Thanks to DyingStar and kittykat for the only 2 reviews.

DyingStar:I feel bad for Nigel. But he's soo clueless, you know? I mean, if KUKI knew that the masked pirate was actually Abby, why didn't he? Isn't he supposed to know Abby inside and out, diguise or no, happy or sad? But maybe, just maybe he was too over comed by sadness to really look at Pirate Abby, maybe he wasn't really looking at her at all, he just wanted to get the chest back. I dunno. Maybe.

Kuki knew that it was Abby because Abby couldn't keep it a secret and she trusted Kuki with it. And Nigel probably didn't reconize her because only one eye was showing(Bandana over nose, and an eye patch) But in the last chapter, he was remembering the pirate, saying that the pirate was "awfully familar."

OH and sorry for the long update, but I made this chapter a little long(I think) to make up for it.

A Sweet Promise

Chapter 6

School

It's been 4 months, 4 long months, since Abby's 13th birthday. Within this time she became a pirate, fought against her team, ran into Kuki, stole candy from kids, and Danielle and her are now best friends. She has eaten more candy in 4 months then one person should have in their entire life. They have been a great 4 months. Now the rest of Sector V would be decommissioned, and Abby would have to go back to school, much to her dismay. Danielle would be going with her, but she going to be in another part of the school. Abby had no idea what was in store for her. She walked up to the gray granite steps of the school. The only good part about going to school was she got to wear her hat a lot more. Danielle said goodbye and headed off in a different direction. Abby sighed, heading to her locker. She had no idea who anyone was. Looking around at the mass amount of people, she never felt so lonely. She opened her locker, placed some books in it, and headed to her first class.

"Abby…?" Abby looked up. Was someone talking to her? No one knew her so they must have meant someone else. That was until someone grabbed her shoulder. She turned and looked straight into two beautiful and oddly familiar blue eyes. Well almost straight, if you count the sunglasses.

"N-Nigel?" Nigel smiled.

"I thought that was you. Gosh look at you. I haven't seen you since…Oh, what since we were 8." Abby stared at him in disbelief. He did get decommissioned, but her remembered her from before KND and before Cadets. She decided she would have to play along.

"Yeah, look at you, you look…great." He blushed slightly. Then cleared his throat.

"Yes, well. Where have you been all these years?" She hesitated.

"Oh you know, around. You?" He looked to the ground, then back up at her.

"Oh well…um. I don't know. A lot, I guess. But my childhood seems, like a blur." Abby frowned knowing exactly what he was talking about.

"That's too bad, um I have to get to class. Don't want to be late." She held up her schedule. He took it out of her hand.

"Hey, we have homeroom, together. Come on I'll show you where it is." He said grabbing her wrist and dragging her along. When she got there, she took a seat with Nigel. She looked around the room. When she noticed the people in it she involuntarily said.

"Oh boy." Because in her homeroom, as well as Nigel, just happened to be the rest of Sector V. Kuki sat by herself, doodling on a paper and humming, the Rainbow Monkey song most likely. Wally and Hoagie sat together, talking about something. Abby knew that Wally and Hoagie knew each other before KND so they would still know each other. Abby knew this was going to be a problem. She would have to walk into this room every morning, see the people she once called her second family, and pretend that she doesn't know them. On top of that she has to constantly lie to Nigel because she can't let him know what she's been up to.

"Are you alright Abby?" Nigel's voice broke through her thoughts.

"Huh? Oh yeah, just thinking." She replied. He looked at her over his sunglasses.

"I know we haven't seen each other in a long time…but I still remember our promise. Our promise to be best friends forever." Abby laughed at this.

"Oh yeah. Well Abby doesn't go back on her promises." Nigel smiled. He was happy that she still talked in third-person like she has done ever since she was young. He was also happy that they could renew their friendship. He looked over to Kuki. She had kept looking up from her paper up at him and Abby. When she did she looked at them with longing eyes. He knew she wanted to talk to Abby again. Same with Hoagie and Wally, who have also been watching their ex-leaders carefully. Of course Abby was the only one blissfully unaware of what was going on. Lucky for Nigel and the other 3 a teenager branch of KND was created not to long after Abby's disappearance. They were asked to join on their 13th birthdays and reluctantly agreed. They also had been hoping that they would meet up with Abby again sometime to find out what had happened to her. Their luck has run out since Abby is now attending school with them. Now Nigel had a plan. Get their friendship back to the point of 'no secrets' then maybe he would finally answer the question. The question that had been burning in his head and heart, the same one that kept him up all night and had him drawn to Abby's old room. Where had she gone?

