Hey guys! Wazz up! Giggles Well, I have acomplished the impossible... I have updated again without a month going by! Go me! I'd like to thank Sakura Blossom-Cilla-85, Destiny852, xXChocaholicXx, and FallenAngelJulian for reviewing for the last chapter. Anywho, have you guys every read Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles? Sighes dreamily I love the manga, it's so cool... I have a livejournal now, which I try to write my story ideas in, from any anime/manga that floats my boat at the moment. I started it not that long ago so there isn't much up there yet, but if you are interested you can find the link on my profile. So...

Here's the next chapter. I realize that this whole thing can seem vaguely confusing at times but it's hard not to foreshadow to the point of you guys knowing the whole plot...

Grins evilly I do have a major plot twist that comes up in the next couple of chapters that you guy'll like, hopefully.

I'll talk more at the end...

Time Angel

By Embodiment of Sekhmet

Joshua eyed the newest arrival to the Christopher home uneasily. First Rosette and Chrono's daughter, now some weird cat demon.
Could this day get any weirder?
The silver and black cat demon smiled back at him, and raised and eyebrow.

"Hello there! You must be Joshua! My lady has told me of you and the others. Great to meet you..." Jareth said clapping a hand on Joshua's shoulder.

Joshua made a face and shrugged the hand off, then went to go sit down next to Angel and Rosette. Chrono was standing near the door, his crimson gaze steady and unwavering on Jareth.

Aion on the other hand, was pouting on one of the other chairs in the room, for some unknown reason.

Rizelle was near the open window, apparently watching for something, and Sheda? Sheda was...

"The tea is ready! I found some cookies too, so we can all enjoy some tea and cookies!" Sheda said coming into the room with two trays.

Jareth took a teacup from her and set it down on the table, before smiling charmingly at her.

"Thank you miss Sheda, it was very kind of you..." He said.

Sheda smiled back.

"You're very welcome Sir Jareth..." She said.

Chrono chuckled as he heard Aion growl.

"So Jareth! What exactly do you want from us?" Aion snapped.

Jareth turned.

"Well, little one, I'd like your help in defeating Helios and rescuing Omega! Omega's just a little boy, probably a little younger then yourself..."

Aion smirked.
"I'm over a hundred years old..."

Jareth raised an eyebrow.
"You certainly don't look it..."

Chrono snickered and Aion glared at him.

"There's an explanation for that..." Aion started.

"As there is for everything in this world! But these explanations take time, and time is everything in this world, is it not?" Jareth said his violet eyes narrowing till there was nothing to be seen but two lines of shimmering purple.

Aion muttered something under his breath and Jareth chuckled.

"Well let me get right to the point. You see, Omega has a unique ability that allows him to alter reality to his whim. Helios plans to use his ability against his ememies and anyone who apposes him..." Jareth took a sip of his tea and sighed.

"Lady Spindra believes that the Sinners are the only ones powerful enough to take on Helios, since, well I really don't know why she does, when I asked, she mumbled something about children then went into one of her silent fits..." Jareth sat down on the floor and closed his eyes.

"Well if we even considered helping you and your lady what's in it for us?" Aion asked.

Jareth flopped down onto his back and stared up at the ceiling.

"A safer world? As soon as Helios gets full control over Omega he's going to go after any demon he sees as a threat to him, and you can bet your buttons that the Sinners are going to be the first ones he's gonna want to bump off..." Jareth glanced back at Aion with a curious look on his face.

"Say, where are the other two bimbos? Yha know, the big one and the blind one?" Jareth asked.

Rizelle shifted uncomfortably in her seat, Sheda busied herself with eating, and Aion glared furiously at Jareth.

"Don't poke your nose where it doesn't belong, "kitty". I don't know what you think gave you the right to come in here and feed us all of this bullshit and expect us to help you, Hell I don't even know why I answered the bloody door, but I refuse to help you!" Aion yelled, eyes a blaze has he stomped out of the room.

Jareth sat up and blinked innocently.

"What's got him all up in a lather? All I did was ask a simple question..."

Chrono shot Rizelle and questioning look and Rizelle shook her head.

