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Chapter I – Reunion


The sun shone through the room and the letters on the message glowed.

To Chrno-

Please meet us at the tree outside your window at midnight. We have an important mission for you that cannot be described in this letter. You may bring anyone with you.

-Celestial Guardians

"Well, well. Before they were they were trying to kill you and now they're asking for help." Rosette folded the letter and put back in the drawer. "How ironic."

"But I still think we should go." Chrno said looking at the floor. "I don't think powerful people like them would be asking for help. And besides, they said it was a mission."

Rosette scratched her head. "Fine, fine. But if it's dangerous then we're not accepting the mission. I don't trust them."

Chrno nodded and they both headed off to eat some breakfast. They found Azmaria and sat next to her for breakfast. Rosette thinking hard and Chrno looked very sad. There was a long silence until she tried to break the silence.

"S-So Rosette, is there something wrong?" Azmaria asked nervously.

Rosette was surprised by the sudden noise, seeing as she was deep in though. Chrno also heard her, so he looked up and tried to smile.

"Well actually…" Rosette paused and thought for a moment. Then she looked back up at Azmaria. "Never mind, it's nothing."

Azmaria looked at her strangely and then went back to eating. She knew something was going on.

With Chrno's tremendous effort to wake up Rosette, they were both waiting outside near the tree.

"So… Rosette… Why didn't you tell Azmaria about this?" Chrno asked.

"I didn't want to get her involved. I can't bear to think about what would happen if I lost both of you." But then Rosette suddenly smiled. "But it's not like you're going to die here, right Chrno?"

Chrno smiled. "Yeah."

"That's a good attitude." Said a familiar female voice.

They both quickly turned around. There they were again… The five Celestial Guardians. Nothing had changed about them. They were still wearing the same thing and still acting the same. Or at least Rika was, seeing as she was still holding a book in her hand.

"It's been a while." Irena said. "What's up?"

"Is that all you can say when you come here?" Rosette said with a bit of anger in her voice. "You came to kill Chrno last time!"

"Well the actual reason we came last time was to test him and find out if he was the one we were looking for." Demitrian said as he stepped out form the shadows.

"To test him?" Rosette asked. She was calmer now.

"A legend says that when the Demon War arises, one demon will step above the others and save the world." Takaro said. "We've known that this war would happen for a while. The only one to stop it is the demon in the legend. We searched for the demon during the time we had and all our answers led to Chrno."

"So then the mission you were talking about in the letter was for me to save this world?" Chrno asked. "The last time you came, you said I had the potential to destroy the world."

"You also have the power to do that. If time stops where it is suppose to move then that could destroy the world if it constantly happens." Rika closed her book to continue. "On the contrary, if time is stopped where it is supposed to, there is no threat."

Rosette looked at Chrno. He was thinking hard about his decision to accept the mission or not.

"I'll tell you that if you decline, then that must mean you hold your life more dear than the lives of others." Sabrine said with seriousness in her voice. "But if you choose that then there will be no difference; because in the end, you could die also. But if you accept then you hold everything equally precious and the outcome has a possibility to change."

Chrno paused for a second before answering. "Then I will accept the mission."

"Good." Irena said smiling. "And you'll be coming, right Rosette?"

Rosette answered with a nod.

"Now, we've found a demon campsite. Tomorrow we'll start watching them to get some information. Once we have enough to go on, we'll start the attack."

"Alright, let's go." Chrno and Rosette said.

To Be Continued


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