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Once again Azmaria found herself in the back of the compartment unable to do anything about Rosette's driving. But this time there was a difference at least and that difference was sitting right beside him, his crimson eyes occasionally drifting over to meet hers and give her a small smile.

'Are we there yet?'

'Nope Azzy… don't be so hyped! I know it's your first mission and everything… but please…'

Hearing Chrno's exasperated reply, Azmaria sank back into her seat and felt bad for what she had done again.

'I'm sorry Chrno… I didn't mean to sound so annoying… I'm sorry…'

'Azmaria… you don't need to be sorry… the only worry now is whether Rosette will wreck another car…'

knowing what was coming next, Chrno shrank sideways, barely dodging the punch Rosette was dealing to him.

'It's not MY fault that the stupid steering wheel got jammed on the way!'

screaming defensively, Rosette threw another one of her lethal weapons, this time a flashlight straight at Chrno and it bonked off his head accurately.

'THAT HURT! If you maybe learnt how to drive properly… we wouldn't have to do duty every time we get back!'

'WHAT! It's YOUT fault for NOT reminding me in the first place!'

'I DID! It was you who was not paying ate- WAAAAA! CAR CAR!'

'What! OH SHT!'

finally noticing the object that Chrno was pointing out to her, Rosette swerved to the right and manage to get away, if you count the driver not screaming at her to fix his damn freakin car that is…

'SEE! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME!'

Screaming out at his contractor, Chrno snapped and started throwing stuff at Rosette, books, ammunition, sticks, what ever he can get his hands on.

'YOU ALMOST KILLED US AGAIN!'

'CHRNO! SHUT UP! I'M DRIVING!'

Growling in rage, Rosette shot Chrno a look of pure murder and the boy stilled and sank back into his seat.

'S-Sorry Rosette…'

taking a deep breath, Rosette ruffled Chrno's hair as she patted his head reassuringly.

'It's okay… I'm sorry too…'

the 2 of them shared a smile that didn't went un-noticed by the 2 figures behind them.

"Amazing that he can tolerate her…"

Vincent mumbled to noone in particular but Azmaria happened to hear his comment and she leaned low to whisper to him.

'I think Chrno likes Rosette… that's probably why!'

giving a giggle again despite Vincent rolling his eyes, Azmaria proceeded to tease Chrno and Rosette seeing that the opportunity was too good to be true.

'Chhhrrnooo! Are you blushing now?'

'What? No of course I'm not Az! Why would I be?'

Chrno denied very unconvincingly as he waved his hands in the air, Rosette beside him pretended not to hear him and whistled to herself, trying not to draw attention to her.

'I don't know… seeing that your face was red just a minute ago… and is STILL red… I guessed?'

innocently Amzaria gave a winning smile to Chrno who blushed even more all the while playing with his braids.

'I-I erm… It was… uh… '

unable to give a good reply to that, Chrno just scratched his head thoughtfully while he gave Azmaria a small shrug and while she wasn't looking a worried glance at Rosette.

"I think… we have arrived."

Putting a hand on Azmaria's shoulder Vincent replied in monotone while he gave Rosette a slight nod, perhaps in not killing them in the process of getting there.

How can she pass her driver's test?

Shaking his head, Vincent alighted from the car and immediately froze. The sight in front of him was unreal to say the least, dozens of human sized statures was placed right in front of him, their faces wearing utmost shock on them.

'How could someone do such a thing…'

hearing Rosette whisper to Chrno, Vincent turned his attention to the 2 of them and asked the question that was surely bugging his and everyone else's mind.

'Who?'

addressing Chrno, Vincent saw him shaking his head before reaching into his ammunition pack and tossing him and Rosette a set of bullets.

'Demons… a level 3 demon… maybe more… it turns everything to stone when it drains their lifeforce… their astral… If it is can petrify you with just a gaze… then it's a class 8 demon.'

Visibly nervous, Rosette reloaded her gun and stepped out towards the carnage.

'Let's go Chrno… I'm gonna bust that excuse for a demon into the 18 levels of hell.. DAMN when I'm through with that thing…'

her voice disappearing over a distance, Chrno gave Vincent a shrug before jogging over to follow his contractor.

'Where shall we go?'

seeing Azmaria looking up at her, Vincent smiled before holding out his hand to her. Blushing, Azmaria accepted and Vincent led her straight towards a worn down building right beside where Rosette and Chrno was heading.

'Why are we going there?'

Azmaria managed to call out when she finally heaved herself up the 2nd floor, the debris around was so numerous that plain navigating the floor was taking it's toll.

"We can assist Rosette from up here… did you bring your weapon?"

'Weapon?'

seeing the puzzled look in her eyes, Vincent paused and shook his head. The very thought that such a gentle head would have had killed someone or even hold a weapon was absurd and here he was asking her where was her weapon.

