(A/N): Okay, here's your new chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 8:

Muffins, Money, and Emergency Exits

The sweet odor of recently baked pastries filled the air as a chubby man with a dark beard and wearing a chef hat took out a loaf of bread from an oven. He smelled his new creation and smiled pleased with his work, a crispy loaf of bread. Then he put it on a tray and headed to the counter of his bakery shop while humming a tune under his breath. He heard something and turned to the window that displayed his cakes and fritters. He gasped when he spotted Rosettes' face pressed against the glass while drooling.

Her azure eyes finally located the baker, or should I say the recently baked bread that he carried.

She drooled more as the baker sweatdropped. Then he moved to the right trying to evade Rosette's hungry gaze but her ocean orbs followed after him. He noticed this and headed to the left but Rosette didn't miss him. Left, right, left, right, went the baker but he couldn't get the nun's eyes off of him. Once Rosette had spotted food there was nothing anyone could do, not even Sister Kate could stop the begs from her stomach. Thinking about it, Rosette and the others hadn't had breakfast yet and she was dying of hunger.

The baker sighed and headed to the shop's entry and removed the sign that read "Closed". Then he turned to the display case and noticed Rosette was not drooling over the crystal anymore, in fact she was already gone.

He frowned and scratched the back of his head. Then the twinkle of a bell and the sound of the door opening caught his attention. He turned and saw no one, but the door was open and was allowing the cold winter air to enter his shop. He shrugged and closed it. Then he heard panting behind him and his ear caught a slight growl. Something humid fell on his shoulder.

He gulped believing it was an evil spirit and recited a prayer, then he turned. He gasped at the sight of Rosette who was still drooling and looking at his pastries with the eyes of a hungry wolf.

What the baker heard growling was her stomach and saliva was what fell on him. His ears puffed with anger and surprise and he was prepared to shout at her when he felt a gentle tug on his shirt. He turned and he saw Azmaria glaring at him innocently.

"Um, I'm sorry for the inconvenience sir, but today's my friend's birthday and we haven't have breakfast yet, also we need to get her a birthday cake."

The baker's expression softened at her statement, "Why you should have said that since the beginning."

Chrno walked next to Azmaria and sighed, "Yeah, well, Rosette's got a big stomach, I beg your pardon if she bothered you," he took the blonde by her hand in order to avoid any dirty ideas that came to her mind with all that food surrounding her.

"No problem, but you sure scared the living daylights out of me," said the bearded man smiling at the 2 children who chuckled at his commentary. Rosette stared in awe at the cakes and pastries all over the shop. Its sweet odor reached her nose and made her slobber. She looked around desperate and every time she was about to reach a fritter, Chrno tugged her back next to him. She growled frustrated.

"Enough talking, let's eat!" screamed Rosette who had all of a sudden been ignored.

"So today's this young lady's birthday hm?" smiled the baker.

Rosette started biting her nails with desperation; her stomach emitted another hungry growl.

"Chrno let go... I'm just going to take a little pinch at that majestic cake..." Rosette's eyes glittered as she noticed a huge fritter made of vanilla bread and melted chocolate. Chrno glanced at Rosette and held her hand tighter not willing to let her go.

"Rosette, behave yourself!" he whispered, "If not I will get you get a leash as a gift."

Rosette grumbled slightly as she continued looking around listening to the baker's and Azmaria's conversation, then an idea came to her mind. She smiled evilly and she nudged Chrno.

"Chrno..." she said with a hint of malice in her voice.

The violet haired demon turned to face his contractor, "What is it, Rosette?"

Chrno gulped and blushed when Rosette glanced at him with teary eyes. He felt as if his heart was crushed, had he made her cry?

"Oh Chrno... how can you be so mean?" sniffed Rosette covering her eyes with her hands.

Chrno flinched and approached her nervously, "Um... Rosette... don't... please don't cry..."

A smirk was drawn across Rosette's lips but she hid it perfectly well so Chrno couldn't notice her trick.

"I (sniff) just wanted a pancake at least (sniff)."

Chrno gasped, he didn't know what to say, "Rosette..."

She turned at him with tears streaming down her cheeks and goo trying to escape from her nose.

(A/N): Rosette's such a good actress.

"Why don't you believe in me...? Chrno... you're such a meanie! Wahhh!" Rosette started crying loudly as she took a tissue from her militia dress and blew her nose as loud as she could.

"Ah... Rosette..." Chrno hadn't noticed Rosette was acting and the trick that hid under her sleeve. He didn't know what to do.

Azmaria did understand what Rosette was trying to do and she sweatdropped, ´My, poor Chrno, he's such a dummy...´

Chrno sighed and patted her back reassuringly, "Um... okay, Rosette. At least pick something but don't make a mess, please."

Rosette's eyes flashed with happiness as her tears "magically" disappeared and puppy eyes replaced them.

"Thank you Chrno... you know that's why I like you so much!"

She smiled childishly as sparkles surrounded her and she leaned her hands against her cheek and smiled stupidly, as if she was in love with something and she giggled as if she were in some kind of charm. Chrno finally got what was going on and sighed frustrated, "You always get advantage of me..."

