AN: Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Hope you guys can forgive me. I also decided to update some of the story's art and words. Check it out if you want.

"Welcome back. Wow, you picked quite a bit." Trey greeted them as they entered the school kitchen.

"With all this we can make a huge tart!" Grim exclaims as the others set down the chestnuts on the table.

"Well, peeling all of this is going to be a challenge but... Let's get to it." The clover boy says.

"Wait, all of this... There's no end in sight..." Deuce sighs.

"Making sweets is all about preparation." Trey tells them.

"Yeah, yeah, we get it! Let's get this over with already! Ow! Damn you man!" Ace says then curses when Isaac pinches him.

"You do remember that you're the reason for this in the first place right? So stop complaining and get peeling." The black haired boy scolds. Not wanting to incur the taller boy's wrath, as he knew what that would lead to, Ace promptly shuts up and they all start peeling.

"Puah! We're finally done peeling!" Ace let a breath as they finished.

"Ugh... My arms hurt..." Deuce groans.

"Haha. Good job. Your hard work will make it even tastier." Trey says.

"Mhmm, I'm full from just the smell." Grim sighs when he smells the ingredients.

"Next up, we mix the butter and sugar into the chestnut paste, then we add oyster sauce as the secret ingredient." The clover boy says next. Huh?

"Oyster sauce?!" Ace and Deuce say surprised, while Isaac gives a skeptical look.

"Yep. The savoriness of oysters adds a depth of flavor and richness to the cream." He says with a straight face, and yet... "Here's some young oyster sauce with the walrus seal of approval. Famous patisseries all use it in their tarts." He says.

"Seriously? That's pretty salty." Deuce questions.

"Well, even chocolate gets put in curry all the time... It might be good." Ace says. While that was true...

"Okay, I think we get the joke Trey. You can stop now." Isaac says, figuring it out.

"Pfft! Ahaha!" The said boy bursts into laughter. "Yeah, it's a joke. Oyster sauce doesn't belong in sweets." He confirms.

"Screw you! You said it with a straight face." Ace scowled.

"Haha! If you took a second to think about it, you'd figure it out, like Isaac over there." Trey says. "Don't just go accepting things without a healthy amount of skepticism. Better study up." He advises. Okay, fair point.

"This guy looks nice but is actually pretty good at lying..." Grim comments.

"Next up is the whipped cream... Huh?!" Trey begins, then exclaims.

"What's the matter?" Ace asked.

"You guys all gathered so many chestnuts that I got ahead of myself and made too much marron paste. Ahh... and we don't have enough whipped cream to mix into it." He says. Oh, that was a problem.

"I can go out and buy some. Is it sold at the school store?" Deuce offers then asks.

"Yes. You can find pretty much anything at that place, so it should be there. Could I ask you to pick up a few other things as well?" Trey said then asked and started listing off the things he needed.

"In that case, why don't I come with you Deuce? I doubt you can carry all that on your own." Isaac offers.

"You're right. I could use some help." Deuce agrees.

"I'm going too!" Grim suddenly exclaims. "I'm tired of mixing flour endlessly." The feline then adds. Isaac sighs then picks up his familiar. Trey writes down a list and hands it to him and Deuce, and the pair take off for the school store.

~*Blue-Blood of Night Raven*~

"Pardon us... Wow, this place is amazing." Deuce said in awe as the trio enter the school store. "There's a crystal skull... grimoires... What kind of taxidermy is this?" He lists off some of the many things that they find in there.

"Yeah... Do they really sell whip cream here?" Grim questions.

"I can't tell. I somehow feel like we stepped into a different world." Isaac admits.

"Well hello! My lost little demons, how goes it?" Said a young looking man with dark tan and what looked bones painted on him. "Welcome to Mr. S's Mystery Shop. What can I do for you today? A charm for uncharted lands? The mummy of an ancient king? Or how about some cursed tarot cards?" He offers.

"Ffgna! You scared me!" Grim exclaims.

"Woah! All of the villains, I didn't expect to see Dr. Facilier here. I hope we don't meet any friends he might have on the other side. Especially considering the things he's offering to sell us. No thank you!" Isaac thought, shell shocked.

"Actually, we'd like the things written here." Deuce says, handing the man the list.

"And some cans of tuna!" Grim adds.

"No! We don't need any tuna!" The spade boy rejects.

"You, no, but we of Phantom will be needing it." Isaac adds in.

"What, what? Whipped cream, eggs... Oh! A nice sweet line-up. Ok! Coming right up then." The guy, Mr. S possibly, says and goes to get said items.

"Ooooh... He really does have them." Deuce says, a little surprised.

"Must be one of those places that has "everything"." The blue-blood comments.

"Sorry about the wait. Careful, it's a bit heavy." Mr. S says as he enters with the items, handing them over. "If you order now, you can get a 1/100 size floating platter to carry your purchases for 30% off." He offers.

"What's that? It sounds cool!" Grim asks, interested.

"Not something we need. Don't worry though Mr. S, I'm pretty strong. I can carry this." Isaac tells Grim then replies to the man. "Actually, could you get this stuff as well?" He then asked, handing a different list to the shop owner.

"Sure can do! By the way, it's Sam. You don't need to start with Mister either." The guy, Sam apparently, agrees then goes off.

"Huh? What's that list for?" Deuce asks curious.

"Food for our dorm, including tuna. Plus, baking that tart gave me an idea I want to try." Isaac replies.

Later, Sam came back with the stuff from Isaac's list, and the trio left the store with their purchases, heading back to the school kitchen to Trey and Ace. Passing by the Great Seven statues on the main street.

"That store was certainly crazy." Deuce comments. Isaac agrees with him.

