Sora-san: Yay for Chapter 2! I'm so enjoying writing this! ...And I do not own Chrno Crusade. Enjoy!

Why Can't Dreams Be Real?

2. No Pain, No Gain

"I don't understand what you're asking me Rosette." Azmaria said, giving me a confused look.

"I said do you think dreams can be real?"

"But…they're…dreams." Azmaria said slowly, struggling to comprehend.

"Oh never mind! It's just something I need to figure out before our next mission…"

"Rosette!" Chrno called, waving at me as he rushed over. "We have an order!"

"NE? I'm not ready for another order yet!" I cried out in surprise.

"Don't worry it's just some low class devils."

"Oh well in that case…" I said, grinning.

"Um Rosette…what about…?"

"Don't worry about it!" I said, giving Azmaria a thumbs-up.

"Worry about what?" Chrno asked.

"I said don't worry about it!"

"Hi-yah!" I yelled, sending a demon flying with one kick. The demon sailed past Chrno and Azmaria, slammed into the wall and slid down to slump on the ground. He was clearly out of it.

"Rosette you don't have to be so violent." Chrno commented.

"Yeah, yeah." I said, shooting another demon in the head with the Sacred. Suddenly, looking around I noticed there were no demons left. They had all either died or ran away.

"So much for the barrier." Chrno said with a sigh. "Azmaria, could you pick up the stuff we put down?" Azmaria nodded and hurried off to get the barrier crosses.

"You really didn't have to be so violent." Chrno repeated as he came up to me.

"Yeah, well, it got the job done, didn't it?" I snapped.

Chrno stared at the ground. "I guess you really do…"

I turned to him. "W-what?"

"I had this dream the other night…one of those really realistic ones." Chrno confessed.

My heart started pounding.

"And…in it…you said…"

It couldn't be…

" 'I hate you Chrno.'"

I could have died from relief. "Chrno…"

He must've sensed my relief, and took it the wrong way. "…I guess it's true."

My relief faded. I couldn't stand seeing him this sad. "Chrno…you know I don't hate you. You're like my best friend…and it was just a dream, ne? The things you see in dreams aren't real."

"…Thanks Rosette."

…Dreams…aren't real…There's no way Chrno loves me…

"Rosette you're bleeding!"

"What?" I looked down to see that my right leg was bleeding. "Oh. So I am." It didn't really bother me—if it took me this long to even notice it was bleeding there's no way it could hurt that bad.

"Rosette…can you walk?" Chrno asked, staring worriedly at my leg.

"Oh c'mon Chrno it doesn't even hurt!" I said, starting to walk off. As soon as I put my right leg down, pain shot through it and I struggled not to cry out. …So much for it not hurting.

"Rosette…"

"I'm fine Chrno!" I said through clenched teeth.

"No you're not." He insisted. And with that I was off my feet and found myself in Chrno's arms looking up at him.

"Ch-Chrno…"

"I'm not taking 'no' for an answer." He said, glaring at me. I simply nodded, dumbfounded as he proceeded to carry me.

Why does he seem so worried? Could it be that Chrno really…loves me?

Sora-san: Of course he loves you! Grr! ehem sorry, got a little carried away there.

Shuzumo: You always do...

Sora-san: Shuzumo! What are you doing here! You're not even in this story go back to Atsuko's Box! punts ...um yeah. Well please review! Please? Pretty please?