An evil smirk appeared on Rosette's face, " It was a pleasure to make business with you."

After saying this she headed to where the pies laid. She slammed her hands against its stand and smiled with greed, gluttony marked in every gesture of her face.

"Alright, which should I get first? Maybe a cinnamon roll but, no, those are too small. Maybe an apple pie. Nah! Those are too spicy. The cookies can be saved for later but what's that? Ooh!"

Azmaria smiled nervously as she lifted hands, "Rosette calm down." But the blonde was not listening, "I know I can start with the wedding cake over there!"

She started laughing loudly as a murderer about to commit a crime.

"Let's see. I dare you to guess this quiz Chrno: who killed the doughnut?" Rosette smiled evilly as she passed a fork through a cake's center and making a hole in it, as a result she created a doughnut.

Chrno sweatdropped, ´Geez, she sure turns crazy around food. Mental note: I should always bring a rope, a net, crackers, and mouse trap every time Rosette comes close to comestibles.´ Thought the young demon, ´Especially sweet treats...´

Chrno and Azmaria's eyes turned as wide as plates when they saw Rosette hurl herself over a display case full of muffins.

"These muffins are delicious!" she screamed happily and digging her head inside the case. She started eating them ravenously not listening to the baker's complaints.

"Hey you there! I believe you've got enough money to pay for that!" he screamed with tears of frustration over his swallowed muffins trailed down his chubby cheeks.

Rosette glanced at him while chewing a muffin and then she shrugged and dug her head once more over the mountain of pastries. She seemed like a vacuum cleaner, her mouth was something dangerous, it could suck your whole hand inside!

"Did you listen to me!" shouted the baker while Chrno pulled Rosette from one leg trying to get her out of the sea of muffins and failing hopelessly.

"Come on Rosette! You can be stuck in there forever! Come on!"

"Noooo! I'm hungry!" said the young blonde back.

"I want all these paid!" screeched the baker still crying tears of defeat and flailing his fist in the air.

Azmaria stared at them blankly as Chrno pulled Rosette from her leg, she took hold of the whole case and fought against her comrade as the baker kept shouting things like "You have to pay for those!" or "Do you have all that money!"

She sweatdropped.

Rosette finally loosened her grip and both her and Chrno were sent flying to the floor. The blonde militia landed roughly on top of a spiral-eyed Chrno. At first he blushed because of the compromising position they were in but focused on the most important thing, getting her off of him!

"Rosette..." he gasped for air, "...will you get... off? ...can't breath..." just as he finished this sentence his face turned blue because of the lack of oxygen.

Rosette finally got off of an unconscious and drooling Chrno and patted her hurt behind, "Aww, my butt hurts...!"

She turned upward and flinched when her azure eyes met the baker's angry orbs, "Little girl... I need some serious talking with you..."

Rosette closed her eyes and sighed, "Alright but let me at least finish eating." She drew one last muffin from her dress and ate it in one chomp, "You were saying?"

A vein throbbed on the baker's forehead, "That's what I'm telling you about! You must pay for those muffins!"

"Boy, you don't have to shout that loud. ´Sheesh, he's more deafening than Sister Kate... Woah! Can that even be possible?´

Rosette then got lost in her own thoughts and ignored the baker once again, "Hey are you listening to me!"

Rosette turned to him and blinked, "Money? Of course I have it. Oh Satella dearest!" she called.

The bakery shop was opened in a slam as the red haired Hexen De Juwel entered.

(A/N): Yay! Satella to the rescue!

She looked pretty serious as she sighed heavily at the sight of such a disaster. She then drew a purse from her dress and headed to the fuming baker.

"Excuse me for that reckless idiot's attitude. She just got out from the mental hospital."

"...HEY!" screamed Rosette ready to hurl herself over Satella but Azmaria got just in time to stop her.

The baker crossed his arms and humphed. Satella drew from out of her purse 20 dollars and glanced at the chubby man, "How much is it?"

"...35 dollars."

Satella stood there blankly as she sweatdropped and the dollars fell form her hand, "Pardon me?"

"I said 35 dollars, your friend ate all the muffins inside that display case."

Satella started laughing nervously as everyone looked at her curiously, except for the baker that is who was a stern as a rock.

"There must be a mistake," she muttered trying to get the price to lessen a bit.

The baker grunted and frowned, "I am correct. The price is 35 dollars. If you don't have that quantity of money you shall work to repay it."

Satella's jaw hit the floor and then she cleared her throat and closed her eyes as if thinking of a response for the distressed man.

Then she opened her eyes looking determined, "Well?" said the baker.

"Look! It's an angel!" screamed Satella pointing at the back of the fellow. The others fell anime-styled, they believed she had come with a solution to their problem and Rosette's gluttony.

The baker turned and then he returned his attention to where Satella used to be but gasped when he noticed they were gone.

"Hey! Stop! Thieves!"

Satella, Azmaria, and Rosette (who was pulling a still unconscious and drooling Chrno) made their way swiftly through the streets trying to get as far as possible from the baker's cries and evaded the curious looks that were aimed at them.

"Run!"

(A/N): Ha ha ha! I surely think this chapter is my favorite, hope yours too.

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