Sheda cleared her throat.

"We'll take your plea under consideration Sir Jareth. Now if you'd be so kind..."

Jareth smiled and jumped to his feet. He bowed and walked out of the room, moments later the sound of the door to the outside being open and closed was heard.

"Well, anyone wanna tell what that was all about? And why Aion's being a pill?" Rosette asked.

Angel stood hastily.
"Um, excuse me, I have to go use the bathroom..." Angel said rushing off.

There was silence in the room for about a minute before Sheda sighed loudly.

"Viede is dead, there was no way to bring him back..." Sheda took a sip of her tea, "Genai just disappeared... I have no idea where he is.."

Angel sighed has she stepped outside.

"What have I gotten myself into?" She muttered quietly to herself has she walked down the steps and out into the meadow near the Christopher house.

She continued walking for a while, enjoying the breeze and the smell of wildflower until she heard someone talking...

She ducked down and hid in the brush has she listened.

"-you've changed Aion, no longer interested in playing god?" Jareth asked in a calm and stony voice.

"That was Sydria's doing Jareth... Besides we aren't here to talk about myself, are we?" Aion snapped.

Angel noted with some shock that Aion no longer sounded like a child. His new adult voice sounded familiar, but Angel could not place where she had heard it before...

"Of course, we are here to discuss the lesser of two evils, one of your old torpedoes, Vivant. He's in line with Helios you know, but that's beside the point..." Angel heard Jareth yawn.

"Hmm, I figured has much, well you should know that I plan on supporting my brother with any decision he makes about your Helios... Vivant is another matter completely. If he wants to play, then let him come and play..."

Angel heard a soft cracking noise, like the kind that she used to hear when Aunt Rizelle stretched her body.

"By the way, who was that doll sitting in between Rosette and Joshua? I've never seen her before?" Jareth asked.

Aion seemed to hesitate before answering.

"I'm not sure myself, she like you, seemed to pop out of nowhere and then started feeding us a bunch of baloney. We'll keep her around for now, until she proves unusable, then get rid of her. Simple has that."

Angel nearly choked.

They didn't believe her? But they had-

Then realization dawned on her. That was why Chrono, Rizelle, Sheda, and Aion hadn't freaked out or anything when she came in.

It was because they didn't believe her...

Angel sighed and closed her eyes.

Despite the fact that she had wanted desperately to get out of the convent, she found herself wishing for home...

To here uncle Joshua call her his pet name for her and lift her up in his arms. To have Father Remington ruffle her hair in his silent affection, to steal a hug from Sister Kate, and listen to Azmaria's sad and beautiful songs...

And...

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"Aunty Rizelle? Why do we look different then everyone else?"

Rizelle turned and smiled gently at Angel.

"Because we are demons Angel."

Angel wrinkled her nose.

"But I don't want to be! I want to be like everyone else!"

"No you don't..."

Angel blinked.

"I don't?"

Rizelle closed her eyes.

"If you where like everyone else, like every other human, then you would never know the love you know now. You wouldn't be unique or special, and everyone would treat you like everyone else... Angel, you don't want to be anyone else, because you are best at being who you are..."

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Rizelle...

Angel felt a tear trail down her cheek.

How could she had ever thought of running away from home?

Rizelle was probably worried sick and Joshua was probably sad...

She sniffled pathetically and lay down on the soft grass.

She stared up at the blue sky longingly and reached up to clutch the pocket watch around her neck.

"She's an interesting creature though... Able to sneak up on the both of us with out noticing..." Jareth said bending into Angel's view.

Angel blinked up at him.

"Sorry..." She said sitting up.

Jareth reached out a hand to help pull her up.

She took it and he pulled her to her feet.

"How much did you hear?" Aion asked from behind her.

Angel twirled around and was about to say something to him, but she froze.

Aion now stood in his adult form, his arms crossed, his now violet eyes gleaming. The breeze blew his long white hair slightly, and he reached up to adjust the glasses at the tip of his nose before folding his arms against his chest.

Angel blinked a moment before a faint memory touched her.

-----

"Damnit Aion, just take her!"

