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By Rubydream and done with evilanimeblonde22's help. for now

The sky was furnished by the dim twinkling stars with milky shimmering stream glowing softly, too delicate to neglect the sight. The pitch-black night vista was appealing and clear like a crystal glass to be noticed from the floating Castle. The deafening serenity echoed through the shadowed hallway, drifting to deep slumber, excluding a young blonde girl.

Rosette stirred her slender figure restlessly on her white sheet bed for twentieth time without able to shut her eyes. For three hours, she had attempted to secure her cerulean eyes but she still wasn't able to plunge to a tight sleep. She growled petulantly with annoyed look reflected on her features and discarded away her warm feathery blanket from her lap.

She crawled out of her bed and sauntered leisurely to the casement, touching the icy glass. Her night flimsy gown rustled as she stepped on the crimson velvet carpet which was interlaced with golden threads.

The princess gazed out through the translucent glass window, staring at the magnificent black sky. It was nearly like a black pearl silky carpet with precious diamonds and jewels scattered on it.

Fixing her wool sweater on her ivory skin, the golden haired girl pushed the window out with her hands and sat back contentedly on the window sill. She let gentle icy breeze lingered in her room and gently blew her cascading golden hair. When she lowered her cobalt eyes, she could spot nothing but hazy cloud that buried the view underneath.

The mystical river in the vast sky seemed flowing to the end of the world, a place where she hadn't seen along her life, leaving her behind. She was in awe with her jaw half opened, picturing if the shimmering road was the Astral Line, an invisible stream where the souls remained after death, one of many tales which was told by the violet haired demon.

Chrno used to tell them fascinating legends and chronicles when she was little, along with Joshua, who kept paying attention with dazzling, vibrant, indigo eyes.

I wonder how long we are going to keep on like this...

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The chirping birds roamed in the morning air around the paradise, fluttering their wings wide. A warm soft daylight transcended through half opened window, stroking Rosette's cherry cheek. Rosette drew her silken blanket promptly over her head to prevent the hot radiance and persisted on her sweet dream.

It didn't last long before she heard interrupting footsteps coming closer which she was able to make it out easily who had entered her private room.

"Rosette. Wake up. It's morning already."

A tenor but gentle voice whispered for her name near her face when a firm hand shook her leisurely. Her cheeks redden furiously that made her fully awake under her blanket. Chrno sat comfortingly on the edge of her bed, determined to wake his contractor up, when Rosette could feel her heart thumped rapidly.

She shoved away the thin layer which lay on top of her and met the crimson ruby eyes, determined on him.

"Fine! Fine! I'll wake up now."

Chrno replied her with a playful teasing smile, keeping his garnet eyes on his contractor who pouted but got herself out of her bed. A slight frown was on her lips as she took her housecoat and trailed to bathroom. She took a glimpse on the lucid mirror, reflecting her baggy eyes clearly.

"Gah...That's why I hate to think a lot."

Wearing her cerulean skirt with white plain long sleeves shirt, she shoved her chest length golden hair back behind her shoulder and let it fell loosened like a cascade waterfall.

The mahogany door was creaked open as a click sound was come into notice. The velvet red eyes were lifted, sitting still on the half messed bed he crossed his arm in front of his chest and fixed his eyes on the pair of indigo orbs. Chrno raised an eyebrow as he took a close stare at his contractor.

"Do you not sleep well?" He asked carefully with soft voice with concern clouding his face.

"Mm?" clamping a hair tie on her cherry lips, she glanced down with a curious blink. Her hand abruptly stunned from brushing her golden dangle tresses.

"Your eyes.....it's pretty red."

A long silence tugged between them before Rosette decided to shun her gaze from the lavender haired demon, making a seat in front of the mirror case.

"Well, I couldn't sleep last night." She said, studying her companion's reflection on the mirror.

"Are you thinking too much?"

"Not really."

".... Rosette, you are hiding something." Chrno whispered with a menacing glint in his sharp eyes, peering on the blonde girl's back keenly. A long silence existed once again there.

"......Is it too obvious?" Fixing him with a sheepish smile, she lifted the corner of her lips into a curve and turned her face on him.