"Okay you ask Abby if she's alright when she's zoning out, then you zone out. Real nice Nigel." Abby said waving her hand in front of his face. Nigel took off his sunglasses and rubbed his eyes.

"Can I see your schedule again?" He asked holding his hand out. She gave it to him and looked around the room again. He saw that they had 3 classes together. Math, English, and Gym. She also had a class with Kuki and Hoagie. Wally would be with them during gym. They would all have lunch together too. Nigel told Abby the classes they had together and passed back the schedule. The bell rang and they separated.

"See you in math Nigel!" Abby said.

"See Ya!" Nigel replied waving. Outside of the room, Hoagie was waiting.

"So how'd it go?" He asked quietly.

"Well we are friends again." Nigel said, watching Abby walk away. Hoagie smiled

"Phase 1 down."

"Yeah…let's get to class." Nigel said taking one last look at Abby before turning.

Abby sat in her first class. When she had walked in the teacher instantly recognized her and began sucking-up to her. Abby didn't really care for all the praise, so she had taken a seat in the back. She was resting, feet propped up and eyes closed. She heard someone sit in the desk next to her. Opening one eye, she saw it was Kuki. She almost jumped at the chance to talk to her, but knew Kuki wouldn't remember her. It pained Abby to be so near an old friend and not be able to say or do anything. She pulled her hat over her eyes so she wouldn't have to look at her.

"Hiya!" Oh no. Of course Kuki, the most carefree, joyous girl would talk to her. Lifting her hat, she saw Kuki's face. Her eyes full of happiness.

"Um…hey." Abby replied coolly. As long as she could keep her cool she'd be fine, and keeping her cool was what Abby was best at.

"You're new huh?" Abby nodded, "I was new once too. That was a while ago, when I moved here from Japan. So where are you from?" Kuki said in a hurried, hyper, voice.

"Um…Originally, here." Kuki continued to smile. 'I wonder if it hurts her face to smile that much?' Abby wondered.

"That's cool, I'm Kuki." She said holding out her hand. She had grown a bit so her hand wasn't completely covered by her sleeve.

"Abby." She replied shaking her hand.

"All right class let's begin." The teacher called out. Abby turned forward, Kuki did the same. The class was pretty boring and Abby's mind was mainly on her next class. She'd be back with Nigel. She was happy she got to be with him again. Her heart fluttered just at the thought of it. When the class ended, Abby began her way to her next class.

"Hey Abbs." She turned and saw Danielle there.

"Danielle, what are you doing here?"

"Well it's break-time. 10 minutes 'til the next class." Abby looked to her schedule and saw she also had break. They went off the side and started talking.

"How the teacher's treatin' you?" Danielle asked.

"Like a queen or something." Abby replied, "How do Stickybeard and Mr. Boss have such a good friendship?"

"They bowl together on Tuesdays."

Nigel, Hoagie, and Wally were walking down the hallway.

"Guys stop." Nigel grabbed them and pulled them back.

"What the crud?" Wally exclaimed as he was tugged back.

"Abby's down there. If she had seen us walking together she would suspect something." The other two boys looked down the hallway to see Abby talking with an obviously older girl. Hoagie noticed they were talking and laughing. They were acting as if they had known each other for a while.

"Nigel, go talk to her." Nigel raised an eyebrow at him, "Look at those two. The way they are acting. It's like they've been friends for a while." Wally gave him a questioning look.

"Yeah, well, Abby's a friendly person."

"Yeah, but if Abby just started here, she shouldn't really be good friends with anyone. And if she is, that means she knows them outside of school…"

"…Which means they may know where Abby has been." Nigel interrupted. He started walking towards the two girls.

"Hi Abby." Nigel said as he reached them. Abby turned to face him and smiled.

"Hey. Nigel, this is Danielle. Danielle, Nigel." She said introducing them. They both said hi to each other.

"So how do you know Abby?" Danielle opened her mouth to talk but then closed it. Her eyes looked at Abby quickly before moving back to Nigel.

"Uhh…I helped tutor her. I'm a family friend." Nigel gave a questioning look, "I was friends with Cree, and Abby needed a little tutoring."

"Yeah, I was home schooled for a couple months." Abby added. Nigel knew Abby was lying to him. He had gone to her house many times, just in case she had mysteriously appeared, so she couldn't have been home schooled. It hurt him a bit that she was lying, until he remember he was lying to her too. So he decided he had no choice but to play along.

