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Finally I've finish my 13th chapter. It is very hard to keep it focus these days so I got side track a lot. Anyway thanks for the wait everyone, and no I'm not dead yet because I got so much writing and fantasies these days. Let's start the old procedure again like usual.

First off I don't own any chars of Digimon Series. However I do own Sarah Revenant and especially Alphonse Revenant aka Al. I apologize first hand if there is some or lots of spelling and grammar errors because of too much fantasies that i can't focus plus it's my secondary language. Those who enjoys some cooking, I recommend not to write the instructions since it was fictions. otherwise, you may want to try it but i cannot guarantee the taste. Anything else please enjoy.

CHAPTER 13: A Promise is A Promise.

Al woke up from his dreamless slumber after today event. He looked at the ceiling and start stretching from his sleeping position. "Wow, what a day." Al looked at the window for a bit and it was dark outside. "Guess I overslept that I almost missed my dinner." Al tried to feel his glasses on the side of the bed, and when he found it he looked at the clock. He is quite surprise by the time it showed, ‘WHAT... It's almost morning? I didn't intend to sleep that long, but this is way too long.' He looked at his room and it is still a mess from yesterday. The package box still open near his computer and his computer is on standby mode. The extra mattress is out and it's mess as well. Al then remember that he has a guest sleeping on where he is sleeping now, and since he is wide awake, he start tidying up his room.

He pulled out the sheet from his bed and replaces it with the sheet from the mattress. He done the same thing with his pillow and his blanket, he placed the extra pillow and mattress inside the closet like before. He made up the bed and then went out to put them in the laundry, but when he went to the laundry room he saw that his mother Sarah once again slept on the couch. He looked at the door spontaneous because of his last experience and saw that the door was closed and the keys were attach to the door. ‘At least she heard me well yesterday,' he thought for a moment then suddenly he dropped the laundry and rush to the door and thought, ‘NOT!' He grabbed the handle and tilted it down and noticed the door open without any force or restraint. ‘She may close the door, but she forgot to lock it up. Man I hate you, mom.' He closed the door and locked it, took the keys and put it on the shoe rack.

Al went back to grab his laundry and put it in the laundry basket. He went to the kitchen doing the same routine like yesterday and this time he didn't forget the bucket, plus an alarm set at six in the morning.

He went back to his room grabbed a towel and a clean underwear then headed to the bathroom for a shower. He rubbed his body here and there with soap and rinsed it, brush his teeth, then went back to his room.

He prepared all things for his today's school schedule, a clean red shirt and yesterday jeans. He then looked at the computer and saw the new equipment that has been given by the Destinies yesterday. He reaches the D. Terminal that sat right next to the slot where his Digivice has been placed then pinches himself. He felt the pain from the pinch, ‘So it wasn't a dream. I've become one of the Destinies.' He then frowned and sad because he remembers what Takato told him about the rules, ‘Too bad that I can't tell anyone about them and me being the Destinies and everything.' He put the D. Terminal down and went back to the bed dressing up.

After he dressed up, he heard a light beeping sound coming from his computer desk, and it was the D. Terminal that emits the beeping sound. He grabbed the D. Terminal and opened the screen pad. He looked at the screen and saw two messages. One was from someone called Gennai and the other one was Takato. He opened the first message and it said, "Congratulations on joining the team. We hope that we can work together without any problems in the near future. You're sincere: Gennai." Al then opened the next one and it said, "This is Takato. I completely forgot to tell you, that you always bring the D. Terminal and your Digivice with you wherever you go. Anything else, we will keep in touch." Al smiled for those two messages and then deletes it. He grabbed his white black striping Digivice and put both of them inside his bag. He walked back to the kitchen while bringing his trash and preparing his own instant breakfast, which contain cereal, bread, milk and juice.

While he was eating, the alarm went off and he ignored it. In about three minutes the alarm went silent, followed by groaning sound from Sarah. "Ugh... My head is still hurt." Al wait for a moment to hear another familiar sound that came from Sarah after saying those words, but nothing came out. ‘No hurling, that means she went home early.' "Good morning, mom."