"I'm not leaving you! Not after what happened!"

"Please Aion, please brother, I'm begging you, she's the world to me, if she dies then this will have all been for nothing"
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Angel yelped has pain lanced through her head and she collapsed on to her knees, this time a vision plaguing her mind.

A vision of many children screaming, and a silhouette that looked vaguely like Aion walking toward a tall building.

The watch on her chest began ticking madly has a red mist began billowing around Angel.

Jareth jumped back in surprise, Aion merely tilted his head in curiousity.

'Redemption is not all it seems...' A deep voice murmured in her head. The pain lessened has it spoke and the mist around her faded.

Angel gasped and fell forward onto her hands.

"What was that!" She demanded when she could breath properly.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up.

Aion's violet gaze was intense, cutting through her like a knife.

"Don't get in my way girl. I don't know what powers you have, but I swear you'll regret it if you get in my way." Aion spat icily.

Angel nodded and bowed her head.

Aion grabbed her other shoulder and pulled her up against him.

"I don't know your reason for coming here, your aura is unlike any I've ever felt in my life, it's almost human, but it's almost demon too..." Aion muttered wrapping his arms around her.

Angel shut her eyes tightly and shivered violently.

"If you thought you could come here, making the claims you have and expect to be welcomed completely, then you are sorely mistaken. I don't know about Rosette, but I do know that the rest of us do not believe you. You should have expected that..."

Angel nodded against Aion's chest.

Aion's embrace became crushing.

"If you endanger Chrono or Rosette, I will kill you. Do you understand that?" Aion said calmly.

Angel nodded again and Aion's hug loosened.

"Well then, now that we understand each other..."

In a moment Angel found herself being carried back toward the Christopher house, in Aion's arms.

"Farewell Jareth, I'll see you again." Aion said loudly.

Jareth nodded and tipped his hat to Aion before disappearing in a black fog.

Angel leaned against Aion slightly.

"I don't know how to get back home... I'm sorry..." She muttered before closing her eyes and fainting.

Aion grinned and climbed the steps to the house.

"That's understandable." He said before entering.

Sheda, who was near the door looked up at Aion in surprise.

"Maah, Aion what happened? Is Angie okay?" Sheda asked looking at the sleeping girl in Aion's arms.

Chrono appeared beside Sheda a moment later and Aion smiled apologetically at him.

"Sorry, I went out to talk to Jareth privately and Angel followed me. I found her passed out on the ground when I was coming back, and had to turn into my bigger form to carry her back." Aion said.

Chrono nodded and took the sleeping girl from Aion's arms.

"Thanks, Rosette was worried..." He said before turning to go back in the livingroom.

Sheda and Aion stood in silence before Sheda looked up at Aion sadly.

"Are you angry with me Aion?"

Aion smiled warmly at Sheda.

"Of course not, why would I be?"

Sheda blushed and bit her lip.

"Just wondering..."

"Shade, I don't think there's enough time for us both to escape!" A young boy exclaim prying a metal door open.

His companion, a smaller blonde haired boy with very odd green eyes shook his head.

"You go."

The other boy paused for a moment before grabbing Shade's arm and throwing him out the door.

"Find Angie! Take care of her! I'll murder you if you let anything happen to her!"

Cyro watched with an amused eye has the blonde boy landed on the ground near him with a sickening crunch.

A few moments later, the boy groaned and pulled himself off the ground.

He looked up at Cyro.

"Who are you?" He asked taking a few steps back.

Cyro shrugged and dropped a small amulet to the ground.

"This should help you find her. A word of the wise, don't tell anyone anything about yourself, and DON'T tell her about her destiny..."

So now you can see that Aion is still the devil he was back then... Only he's not being controlled to take over the whole freakin' world... I always was interested how Aion Aion could be so threatening and dangerous just by showing someone a sign of affection. (Such has when he kissed Rosette, or in the manga where he just lean over Genai in sort of a half hug and made him stop hurting Fiore...) Wah, he's just cool like that I guess... On another note, I leave you guy with yet another cliff hanger... Sweatdrops I tend to do that alot in this story, don't I? Eh, you guys love it...

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