"Humph. Stingy Deuce, and Isaac." Grim grumbles, referring to how he wanted to look around the shop more, but was pulled away by the two boys.

"Who are you calling stingy?" Deuce asked,

"Yeah, Grim. We go can and look around the store more later. Trey and Ace are both still waiting for us." The black-haired vampire says.

"Hmm... Hey Isaac, that bag of cans seems pretty heavy. Here, I'll carry it for you." Deuce offers and takes the bag of cans from the other boy.

"Thanks, but it's actually that heavy, and I'm stronger than I might appear after all." Isaac thanks then says.

"Oh, I don't doubt that. Don't worry though, I'm used to carrying heavy stuff. My mom always buys more than what we need during times of sales. And usually, I'm the one getting stuck carrying all the heavy stuff.

"Since I'm the only guy in my family, it was my job to take care of anything that requires strength... Ah, my bad. I've just been talking about myself." The spade boy replies and explains.

"It's fine. Helping around the house is pretty though. You must've been very helpful to your mom." Isaac replies and says.

"...No, that's not true at all. I always made mom... Oof!" Deuce says quietly, then exclaims as he bumps into someone. A cracking sound accompanying him.

"Aaah! The eggs!" Grim exclaims as in the collision the eggs in the bag Deuce was holding were broken.

"Shit, half of the eggs are destroyed! There's yolk all over the bag...!" Said boy growls as he looks over said bag.

"Hey you! Watch where you're... wait..." The three look up to see the delinquent pair than ran into from in the cafeteria during lunch. "Yeah, you're the fools who wrecked the egg in my carbonara earlier." The silver haired guy says.

"It's you again. You can't catch a break!" His pink haired companion taunted.

"What?! You were the ones who jumped out from behind the corner. At lunch, it wasn't like you couldn't the egg anymore, but you still tried to pick a fight... And just now, you destroyed half our eggs." Deuce says, still holding the bag.

"Yeah, that's right!" Grim agrees.

"And? You saying it's our fault?" The silver haired delinquent asks, rather smugly.

"Yes. Please pay for the eggs. And apologize to the chickens, too." The spade boy says. Chickens? Why?

"Hmmm? You're getting all worked up over eggs." The pink haired guy says.

"They didn't hit the ground, right? Don't sweat the small stuff." The first guy says.

"We saved you the trouble of breaking them." The other guy says and they laugh.

"I could the same to you two. Your carbonara was fine, you could have just eaten it. You just wanted to cause trouble." Isaac says. They both stop laughing and look at him.

"You trying to say something, punk?" The silver-haired boy asks.

"I wouldn't be surprised that you two jumped out just to make trouble again." The black haired boy says.

"So what?! We still won't bother!" The pink haired boy says and they laugh again.

"...to laugh about." Deuce says quietly. The delinquents both stop laughing and everyone turns to the spade boy.

"Huh? What was that?" The silver haired guy asks.

"This ain't something to laugh about! You don't get to make decisions for us! These eggs... Instead of becoming a chick, they were going to make us a delicious tart!! You get it! Huh?!" The dark blue haired boy says, suddenly intense.

"What's this guy's problem all of a sudden?!" The pink haired boy asked.

"If you don't want to pay for the six eggs you broke... I'll just punch you six times instead." Deuce says next. Okay, where was this coming from?! "Grit your teeth, you assholes!" He says and starts the daylights out of the two boys. While Isaac and Grim watch in shock.

"T-this guys is straight-up mad! That wasn't just six hits... Liar!" The silver-haired boy says with bruises all over him.

"Let's get the hell out of here! I'm sorry to all chicken!!" The pink haired boy says next and they both high-tail it.

"Apologize a 100 times the next time you eat eggs!" Deuce shouts to them.

"Woah! Deuce! Granted they were defiantly jerks, but that was a little much!" Isaac says. Grim himself looked scared, as he hid behind his partner's leg.

"...Uhh!" Deuce exclaims, seeming to snap out of it.

"What's gotten into you?!" Grim asks, still cowering behind Isaac.

"...Dammit! I-I screwed up... I vowed that I'd definitely, definitely be an honor student this time...!" The spade boy cursed.

"Um...? What do you mean, Deuce?" Isaac asks confused.

"The truth is, in middle school, all I ever did was screw around... I constantly skipped classes and spent all my time getting into fights. I disrespected all of my teachers, hung around sketchy upperclassmen and bleached my hair to death.

"Even ran around all over the place while riding a magical wheel. I was a terrible person, who even went as far as to sue magic to lord over those who couldn't." Deuce admits.

"Okay, didn't expect that..." Isaac admits, surprised. "What made you change?" He then asked. The other boy sighed.

"One night... I saw my mom hiding away with tears in her eyes as she called my grandma. "Was the way I raised him wrong? Would it have been better if he had both parent?" She was wrong. Mom never did, anything wrong. It was just me!

"So when the carriage from Night Raven Collage came to get me... My mom was so happy and I don't want to make her cry again. This time, I was going to be an honor student that my mom can be proud of. Then I do this... Shit!" He explains.

"But, you know... Does being an honor student mean you just have to grin and bear everything?" Grim questions and Deuce looks surprised.

"Yeah, an honor student can get mad too. You just have to deal with it in a better way than what you did right now." Isaac agrees.

"Really? ...Heh, heh. May those baby chicks rest in peace." The spade boy says.

"Uh... Deuce, you do know that those eggs don't have any chicks in them, right?" The black haired boy tells him.

"What?! You're kidding, right?!" Deuce exclaims in shock

"Nope. Those eggs were unfertilized, so they weren't ever mature into a chick." The blue-blood explains.

"Are you serious!?!" The other boy's shout echoed across the main street. While Isaac and Grim sigh. So he really didn't know... Oh boy.