Hello there...I was pretty hesitant to write up this act but I did it. Anyway, to review, Joshua mets a girl who gets an emotional breakdown. (Can anyone guess?) A mysterious man comes into the picture and just before the end of the act, two old characters make their presence known. Let's go!

Don't own Chrono Crusade.

Chrono Crusade: The Two Worlds

Act Two, Scene Two: Start Of An Explanation

As the morning sunlight pierced through the darkened room, Joshua awakened to find himself in bed with white pyjamas on him. Then he remembered that he arrived at the order late at night. He also remembered the shocking truth; what happened last night had changed him. Suddenly he had mixed emotions within him and he was uncertain, what he should feel. He went into the bathroom which was conveniently located across the hall. When he went inside, everything was neatly arranged for him, his uniform all clean and neat. After he straightened himself out, Joshua left for the dinning hall for it seems it was the same building he knew although in another world. He entered the dinning hall and found the man from the night before, eating quietly near the huge windows, documents and food spread out. He motioned Joshua to come and at once he came towards him, took his seat. He looked disturbed as with young Joshua.

"You're probably thinking about last night," he said in his gentle tone. "What that girl said as she took her leave. It also looks like you have a pretty good idea who she might be."

"You're right," Joshua said after taking a bite out of a bread roll. "I do have an idea who she might be."

"Then you are right, for your gut has never steered you wrong." A long silence came to them. Then Joshua asked, "Who are you?"

"Give me your name and I shall give you mine. Although that would be redundant since I already know your name." The man smiled. "I met you, remember? Doesn't my voice remind you of anyone?"

Joshua tried to remember the voice. After a long while, he started to remember. The voice…the voice in his head…the voice of...

"Now I know who you are," Joshua exclaimed. "You're him, aren't you? You're the Arbitrator."

"Well done," the man grinned. "It seems that you've figured me out. There's a lot to discuss about." As he gathered his documents he said to Joshua, "Now that you're finished eating, let's take a walk."

The two of them walked through the hall and outside the brisk October weather. The wind blew gently and calmly. "It would be best that no one find out your identity…yet. It would cause attention to your enemies."

"Who are my enemies?" Joshua asked him in uncertainty. "I know that Chrono is my enemy, but-"

"Ah, yes. Chrono. In your world, Chrono is your enemy however, remember what I have said. Everything is the opposite here. The dead are living, your friends are your enemies and-"

"My enemies are my friends. So what you're saying is that this world's Chrono is my ally and this world's Aion is my…" Joshua trailed off. He thought about his partner. If it's true in his words, then his partner would be. He dared not to think about it.

"Last night. The boy and girl that waited for us. The boy is this world's Chrono."

"You're kidding! That kid's Chrono!"

"About a quarter of his power remains. That power is there to only sustain him. The rest were taken away."

"But how?"

"How did your partner became weak?"

Joshua started to think again. "His horns…his horns were taken away."

"That's right. He draws his power from a contractor like your partner. So your Aion draws his power from you, Joshua. In this world, Chrono draws his power from…"

The man stopped talking and looked ahead. They were at a beautiful fountain and sitting there was the purple haired boy and the girl from last night. Both were looking very disturbed and when both of them looked at Joshua, the boy looked on with disbelief.

"Chrono draws his power from…Rosette." Joshua said in a whisper. He turned to the man, "My sister is in the same position as I am. So in this world…did I die?"

"Why don't you ask her?"

"No…I…I can't"

"You must, it's the only way."

Joshua looked at the girl and the boy at the fountain. They were looking at him back and both parties were starring at each other. Then with one gulp of air, Joshua started towards the fountain, the man looking on.

How was it? Please R&R and tell me what you think. I hope you liked it. I'll come back for the next act. So for now, see you soon!