(Ahhhhh!!!!! Blinks then notices everyone is staring at her What? Oh! Right! Sorry about that I just had a moment there... Sweatdrops so anyway... I want to thank Lillith, Destiny852, Katrina-chan, and Sabby!!! Thank you so much for reviewing!!! You made me happy :) Well Destiny asked the question: Is Sura's dad Aion? Your answer: I'm not really sure yet... I have a whole cast of characters who I'm going to be introducing, one of whom is a prime candidate for Sura's father... However I have been considering making Aion her father. In this chapter I don't really introduce any new character's though I do happen to give you all a faint taste of what they're like... Somewhere down the line I'm going to make up a profile for each one.... Thinks a minute to see if she forgot anything then snaps her fingers Angel isn't in this chapter! She'll be in the next one though. This chapter is really to introduce the setting of where the main plot will be taking place, and some of the main characters... Well I think I've babbled on for has long has I can keep your attention... So with out further adu I present...)
Time Angel
By SekhmetFaris (a.k.a SekhmetMariku)
Rosette Christopher panted has she waited for Chrono to distract the demon they where facing.
This one had been giving them a hard time, and Rosette was a bit ticked off.
They where on a dock near a New York Pier. Sister Kate said that someone had reported a disturbance in the area.
She called Rosette, who had happened to be enjoying a quiet afternoon with Joshua and Chrono and told her to get right on it...
Rosette sighed.
Somethings would never change, especially Sister Kate.
At lest with Chrono's horns back Chrono could kick the demon's butt...
Or that's what Rosette assumed when she told Kate they'd take the case.
Chrono had told her later that he didn't want to use his powers in case they had some after effect on Rosette...
"Load of bull if you ask me..." Rosette muttered reloading her gun with Sacred bullets.
She was wearing a simple outfit similar to her militia habit so she could move easier.
She was no longer a sister of the Magdalan Order.
"Rosette! Now!" Chrono yelled rolling out of the way.
She snapped around and fired round after round at the large squid like demon. It let out a screech and tried to lash out with a tentacle but Chrono was faster.
Chrono grabbed the appendage has it swung toward Rosette and held it there with a calm smile on his face.
Rosette fired the last round of Sacreds on the target before dropping the gun and reaching for another on her hip.
"Chrono! Move!" She yelled has she pointed the pistol, loaded with a Gospel at the demon.
Chrono took the hint and got out of the way.
Rosette let the Gospel loose on the demon and shielded her eyes has it was obliterated in a blast of light.
Rosette gave a cocky grin and twirled her gun around her finger before placing in it's holster.
"Ta da! And nothing got destroyed! How's that for yha?" She announced proudly.
Chrono chuckled and walked over to her.
He smiled down at her, his ruby eyes glimmering.
"Yes, this is a first isn't it Rosette?"
Rosette glared at Chrono.
Sometimes she wished he was still in his child form.
"Ow!"
It was easier to hit him on the head when he wasn't taller then her.
Chrono rubbed his bruised head.
"Don't be a smart alec Chrono. Now, did you happen to find out why that thing came here?" Rosette asked tugging on Chrono's braid lightly.
Chrono sighed.
"It was looking for something, it kept calling out for Leedra, or something like that, it was hard to understand because it was gurgling." Chrono said looking over to the spot where the demon had been.
Picking up the gun she had dropped Rosette notice something lying on the ground a few feet in front of them.
She walked over and picked it up.
It was a long shard of dark red.
Like a jewel.
"What did you find?" Chrono asked coming over.
"This..." Rosette turned and showed Chrono the jem.
Chrono took it and examined it for a moment before his eyes flashed in surprise.
"This is... this belonged to Sydria..."
"Who's that?" Rosette asked.
Chrono's brow furrowed.
"Someone very close to Pandemonium... If this is what I think it is, that means Sydria's dead and this thing was suppose to bring it to it's next carrier"
Rosette quirked an eyebrow.
"Is that bad?"