Chrno gave her a little nod. She couldn't help but let her smile faded leisurely into a stern one. After a long waiting for answer, Rosette snapped her head up a broadened smirk on her face that astonished Chrno by the swift change.

"I won't say it."

Groaning in objection half-heartedly, he rolled his ruby annoyed orbs and shrugged in defeat. Countering him with a long, cheery laugh, she clutched her hurting stomach for being laughing too much. She leaned backward coincidently with shaky figure and almost fell backward from her chair to floor.

"You fell again!"

"Rosette....it's not nice to play trick on someone..." He pouted with flushing mask as red as cherries.

"You worry too much! Come on, forget it! Let's go for breakfast!"

Leaving the golden comb in the case, she exited through the wooden door hastily, beckoning the demon from hallway. Just when he got himself on his feet and glanced out, she had vanished.

"Mou....She is always like that."

He sighed cordially. Rubbing his back head, he promptly made his leave from the hollow slumber room. The velvet white curtain waved gently as the breeze which came inside through the glass casement played it teasingly.

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The blonde princess was on haste on bright passage to her precious brother's room, humming playfully a short lullaby when she took a glimpse of something in the livid gray sky through the glass window. There were hundreds black spots from distance....

"I wonder if they are birds..." She murmured with restrain weak voice.

Without knocking the door, she turned the knob and slammed the door promptly. Joshua jerked his head up and abruptly glanced up to his blithe sister with dark frowning face. He sighed lightly and let his azure eyes fell once again on the old yellow sheet book, wait for his cheerful sister sitting on the edge of his bed.

Crossing her legs, she gave a long stare on her once fragile brother, who got stronger as he has grown up. With Sheda's device, he got less heart struck, which Rosette was really relieved for, but sometimes she could hear small explosion eerie noise that shook Eden. She only hoped that the Castle would able to handle it, and that it wouldn't collapse by little quake.

She bounced a little on the soft bed when Joshua closed his brown-cover book and gazed on his older sister with little grin.

"How do you feel?"

"I'm fine. I actually feel healthy today."

The door was creaked half open and a silver haired head emerged from the mahogany entrance, taking a peek inside. "Rosette?"

"Ah, Az! Morning! Come in!"

Az stepped in, glancing down to the cold floor, sought not to trip. Rosette thumped the bed twice gently with her palm on her side to let Az took a seat next to her. The childlike fervent features lit up slightly and bounced gracefully, accompanying the prince and princess gawkily on the brightened room.

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The livid sky grew darkened and rainfall started to shower, deluging the realm with pure water. The ripple of raindrops on the glass hazy pane had captured Rosette and Az notice, caused them to doze off for a moment. All the sudden The Eden trembled hard along a great tremor with an explosion sound from outside the room, close enough to them.

Rosette jerked her head tensely and lowered her brother's and Az's heads vehemently that caused them to fall awkwardly when she gaze straight to the door with a pierce glare. The room was completely messed with fallen heap books and shattered porcelain scattered on the floor.

Rosette put her forefinger on her lips and loped to the door swiftly. Considering for a brief moment, she remained silent at door's side before she slammed the mahogany entrance open and darted to her slumber room.

"Hide here! Don't go anywhere!"

"Rosette! Please be careful!"

"Ok!"

She dashed along the utter black hallway, piercing her ears to the smallest sound. Running progressively to her private room, she halted for a second in front of her door and creaked it open slowly, taking a peek inside.

The room was hollow and dark with some broken bottles on the crimson velvet carpet. Her sapphire eyes were squinted for a short time to let her used to penetrate in the darkness. Walking to the heart of her room, she towed the cabinet's casement and took a look inside, seeking for something.

A shining black metal gun was kept there coldly. It was a gun that was gifted to her from Aion on her birthday when she also took some gospel bullets from Kingdom before she was taken to Eden.

"Thank God, I made it."

Suddenly she could hear a loud crash behind her where a great size demon with pair of sharp wings on its back interrupted her private room. It smirked mischievously with killing intention and showed its pricked fangs and claws precariously. The azure eyes were overwhelmed with sudden shock but recovered her conscious promptly when the demon blew her bed that was perfectly behind her.

