Chrno Crusade: Cabin Fever (Chapter 2)
hello this is shokyo again. Sorry if the font is different i'm using a different computer. and if i spell anything wrong or make a mistake with what a word means please tell me. and anything that has to do with it. rating, genre (don't know if thats spelt right) etc. ok? thankyou i hope you enjoy the story.The sun was setting giving the impression that the woods were on fire. Wind whipped through the trees and up the small path that lead to the cabin. They had been walking up that path for 20 minutes now. Satella was complaining again how she could have sent them to some luxurious resort and trying to get chrno to side with her on it. In his attempts to escape from satella he had moved so far to the side that he was half in the bushes half on the path. Azmaria was getting nervous and fluttery because of the trees that were hanging so far over the path the almost totally blocked sunlight from it. Rosette was miles away from them all in her own little world. Rosette had always loved the woods and exploring was what she and Joshua had always wanted to do. These woods were a new unexplored territory for her. She was very excited to get out there and start.
Chrno winced as another branch scratched his leg. He had been trying to avoid getting too close to satella. One because of strange gleam in her eye and two because he felt if he even got within an arms length of her she would grab him and run back down the trail effectively kidnapping him. Chrno's head swung around to again to gaze at his contractor. Seeing she still wasn't paying any attention to the people around her. Thought about asking if he could walk next to her instead. Shaking his head he thought, no such luck, she won't even hear me… Turning back to the matter at hand he found that while looking at rosette, satella had shuffled a few inches closer to him. Sighing again he stared at his feet and trudged drearily on. This was going to be a long walk.
Azmaria sighed in relief as the cabin came into view. Simple hand railings ran up the small steps on both sides and the door directly in front of it across the expanse of the porch. Which was between 5 and 10 paces depending how tall you were. A good size in Azmaria's opinion. To the left of the door a large hammock was strung up and to the right was a two-person bench and table. It's quite nice, she thought. Skipping ahead of everyone else she stopped at the foot of the stairs looking at the people 10 feet behind her she cleared her throat and announced. "Well everyone" she said, "This is where we'll be staying for the next 2 weeks!" smiling she turned around and started searching her pockets for the keys to the cabin.
After Azmaria's announcement chrno was about to ask what rosette thought but was cut off as satella grabbed him, kicking his feet out from under him she hauled him back down the path they had just come up. Chrno tried to scream but a sock was stuffed into his mouth when he opened it. Where'd that sock come from? Chrno's brow furrowed in question and I'm being cut off a lot lately aren't I? Chrno concentrated on the socks question but stopped and his head snapped in realization Wait a minute! I'm being kidnapped why am I thinking of socks!
Rosette finally came out of her daze just in time to realize and witness the kidnap of her devil by satella. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH CHRNO!" she screamed, startling Azmaria and making her drop the keys she had finally found. But her scream didn't even faze satella, forget chrno he looked like he was still occupied staring in disbelief at the sock in his mouth. Steam blew out of rosette's ears. A shadow had fallen over rosette's face so you couldn't see her expression but it seemed to make her even more terrifying. Bending down she picked up a reddish brown rock the size of her fist and chucked it at the back of satella's head full force. The rock hit true causing satella to stumble but she picked herself up and turned fuming on rosette. "What was that for!" she yelled. "For kidnapping chrno what else!" rosette yelled back. Marching up to satella she snatched chrno out of her arms and pulled the sock out of his mouth but stuffed it back in when he tried to talk. Pulling him by the scruff of his neck she half dragged half carried him to the front of the cabin, where Azmaria was fumbling with the keys again. Throwing chrno behind her she turned to yell at satella again but noticed she had a blank look on her face, blinking she looked again but this time there was confusion. "Satella?" rosette said warily, " Are you o…." Rosette stopped what she was going to say when satella asked, " When did we get to the cabin?"
"Ok now tell me again why did you kidnap chrno?" Rosette had been asking her that for the past hour but seemed to be getting no where. All satella would say is she didn't know. "Come on satella!" rosette said aspirated. "You didn't just kidnap chrno for the fun of it!" rosette pressed, "You couldn't of because you didn't even taunt me once!" Azmaria was in the kitchen making dinner with the company of a tied up and gagged chrno. Why he was still gagged and why he was tied to a chair nobody knew except for rosette who was too angry for anyone to bother to ask. She was probably pissed off at him for no reason or just for getting himself kidnapped. He was beginning to look annoyed. "Look satella." "Ok" she said, "I really don't know I felt like I was numb all over and I couldn't control my body, you happy?" "Oh" replied rosette. "Think you were possessed?" (Possessed ghost/ spirit took over her body I don't know if it's spelt right, sorry) "Possibly, maybe you guys should leave here." "No way!" shouted rosette, "We just got here!" "Fine you're the one chancing it, but I'm staying here tonight because it's to dark to walk through stick country." She was grinning at rosette as if daring her to argue back but rosette didn't notice that dare she just saw the insult. "Rich snob!" she yelled as she jumped at satella. Tackling not only satella but also the whole couch she was sitting on also. They flipped couch and all but the 2 women didn't notice they were too busy throwing insults at each other. At some point in the fight they yelled chrno in unison as if he would say who was right but he just rolled his eyes and turned his head away from them. A whole new argument started.
Azmaria hummed happily as she made dinner. Too bad chrno can't help She thought. It would have gone a lot faster. Pulling the pot off the burner she turned it off and started to pour it out into bowels. While setting the table she untied Chrno's gag. "Thanks azzy." He said. She just smiled saying, "Wish I could untie you from the chair also but I'll leave that to rosette or she might get angry again." Chrno nodded and turned to watch the fight between satella and rosette. It had been going on for half an hour it was getting irritating.
Rosette stood up panting. Jeez I'm really tired. Looking toward the kitchen she saw chrno watching her. "What are you looking at chrno!" she growled. A little shocked 'eep!' Came from him and he turned around to watch Azmaria put the food out on the table. Her mouth watered when she smelled the food. Well maybe I'm a little hungry as well as tried. She thought. She walked over to the table and began to untie chrno. Finally he thought. Soon after she finished untying chrno satella joined them rubbing her head. Rosette sat down after Azmaria had joined them too and they ate dinner in silence. Finishing they went their separate ways to get ready for bed.