Sarah looked around and saw Al is in the kitchen and replied, "Good morning, dear. *yawn* what a rough night last night."

"You telling me, mom. You forgot to lock the door last night."

"I'm sorry that I forgot again."

"Anyway, you are lucky that I'm not in the mood for lecturing you mom. In the mean time, I've already put some nanny add for babysitting you mom."

Sarah gasp hearing what his son done without discussing with her first, "What, since when?" Al went silent for a moment while chewing some cereal, then gave a small smirk because what he said was a joke. Sarah saw the smirk and then she yelled, "Alphonse Revenant!!!"

Al burst into laugh after hearing his mother called him like that. "Pfft...Ha...Ha...Ha... Fooled you, mom." Al covered his eyes with his left hand holding some tears of joy while laughing. "Sorry about that, the idea just pop out all of sudden and ... and I can't stand without laughing." Al took a deep breath numerous times trying to cast his laugh aside. Then finish up his breakfast faster. "I'm going to school early today. Probably come home late, I'll see you later."

"Alright be careful on your way to school." Sarah told Al before the door closed. Al began to run to the bus stops and wait for the 6:20 bus which is closest to his school. The bus came and Al climbs aboard the bus and pay the fee. Inside the bus there are at least three or four businessmen and several students from different schools. Al took an empty seat and went silent looking out the window, seeing new passengers climb aboard from each and every stop the bus made. After a couple more stops he finally reach to the destination where it is the nearest to his school.

Al descends from the bus and star walking to the school. Some students pass him and he didn't know all of them and thus he kept silent. When he reaches at the lobby, someone called him. He turned around and saw Vinnie the orange short hair girl. Al smiled at her and greets Vinnie, "Morning Vinnie. How are you today?" Vinnie didn't answer his question; instead she raised her hand with her palm hand point at the sky. Al was confused by her action as if she begs for something from him, "What is this all about?" he asked while pointing Vinnie's hand.

Vinnie put up a grin smile and jolt his memories back, "Well I manage to get five dolls and still had some tokens left, what's left of it is my big prize."

Al suddenly remembered the bet he made with Vinnie at the arcade at the day after yesterday. His thought began to flush in like a tsunami, ‘Aw MAAANNN! I completely forgot about the wager we made back at the arcade.' He started to get cold sweat in early morning, ‘Got to think some excuses hurry or there goes my allowance.' "Umm what are you talking about, I was out early that time and I didn't witness your catch at the crane."

"It's true that you left early, but I had a witness that convince me as the winner and that is Ms. Kamiya."

‘Crap... I forgot that she was there. I'm done for. ' "Alright you won," he admit defeat to Vinnie. "What kind of treats do you want me to buy?"

Vinnie start to think hard about the treat she will have soon. "I know what I want. There‘s an ice cream shop at Downtown that sells the tastiest banana split sundae, and I sure like to try that one out."

Al's face started to pale when he heard her request, "Are you sure about that? You know that I couldn't afford that kind of ice cream, plus it's the middle of month so I don't expect to have any money till next month. Not to mention those bullies always asking for money with violence."

"You are right since you told me about those bullies. They always bother freshmen and sophomores quite often. Especially to the weak one just like you," Vinnie began to think again for her treat and make sure that it wasn't too expensive for him to pay, but she found nothing.

Al also thinks hard on this subject as well. Then he suddenly remembered something, "How about I treat you with a cake? I know that you like sweets and the home economics class had all the ingredients that I need for baking a simple cake. Of course I need her permission first."

Vinnie looked at Al gleefully like a puppy wants some food from its master. "You really mean that?"

"A man never go back his words unlike those sophomore bulls," Vinnie start to giggle when she knew what he meant by ‘sophomore bulls'. "Come on, let's grab our books before the bell..." they heard the bell starts ringing, "...rang." Both of them start to run and headed toward to their designated class since they were late.