She ducked to the side and made a fleet-flee to outside when the demon's movement was delayed by its size that was inconvenient to it.

Rosette was fleeing as fast as she could attempt, away from her brother's room. There were two holy apostles that she should protect as her duty as a princess and a sister for both. Taking a breath deeply, she inserted the silver bullets into the gun and turned her face abruptly on the pursuing demon with hand raised to eye-level on the air.

With a short gasp, she pulled the trigger and pushed back by sudden force. The bullet soared in the air with lightning speed and penetrated the demon's heart. White pure feathers were cascading leisurely like fallen dried leaves on autumn. A misery cry echoed loudly on Rosette's ears that she winced in pain.

Mound of ashes were piled on the floor and swiftly blown by the wind. Rosette panted in fatigue and brushed her sweat with her white sleeves before she ran back to Joshua's room with dangling golden pocket watch dancing around her neck.

Joshua....Az...

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"What has happened here....?"

"I don't know...I wonder where Rosette has gone..."

"Nee-san..."

A shrill evil laugh rang loudly that cause Az to lift her head abruptly with ruby eyes reflected dread evidently. Joshua crossed his arm in front of Az protectively with a narrow eyes. Three demons blocked the light and shadowed them with merciless feature in their grinning face.

Three of them approached close with smirks when Az clenched her hand tightly. She sought for the Holy Power that was awakened four years ago and this time she would call upon for it once again. She closed her eyes securely and felt a rising aura inside.

White holy light poured down on her and pale illuminating fledged divine wings were fluttered on her back elegantly that burned the demons like ripped silhouettes to ashes. Az grabbed for the prince's wrist and pulled him up to stand on his feet with a frown. They had to find Rosette....

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"Kuso! "

"Jenai! Are you alright?!" Chrno shot Jenai with an ephemeral, worried glimpse.

"Chrno, watch you front!"

Rizel yanked the violet haired demon effortlessly when she formed her cobweb into shield. A while ago they took pleasure in a peaceful evening tea time, reading papers and others, when all of sudden an invading countered them, ruining such a mood.

Ion and Wid were nowhere to be seen but with Ion around who possessed such great power, nothing to be worried about.

Dodging the assault, Chrno leapt backward with a sword gripped tight in his hand. He took a fleeting glimpse around...and his eyes broadened with surprise. Rosette's favorite cup was broken! He was going to be blamed for this....he sighed deeply; he could picture an angry Rosette with long fuming lecture in the thin air.

The dining room turned into a raging battlefield in ephemeral moment that messed up the floor with shards of glass and shattered porcelain. The Pursuer was going to pay for this....to make him to get scolded by his lovely contractor. He thrust his sword accurately and floored one to another Pursuer with a dark frown. Rizel just shook her head hopelessly with strands of black hair on her face's sides, watching her brother's hidden cold rage.

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The hallway appeared so never-ending path and Joshua's room felt so distant especially with worries kept teasing her mind playfully. She scowled under her breath when she finally bumped someone in the turning point and collapsed back to floor clumsily.

"Itte....." She winced a little with heavy breath.

Two demons stumbled back in front of the golden haired maiden and rubbed their heads, lifting their curious gazes on the familiar creaking voice. Three of them met each other's faces that made them immediately raised their forefinger to each other with half opened jaw.

"Ack!! You!"

"Rosette! Do you see Chrno?"

"No! I actually will be glad if I find someone to floor that stupid Pursuer! They made me busy! Do you see Joshua?"

The white, waist length haired demon blocked his piercing ears with his hands as Rosette's voice was getting high with worry.

"No...actually we...."

Unexpectedly there was a demon from behind who chased two demons along the dark corridor which emerged into Rosette's view. She grabbed her cold gun promptly and shoved Ion away to side that made his face met the floor. Another Gospel was released from the gun and let the Pursuer to taste it.

"Rosette....at least more gentle please...." He rubbed his nose crankily.

"Ehehe...sorry, Ion. I'm not doing it in purpose...." She rubbed her back head awkwardly and shot him with a weak, sheepish grin. Ion, in the end replied her with a frail smile with a sigh when Wid tried to lend a hand to the blonde princess to stand on her feet. A gust of wind kicked strands of her loosened golden hair on her ivory face.

