Argh! Another late update! Again, I must apologize. I've been really busy lately. So here's a good, long chapter for all of you who were waiting, and thanks to everyone who reviewed!

WARNING: See chapter 1.

WARNING 2: One swear word and a lot of grammar problems on Rosette's part. XD

Disclaimer: See chapter 1, 5, or 16.

Return to Times of Yore
By GundamWingFanatic90
Submitted: 20 November 2005

Past, Eden, Rosette

I watched as the blackness around me faded away to gray, and then white, and suddenly, the floating sensation of unconsciousness vanished to give way to the hazy phase before awareness. With a burst of determination, I pushed through the rest of the way and opened my eyes, only to see a blur of white, tan, and blonde.

"Rosette? Are you awake?" a feminine voice asked. It was Mary, and she sounded worried.

"Myeeeeeh… Lemme sleep five more minnits, Chrono…" I muttered, disgruntled. As my vision cleared further, I could make out the smiling faces of Aion and Mary, and I grunted again, trying to sit up despite an oncoming headache.

"Wha' happened?" I asked through a yawn. "How long've I been out?" They exchanged a glance, and recollection dawned on me with a feeling of anger, directed at the white-haired demon to my right. I turned my gaze onto him, and he fidgeted lightly.

"You. Shot. Chrono." I stated slowly, my eyes narrowing and my voice a low growl. "You. Stole. My gun." I took a breath just before I exclaimed, "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?" I would have jumped on him and begun strangling him, had Mary not intervened.

"Rosette, don't wake the children!" she reprimanded me quietly. I blinked, and finally took notice of the tiny bundles, one tucked in on either side of me. I blanched as their faces tensed, and held my breath until they relaxed again. Then I turned to Aion again.

"But really, what were you thinking?" I hissed. He looked away, seeming ashamed.

"It was supposed to be a prank as revenge for the last one you and Chrono pulled on me." he explained. "I was going to abduct your gun and then you'd chase Chrono around, thinking that he took it. But just as you started chasing him, I saw something near the clotheslines. It was a demon in the guise of a 12-year-old human. I thought that it was a Pursuer or a lower-class Legion, so I shot at it with your gun…" He looked back up at me, and I could see true remorse and guilt swimming in his violet gaze. "Chrono accidentally ran into the path of the bullet just as it reached that point…" Suddenly something clicked in my mind, and I actually gasped aloud. They blinked at me as my eyes grew wide and I held a hand to my mouth.

"What?" Mary asked, concern beginning to crease her brow. "Is something wrong, Rosette? Is it your soul?" I shook my head, and turned to Aion again.

"Aion! What did you say this demon looked like?" I exclaimed. He blinked a couple of times, and rubbed his chin as he thought.

"He had long purple hair that was mostly pulled back into a braid, and when I got close enough to see, he had red eyes, and wore a red coat of some sort…" he murmured. "Come to think of it, he looked kind of like Chrono would in a 12-year-old's body." I paled, and looked down at my blanket-covered lap.

"Oh, applesauce!" I exclaimed.

"What?"

"That was Chrono! That was the one from my time!" I explained, fists clenching. "He probably found a way to get back through to this time when I disappeared… if that's the case, he'll probably be back in a few days to try again." I looked up at them, my eyes bright. "I'm going home…!"

Okay, then, Rosette has finally figured out that she's going to go home soon. There's only a medium number of chapters left to do, now. I hope you liked this one, though! Please bear with me, and review, too! XD Talk to you next chapter!

-Fanatic