Al had a Biology lesson while Vinnie had English lesson. Since they don't bring any text book for their period, they were completely out of clue which chapters were the teachers is discussing. But not for Al, he took some notes on what his teacher lectures for two hours straight. Finally the bell rang again telling all students for getting to next session on each schedule.

Al had his time to rush toward his locker and grab some text books for his next lesson. After getting all the books he needed, he rushed toward the Physics class for one hour session. In recess, he made some time to go to the teacher's lounge to see Kari. He reaches the lounge and knocks on the door then open the door. Inside he saw that Kari is talking with other teachers. Al was asked by another teacher that closest to the door, "Can I help you, young man?"

Al gasps since his mind was set at Kari. "Yes, I would like to see Ms. Kamiya, please." The teacher called Kari and Kari replied then she saw Al at the door then approach him.

"What can I do for you, Al?" asked Kari.

"Well, I would like to borrow the Home Economics class to bake a simple cake maybe after class, Ms. Kamiya." Al replied feeling uneasy for her next question.

"And may I ask why do you want to bake a cake in such a short notice?" Al slapped his head knowing the exact question that he wants to avoid.

"I just want to pay the wager to Vinnie since I lost it." Al explained her feeling ashamed, "Also a small gift from me to you, Mr. Takato, Guilmon and Gatomon." He added more in whispers to Kari.

Kari eyes widen a bit and then smiled at Al. "You kept your promise to Vinnie and gave a small gift for me as well, that is so nice of you. Let see if I could manage it, in the mean time you'll have to wait at the Home Economics at lunch time."

Kari has made a promise to Al and Al kept it by waiting at the front of Home Economics class at the beginning of lunch period. Al waited for quite a while and he killed his time by looking other students walk by, hearing rumors and gossips. He saw Kari walking with haste toward the Home Economics class with several books in her left hand and a key to her right hand. Al greet her like a normal student teacher should and Kari replied while opening up the door to the class room. After Kari and Al entered the class, she locked the door to ensure their privacy or secrecy.

Al looked at Kari and asks, "What did you bring just now, Ms. Kari?"

Kari headed toward the teacher's desk and spread the books she brought. "Since you want to bake some cakes, I brought some books about cakes for you to browse."

Al looked at the books and saw several of cakes for him to choose. From single layer to multi layers with various filling, circle to rectangular with various height, plain to fruits filling, also with various decoration. Al's head starting to get dizzy with all the selections he can choose. "Um... Ms. Kari, I think these were too much for me to handle. There are so many cakes to choose from."

Kari just smiled at him, "Why don't we choose the easy one first, like a birthday cake?"

"Well," Al scratches his head feeling a little confuse. "There are several kinds of birthday cakes, which one should we make?"

Kari began to browse the books and found an interesting cake, simple yet tasty. "How about we make this one? A cake with chocolate layer with white cream cover and chocolate decorations, simple and easy don't you think?"

"Sounds great but will Gatomon like sweet stuff?"

"Now that you mention it, she doesn't."

"In that case, we use less sugar at the layer and the cream."

"Hmm... I don't know. What do you think, Gatomon?"

"As long as it's not too sweet, I think I can eat it." Gatomon spoke from inside Kari's D â€" Server.

"And how much sugar do you mean by that?" Al asked.

"I don't know, maybe half of it."

Her suggestion gave him some small inspiration for the cake he is about to make. "I think I have a small idea for that but I don't know how to bake a cake."

Kari offered the help, "I can show you how to make, and for the taste is up to you. You will help us too, Gatomon." She pointed the D â€" Server to an open space, "Come on out, Gatomon." Her D â€" Server start flashing and Gatomon materialize afterward.

She stretches her feline body feeling relief, "Why do I have to help him, Kari?"

"The more people to help, the faster the jobs done, furthermore you want the cake that isn't too sweet for your taste so we might need your tongue."

"Alright, I'll help. Just tell me what you need and I'll bring it to you."

