Chapter 10

AN: Sorry it's been a while! _ I hope y'all had a good thanksgiving! Christmas is coming up soon! Ya ho! I love snow! It's tasty :D I'll shut up and get along with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't wanna! *sighs* Fine…I do not own…Chrono Crusade! There you happy now! You have ruined my life! *runs off to sob in corner*

Corner: Yes! Come here child!

HKA: Ah! Get away!

"Chrono!" Azmaria screamed seeing him lying still in the grass. She crawled out of the window and heard Remington plop down behind her. She raced across the grass to Chrono. Relief washed over her as she saw Chrono stir. She helped him sit up and looked at his face trying to see what he was thinking.

"Aion" he growled. Azmaria had never seen him so angry. Even though he was so sick he was still able to show his anger well. His face was red and Azmaria could almost see the smoke coming out of his large ears.

"What'd he do to you?" Azmaria asked.

"Pfft! Nothing! He just dragged me out here…and said some…things" he said hesitantly.

"What kind of things Chrono?" Azmaria asked as she helped him stand. They walked towards the door.

To bad we can't shove him though the window

"He said he wanted revenge for ruining his plans. He wants to 'play' with us." Chrono said in a whisper. Azmaria knew that he was dangerous being so angry like this but she was to worried about him to be scared.

"That's not a problem is it? We'll just have to keep our guard up and fight him" Azmaria said with a smile. Chrono didn't smile back like he usually did.

"Yeah sure" he said. Azmaria narrowed her eyes quizzically. After getting Chrono back into bed Chrono asked Azmaria to get him something to eat at the cafeteria.

"Remington I need to talk to you" Chrono said.

"I'm listening" the former priest said.

"I'm worried about Azmaria" Chrono said.

"How so? She's doing fine. She hasn't been to sad" Ewan said trying to grasp what he was trying to say.

"No, not like that. I'm meaning Aion" Chrono said.

"You don't have to worry about that. He is after you isn't he?" Ewan asked.

"Yes and no" Chrono said.

"Good God Chrono! Spit it out already!" Remington said getting short.

"When Aion came here he told me he wanted revenge. He wanted to play a little game with us. But he said he was going to get you guys first so that he could upset me" Chrono growled. His face darkened as he spoke of his brother.

"Oh…I see" Remington said surprised.

"I've been thinking, we don't know how long the antidote will arrive do we?" Chrono asked. Remington nodded. "And we don't know if it'll work so I was thinking maybe Azmaria should release the seal so I can fight Aion. The quicker I can beat him the quicker I can cancel the contract" Chrono said.

"I see where you're coming from but don't you think you should be talking to Azmaria instead of me?" Ewan asked the small demon.

"I don't want her to worry. She's been though enough already. The quicker she can get on with her life the better" Chrono said.

"She won't be able to. You know how much she loved you and Rosette. Losing both of you would torture her" Ewan pointed out.

"I know…but Remington, I don't want to take another life of someone I love!" Chrono said. He saw the images of Rosette and Magdalene flash into his head. He cringed and looked away. Remington's gaze softened and he put his hand on Chronos shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"Chrono, I have watched over you and Rosette for four years now. I trust your judgment enough to know that you will decide what's best for Azmaria but please keep her feelings in mind, not just her welfare." Remington said. Chrono looked up with tears brimming his ruby pools.

"How can I do that? If I cancel the contract she'll be upset but if I don't she'll die" Chrono said. His head spun in confusion. How could he keep her happy while providing for her welfare?

"You'll figure out something. I know that Chrono" Remington said. Chrono opened his mouth to speak again but Azmaria walked cheerfully into the room.

"I brought you some soup Chrono!" she exclaimed happily. She could feel the gloom in the room making her wonder what they were talking about. She set the tray on his lap. Chrono smiled up at her.

"Thanks Azmaria!" he said. He took the spoon and started to eat. Azmaria as he tried to eat every last bit of the soup.