Chrono pocketed the strange jewel and nodded.
"Yeah, come on Rosette we should be getting back..."
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The moment something in the fabric of time changes, all things may change....
People who exist may not....
Those who do not may.....
The dead may see the light again and the living may die.....
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A pair of aqua-emerald eyes opened.
They where cat-like, however they where kind.
There owner coughed from the dust that had collected on him over the many, many years he had been sleeping.
Sitting up, his blue hair swished in front of his nose and he sneezed.
"Damn dust..." He muttered.
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"Sheda? Are you sure about this?"
"Maa, don't you trust me? I know what I'm doing..."
The cat demon turned and gulp has she entered through the gates.
"I hope..." She murmured has she stared up at the Magdalan Order's New York base.
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A young woman with long greenish black hair looked up from her weaving has she felt a gentle breeze rush over her.
Her bright purple eyes narrowed has she stared up at the window.
A tall man stood there with a small child by his side.
His yellow cat-eyes leered at the woman.
"Hello Mistress, did you miss me?" He sneered.
The child had an emotionless face on.
The young woman stopped weaving.
"No, I was able to get more done when you weren't here..." She said standing. She glared at the man.
"What have you done to my son?" She spat angrily.
The man's eyes seemed to glow.
"The same thing that will happen to you Lady of Silence... You will forget..."
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A glass bottle fell from a shelve and shattered onto the glossy wooden floor.
Joshua turned and stared at it.
"What?" He walked over and looked at the shattered pieces.
"That couldn't be a good sign..."
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"What are you two doing here?!" Rosette practically screamed has Rizelle and Sheda appeared in the doorway to Sister Kate's office.
"Rosette! Please calm down!" Chrono said grabbing Rosette's arm. He glared at the both of them.
"Chrono, Rosette..." Sheda's eyes flickered sadly.
"We have some bad news for you and some good news..." Sheda walked in and took a seat cross from the two.
"I'm going to leave the four of you alone for a while, please don't destroy anything Rosette..." Sister Kate said getting up and leaving.
Rizelle shut the door behind her.
"It's about Aion..." Sheda continued.
Chrono and Rosette visibly flinched and Sheda sighed.
"It turns out he was being controlled by Sydria. The whole time we have been here he was being controlled... The whole idea of a rebellion didn't even come from Aion, it was from Sydria who was trying to take control of Pandemonium"
Chrono stared at Sheda blankly.
"What are you saying"
Sheda shook her head.
"Now that Sydria's dead... He's come to his senses"
"WHAT?!! ARE YOU SAYING HE'S ALIVE?!?!" Rosette exclaimed jumping up.
Sheda nodded.
"I-I- I brought him back... But he was weak... and when Sydria's hold on him severed he became even weaker..." Sheda looked like she was about to cry.
"He didn't remember ANYTHING when he woke up. Golly I was so scared..." Sheda buried her face in her hands.
"Eventually he started remembering things... He remembered the time we spent here on earth before you left Chrono... He remembered spending time with you in Pandemonium... But that was pretty much it. I explained to him what happened.
Oh, Chrono you should have seen his face... He was so shocked and disgusted with himself..."
"That doesn't change what he did! He tried to destroy the world!" Rosette yelled glaring at Sheda.
Chrono looked slightly dazed has he watched Sheda.
Sheda looked up at Rosette.
"He's a completely different person! Gosh golly Rosie, you should see him!"
"I don't want to see him! He should be-"
"All he would say when he first started remembering was... Where is Chrono? Where is my brother? He didn't even care about us..." Rizelle said suddenly from her spot near the door.
Chrono glanced at her.
She closed her eyes and sighed.
"We wanted to make a deal with you... We- Me and Sheda will help you if you help us."
"What do you want from me?" Chrono asked.
"We'd like you to visit Aion." Sheda said looking up.
"What?! No way!" Rosette said.
Sheda looked desperate.
"Just once! Please Chrono! We'll do whatever you want after that!" She begged.
