Okay. It turned into a double update 'cause you guys are so great and I've been depriving you for too long. I was going to put this one up earlier (it's now about 9:20 p.m.- I was going to put it up around 3-ish), but I had to clean up my room, and then my internet connection went down the metaphorical drain. (grins sheepishly) Sorry 'bout that. And, unfortunately, I do not currently have a working scanner (stupid virus deleted all the software I needed to properly use it! -growl, snarl-), so I'll try to get the piccies to everyone who wanted them soon. I just have to get the software that goes with the scanner back on my computer… ;.; So they should be coming (hopefully!) soon. Mmkay, then, here's the chappie!

WARNING: See chapter 1.

WARNING 2: There is some angst in this chapter, don't like, don't read. Oh, yeah, and really, really crappy grammar on Aidan and Adrian's parts. ;-P But that's excusable.

Disclaimer: See chapter 1, chapter 5, or chapter 16.

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

Past, Eden, Rosette

Chrono was so pale. That was all I could think about as I gazed at his motionless form, floating in a pool of pure Astral. I knelt next to him and ran my fingers over his ashen cheek, my gaze searching his face for any signs that might indicate him waking up. Finding none, I glanced down at his midriff, which still hadn't healed much- the holy energy from the Gospel was preventing that from happening at the normal rate- and I closed my eyes, wondering if it was right to pray for a demon. With a small smile, I looked over to my young children, sitting on either side of me, gazing down at their father.

"Aidan? Adrian?" I called softly, and they looked up at me with wide, bright eyes.

"Momma?" they asked in unison. My grin widened.

"Maybe, if you talk loud enough, daddy'll hear you." I said. They beamed in excitement and the prospect of being able to help Chrono.

"Wha' do we say?" they asked as best they could. I removed my hand from my lover's cheek and put my arms around my children's shoulders.

"Just say what I say, okay?"

"O-tay!" I closed my eyes and began to recite one of my favorite Bible verses, Psalm 23.

"The LORD is my shepherd, I shalt not be in want."

"Da LORD is my sepewd, I won' bee in wan'." they repeated in unison.

"He maketh me lie down in green pastures,"

"He makes me wie dow' in gween pastews."

"he leadeth me beside quiet waters, he restoreth my soul."

"He weads me 'side quiet watews, he give' me mie sowl."

"He guideth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

"He guides me in pafs of wight-us-nes fow his name's sake."

"Yea, though I walketh through the valley of the shadow of death,"

"Yeah, doh I wawk fwough da vawwey of da shadow uv deaf." I began to laugh sadly as I continued,

"I shalt feareth no evil, for thou art with me;"

"I won' feaw no evil, fow you awer wif me."

"thy rod and thy staff, they comforteth me."

"Yowew wod and yowew staff, dey comfowt me."

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies."

"You set a tabew befowe me in the middew of my enuhmees."

"Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup overfloweth."

"You an-…an-…anoynt my head wif oiyal; my cup wuns ovew."

"Surely goodness and love shalt follow me all the days of my life,"

"Shewwy gewdness and wove will fowwow me all da days of my wife," -I grinned at this one-

"and I shalt dwelleth in the house of the LORD forever."

"And I'ww staay in da hooouse of da LORD fowevew."

"Amen."

"Ay-men!" They ended the final stanza in a half-shout, giddy with memorization of the familiar verse, and I repeated it to myself, directing my thoughts towards my prone lover, floating in a pool of glowing green, violet hair fanning out around his head.

"The LORD is my shepherd, I shalt not

be in want.

He maketh me to lie down in green

pastures,

he leadeth me beside quiet waters,

he restoreth my soul.

He guideth me in paths of

righteousness

for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walketh

through the valley of the shadow of

death,

I shalt feareth no evil,

for thou art with me;

thy rod and thy staff,

they comforteth me.

Thou preparest a table before me

in the presence of mine enemies.

Thou anointest my head with oil;

my cup overfloweth.

Surely goodness and love shalt followeth

me

all the days of my life,

and I shalt dwelleth in the house of the

LORD

forever. Amen."

Okay, I added in the Bible verse (Shakespeare-ian style!)because I thought that it was really pretty, and it sounded like it could be used as a prayer for a dying person, too. X3

BTW, to those of you who think that the timelines are going to change (like Rosette going back into the past changing things in her rightful time), you do not have to worry, for when Rosette goes back (Chrono did say he would bring them back), nothing will have changed. See, whatever happens between Rosette and the others back in this time has already happened in the future, so therefore, nothing would have changed because it would have already occurred. And the when Chrono said 'And this time, I'll bring them all back to were they truly belong', he meant that he would bring back Rosette, Aidan, and Adrian to the future, because he already knew that he had two children.

Please forgive me for doing all this to Chrono, but it makes for good bonding and angst. XD Mmkay, I have to go. Please review!

-Fanatic