V.E.: Part 2 is here! This might be a four part or five part story.

You know the drill!

Ps. DID YOU SEE THE 50TH EPISODE! SKLEE! THE ENDING WAS BEYOND CUTE! I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE!


Kashino's Grandmother walked out with a sweet smile, in a sing song voice.

"I'll be waiting!"

As soon as she got out of the room, Kashino shook uncontrollably.

Andoh patted his shoulder.

"Ma kun, are you going to be okay?"

Kashino glared.

"Of course not! What made that woman change her mind?"

Ichigo looked questioningly at Kashino, as were Hanabusa and Andoh.

"What do you mean Kashino?"

Kashino sighed.

"Do you guys remember about my parent's attitude with me becoming a patisserie?"

The group nodded. Ichigo wasn't sure where this was going.

"Yeah."

"My grandmother was the only one who wasn't against me going to St. Marie's. It surprised me since I was kid, she always scolded me, my sister, and the rest of my cousins. If it weren't for her, my parents wouldn't have let me come here."

Realization spread on everyone's face.

Ichigo recalled the conversation she had with the old woman moments ago.


"You've been to St. Marie's in Paris?"

The old woman nodded, some sadness in her eyes.

"Yes. A long time ago."


"Kashino?"

"Yeah?"

"What kind of cake does your grandmother like?"

Kashino's face blanked.

Hanabusa sighed.

"Don't tell me, you don't know what she likes?"

Kashino twiddled his fingers a little.

"When I was younger, everyone was scared off her. Even my parents and that's saying something."

Ichigo looked a bit puzzled at that.

"She seemed pretty nice to me."

Kashino looked a bit shocked at that.

"Nice? She criticizes everyone and everything! That woman is a real demon! A devil!"

Ichigo chuckled.

"What's going on Ichigo?"

Vanilla and the rest of the Sweet Spirit gang had arrived.

Ichigo smiled.

"It's just that Kashino's grandmother sounds like Kashino. So that's where the devil attitude comes from."

Kashino was definitely caught off guard with that comment.

"What do you mean by that? I'm nothing like that woman."

Chocolat smiled and chuckled a little.

"From what I've heard about her from you, it's like hearing about Kashino as an old woman."

Kashino turned to Andoh and Hanabusa, a futile last ditch effort.

"Do I really act like that?"

Andoh wasn't the one to be harsh.

"Just a little..."

Hanabusa, however, was not so nice.(They are rivals in love, after all.)

"That smirk was exactly like the one you wore when quizzing Amano before the last day of exams."

A dark cloud hung over Kashino's head, some lightning strikes within the cloud.

Everyone backed slightly away, a little uneasy at the dark depression.(He must really not like being compared to the older sadist.)

Vanilla thought a little.

"Maybe we should make her some chocolate then?"

Chocolat shook her head.

"If she is just like Kashino, she'll probably just criticize it."

Cafe smiled.

"Usually, older people like things that aren't so sugary or sweet. Maybe something with my specialty."

Caramel nodded.

"That might work."

Ichigo was thinking all this over before a light bulb in her head DINGED!

"Kashino, does your grandmother have any health problems?"

Kashino thought then the thunder cloud got louder.

"She's a diabetic. She can't have too much sugar."

Andoh and Hanabusa also seemed to have been caught up in the depression storm. Hanabusa bashed his head against a wall.

"Well, I give up."

Andoh just sighed.

Ichigo smiled.

"I have just the cake!"

The boys seemed surprised.

Ichigo started to get out some strawberries.

"My grandma told me a cake that was great for diabetics. It's called..."


Nanako Kashino(Kashino's grandmother) was sitting in on a table outside the kitchens, waiting for her sweet, when something unpleasant came up.

RING!

She sighed as she got out her cell phone and groaned when she saw the caller id.

"You think my own son would leave me alone in peace."

She flipped it open and put it near her mouth.

"What is it, Mamoru?"

"MOTHER!"

Nanako held the phone away from her as the shouting rant begun. She put it back near her when the volume turned down somewhat, which was about ten or more minutes. Hence, where her grandson got his temper.

"Are you done?"

"Did you listen to one word I said?"

"Get to the point Mamoru. You know I'm not the one for games."

"WHERE ARE YOU?"

Nanako sighed.

"Didn't you see my note?"

"You mean the note that just said 'GOODBYE. I'LL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.'!"

"I had to get some stuff from the old house."

"I called home. You aren't there."

Nanako checked her watch.

"I'm at St. Marie's. I just talked to Makoto a little while ago."

"You mean to say you left the hospital, after your check up, to visit that...that place?"

Nanako's eyes steeled.

"I won't have you saying anything bad about patissiers and patissieres. St. Marie's is a fine school."

"FINE SCHOOL! Mother, if it weren't for the fact your grandson, the oldest boy in our family who is meant to become a doctor, is studying there, I wouldn't care! The fact you support him.."

Nanako's voice cut him off.

"There is more to life than the white prison halls where you work. I will be back in a couple of days. Tell Miyabi I said hello."

"DON'T YOU HANG UP ON ME! I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU MOTHER! I..."

She immediately hung up.

"Grandma!"

Nanako noticed the group coming out the kitchens with an unusual looking cake.

It was a white frosted, bundt style cake. Several strawberries were a top the cake. A small piece was cut off, the inside as white as angel feathers.

"Angel Cake?"

Ichigo nodded.

"You're a diabetic, aren't you?"

Nanako nodded.

The plate was laid before her as she took a forkful and placed it in her mouth.


V.E.: Sorry if it's vague. Looks like there will be at least two more chapters.

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