And here's last chapter. Enjoy

Chapter 7 - Revenant

» Coming back; returning from the dead/after a lengthy absence

or Metempsychosis

» Reincarnation, rebirth, rebirth as a new life form

Some promises cannot be fulfilled. He had many promises and sadly some of them could never be fulfilled. He knew that, but he still couldn't help but feel a tingle of regret.

But maybe, it's not that much of a problem sometimes, maybe some promises are better left unfulfilled.

Though perhaps not in this case. Allen groaned in annoyance seeing how little money he had. His good for nothing godfather has yet again accumulated insane amount of debt and left it for him to clean up. Even though after Oslo he promised that he wouldn't do it again(long story...)! At times like this he truly despised the old man. He'd have to lose sleep to go to a casino and earn enough money next to saving up like crazy. Before anything he'd have to stock up on some food since the coupon would be invalid over tomorrow.

He glanced around in the store's shelf knowing that he had to choose what he wanted carefully. He knew for sure that there would be no meat this weak. He had to choose meals rich in calorie: rice, potato and pasta. Maybe he could eat rice with an egg on top? Or he should cook soup so that would fill up his stomach? Ah, decisions, decisions. Which one to choose?

He halted with his trolley at the mirelit section. It seemed as his problems were sold. His eyes widened at the sight of paper hanging inside the freezer. Allen could feel himself tear up in joy. The frozen tempura was 70% off! He wouldn't have to starve!

He spread his arms wide, took as many as he could and dumped it all in the trolley. Even if he bought all of these he still could buy some rice and vegetables! He basically tore open the freezer and dumped an armful of frozen veggies grinning like a fool.

He happily rolled his trolley away a little staggering as his shoe caught in the uneven floor - a rather large piece of tile was broken. However, he quickly lost interest in it as he looked up, only to once again let out a squeal of delight. The instant soba noodles were 90% off! This was a miracle! It had to be! Maybe someone did think of him up above! Now if he bought a lot of rice then he would be fine! Maybe he could even make some Mitarashi Dumplings! He laughed giddily at the thought. He was saved!

He reached to the shelf to take the remaining ones when his left hand bumped into another person's. It was a tall, judging from his build, a stunningly handsome male with long black hair tied in a high ponytail, wearing a black T-shirt with dark blue jeans and sneakers. His hand was so warm, it made his skin tingle under the clothe. If he wasn't looking in the onyx irises of the stranger, he would have noticed the star-shaped birthmark on his hand let out a green light. He was busier with other issues.

His smile froze to his face glancing to the side where a person was looking at him funnily. Allen only laughed nervously. "Umm..."

"My answer is no." Both males whipped their head in the direction of the voice. The colour drained from Allen's face. It belonged to a blond woman in her early thirties standing with her back showed to a log red haired man with a mask covering half of his face.

"Come now, Klaud." The man whispered huskily as he stood way too close to a woman who just rejected him. "You, me, alone with a bottle of Romanée Conti. Don't worry about the brat, I already took care of him." Allen's hand tightened around the plastic wrapping he was holding to the point that it looked ready to explode. This was the reason he had to go gamble tonight?!

"Get the picture Cross, I'm not interested." The woman replied irritated.

"Is it because of that brat?" Cross asked sighing as he looped an arm around the visibly unwilling woman. "No worries, he'll tag along with mine so you and I can-GUAH!"

Miss Nine's eyes snapped wide open seeing a piece of large and heavy tile plant itself in Cross's face, knocking him over and effectively knocking him out. She blinked seeing the man lie surrounded in broken tiles and she raised her curious eyes to his saviour.

She recognised him, it was Allen, the only one who could babysit Timothy without a mental breakdown or having the house set on fire. He was standing beside Tiedoll's brat who was eyeing the boy with slight surprise. No surprise the pristine white appearance of his lulled people into false fantasies, like the boy was innocent. Strange, she never saw the two of them together. Then again, Cross and the boy moved to the town only recently. The boy wiped his hands in his pants and nodded at her. Her lips quirked upwards and nodded back.

Allen sighed as he glanced at the elder teen who was looking at him, then his cart. Still somewhat nervous for being ogled by that he handed the soba he was holding and shoved it in his arms. "Here." he grumbled not meeting those onyx eyes. "This one is the best." He grabbed onto the front metal bars of the cart and pulled it to where Cross' body lied. He grabbed his old man by his hair and dragged him towards the cashier followed by Miss Nine.

Kanda continued to watch the unknown white-haired boy. Kanda prided himself on having an impeccable ability to read people, at first he thought the boy was a typical shy, nice and boring guy, a goody two shoes. The white hair was strange, but he figured this was the guy's attempt to "rebel". Just like a bean that wanted to break the confines of it shell and started sprouting. Yea, a Beansprout, that was what this guy was.

But in the next second, the teen tore up the floor tile and hurled it at the pervert. Also, for some reason the strange birthmarks he bore on his forearms and chest pulsed… and the boy had similar one on the back of his hand. His instincts said that if he followed the kid around then maybe he'd know what these symbols meant.

He glanced at the item the boy thrusted in his hand. It was Maker of Eden's soba, the only one he liked and only because his old man made sure that he's like it. Beansprout flavour. His favourite.

THE END

Well, this was fun. I'm glad I could write this without much delay. Hope you guys liked it. As always feedback is much appreciated. See you around~!