Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter and sorry for it being late. Also. . . anyone there that knows what happened in the Manga after Rosette say Chrno sobbing beside Mary's grave during the time Rosette dived into his soul HELP ME! Please tell me what happened next so that I can continue with this story of mine. SNIFF.

Dedicated: I know that it's late but I still want to dedicate this chapter to my mom on mother's day(even though it's late. FORGIVE ME OKASAMA!!!) and also my manong (big brother) Remembering that you're always In my heart Protecting me. . .

Hehe gommenasai for the blurt.

Disclaimer: Chrno Crusade is not my property. Yade yadeh yadah so shut up and let's get on with the story already! (Sorry, Not in the mood during the writing of this chapter)

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Chapter 4: My Moon

Precious light that scares away the darkness of the night. . .

Rival of the sun that shine bright

Thank you for without you

Darkness would have engulfed me

And I would not have the courage to stand up

Before the darkness that comes from my Heart. . .

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Chrno's POV: (I can't seem to stop myself from having him as my POV)

I laid back upon the grassy fields of Purgatory. My past experiences here were both bitter and sweet. (how crappy!!!!) I wish this were all but a dream, a fantasy. I want to go back to my own reality. Back to the time where I and Rosette only had to worry about Aion and not. . . each other.

I rolled to my side just as the cool breeze swayed passed my hair and white tunic, my mind still stuck with the questions and mystery before me. . .

Time has always been our enemy but Rosette and I pulled through all those years ago. Rosette showed courage even in the face of sheer death . . .then has her valor run out after this?Was it because she had nothing left to live for and the possibility of happiness, for her, was dusk?

'God, it's all my fault, isn't it?'

"---"

"Of course; No reply from the almighty One." I groaned and clutched the grassy field with the hand that was hooked to the 'special ring'. It had turned back to its original color, emerald, just after I entered Purgatory yet again. And now I'm here on the grass earth-like meadow . . .waiting for her to arrive. Maybe she's the one for me after all. . .

I sighed and watched the sunlight above until something blocked me of my view up ahead.

"Hello there Chrno." The form above me greeted, her voice had a melodious tinge to it. And I gasped. . .

I tumbled down the slope when I finally recognized that voice, that sweet angel's voice before me . . . It was that of my first love. "Ma—Mary" my throat became dry just by speaking her name. "Mary Magdalene." I repeated, now better spoken.

She smiled back to me with all of her gentleness in it. She was so different from Rosette. 'If Rosette was here now and saw me this cowardly. . . I would have died again and stayed put in the dark abyss before Purgatory, scared of her because I know she'll be waiting to get another whack on me.' I joked to myself. Indeed, she was so serene and maybe more angelic than Rosette?

'No!' I shook myself. 'I shouldn't be thinking of Rosette. Not now.'

I suddenly felt her presence beside me, sitting in decent attire that consisted of the clothes she wore when she was still alive, back when we were still with the Sinners.(A/N: please think of her attire from the manga series) "Why—What are you doi—doing h—here Mary?" I stammered, making myself blush in embarrassment. I tried not to make eye contact with her and sat upright so I could adjust to the . . . unusual predicament.

"I'm sorry for surprising you Chrno." She apologized but there was laughter in her tone of voice.

I sat there and remained silent trying my hardest to make my irritation inconspicuous to the maiden. "So, why are you here?" I quietly added.

"Oh!—"her laughter died sown and formed into a pleasant smile. One that made anyone melt at sure bliss that also included me.

"My train arrived just a while ago. St. Peter was there to greet me at the station and he told me that you were here in the meadows trying to relax yourself." She reasoned, there were no signs of aggressions in her words and actions, even her eyes.

'Mary's so calm and gentle' I thought to myself remembering that if she were Rosette, she would have already pummeled me for slacking off. A smile unconsciously graced my lips as I thought of those days—

'SLAP! Stop thinking about her!'I mentally punished myself. "I'm sorry Mary for having caused you the trouble of fetching me."

"Oh no Chrno, don't be so gullible." She giggled. "I insisted that I myself would fetch you and maybe get some laugh out of it—"

"—and apparently it worked." I added, somehow knowing that that would be her next words. I was, undoubtedly, correct when she nodded in agreement.

"So. . ." she stood up and patted the dirt and dusk from her skirt; once done, she held a hand towards me." Let's go." she smiled as I hesitantly took her helping hand and we quickly ran together towards the gates that connected this world with paradise.

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We finally reached the gateway; we were then warmly welcomed by the old pope as he stepped down from his vertigo post, at the same time preventing himself from doing his regular routine. It was his way of greeting us.

"My, my, that was rather quick." He pointed out. "Thanks you dear child."

Once that was finished, I was again being stared and interrogated by the grayish eyes of the saint. Seriousness was undoubtedly upon him.

"So Chrno, did you enjoy your brief stay here at Purgatory?" St. Peter asked, pushing his small rectangular glasses up his crooked nose.

I straightened before him as I answered a stifled "yes sir"

His small, chapped mouth soon curved into an enlightened and amused smile. "Good, good, I'm glad to hear that. We here, at Purgatory, have been planning to expand these borders in order to accommodate more souls in it."

I almost fell to the ground at his sudden shift of mood. "Ex—expand sir?"

"Quite right, you see, more souls are beginning to enjoy their stay here rather than going to heaven. They say that that place was more 'stuck up' and stricter than anywhere. Of course they don't plan on staying on the underworld so we've decided to make this their temporary 'hotel' as they say it in your time."

"Wouldn't that mean that they'll become ghosts because they have yet to rest?" Mary inquired.