With the help from Kari and Gatomon, Al starts to bake a cake. Al measured all the ingredients exactly like the cook book. Al put the flour, butter and sugar into the mixing bowl and since he didn't know anything he started the mixer and the ingredient start to splatter everywhere. After the second attempt he adjusts the speed and it mix fine like the book said. He added the yolk, milk powder and baking powder, and then let it mix more in medium speed. After that he added the white egg that has been foamed and some essence for the taste.

Kari set out the oven and the bowl tray while Gatomon prepare the next ingredients for the cream and decoration. Al stops the mixer after all the ingredients were all mixed well, then pour it in to the bowl tray slowly and carefully. Kari help Al put the tray in to the oven and start to bake. "That takes care of the cake, and now for the cream, layer and decoration," said Al. Al measured again all the ingredients except for the sugar.

He starts with mixing white egg into foam. He added the butter and half amount of sugar for the final step of the cream. Al wanted to call for Gatomon and saw that she was washing the dishes with her gloves off. "Hey Gatomon, do you mind to try the cream I made?"

Gatomon look at Al, "The cream is ready already, wow that was fast." Then she move toward Al. Al took the bowl then squad down so that Gatomon can reach it. She took a small dip and tasted the cream. "The sweet is just right. You sure know how to put the right amount of sugar."

Al felt quite happy to hear her comment, "Well I'm glad that you like it." He then noticed the cross scar on her left hand-paw. "Gatomon, what's that scar on your paw?"

Gatomon felt uneasy when someone notices about her scar. She covered it with his other paw and expressed a sad feeling and that makes Al felt guilty about it. "This scar was a remnant from my past," is all Gatomon could tell for now.

Al can't say another word about that scar, so he will wait when the time is right. And speaking of time, the last period has already started 30 minutes ago which makes him skip his class for the first time. "Oh no, I missed my noon class. What should I do?"

Kari open a small suggestion, "Well you could tell the teacher that you want some extra marks on the Home Economics, so you bake a cake."

"Maybe I'll try that, but I need your confirmation Ms. Kari."

"What are teachers for?"

"But still don't use your position as you please. I feel very uncomfortable with that. Any way we got to keep on going, the cake is finally ready." Al continued on his doing by separating the cream into two bowls and one of them will be added with cocoa powder. After all the creams and decoration are ready, now for the layer, by taking some chocolate bar and melted in the small pot. He added some flour and milk for reducing the sweet. The cake has been taken out from the oven and ready to be decorated. He cut the cake horizontally at the center of the cake then smeared some chocolate layer that he melted earlier and put it back again. He covered the cake completely with white cream and as for the decoration; he put the chocolate cream into a plastic bag with a small cut one at one of the corner end then squirt slowly. Finally the cake is complete.

Al put the cake at the teacher's desk and starts cleaning up his mess. The total time taken for making one cake is two hours and he felt very tired. Kari and Gatomon were amazed at the cake.

Al started the conversation, "Why don't we try some? It is our hard works and efforts." Kari cut the cake into half then cut again into three small pieces for them. Al took a bite and his reaction was disappointed. "Oh no, it's hard to chew."

On the other hand Kari and Gatomon tried their share and showed less disappointment. "It is your first attempt, there are always some mistakes. Other than hard, everything is fine and I can eat it," said Gatomon with a smile.

"Well I'm happy that you can eat the cake. I hope she accept this cake since it is handmade."

"I'm sure she will," Kari answered giving Al some confident. "So let's cut it more into seven pieces and packed it up." She cut the cake again into seven pieces and put it on the plastic plate then wrapped it. "Let's see now. Four pieces for us, one piece for Vinnie and the last two is for you and your mother."

"Thank you for everything, Ms. Kari. I couldn't done all of this without your help."

"That's okay. What are friends for; especially you are one of the team."

"Like I promise the four pieces are for you as my gratitude." Al gave the four pieces to Kari and she accepts it.

"It's not a problem, and beside we have more gifts for you in the future if we work together." Then they heard the bell rang telling them that the school is over for the day.

