Thanks to Tsukuyume-Yue, MoonlightsPath, Teruna Hime, and MisoGirl for reviewing! I'm sorry it took so long to get this out, life here has been nuts!
V-Vagary:
Chrno had never seen such a look of horror of Rosette's lovely face before.
The way she looked at Remington after he had smacked her to the side in order to fight with him and him alone made Chrno's stomach turn in to painful knots. He could see the betrayal in her eyes, the confusion and the anger that things had ended up this way. This wasn't something they had seen coming and from the looks of things, it had broken Rosette's heart. How could someone Rosette trusted so much all of a sudden turn and attack him like this?
With every swing of his massive blade Chrno could feel Rosette's weak heart take another blow. Every time he bled from an injury inflicted by the man who had once threatened to tear Rosette and Joshua away brought another round of tears from Rosette's beautiful blue eyes.
"She trusted you!" Chrno yelled out as he went for Remington once more. "What do you think you're doing!?"
"Why don't you open the pocket watch?" Remington asked as he stood before Chrno with a grim look on his face. "Perhaps then this would be an even match."
How could he?
After everything he had been through with Rosette, how could he say such a thing? Who was this man? This wasn't the man who Rosette had told him about, this wasn't the man who helped them the day he and Rosette had made the contract. This person before him was a warrior, hell bent on taking down the demon, the monster that he was supposed to have destroyed fifty-four years before. Had this person existed within Remington the entire time? Or had something brought it out of him?
Chrno wanted to scream, wanted to unleash the full extent of his power on this man who had hurt Rosette, his Rosette. But if he truly wanted to avenge the pain he had caused the young Nun, he had to make sure to take down Remington without unleashing the power of the watch.
But of all things, Remington's sudden urge to kill Chrno wasn't what surprised the demon the most. What had made his mouth drop open in shock was the image of Rosette holding her gun, tears in her eyes and smile on her face, right at the blond man in front of him. There wasn't a hint of fear on her face or in her posture as she stood with the gun in her hands, and Chrno felt his heart skip a beat at the image.
Yes, this strong young woman was indeed the person he loved with all of his heart.
That sight, the divine sight, was enough to bright a smile to his face in the middle of the fierce battle. He could win this fight so long as Rosette remained by his side. He could win this entire war if she just stood close to him. Aion would be nothing, and then they could go on living with Joshua.
R&R please!