"That was delicious" Chrono said. Azmaria said.

"Good! Oh! I forgot something for you to drink. I'll be right back" she raced out of the room. When the door closed Chrono shoved the covers aside and hurried to the bathroom. He leaned over the sink and threw up. Remington looked at him concerned.

"Ugh…the things a demon does to make their friends happy" he mumbled miserably. Ewan smiled.

"You're the only demon that does that stuff Chrono" Remington said with a smile. He walked over and held his hair out of his face as he got sick again. He passed him a glass of water. Chrono gratefully took it and drank a bit and washed his mouth up. He straightened up.

"Thanks" he said. Remington noticed his face was pale and his lips were a little blue. He felt his head.

"Go lay back down" Remington said softly. Chrono nodded and shuffled back into his bed. He pulled the blanket up and tried to soak up its warmth. He shivered. Remington put another blanket on top and put a wet cloth on his head.

"How's that?" he asked.

"It's nice. Thanks Remington" Chrono said. Remington smiled. Chronos blood red eyes closed and his breathing steadied as he drifted into sleep. Remington sat back in a chair and sighed. He ran his fingers though his hair and bent over in prayer. He looked up as the door opened. He put his fingers to his lips and pointed to Chrono asleep on the bed. Azmaria nodded in understanding and put the drink on the table beside his bed. She walked over to Remington.

"How is he?" Azmaria whispered. Ewan sighed.

"I think he got a little worse. He hasn't had an attack yet but he fell asleep really fast" Ewan said. He left out the part of him getting sick for eating the soup.

"Well I guess that's good. I just hope the Elder will hurry up." Azmaria said.

Ewan put his hand on Azmaria's shoulder comfortingly, "I'm sure he's trying his best"

(AN: Haha! The elders probably harassing the other nuns XD)

"Yeah. I need to have more faith in people…like Rosette" she said softly. She hung her head her silvery hair falling over her shoulder. Her shoulder shook in sobs. Chrono awoke from his sleep but neither the former apostle nor former priest noticed. He opened one eye and watched. He felt as if his heart were breaking as he watched his friends. He had caused them this pain and either way, he would cause them more pain. Remington patted her back gently. His blue eyes looked at her sympathetically. Azmaria turned and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. Remington returned the hug and hugged her tightly.

"It's ok Azmaria" he said soothingly.

"How is it ok? Rosettes dead! Aion is still alive and Chronos sick! Everything's going wrong!" Azmaria sobbed. Tears ran down her pale face but she didn't care. How could she care about herself when one of her friends was dead and her other friend was on the road to the same fate. She cried even harder. Remington patted her back murmuring comforting words to her.

"Remington, how will we ever be able to beat Aion! Rosette and Aion already tried once! That should have done it! Are we supposed to use holy water or something?" Azmaria sobbed.

"We'll find a way somehow Azmaria. You know Chrono and I wouldn't let anything hurt you" Ewan said.

"I know! And that's what also worries me! I don't want you two to get to protect me! Too many people have died because of me and I don't want to let that happen again" she cried.

"Azmaria, please keep Chronos feelings in mind. You know he doesn't like contracts" Remington said. Chrono thought he would say more but the tall blond man stayed silent. Azmaria sniffed.

"I know. It just hurts to keep all this inside. Thank you for listening" Azmaria said wiping her eyes and sniffing.

"Anytime you need to talk I'm hear. OK?" Remington said gently. Azmaria nodded. Remington patted her back, "Good then. Now how about you go have some girl time with the other nuns? You could use a break"

"Ok. Thanks Remington" she said politely. She left the room quietly. Remington smiled.

"Nice girl" he murmured. He leaned back against the chair putting his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. Chrono heard the soft snoring coming from the former priest and smiled. He too closed his eyes and tried to sleep.