"Oh." He looked at his watch, "Wanna head to math?" He asked her. She nodded and said goodbye to Danielle.

At math, the teacher passed out a worksheet.

"Nigel, would you be able to help Abby catch up?" He nodded and began to work with her. It reminded him of a time that they had a night to prepare for a mission. He was out of ideas and went to Abby to see if she could help. They spent most of the night devising a plan. He looked to Abby, who was giving the math paper a confused glance.

"Uh, Abby does not get any of this. In fact it hurts just to look at it." Nigel laughed and took the paper. He explained all the equations and everything until class was over. They had different classes next. Abby would be with Hoagie now.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. That was all Abby got from her history teacher. History has to be the most boring class. And to her it was easy too. She looked around the class room. There in the corner, looking as tired as everyone else, was Hoagie.

"Sheesh is the old Sector V in every one of my classes." She whispered. Hoagie had already started to look like "Hank." He had switched his pilots cap for a brown baseball hat, and he had lost some weight. He actually looked more muscular then chubby. Abby tried to get her mind off Hoagie. Well her mind wasn't only on Hoagie. Ever time she saw an old team member; her mind was flooded with memories. If you have experienced the loss of a person very close to you, then you might have an idea of what Abby has been through. Losing 4 people, who you loved as family, was the worst thing ever. Now on top of that Abby had to stand there and pretend she never knew them. It was like seeing them again but being tied up and gagged, you could only watch. Abby began flipping through the pages of her book mindlessly.

"Today is going to be a long day." She muttered under her breath.

"Hi Abby!" Kuki said to Abby at lunch. Nigel was with her and glared at Kuki as she walked by. He trusted her enough that she wouldn't spill their plans, but he was worried she might slip up. He looked at the table they were walking by. Hoagie and Wally were sitting there, filling their faces with cheese fries and chilidogs. He sighed slightly at the sight. They might have grown physically, but those two would always remain kids inside.

"Let's sit here." Abby said as she sat on one side of the table. Nigel had just sat down when he saw that older girl from earlier running into the cafeteria and looking around desperately.

"Um…Abbs, isn't that your friend?" Abby turned to look, excused herself and walked up to Danielle.

"Oh god, Abby common!" Danielle grabbed Abby's wrist and pulled her behind the cafeteria doors.

"What's going on?" Abby demanded. Danielle was glancing around nervously and got really close to Abby. Abby then got worried.

"Danni, what is it?"

"I just got a call from Stickybeard. He told me some information I knew I just had to pass on to you." She paused. Abby hated when Danielle was being serious. Danielle was a proud, confident person. She looks people directly into the eyes whenever she talked to them. And when she was being serious, her eyes would bore into you, making you feel inferior and self-conscious.

"He told me that a Teens Next Door was created not to long ago."

"Yeah so, more people to steal candy from right?" Again the serious look bore into her.

"No, your friends could be in it you know." Abby almost gasped, "Yeah, I want you to watch your back. If anything happens come straight to me, I'll teach the brats a lesson for messing with pirates." She said patting her left thigh. Abby knew Danielle kept her knife on her left leg, in an ankle holster. Abby nodded and walked back into the cafeteria. Could her friends really be in the Teens Next Door? That would mean they have all their memories, which means that they would remember her.

"If they are they are doing a good job of hiding it?" She had seen all of them and talked to Nigel and Kuki. Then she thought of Nigel. He had been keeping it from her, and doing a good job at that. Plan…he must have a plan. Nigel always worked best with a plan. She sat a crossed from him at the table.

"So Nigel, you said that from 8 to 12, that it's just a blur right." He nodded. "So like what, some things stick out and everything else is long forgotten or…?" She left him to finish.

"Well, I uh…I don't really remember anything at all." Abby was trying to stare him down, pressure him.

"Nothing at all? Wow that must suck. So you must have like, no friends then huh?"

"No I have friends!" He said a little too quickly. Abby smirked, she had him going now.

"Oh sorry, I figured if you forgot everything, then you wouldn't remember any of your friends. Even the best of them…" She trailed off. She grabbed her stuff and stood up. Nigel sat there disbelief of what just happened. He wasn't sure if he should be mad or upset, but he was defiantly confused. Then it hit him. If Abby does remember him then she must be upset that, even though they were best friends, that he doesn't remember her. If only she knew that he does. He stood up and looked to the two boys. They had been watching as Abby had left. They gave him questioning glances. He just shrugged and headed to his next class.