"Sheda?"

"She is in control room, investigating all the place."

"I see."

Abruptly she noticed footsteps sound from distance in the chill silence. Ion guarded in front of her with locked eyes on the hollow dark passage along with Wid assisted at his side. Rosette lifted her gun with intent glare when finally two silhouettes burst to her sight.

She was ready to pull the trigger when suddenly one of the silhouettes was gone from their sight, tripped on her way to the floor. Rosette sighed in relief, lowering her hands and walked comfortingly to the black silhouettes, recognizing the shadows perfectly. Ion kept watching her back in alarm.

"Az....what are you doing here? I almost shot you, you know." She knelt down on the silver haired apostle with wary cerulean eyes and offered her hand in front of the girl.

"Ah! Rosette! Thanks God, you are okay...." She exhaled the air along the tugged burden in her chest before and took the soft hand.

"Of course I am! I asked you what you are doing here?!"

"Well, some demons came...so we ran away." Joshua collected his nerve and replied his sister proudly.

"Same here." Rosette flapped her hand when she turned her face away in annoyance. "I'm glad you're both doing fine."

"Anyway, let's find safer place."

All of the sudden the wall was rumbled down by a powerful demon and with a blink, the Pursuer strangled the fragile neck of blonde maiden within his sharp talons. The black gun was tossed far on the floor, escaping from her grip. The Sinners and Apostles were too overwhelmed by sudden assault that they could only see Rosette's winced features before the demon took her away, lost her from their sight.

"ROSETTE!!!!"

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Holding the ten times bigger hands than hers, Rosette tried to free herself but ended up as a vain attempt. Somehow the golden eyes demon took her away from her friends and she could see the true form of Ion, pursuing from behind. Gasping lightly, she suffered dizziness washing her as her view slowly faded to black and collapsed vulnerably.

Chrno......

The demon throw the fainted maiden a glimpse that he noticed the golden watch dangled around her neck.

"So she is the contractor. Duke Dufaux shall be pleased."

He acquired a shimmering cherry lotus with petals made by twinkling breathtaking jewel out of his pocket and placed it on his bare enormous palm. Then he halted from fleeing, facing on one of the strongest Sinner. The platinum haired demon wore an impassive mask and approached Rosette with straight glare.

"What are you going to do with her?" a menacing voice echoed in the hallway.

The Apostles trailed from behind which protected by Wid and assembled with Ion together. The azure eyes locked to the peculiar but beautiful relic with widen orbs.

"The relic...!!"

"What?"

"It is an old relic which is under Ancient Kingdom's protection. The ability is remained unknown...Why it is in their hand?!"

The demon grinned mischievously without letting the maiden free from his grasp. "If you give over the apostles then I will let her go."

"To hand those to rubbish like you....I won't even let you go alive."

"Rosette! Open your eyes!" Az tried so hard to call for the princess's name.

"Nee-san!!"

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Who....?

Leisurely the cobalt eyes were opened that her hands shook faintly. Ion had the guts enough to assault but stopped in the middle as the demon used Rosette as his shield. He leapt back in irritation. A flash thought crossed into her mind that she was used to capture her brother and Az. She couldn't let it happen!

Everything passed so fast, a pair of ivory hands reached tightly for the crimson lotus which shone with illuminating light flowing circling around.

"I won't let you hurt Joshua!"

"Nee-san!!"

Surprised by unexpected endeavor, the demon disentangled her neck that she could take time to fill her hunger of air lungs along with dry coughs.

"What's this...?" The flowered, precious stone, which was on her both palms, emitted soft bright crimson aura which circled her slender figure. Rosette tried to stroke the light flow, but it went through her hand like a thin layer of mist.

The stream of light trailed the golden head maiden and captured her into its gentle glow.

"Wha?" Her figure was gone amidst the rays and soon she was found drifting to unconscious afterward. Her hair hid her resting peaceful face like a golden velvet curtain.

"NEE-SAN!!!!" Joshua rushed to his sister's side, kneeling down with deep concern stare on the lying golden maiden. He shoved away some blonde locks from her face and tried to arouse her but her lids didn't even crack a little.

"Nee-san? Nee-san?! NEE-SAN!!!"