Rosette turned to Chrono who looked like he was deep in thought.
Rosette growled.
"You aren't seriously considering this are you?! Hello! He kidnapped Joshua! He Tried to kill you! He took your horns and-"
"Rosette." Chrono said in a sharp tone that startled Rosette.
"Chrono?" Rosette replied.
"He was close enough to me to be my brother... That's what we considered each other..." Chrono looked up at her.
"Joshua was being controlled wasn't he? We gave him a second chance didn't we? Please let me give Aion another chance too..."
Rosette stared into Chrono's eyes.
He was serious about this.
She sighed and slumped down next to him.
"Alright Chrono... But I'm coming with you."
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"Sister Kate?"
Sister Kate turned has a young sister came toward her, a grim look on her face.
"What is it?"
"There's a report of a very powerful demon appearing in North Dakota, on top of that, another report showed that some demon's have discovered a time warp, if they get there hands on it..."
Sister Kate's eyes narrowed.
"Send some Militia up into North Dakota. I'll get Rosette and Chrono to handle the time warp."
"Yes Ma'am!"
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He was sitting with his back toward the door in a wooden chair facing an open window when Chrono and Rosette entered the room.
Sheda bounced in.
"Aion-"
"Sheda, I asked you not to bother me right now..." Aion cut Sheda off not turning around.
Sheda frowned slightly but then she grinned.
"There's someone here to see you! Two someone's actually!"
Aion's shoulder's slumped slightly.
"Sheda... I'm not in the mood..."
Sheda huffed a little and stomped her foot.
"Rizelle and I practically had to sell our souls away to get them to come so your gonna see them even if I have to drag you sorry ass out of that chair myself!!!" She exclaimed.
Both Chrono and Rosette stared at her in shock and Aion chuckled.
"Fine. Bring them here..."
Sheda crossed her arms.
"If you'd turn around you'd see that they already ARE here!"
Aion sighed and turned.
Has soon has he spotted Chrono he froze.
Sheda smiled.
"Yeah, I thought so..." She turned to Rosette.
"Rosie? Would you mind coming with me for a bit? I think Chrono and Aion have a few things to discuss..."
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"Joshua!" Joshua looked up from his book to see Azmaria dash up to him. He smiled.
"Hey Azmaria!"
Azmaria smiled.
"Where's Rosette and Chrono?" She asked looking around Joshua's study. A look of disappointment flickered across Joshua's face before he smiled half-heartedly.
"Still out on a mission I guess..."
Azmaria frowned.
"Oh... I was hoping they'd be here."
Joshua sighed and went back to reading his book.
No one ever came to see him.
It was always Rosette or Chrono.
Never him.
"Joshua?"
Joshua didn't look up from his book.
"Yes?"
"Could you tell them I stopped by?" Azmaria asked.
Joshua nodded.
"Sure."
"Thank you!" She cried before she turned and left.
Joshua frowned.
"They should have been back by now..."
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"Can we start over?"
Chrono looked up.
He had been standing there in silence ever since Sheda and Rosette left and was wondering if Aion was going to say anything at all.
Aion smiled lightly.
"I don't remember much... Sheda probably told you..." He stood up and walked over to Chrono.
Chrono said nothing.
"Sheda told me what happened when I was being controlled... I know that me simply saying sorry isn't going to make up for what I did but, I was wondering if you'd give me a second chance to be your brother..." Aion said his violet eyes hopeful.
Chrono's eyes turned gold.
"Why should I?" He muttered icily.
Aion's smile faltered.
"Well... I don't know... But I remember some what it was like and I think I'd rather be your friend then your enemy... So I'd like to make it up to you if I can."
Chrono's golden eyes closed and a faint smiled flickered across his face.
"Yes... Those days where fun..." He thought for a minute before he opened his eyes again.
"I have an idea... How about you help me?"
Aion gave Chrono an odd look.
"What do you mean?"
An evil grin made it's way to Chrono's lips.