Abby sat in the classroom sighing. She had hoped she left Nigel with a bunch of questions running through his head. She checked the classroom.

"Finally no one from Sector V." She sighed. Until the door opened that was. Well she was still right, but what stood in the doorway was worse, much worse. There, looking not to much different then before, was the one and only Irish boy-hater, Fanny. Abby actually gulped. If anyone had moved on to TND it would be Fanny. And most likely Fanny would have a grudge on Abby for skipping decommissioning. She sat down and Abby watched her to see if she'd notice her. Fanny flipped her wavy red hair as she turned her head. When she finally saw Abby, she gave an unbelieving glance at her, and then quickly turned around. Abby raised an eyebrow at the girl and watched her for a good part of the class. After class Fanny caught up with her.

"Well, well, well, Abby, or should I say Numbuh 5. Since you never got decommissioned, did you keep your Numbuh?" Fanny asked in a mocking tone. Abby didn't know what to do, but that was quickly replaced with a plan.

"Um, who are you?" Fanny gave her a look. 'Score' Abby said in her thoughts. Hey if the girl believed that Abby had forgotten, who is she to blame.

"Uh, you mean you don't remember?" Abby shook her head.

"Now if you excuse me, Abby's got English." She said and walked away.

"Well that should get her off my back." Abby chuckled as she walked into class. Nigel was already there.

"Hey Nigel." Nigel looked up at her. His blue eyes met hers. When they did she felt a chill run down her spine.

"Look Abby, about lunch. I just wanted to say, I'm sorry. I never forgot you. You just seemed to disappear one day. But I promise you, I never forgot you. I mean I remember you this morning. After all these years right?" Abby sat in disbelief. He didn't remember KND. But he had remembered her from when they were kids. That had to count for something right?

"It's okay Nigel, Abby was just worried. But I'm better now. I mean look at us, we haven't seen each other in what? 6 years and it's like we never left each other. We really are best friends." Nigel could almost feel himself melting, from her smile and her warm honey brown eyes. The spent most of the class talking, just like old times. Gym was next and Abby was getting excited. Gym would be the closest thing to being on a mission with Nigel again. When she walked in she was given a gym uniform. She got changed and stood next to Nigel. Wally was also in this class. Abby smiled, 'This'll be fun.'

"Alright right class, I told you last week that we'd be starting dodge ball this week so let's break into teams. Abby stood close to Nigel, not wanting to be against him. She already did that once and hated it. Wally walked over to them.

"Can I on your team?" He asked, his emerald eyes peering through his hair.

"Sure!" Abby said quickly. She had seen Wally at dodge ball. She knew whatever team he was on would be the winning team. A few more people joined them and the teacher placed some balls on the line. The teams got on opposite sides of the walls. When the whistle blew, they took off. Abby had just beating the other player in grabbing the ball first. Moving fast she threw the ball at him right after she picked it up. He was out. She moved back, as more red dodge balls flew through the air. One flew at Wally, but he deflected it with the ball he was holding. Thinking quickly Abby dove for the ball, catching it before it hit the ground. The person that threw it was now out.

"Nice move, mate!" Wally called throwing the ball he was holding. The game continued on at a fast paced motion like this. Then it was 3 on 2. Wally, Abby, and Nigel left. Their teammates cheered them on. One of the opposing team threw a ball, but Nigel caught it. That player was out, and another from their own team came back in. 4 against 1. Wally threw his ball with all his might. It hit the person in the shoulder and they actually had to step back to avoid falling. They finished the class, got changed and got ready to go home. Abby waited for Danielle just outside of the school, then they walked a couple blocks and found the Sweet Revenge waiting for them. Climbing aboard, Stickybeard greeted them.

"Aye, how was ye first day of school?" They both mumbled good. He chuckled.

"Arr I have a mission for ye two." The two girls perked up. "Ye two are the best at stealth on this here ship. If ye can try and find the location of the Teens Next Door then we could attack 'em right away." He said slamming his fist into an open palm. They readily agreed and went to go get changed back into their pirate garbs. They met back on the top deck.

"You ready, girl?" Danielle asked. Oh Abby was ready. She could finally figure who was apart of this TND. She nodded, "Then let's go!"

alright next chapter, the attack on the brand new TND. I know its kinda cheesey using the Teens Next Door in here but I wanted to have Nigel, Hoagie, Kuki, and Wally to still be trying to find out what happened to Abby. Alright now please review, I was slightly upset with only 2 reviews.