"Guess I should meet up with Vinnie. Thank you once again." Al bowed down to Kari and then rushed toward to lobby. On his half way to the lobby, his paces were halt because he saw Toby and the other two talking to each other either scheming on who will be their prey or something else. Al doesn't care about it so he took another route avoiding them as possible since he brought the cake of course.

Al continued his pace again while keeping an eye for them hoping that they won't see or find him today. It took more time to get to the lobby but he manages to reach it without meeting the bullies and also brought the cakes undamaged. Al saw Vinnie waiting at the entrance and called her. Al gave the Vinnie the piece that he promised, "Here's the cake that I promise, Vinnie. Don't bother with the taste since it was handmade."

"Why thank you. That is so sweet of you." Vinnie gladly accept her winning prize.

Al warned her about the bullies back at the hall, "Now that I kept my promise, I should head home right now. The bullies are still looking for me and I'm afraid that they will find you and harmed you as my substitute."

Vinnie nodded acknowledging Al's advices about the bullies, "Alright, let's get out of here before they see us." Al and Vinnie rush out off the lobby and head toward the street before Toby and the bully brothers saw them. Vinnie and Al keep running far away from the school ground making sure that Toby and the bullies didn't see or chase them. When they think that they were far enough, they stop for some air they spent from running.

Al looked at their surrounding and they were not on sight, "I think they didn't saw us. We can relax now."

"I hope the cake didn't smash when we were running." Vinnie is more concern about her cake than herself or Al.

Al looked at her and then shook her head, "Don't worry about the cake. It's tougher than you think."

Vinnie looked at the cake, "Wow, besides the decorations were mess, the cake is still fine." She took a bite. "Wow, it really is hard. You knew this like you made it by yourself."

"That because it really is handmade by me mostly and I guess that it isn't sweet like any cakes that you ate, right?"

"You guess it correctly. In fact this is the first time I taste the cake that sweet less than any other cake."

"Well I do make it for someone else as well and they prefer less sweet. But I have to admit, this is the first time for me as well and I say it is nice though."

"You're right, it taste good like any other cakes. Thank you for the cake, Al." Vinnie continue eating her share of the cake, and that please Al a bit for his efforts. "I'll see you again at the school."

"Bye and be careful, Vinnie." Al bade her farewell and headed toward the bus stop. He waited for a certain bus that passed his home or at least closest to his home. He paid the fee and sat at the window waiting for his stop. While he waited for his stop, he opened his bag and retrieved his D â€" Terminal and start browsing it so he could understand more in the near future.

He opened the monitor and browse for a moment. ‘The monitor is black and white. Takato said there is no need for batteries; I guess that what he said was true because I didn't see any power indicator. The signal is at high state means no disturbance, impressive. The keypad was small and it's hard to type without any mistakes unless you had a strong nail to type them accurately.' He reached his Digivice from his bag. He browsed the device and notice that the screen is multi color. On the screen displayed a single reptilian Digimon with yellow scale and white pair of eyes stared blankly at those who make an eye contact with it. ‘It's not like them, although it takes form of a Digimon but it's not them. I guess that this will remain as an empty vessel for me to use in the game. But still there are mysteries in this world and that new world where Digimon lives; and the only way to connect them is through the game. Guess I better check it when I've got the time.'

His train of thoughts has been derailed when he notice that he just pass his stop. He quickly reaches a string signaling the driver that there are passengers will descend at the next stop. Al rushes toward the exit panel and wait till the bus reached at the next stop. After the bus stop and the doors open, Al descends and starts walking to his home.

After 20 minutes of walking, he reaches his home without any problems. He opened the locked door and entered straight toward his room. He looked at his alarm clock and its 4:30. His mother will be home around six or seven. He put the cakes at the study desk and let himself fall on the bed, feeling a little tired from his events for that day. So he close his eyes, remove his glasses, turn on his study lamp and go to sleep.

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That's the end for this chapter I hope that you enjoy the stories so far. I must inform for the upcoming story, there will be time skip for avoiding any more confusion in my head. I do accept any comments and critics like usual. Thank you.