"Take it I never said anything…"

rather doubtfully Azmaria shrugged and she waved her hands at Rosette and Chrno down below who cheerfully waved back at her.

'They look so small! Ah Vincent! Can you help me set up a cross barrier?'

"A Cross barrier?"

Puzzled, Vincent looked to Azmaria who was in the midst of taking several weird cross-shaped contraptions from her bag.

'Oh… I forgot… I'm sorry… A Cross barrier is a barrier that prevents demon from doing various actions, some of them restrict their movements and some of them forms a barrier. There are a couple of different barriers depending on which situation we are in.'

Waving the crosses at him, Azmaria smiled and started placing them on the ground.

'So let's get started Vincent! Help me place 1 at the other end?'

Smiling, she handed 1 over to Vincent who took it a little reluctantly while he communicated with the demons within him.

Will it affect me as well?

-…-

-It Will not… Look at Chrno-

Do I have demon blood in me?

-Yes… even if it is in small amounts… Yes you do.-

We shall see Chaos… we shall see…

Snapping out of his trance, Vincent nodded to Azmaria who was still staring at him before walking over to the edge of the building and placing the cross where she told him to.

"Like this?"

raising his eyebrows, Vincent watched as Azmaria skipped over and gently poked the cross into the concrete floor before pushing a small switch at it's side.

'There! Now to get the other 1…'

scratching her head, Azmaria searched her pockets for the remaining cross but failed when she saw Vincent wave the object a few feet from her.

'HEY! VINCENT!'

In a teasing voice, Vincent side stepped her and held the cross a few inches off her height and laughing a little when she jumped up to try and grab it from him.

'Vincent! It's not funny!'

Azmaria's face went red when she tried again and again to grab the cross from Vincent but she was having no such luck even with Vincent having his back against a pillar. The childish game went along for some time before Azmaria finally plopped down right in front of him.

"Giving up?"

placing his hands at his hips, Vincent smiled as Azmaria kept her face down and away from him.

"Azmaria?"

stooping low, Vincent lowered his guard and tried to see what was wrong with her. He truly did not want to tire her out but this might have gone too far.

'GOTCHA!'

squealing out, Azmaria tackled Vincent and when she grabbed the Cross did a V-sigh for victory with her fingers. Looking down, she saw Vincent's incredible handsome face and she immediately jumped off him, her face blushing. This time thou, Vincent didn't miss that blush but he pretended he didn't see it to not embarrass her further. His demons however was not making life THAT easy for him.

-Woo… got a admirer eh?-

-So fast? You charmer you…-

-Going to hit on young girls again?-

-You sure start early don't you?-

SILENCE!

Cursing out in his mind, Vincent's eyes blurred and he lost focus even when Azmaria waved her arms in front of him to catch his attention.

'Vincent? Hey? Hello?'

tapping his shoulder had no effect and even when Azmaria shook him there was no response, that god Azmaria freaked out and she started tearing up again,

'Vincent? Please Wake up! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you! I'm serious! I'm sorry Vincent!'

the sobbing noises brought Vincent out of his stupor and he looked down puzzled at the crying girl beside him, placing his hand on the girl's head Vincent ruffled her hair as he tried to reassure her that he was alright.

"I'm alright… do not worry… I'm here… Azmaria I'm fine…"

hearing Vincent speak was too much for the soprano and she flung herself at him.

'I'm sorry Vincent… I'm sooo sorry… I promise I won't do that again… I'm sorry!'

apologizing numerous times, Azmaria sobbed on Vincent's shoulder while the ex-turk can do nothing but pat her back awkwardly and allowed her the comfort of clinging to him.

"Wait… Gunfire! Azmaria get ready."

Slowly helping Azmaria up, Vincent allowed her a few moments to gather herself up before rushing over to see what was going on.

'What's going on?'

Azmaria looked down and saw Rosette and Chrno running away from what appears to be a giant Basilisk.

'AIEE! ROSETTE! CHRNO!'

screaming hysterically, Azmaria waved her hands in the air and ran around in circles before being caught by Vincent and having his hand clamped over her mouth.

"Shh… We have company…"

fearfully, Azmaria looked around and barely stifled another scream when she saw what was around them. Demons of every size and shape advanced ever more closer and almost all of them had the same identical maniacal grin on their faces.

"What are they? Demons?"

'y-yes… lesser demons…'

Shaking uncontrollably, Azmaria tried to control her shaking and when she placed her hands on her chest the pulse felt too strong to be normal and she took a couple of deep breaths to steady herself. But 1 better reassuring agent was right beside her and she managed a small smile when Vincent asked her whether she was well.

'I'm alright…'

Nodding Vincent readied his newly acquired gun and fired a shot, signaling the beginning of the battle.

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