Okay, I'm on an updating role, here! Yeah! (poses with fist in air in pumping motion) Booyah! And thanks so much to everyone who reviewed, will review, and still reviews! You've all been so nice to me! (cries in gratitude) THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! (hugs everyone who reviewed) And now, to clarify a couple of things.

1. Because Rosette has gone back to the past does not mean that history will change. In the 'Present' era, her going back has already happened, so therefore nothing has changed. It was always like this, and everything had already happened by the time the manga picks up. I hope this makes sense to you.

2. It has been around 4 months up to this time. This is plenty of time for Rosette and Chrono to fall in love all over again. Therefore, when they had sex, they did it because they loved each other. Mmmkay, I'm done explaining now.

WARNING: See chapter 1.

WARNING 2: This chapter contains slightly mature conversations. Don't like, don't read.

Disclaimer: See chapter 1 or chapter 5.

Return to Times of Yore
By GundamWingFanatic90
Submitted: 19 October 2005

Past, Eden, Rosette

I sat on a table, waiting for Shader to return with the results of the tests we had run. The knees of my pants were threadbare by now, from me twisting them in my nervousness. The feline demon finally entered, her brow creased.

"Well?" I asked anxiously. She looked at me and raised a brow.

"May I ask who the father is?" That simple sentence spelled it out for me, explained my sudden, though slight, gain of weight, and explained the morning sickness. It also knocked the breath out of me like a punch to the stomach.

"C… Chrono…" I stammered in a choked voice, taking deep, calming breaths to try to keep from hyperventilating. She noticed this and came over to rub my back.

"If you don't want it, I have something that can get rid of it…" she offered. My head snapped around so quickly that I got whiplash.

"WHAT?" I exclaimed. She nodded.

"It's a simple procedure, really." she explained. "You drink a special brew that I can make, and in the morning, the baby will be dead."

"NO!" I shrieked, causing her to jump away, tail bristling. "If there is one thing I will not do, it's murder my own child!" I took a deep breath again to steady myself. "I was just a little shocked, that's all." Shader seemed to have recovered from my outburst- it seemed that I was already more moody than normal- and nodded in sympathy.

"I hear you, Rosette." she said, and then turned a wry grin on me. "So, Chrono's the father, eh? I knew all along he had it in 'im." At my glare, she gulped, and fell silent while I calmed myself down.

"All I want to know is, how long is it going to take for the baby to be born? 'Cause I know that women don't usually get morning sickness until about their second month in." I asked flatly. She looked thoughtful for a few moments, and then turned to me.

"Well, this is a unique case, so I can't really tell, but…" she began. "The normal gestation period for a human is 9 months, as you know, but the time it takes for a demon to hatch from its egg is only about 1 ½ months. Since the baby is half-demon, half-human, it'll grow at a much faster rate than a normal human fetus, though still not as quickly as a demon embryo. I'd say you probably have about 3 months from the time of conception." I quickly did the math in my head. Chrono and I had slept together only one time, about 2 weeks ago, so…

"Shit." I muttered. "Shit." Shader blinked at me in confusion for about the third time that morning.

"What?"

"I'm already 2 weeks along." I murmured, turning to look her in the eye. "We only have about 2 ½ months before there's a baby running around Eden." I twisted the knee of my pants between my hands again. "The problem is, how should I tell the others? How should I tell Chrono, in that case?" Inwardly, I debated. There were only about 1 ½ months left until Chrono brought Magdalene back to Eden. The boys were all leaving today to go search for Pandaemonium's head. Chrono would be going to retrieve Magdalene tonight, and from there they would meet Aion, Viede, and Genai at St. Louis. After that, they would ride out West, which would take almost a month, and then they would go to the Grand Canyon to find Pandaemonium's head and bring it and Magdalene to Eden. If I told Chrono about my pregnancy, would it keep him from going to get the Holy Maiden, and change history? Or would he go get her, anyway? I bit my lip hard enough to draw blood, and looked to Shader for help.

"Shader, should I tell him?" I asked. She seemed confused.

"Why wouldn't you? He loves children. He'd be thrilled!" she exclaimed. I released a half-groan, half-sigh in exasperation.

"Because what if he decides to stay here with me?" I asked. "If he does that, then history will change!" She cocked her head to the side.

"He won't decide to stay here." she stated simply. When I made to protest, she held up a hand. "He loves you very much- I know he does- but he also knows that Aion and the rest need him to retrieve Magdalene so that they can find Pandaemonium's head. If you assure him that you'll be fine, then he'll have to go." She shrugged. "He won't have any more excuses." I thought on this for a moment, but in the end, my answer came out negative.

"No. I won't tell him." I murmured. "I can't risk changing history more than I already have. Maybe… maybe someday he'll know… but right now, he can't have any knowledge of my pregnancy. Got it?" She nodded.

"Fine. I still think that he would go… But it's up to you." she replied. "Now go meet your man." I allowed a small smile to light up my face.

"Alright. But Shader?" I said. "Please… can we just keep this between you and me?" As an afterthought, I added, "And maybe Rizelle, too, since she's not going with them?" Shader nodded in affirmation.

"Yeah, sure."

"And Shader?"

"Yes?" She was beginning to sound slightly annoyed.

"Thank you… for everything." She smiled.

"You're welcome, Rosette."

Okay, then. I'm done for the day, methinks. So Rosette is pregnant. Doesn't that make you kind of admire her courage, though, how she decided to keep the baby even when she had the option of aborting it? Ah, good stuff. Alright, please leave a review! I look forward to hearing from everyone, and, yet again, Happy Anniversary, mom and dad!

-Fanatic