Woo! My 4/5th Chrono Crusade fanfiction. I've had this idea for awhile and it'll mainly focus on Chrono's emotions later on and then the relationship between him and Rosette. It won't be an action packed fanfic

- So to summarise quickly: In the anime when Chrono battled Aion and killed him, instead of them running away to the cottage, they were took back to the order to recover. The first chapter starts after Aion is killed and this will just be small snippets to set things up.

Chapter 1 - The Beginning of The End

'Cause the end is where we begin
Where broken hearts mend
And start to beat again
The end is where we begin

Thousand Foot Krutch - The End is Where We Begin

Gasping out blood, Chrono eyes widened as he dropped to his knees and fell to the ground.

"Chrono!" Rosette cried out as she lay on the floor, hand stretching out towards her fallen partner.

The battle was finally over and Aion had be defeated for good. But at what cost..? Rosette struggled to keep her eyes open, she didn't want to die. Not right now. Not now.

But darkness came to overtake her eventually. Her sight fell out of focus and she could not longer see her demon.

Chrono...please..

Sirens and shouts of panic were heard coming closer and closer

"Rosette!" Voices cried. The darkness overtook her.

The end.

Aching. She was aching all over. Where am I?

The last thing Rosette remembered was seeing Chrono fall to the ground before she too lost consciousness. She didn't have the strength to open her eyes as some source of warm light flooded over her body. It was comforting. She let herself succumb to the heavenly warmth, letting the light heal her. Have I died..? Well Death was going to come and claim her eventually. Why did it have to be now? Rosette found the strength to let out a sigh, her thoughts drifting away.

Her peace was disturbed when she no longer felt like she was alone.

"Am I in Heaven?" Rosette sleepily asked whoever had arrived. "Because I have a lot to confess too.." A low amused laugh was the reply.

"No Sister Rosette, but you are in safe hands. Rest now." Said the low friendly voice that she recognised: Father Remington.

Some form of relief waved over her, knowing she wasn't dead quite yet. It wasn't her time right now. "Oh, Father Remington." She muttered, her eyes still closed.

"Wait where am I..?" Rosette attempted to pull herself up. Her mind came more into focus, realising she was on a bed. "Oh. The order, right" Another wave of relief.

"The order. You've been asleep for 2 days. We were beginning to worry about you."

2 day..? That sounded nice- 2 day? Where was..-

"Two day!?" Rosette began to panic, as she opened her eyes seeing Father Remington sitting on the chair next to her bed. "Where is he? Where's Chrono? He's.. alive, right?" She pulled herself up more, looking around to hopelessly find him. Please don't be dead..Please don't be dead. Rosette repeated inside her head, placing a hand on the pocket watch that still hung around her neck.

Father Remington stayed his calm usual self, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Still asleep." Though his voice wavered in confidence.

"I need to see him..!" Rosette protested. The priest only shook his head. "Rest, Sister Rosette." She tried to move out of bed, but despite her strong determination, her tiredness won her over. "Tell me.. tell me when he wakes up." If he woke up at all, she wasn't sure what wounds he had received in battle. The priest simply nodded.

"So it's finally over, huh?" Rosette smiled, looking out of the large glass window to her side. The battle with Aion may be over but the happy ending that Rosette and Chrono both deserved was far from close. If it ever came at all.

He still felt the heavy darkness cover over him. Had he died? Not that it was a bad thing, he wouldn't be taking Rosette's life anymore. Where am I..?

Rosette..? But he had no strength to speak out loud, or to even open his eyes. Despite his current state, the only thing he could think of was his precious contractor. Was she even alive? Considering the wounds he sustained in battle. Which caused him to realise that he wasn't in his..- His conscious thoughts were interrupted when darkness decided to come and visit again. Please stay...

Rosette had finally recovered back to her usual self after a day of sleeping and two days of resting. As soon as she was granted freedom to leave her bed, her first mission was to see Chrono since according to Father Remington, he had not been awake for the past 3 days. She was reassured he had been taken care of during her time of resting. They had placed him in one of the spare rooms inside the order. She quickly made her way down the corridor towards the end of the last room.

She took hold of the door handle and entered in. There he was. Sleeping soundless as the sun light from the large glass window next to his bed shone down over him. She walked tentatively. What she didn't expect to see was her friend in his true form. His chest was bare and bandaged.

Rosette breathed in and took a long look at her partner. She had only really seen Chrono's true for at least 5 times in her life time and never stayed in it long. Although she'd never admit it, she found his true form truly beautiful. Even mesmerising perhaps. Since becoming older, she had wanted to get to know this man right in front of her, rather than the boy she had always know from the start.

"You gonna wake up anytime soon? You lazy ass." She sighed, placing her hand on top of his. Until his eyes began to flutter, his hand lightly grasping hers. "Rosette..?" Said his low soft voice which came out raspy.

Rosette's eyes widened as she swiftly slipped her hand away. "Hey." She spoke softly. "How are you feeling? You really had me worried, ya know?" She replied, his ancient golden eyes awakening,turning to look up at her. He pulled himself up despite the pain that had spread across his face when he did so.

"Don't go moving, okay? You need to rest." Usually Rosette would be metaphorically kicking his ass for sleeping for 3 days straight but considering their circumstances, she'd let it go this time.

"I'm okay. What about you?" He asked, eyes laced with concern.

"No need to worry about me. You're the one who's been asleep for 3 days."

"Sorry." Chrono smiled. "I was worried you had..-" He looked away for a moment. Rosette knew what he was about to say.

"I won't go down that easily. Don't-" She smiled brightly before being cut off.

"Close the watch, Rosette." His words sharp and serious. Rosette simply shook her head.

"I know you're worried about me, but these wounds are serious. You could die without this.." Rosette placed her hand over the pocket watch.

"Exactly. I'd rather die now instead of you." He said, Rosette's heart sank as he continued. "The battle is over. You have Joshua and a chance to live your life. I won't take that away from you...Close it." Rosette wasn't sure how to react to this, how to react to the way he was speaking: not as a young worried boy but as a man.

She shook her head. "No!"

"Rosette please.." He begged softly. "I want you to live-"

"No..!" Her head lowered to the ground, backing away. "I don't want to talk about this right now." She turned around and walked out of the room.

"She walked out? What on earth happened between the two of you?" Father Remington asked. He had went to check on Chrono after he saw Rosette hurriedly walk out his room in distress.

Chrono closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "I told her to close the watch. She could die because of my wounds." They both knew Rosette's life would come to an end one day but Chrono had promised himself he would not let her die. She'd learn to live without him.

Remington let out an amused smile. "You know how stubborn she is. She won't and you know it yourself." Which was true. Rosette was far more stubborn than he'd ever be. "These wounds might not even be the last of her." But 'might' wasn't an option for Chrono.

"It doesn't matter. These wounds could takes nearly everything of what she has left. She's already lost enough." If Rosette refused to close the watch, then he had one option left. Farther Remington frowned as he noticed Chrono's expression lost in deep thought, as if he had his mind set on something. Something that wasn't safe.

"What are you thinking?" Remington asked.

Chrono looked to the side to where his broken horns that sat on the bedside table.

"Something risky. Something that will save her." But may kill me instead.

I've currently written 7 chapters so far as most of the time I abandon my fanfic, so by writing ahead I should hopefully finish it one day. This story will have possibly 15+ chapters