"Oh pish posh!" the saint retaliated. "Try sitting in that rackety chair doing paper work for centuries and we'll see who's restless and besides, I won't mind the ghosts of beautiful maidens to be here by my side. Hohoho!" he joked (?)

I sweat dropped at his joke (?) He seems to have some humoristic side from Elder. . . no can't be that harsh on him. . . Shader, yes, he's 'funny' like my old feline inventor and companion Shader ehehe.

Or maybe it was Rosette's doing when she first arrived here even though she has been entitled as a Saint back on Earth . . . the people closest to her, mostly me and Sister Kate knew her as the devil in real life. I sighed.

"Thinking about Rosette, Chrno?" someone asked. I silently gasped when I saw it was Mary.

"N—no!" I immediately spoke, also avoiding her gaze so that things wouldn't go like those with Rosette.

"It's okay Chrno." She smiled softly towards me as our group again passed through the lighted corridors of heaven.

It felt strange to have felt her pure forgiveness again. It was unlike any other and neither was the person. I believe that it was her forgiving attitude that gave me hope of escaping the Sinners and think more of myself and what I wanted.

I know that without her smile, at that time, I would've never found my peace.

She was my savior from sadness. . .

The surroundings became that of heaven's train station. Cold, dark, and smelled like smoke from burnt charcoal. A large black train was on the track, ready to depart.

She's my comfort and . . .

"Chrno do you have the ring?" the late pope asked, trying to make his voice as clear as possible as the train's whistle blew.

I nodded as a gust of wind approached us. We, Mary and I, were now standing on one of the train's platform.

"Good, now that ring, you should be careful with it because it will try to rewrite your past." He exclaimed just as the train began to run towards the light.

"Wait! Why?" I shouted.

"Mary!" his hoarse voice spoke before he once again disappeared in the cloud of steam and charcoal smoke as well as the station.

Mary. . . ask. . . Mary. It sounded reasonable, knowing that the holy maiden has been in heaven for countless of decades already.

And. . .

"Chrno. . ." someone touched my shoulder to protest me from doing any drastic movements.

I looked at her, Silent and confused. Although she shone me a smile, a smile that meant that she will explain everything to me.

"let's go inside." She reached out her long slender and wounded hand.

. . . and my helping hand.

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"I. . . I. . ." it was shocking to me. It was the unbearable truth that they, Mary AND Rosette, had been keeping away from me. "I . . . forgive me Mary. Rosette." I spoke in gritted teeth. I was frustrated at myself.

"Chrno please. . ."

"Mary." I was devastated. "The fact that every minute I spent inside those dreams meant that I was rewriting Rosette's and soon to be yours was hard enough but. . . but the fact that—"

"Chrno." I felt her comfort my trembling and clenched hands.

Although my bangs covered my tear-stained eyes, I couldn't help but feel watery trickles come forth and fall unto my lap and hands.

"Chrno!" she snapped, reaching to embrace my sobbing body and spirit. "You needn't to cry. I and Rosette chose to walk in this path and knew the consequences of our actions."

Before I could react, the train racked off balance and we became urgently concerned when we both felt a blighted heat on board our cabin.

"I'm going out." I reached for the exit door near us when I heard her.

"I'm coming with you." It was more of a demand rather than a request.

There was no time as a violent surge came against our cabin and we quickly ran towards the exit and opened it without hesitation.

The door clicked open to a galaxy of stars glimmering and shining in their own mysterious way. The largest light was that of the exit of this world. That was also where our train's tracks were going. Below, I glanced down, was dyed with red crimsons and covered with intensifying heat.

"Hell." She spoke as a gust of heated dusk came upon us. "We pass through hell in order to go to Earth."

"Mary, we need to go back!" I shouted to her, pulling her inside but she kept on resisting and instead, stared at the exit to Earth.

A flare of red magma flew to the proceeding tracks to far, causing the railway in front to slowly but surely melt and dissipate.

"Mary." I was now in front of her, shaking her shoulders as a wake-up call.

"No." she stated.

"Trust me Chrno. Trust us." She then pushed me, ejecting me from her but I was somehow able to reach the fog of pure white light. But Mary?—

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Chrno. . .

I woke up, dazed and confused. Shaking myself, I almost suffocated at the surroundings in front of me. I was nearing reality and gazed at myself. I was kneeling on reddish ground; hands were covered in crimson fluid. I also recognized myself to be in my demon form and had my horns on me.

"What is this place?!" I looked in front of me and saw numerous corpses laid on the ground, those of demons and of humans. The sky was crimson and it was swelling hot. "Where am I!" I shouted but I heard only the sound of amused although hated laughter.

"Simple you imbecile, You're in Hell."

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Author's Note: Gommenasai that it took this long. I decided to make this story longer than I had originally planned with more and more plot twists for your delight.(and confusion joke!) I just hope that you'll understand this story with this guide:

Short Summary of my idea of the story:

I intended to make the story about Chrno's second chance to have a life with either Rosette, his second love, or Mary Magdalene, his first love. Making him go through past events that made him love her. At the same time, there are changes in the girls' characters because of 'unknown' reasons. (unknown because I ain't telling cause that's on the next or later chapter!)

Umm. . . oh yeah! This story is widely based and mostly based on the anime because I don't know the manga. . . the part where Rosette dives into Chrno's memories. Except for when Chrno and Mary will be experiencing Mary's dream cause that'll be Manga based.

Well, I hope that some of you somehow get my plot. . . for now. . . so see ya next chapter(if I can find the manga. . .HELP ME TO HELP YOU ONNEGAI!)