He opened his eyes to look around a meadow with lush green grass. To one end was a gentle flowing creek with a big rock overlooking the water. On the other end was a stone entrance to what looked like a cave. Chrono lurched seeing the familiar place. It held so many good…and bad…memories. He walked around smiling as the long grass tickled his leg. He sat down under one of the shady trees like he had done with Rosette and Joshua. He sighed remembering this was the place where they had met and hung out. He looked to the rock and saw Rosette standing there. His heart jumped seeing her standing there. Her golden hair blew softly in the breeze and her azure eyes were kind as she gazed steadily down at him. Chrono let out a soft cry of joy to see his beloved contractor and took a step towards the girl.

Rosette held out her hand bringing him to a halt. Chrono looked up questionly. Rosettes kind gaze turned stony cold. Her azure eyes turned purple and her hair grew and turned silver. In a blink of an eye his most beloved person became his most hated person…Aion.

"Rosette!" He cried. He gasped as his chest seemed to tighten making him go rigid. He hunched over clutching his chest trying to breath, which was difficult not to mention painful. He closed his eyes breathing shakily. He covered his mouth and coughed. He cringed at ever cough for it hurt his chest.

Oh please let this stop!

He felt a liquid dripping from his mouth onto his hand. He looked at his hand to blood dripping though his fingers. He looked up to see Rosette looking down at him smiling an evil smile. Chrono furrowed his eyes. Rosette raised a knife to Chrono. Chrono closed his eyes.

If you want to Rosette…go ahead!

"Chrono! CHRONO!" A voice drifted though his dream. He jolted up from his bed whimpering in pain. He gasped in relief as he realized his chest didn't hurt and he wasn't coughing. He breathed heavily.

"Are you ok?" a familiar voice asked. He looked up to see Remington looking at him concerned. Chrono nodded.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I don't know. I think you had an attack. You were making a lot of noise in your sleep and you started coughing" Remington explained motioning to his white blanket. Chrono looked at it and saw a small patch of blood stained on it. He gasped.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I got it stained!" he said. Remington sighed.

"You need to be more concerned about yourself" Remington said. "The blood isn't a big deal. Are you ok? Do you need anything?"

"I'm fine." Chrono said. "Just tired"

"Go ahead and sleep. Let me replace your blanket though. I'll get it washed" Ewan said. He walked to the closet taking an extra blanket. Chrono kicked off the blood stained blanket and let Remington put the other blanket over him. Chrono shivered at the air and buried himself deeper into his blanket.

"Thanks Remington" he said. Exhaustion washed over him suddenly and his eye lids felt heavier. He closed his eyes and drifted quickly to sleep. Remington quickly took the blanket and tired to get it out of the way before Azmaria saw. He walked out of the room and closed the door. He turned and almost bumped into Azmaria. Azmaria saw the blood and her face went pale.

"Oh no" she said.

"He's fine. He's sleeping now" Remington said quietly. Azmaria nodded although Remington could see she was trying not to cry. He put a hand on her shoulder.

"He's strong. He'll pull though" he said. Azmaria nodded and hurried inside. Remington sighed, feeling bad for the young girl. He took the blanket to the laundry room and washed the blanket deep in thoughts about the young demon. He silently prayed to God to give them strength.

Well that's the end of this chapter! How did you like it? Please leave a review! I love them so very much! They brighten my day :D Anyways I have a few questions. I've been pondering if I should have some kind of love form between Chrono and Azmaria. Or maybe that'd be a little too much…hum…leave a review and tell me your thoughts!

Chrono: My heart belongs to Rosette and Rosette only.

HKA: Bleh! Rosette makes me sick!

Azmaria: I don't know. Chronos pretty cute. *blushes sweetly*

HKA: Back off sister! He's mine!

Chrono: Don't I get a say in this?

HKA: No!

Chrono: *Big demon ears droop*

HKA: Well I'll see you next chapter. I think Chrono will get better in a few chapters. I don't know what to do after that. I'm suffering from writer's most feared disease…*scary organ music* writers block! *cringes* anyway! Please leave a review and give me your thoughts! That is what the doctor prescribed!