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Chrno......

"Rosette?"

He stared to distance of the half-collapsed ceiling for a second before he caught a glimpse of assault from his right side. He leapt to side and jumped forward, a clink sound between two countered swords echoed in the corridor. The kitchen was too constricted with damaged things to even budge.

A terrible sensation slithered into him and he could feel a gravely unwanted weight in his chest all of sudden. A cold sweat rippled down to his chin as his breath was shortened into gasps.

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The lotus clarify jewel shimmered dazzlingly besides the maiden, before the soft glow died out leisurely. The demon crashed it under his bare thick hide feet into little twinkling shards since he was angry as he failed. Ion didn't delay for longer.

A deafening scream rang in the livid sky with flickering red fire like a blooming ruby flower and gray dusty wind. Ion turned his back on the mound of ashes impassively and kneeled down on Az's side, leaning to the dying princess.

"What has happened to her?"

"Nee-san!!"

Droplets of diamond tears fell from the azure eyes on the ivory serene face. Az slumped on the floor vulnerably and burst into tears, suffering despair on herself. Squeezing his sister's hand which grew colder as the time passed, he couldn't stop his brimming tears to trickle down.

Suddenly the Eden shook once harsher than before as the Castle in the Air flied roughly. The shards were kicked by the gust wind and slipped through the ruined wall, diving down from the sky like fallen stars.

Az attempted to reach the shards but she failed. In outcome she could only hurt her own bare palm as a shard scraped her skin and dark red blood flowed from the wound.

"Nee-san. You promised me, didn't you? You promised that we would go on journey around world together...Nee-san, you promised, didn't you?! Please answer me!"

Az closed her eyes painfully with drenched hand in tears and blood.

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Chrno froze for a moment and leaned on the wall vulnerably. A sudden nausea thrust him like thousands spears that made him curious for the cause. Rizel took him away from the Pursuer and held him hastily in her claws as she was aware that her violet haired brother was going to collapse any minute.

It didn't take them long before they finished all the Pursuers in their way. Jenai shot his sister with a victory wide grin for his triumph before he realized that he was utterly unnoticed as Chrno was in her grasp, holding his forehead tightly with cringed face.

Then he insisted on himself to walk by leaning on the wall, whispering a name like a soft morning breeze.

"Rosette......"

Rizel beckoned for Jenai to help supporting her persistent brother as she muttered annoyingly about the stained foe's blood on her favorite clothes. Chrno replied them with a grateful, frail smile as he tried to walk steadily, disregarding the unbearable headache.

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Listening to the footsteps in the broken dark corridor, Az gazed up in alert along with the platinum head. When she spotted the rest of Sinners approaching to them, her face was lit up a little and her cherry lips curved up into a relief smile.

"Chrno......"

Chrno escaped a soft sigh as he believed that two apostles were alive but then his vibrant ruby eyes didn't dazzle last long. He caught a familiar figure in his reflecting broadened dark crimson orbs; a golden hair maiden who rested her head on Az's lap.

"ROSETTE!!!!"

He kneeled down swiftly to her side, collecting his painful emotion expressed in his haunted face. Az lowered her head, shunning Rizel's questioning gaze by hiding her red blood eyes behind her silver hair.

Somehow though Rosette wasn't wounded at all, her breath was no longer there.

"What has happened? Azmaria, Joshua! Please tell me what has happened!"

He grabbed the weak shoulders hard enough to hurt her, losing his control of himself. Ion tapped on his shoulder consolingly that Chrno loosened his grip instantly, realizing how much he had harmed the platinum hair apostle.

"The Pursuer did it. They somehow stole her life with a jewel that took lotus form."

"Lotus?"

Believing Ion's statement, his ruby orbs blazed with hidden cold rage along complicated agony inside. He locked his chilling glare on the forthcoming Pursuer, vow for a vengeance for his contractor, his comrade, his most precious person.

"We will make them pay back to what they have done to us, to Eden." Ion scowled in disgust. He flied outside, countering the rest of Pursuer willingly with evil smirk and floored them all effortlessly. His brothers and sisters accompanied him along loyally at his side, leaving only small amount of the Pursuer to retreat.

