Heya All! This is Chapter 2!
Tsukimono doth not own Chrno Crusade.
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Chapter 2
Even the birds are freer than I can ever be.
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"Are you sure that it's okay?" asked the timid blonde. She simply could not believe that a person who had just saved her would bring her, of all people, to his house. Chrno simply turned around and nodded. His head was filled with thoughts that confused him. It was so full that he didn't even know WHAT he was thinking about. He walked into his kitchen and grabbed two mugs.
"Do you need help?" asked Renai as she started to get up from the chair, which Chrno had asked her to sit in. "No, it's okay," said Chrno but then one of the mugs fell to the floor.
"Are you sure?" asked Renai as her face got pale.
(A/N think Azmaria when Rosette does something…..-ahem-….)
"Huh? Oh. It's fine," said Chrno as he motioned for her to sit down.
'What is wrong with me?' thought Chrno. Something disturbed him other than the demon, which he had just defeated. He stole a glance at the fidgeting girl before he picked up the pieces of porcelain.
After a while…
"Here," said Chrno as he handed Renai a mug filled with hot chocolate. "Thanks," said Renai as she took it. Then, she screamed, "Chrno! Your hand! It's bleeding!"
Chrno looked down at his hand. It WAS bleeding. There was a long cut there. 'It must have been the pieces of porcelain,' thought Chrno. "It's nothing," said Chrno dully. "B-b-but you shouldn't leave it like that!" exclaimed Renai as she pulled out a handkerchief. She gently took Chrno's hand and starting bandaging it.
Chrno looked down at the smaller girl. Her blonde hair brought tons of memories to the surface of his mind. 'Rosette…' he thought. Then, the girl looked up at him with her amethyst-purple eyes. Her round face with its extraordinary features struck him.
'Rosette…' he thought once again. Now he knew what disturbed him…This girl…she looked so much like Rosette. Tears brimmed in his wine red eyes. "Chrno?" asked the blonde girl. A tear slid down his cheek. Renai reached out and wiped away the tear. "Why are you crying?" she asked softly in a manner that reminded Chrno of Rosette when she was cheering him up.
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"Edna!" called a sandy brown haired man as he walked into the library. "Yes Nathaniel?" asked the teen, Edna as he turned around to face the older man. He had short platinum blonde hair and cyan eyes. "Have you seen Sister Azmaria?" asked Nathaniel. Edna shook his head.
"Hmm…where could she be?" asked Nathaniel thoughtfully.
"She'sin the courtyard," said Edna tonelessly. "Really? But I thought that you said that you haven't seen…" started Nathaniel.
"Oh. I forgot. You can see the future," said Nathaniel as he patted Edna on the head.
Edna didn't reply to that. He hated being a seer. He hated being confined in this library. This library that was equivalent to a bird cage. "…sorry," said Nathaniel as he noticed the young boy's glum face.
"It's nothing," said Edna as he returned to his book. Nathaniel gave the boy a worried look but he said nothing as he walked out of the room. Edna put down his book and looked out of the large glass window. A couple of doves flew around outside before perching on a branch.
'…even the birds…are freer than I can ever be,' thought Edna.
---Flashback---
"Go away, Ghost boy," said a black haired boy. The pint-sized silver haired boy that had bangs long enough to shield his eyes took a step back. "…that's mean...Alex," said the small boy.
"What are you going to do about it, huh?" said Alex as he took a step closer to the small boy. "I have a name. I want you to use it," said the small boy timidly.
"Oh…yeeeaah. Edna," said Alex. Edna lightened up but Alex continued, "Edna. The ghost boy." Edna felt tears welling up but he quickly wiped them away. "Why are you so mean, Alex?" he asked.
Alex didn't answer but cornered the smaller boy. He pulled up Edna's bangs. "Because…you have eyes…of a ghost," said Alex. He released the boy and ran away.
---End Flashback---
"Eyes…of a ghost…"said Edna softly as he gazed at his reflection in the window. He touched his reflection's eyes. Then, he combed his hair back with his fingers. His childhood wasn't a very happy one. People detested him in the orphanage. The teacher did. And so did the other children. They disliked his eyes. That was why he kept his bangs long…so that people wouldn't see his 'ghost eyes'.
He closed his eyes for a moment. Images came flooding into his mind. It was amazing that he could still remember his past days with all the memories and visions of others that flooded his mind every day. It was because he had the amazing ability to remember every single thing he saw and heard.
Then, he saw a blonde girl crying in an alley. 'Why are you crying?' he mentally asked as the vision faded. He opened his eyes and a smile formed. That girl soothed his feelings…for some unknown feelings. He then gazed out the window…staring at the blue sky and the word, "Renai" escaped his lips.
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"…Tell me more about yourself," said Chrno. Renai looked at him and said, "…I can't." Chrno was surprised. He wasn't expecting THIS for an answer from this girl.
"Why?" he asked after a while. Renai fidgeted with her hair. Then, she grabbed the mug which she had placed on the table. "I can't remember," she said softly. Chrno was taken aback. He didn't expect THAT either. He was at a lost for words. "I'm sorry," he said.
"…it's okay," said Renai as she smiled a bitter smile.
Chrno remembered Rosette's words. "Smile when you're happy and cry when you're sad…then someday you'll be able to smile truthfully," said Chrno. Renai looked at him and a tear escaped her eye. She then broke out into a series of sobs. Chrno got up and walked over to the girl. She grabbed him and cried louder.
She wanted to know about herself. About her parents. About the people who cared for her and loved her. So she cried her heart out, for the pain she felt, the hurt she went through when she awoke without memories, and for…the sin she felt that she was committing. The sin of forgetting those who nurtured her and those who loved her.
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and thus endeth Chapter 2!
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