Chrono knew Rosette was rubbing off on him.
"Well...."
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"Sheda? Are you alright?" Rosette asked the edgy cat demon.
Sheda jumped sending the tea in her cup into her lap.
Sheda yelped and jumped up.
"Ow! Owowowowow!"
Rizelle threw a towel at Sheda from the kitchen and Sheda patted her lap dry.
She slumped back into her seat.
"No I'm not..." Rosette rolled her eyes.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
Sheda bit her lip and twiddled her fingers a bit.
"After I brought Aion back... When he woke up...I-I-I started getting this weird feeling."
Rosette raised an eyebrow.
"A feeling?"
"Yeah... I started acting differently around him then I had before... It was really weird... Then when he got sad about Chrono I couldn't sleep... Now I'm worried something bads going to happen!" Rosette smiled.
"Really?"
"Yes!"
"How do you feel when he's around"
"Like I have to be there for him for everything... I dunno, It's hard to explain... And I alsoget a really weird feeling in my stomach..."
Rosette broke out into giggles. Sheda glared at her.
"What?"
Rosette's eyes glimmered.
"Sounds like someone has a crush...." She said in a sing-songy voice.
All color drained from Sheda's face.
"I...I...I couldn't... Aion? But he..." She shook her head violently.
"Why now?"
Rosette tapped her chin.
"Perhaps because he's not being controlled by some evil demon?"
Sheda stared into space for a moment.
"Seriously?"
"Hey guys!" Chrono said coming down the stairs with a bright and cheery smile on his face.
Sheda and Rosette looked up surprised.
"That was fast..." Rizelle said walking into the room.
"How'd it go?" Sheda asked, still contemplating.
"Well, Aion's going to come live with us for a while and help out with the missions and all. Sort of his payment for what he did..." He smiled.
Rosette glared at him.
"Excuse me?"
Chrono smiled and glanced up the stairs and made a motion with his hand.
A small boy, who looked around 11 or 12 came down the stairs.
He had messy white hair and red eyes, his outfit making him look like a cowboy.
Rosette instantly recognized the boy and broke out into laughter.
Sheda stared at him for a few moments her eyes glowing.
Rizelle bit her lip to keep from laughing.
Sheda jumped up and dashed over to him and glomped him.
"Maa, you're so cute!!!" She cried squeezing him against her.
He turned bright red.
That was too much for Rizelle and she burst out laughing.
Chrono smirked.
"Aion agreed to keep this form during the duration of his stay with us..."
Sheda froze and blinked stupidly for a moment.
Aion, still bright red coughed and Sheda let go, a slight blush crossing over her face.
Chrono chuckled.
"I was wondering if you and Rizelle would like to come live with us has well... I'm sure Joshua wouldn't mind the company."
Sheda's face lit up.
"We'd love too!"
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The minute the doorbell rang Joshua let out a long groan.
He set his book down and went to the door.
The moment he opened it he was glomped by a familiar cat-demon.
"Joshy!!!" Sheda cried has she glomped him to the ground.
Joshua blinked.
"Wha-?"
"Sheda! Get off my brother!" Rosette yelled pulling the cat demon off by the tail.
Joshua looked up at Rosette.
"What's going on?" He asked has Rizelle, Chrono, and a familiar looking boy walked into the room.
"Well Joshua you see, Aion was being controlled by very powerful demon, that was why he was kidnapping the apostles and trying to destroy the world and such.... Now he's back and he's got no memory of what happened so Chrono and I decided to give him a second chance, so he, Sheda, and Rizelle are going to live with us for a while...Okay?" Rosette said in a big rush.
It took a minute for Joshua to process this information before his eyes widened.
"What?!"
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Today was going to be a LONG day...
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(Smiles How's that for yha? Ready to get into the main story? Yes? giggles I thought the idea of Chrono making Aion stay in the kind of form he did when he was sealed would add to the story a bit... winks see you guys next time!! And Review and make me happy!)