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The golden hair blue-blooded princess was laid with her back on Chrno's white sheet bed with the Sinners gathered around him. Joshua fainted soon as he got another heart struck after an excruciating invasion that he was brought to Sheda to her lab to give a medical check on him.

"Rosette......"

Chrno could only stare the maiden with heartbreaking dark eyes, holding her cold hand close to his chest. He kneeled down on her bed side with fallen shoulders. The Sinners hid their worries for their mourning brother behind their impassive mask.

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"You should be careful, Az. If the shard fixes in your skin, it will get into your heart and kill you anytime."

"I'm sorry...."

"Don't apologize to me. Okay. I will draw it out." Sheda lifted her round eyeglasses.

Az flinched a little and a single tear fell on back of her hand. As the shard was out of her skin and bandage her with white fabric, Sheda bounced merrily around her lab, still grabbing the shard. When she got pricked also, she whimpered in pain then glared on the jewel piece imprudently. The cherry shards gleamed with a little sparkle that somehow the cat demon's golden eyes widen with awareness that she kneeled down next to Az.

"Az! Take this to Rosette! I will follow you later."

"Ah....yes.."

She stood promptly and kept the shard in her bandaged palm safely before Sheda returned to her computer, aiding the golden hair apostle.

Azmaria ran along the broken hallway cautiously as fast as she could, follow Sheda's advising. She huffed quite heavy as she approached the mahogany half broken door.

"Chrno!"

She slammed the door quite hard in rush that clumsily it hit Wid perfectly on his face who stood behind the door. Az went pale all of sudden and bowed her small figure continually as apologize. Rizel leaned on the wall with a judgment bloomed in her head.

She likes to slam a door on someone's face, huh? Two weeks ago she also thumped Jenai's face with kitchen's door. What a clumsy...Is she really the chosen of God?

She sighed again. Poor Wid.

"What's wrong, Az?" Holding Rosette's hand, Chrno gave her a fragile strained smile. Az was too overwhelmed that she stuttered a lot on her sentences when she walked toward the bed. It didn't take her long time before she tripped to floor again with her face met the floor first. Ion giggled secretly from distance when Rizel and Wid slapped their forehead with a sigh.

The shard which formed like a petal flung in the air, slipped from her palm. Az could only stare for it with her jaw half opened. It landed gracefully on Chrno's hand which promptly it glowed to shimmering petal. Leaning forward to take a look closer, Chrno watched as the light stream flowed to the maiden at his side.

"Wha? Rosette!"

The petal was faded from his hand like a miracle along the soft glow. No one made even the smallest sound or move but gawked in awe as they were too astonished for the occurrence. Suddenly Chrno could feel a weak squeeze on his hand which held for Rosette's hand. She grew warmer than before as her lids cracked open.

"Uhnn...."

"Rosette?"

Rubbing her sapphire eyes, Rosette tried to sit on the bed steadily and looked at her surrounding. Everyone seemed in relief and felt an intense burden had been lifted to ease, including Az, but then Chrno found out that there was something missing.

Her lively eyes......lost their sparkles.....

Grabbing her forehead, Rosette could feel the somber pain inside her head. Not only was the headache, her heart also throbbed agonizingly as if she had forgotten something precious to her.

"Az, Ion, you are okay...Rizel and Jenai are also here...?"

"It seems that she is okay. It's a pity that I was worried about you just now."

".........Where is Sheda?"

Rizel lifted an eyebrow that she found something not normal about this Rosette. It wasn't Rosette at all that didn't pick a heat quarrel up between them. She diminished her drifting thought by shaking head. Maybe it was because she just woke up.

Squeezing her hand a little, Chrno replied her with a worried but gentle smile ruefully.

"Rosette?"

She turned her face to her bed side, where the ruby eyes demon kneeled down. Pulling her hand slowly away from the firm hand, Rosette shot him with query blink and was silent before letting a killing sentences escaped from her lips.

"Have we....met before?"

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Yay! Finally it's done! Yeah....this chapter might disappoint or confuse you due my lack in English. But at least be more gentle please!; I have to work for it for one week so please please please don't flame me because of my bad grammar and vocab...TT.TT Still I give my great thanks for evilanimeblonde for her help!