
Shader nodded shortly, "Yes, I was so happy to see you guys, I forgot all about that!" Her face shadowed up as her glasses seemingly shimmered from a source of light. "Come…"
She gestured to the car and Vid got back in, the birds on his shoulder soaring off. Rosette nodded and got in, much to Chrono's disliking. The demon stuttered for a moment, then hesitated, but in the end got in with Rosette in the very back of the van.
The ride was a silent one for Rosette. Chrono refused to meet her eyes and Shader and Vid didn't stop once for a break. The blonde nun hugged her knees tightly as she snuggled into her corner for a source of comfort, but was only met by the cold, chilled metal walls and the occasional jumble from the bumpy road.
She gasped lightly when Chrono scooted next to her and hugged her tightly. "Let's just hope that they know what their doing…" He mumbled softly and shook his head.
Rosette nodded and returned the embrace. Her blonde bangs got in her eyes slightly as she silenced a sniffle. "This reminds me of Joshua…" She muttered, touching the cross on her arm.
Chrono remained quiet from her mournful manner and waited out the trip to the end.
Vid opened up the doors of the van to see the couple holding onto one another, "Cute, real cute." He stated in a deep voice.
Chrono glared coldly at him, but Rosette blushed slightly and let go of the purple haired demon's body. She was first to get out and stared around in awe of the dark environment they were in.
Tree's covered her view from the front, but in the back there was the road and a wasteland. In the somewhat of a forest, there was darkness everywhere and had no source of light whatsoever.
"Why are we here?" She asked to no one in particular, but Shader was the one who responded.
"We're doing exactly what you want to do!" She lifted a hand to her chin as her tail twitched, "…Trying to get Aion back." Silence fell upon everyone as Rosette held back her startled demeanor. "You see…" Shader continued, "…we're helping you in a way, only, after we find our Lord he'll be coming with us."
"You're joking…" Rosette started, "…So that you can try to kill all my friends again? You're joking." Rosette repeated as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Chrono and I can do it ourselves if you don't mind."
That's when Shader frowned, exiting her happy features. "How do you expect yourselves to find our Lord when you have no clue where he can be in the new Pandemonium?"
"New Pandemonium?" Rosette and Chrono repeated in unison.
"Yes, new Pandemonium!" Shader spat out with disgust. "Since the Holy Maidens body was freed, Pandemonium had no host to support her body so she had been vanquished from the face of the world and hell for that matter! Now her wretched daughter has taken over and has changed everything."
Vid nodded at Shader's words.
Rosette's mouth dropped, "They can do that?" The three demons stared at her for the moment, each sweat dropping. "What?" She frowned and puffed her cheeks out, "I didn't know that, alright!"
"Anyways…" Shader coughed slightly, "How will you ever find Aion if they have changed, or remodeled if you will, Pandemonium?"
Chrono nodded slowly, thinking about the risk of going into the hellish like place and not knowing where to go. They could be trapped in there forever if they couldn't find the right portal to open!
"You're right." He mumbled, wounding his lower lip as he bit down hard in a nervous matter. "We'll work with you for the time being, but when it comes to finding Aion, we'll reach him first!"
Besides the tall man, Rosette looked up at him in curiosity. It would seem that Chrono had finally chosen to work with her and not against her. The blonde nun felt a swelling of pride in her chest as she grinned. "So it's kind of like, "Capture-the-Flag," right?"
The three demons looked at her again. "What's that?"
Rosette's eye twitched as she muttered a curse underneath her breath. "Nothing…"
Chrono's playful expression disappeared into a look of seriousness, "How are you going to find him if the place has been… "remodeled?""
Shader shifted her weight over onto her right foot as one of her ears twitched, "Well, we have the place full of cameras." Chrono raised an eyebrow and Rosette gaped.
"You guys can do that? I didn't know demons were that smart…"
Shader glared at the nun. "Well, we're obviously not as stupid as you humans are!"
"We humans have managed to survive from a long line of war and fighting and managed to create technology! Probably without us, you guys wouldn't exist!" Rosette felt her ego boost up one level as Shader's tail stopped twitching.
The cat demon looked as if she wanted to say something nasty, but Vid stopped her with a rest of his hand on her shoulder. She nodded and let down her furious manner.
"When did you put cameras up?" Chrono asked calmly, completely oblivious to Rosette's triumphant form.
Shader looked down at the ground with a look of mourning in her eyes. "Near the final stages of Aion's former plan; he had us complete a whole system of cameras. I believe they are still functioning correctly due to their reaction to our monitors once we turned them on again."
"Have you seen Aion?" Rosette asked.
"No, no sign of our Lord." Shader muttered dully. "Although, we have caught recent activity in the new hive."
"You mean like a bee hive?" Rosette asked rather too cheerfully.
"Something like that…" Shader mumbled grumpily, but that disappeared soon. "But we'll find him soon, I just know it!" She let out a cheer, but nobody joined in. Irritated, she elbowed Vid in the ribs and the tall demon only let out a moan.
"Gees, you guys are so dull!"
A/N: Again, I must apologize for me taking so long to get chapter two up. Because of computer problems, I probably won't be updating soon; so if you guys could just hang on for a little bit longer, chapter three will be up in no time! And also, I have a beta reader named Fran! Thanks Fran! Hopefully, she can correct my work so that it's better! See you all soon!