Before I start with this story I want to apologies if there is anything on here about cooking that doesn't make sense. I prefer baking to cooking so a lot of the stuff about cooking might be wrong. I'm going to try to look it up but who knows how that is going to turn out. This will be my first fic with this fandom and the characters might be a little OOC. Okay maybe a lot because I prefer a confidant Megumi to a timid one.

With that in mind let's get to it.

Lots of love –swish

Megumi Tadokoro had just walked into her first class of the year. Today was her first day of high school at Totsuki Culinary Academy. After the passed three years being in middles school, at Totsuki, she has decided to come out and show everyone what she is made of and take pride in her cooking. Today was going to be her first steps in taking one of the top ten elite seats at Totsuki.

Looking around the room she realizes that she doesn't know a single person here. She spent all her time with the other members of polar star, with her club, or watching shokugekis that take place every so often. Awkwardly she walks in and finds a seat in the middle of the room.

As people quietly talk to one another Megumi thinks back to her family and the people of her town. Megumi has never been a student that stood out for being at the top or for falling behind. That doesn't mean that she has no talent in cooking, but she has never been an out going person. Most of the people at Polar Star think of her as shy and timid. The members of her club and her family know otherwise. Every year Megumi goes home she brings back the knowledge she got from her friends and shokugkis that she watches. She my not show it to her dorm members but Megumi has the talent to take knowledge of other styles of cooking and make them into her style of hospitality food. That's why many in her club look up to her. She shows that their style of hospitality cooking can show through in even the weirdest of Molecular Gastronomy.

As her mind wonders she doesn't notice the new transfer student take the seat next to her. Soma Yukihira is the over confident cook that has made and enemy of most of the 92nd generation. Being the dense person that he is he doesn't relies that everyone in the rooms dark aurora is aimed towards him. After taking his seat he notices that they are already in a kitchen. "Hmm, so are we cooking on the first day?" he asked out loud and turning to the girl next to him to see if she will answer.

To far into her thoughts Megumi doesn't hear Soma until he annoyingly start poking the side of her head. Sharply looking up she catches him off guard with the fierce look in her yellow eyes. Stopping for a second she blinking a bit as she relies who was poking her. Her eyes go back to the warm nature that they are known for.

"I'm sorry," She says, as she looks up to him "Did you say something?"

Taken back from the abrupt change in her demeanor it takes Soma a moment to reply. "Yes I was wondering if we are cooking the first day of class?"

Just as Megumi was about to reply their teacher walks in. Immediately the atmosphere changes to one of fear and abrupt attention. Megumi though gets the look of determination in her eyes because their first teacher is none other then Mister Roland Chapelle. Chapelle is one of the toughest teachers in the whole school with an either pass or fail grading scale. If your dish is not enough to make it an A grading you get an automatic E with no in between.

"Today you will be making Boeuf Bourguignon the recipe is posted up on the bored if you don't know how to make it. You will be making it with the person sitting at your station. You have until the end of class to make it. Begin!"

At once everyone gets up to grab their ingredients to make their dish. Megumi turns to Soma. "Since we are working together do you know how to make Boeuf Bourguignon?"

"Huh? Oh no I guess I'll go look at the recipe" Soma says as he leisurely walks over to the bored.

Megumi turns towards to him and looks at him like he is crazy as she get up to get the meat ready to cook in the cooker for the 40 min that it needs. When it's all set she walks to Soma and stands next to him. "I just started the meat. While that is cooking can you help me with the prep of the vegetables and the sauce."

"So you know how to make it? That's good. Yeah lets head over there now." Both of them walk back to the station. As Megumi starts cutting up carrots Soma notices that the lid to the dish is open. Turning to Megumi he asks" Did you open the lid to the meat?"

Turning towards him she gives him a confused look "What are you talking about the lid is suppose to be closed for 40 min." walking over to Soma she looks over at the pot and relies he is right some one opened it. Lifting the lid they can both see a hand full of salt tossed on the meat.

"Who would do this?" Megumi asks as she looks around the class. Her eyes land on a pair of boys snickering and whispering. By the looks of it they threw the salt into their dish.

They won't have enough time to start over. Looking over at Soma, Megumi can sees that he knows this too. Together they look at all the ingredients that they have at their disposal. After a minute or 2 Soma comes up with an idea. Grabbing the honey he turns to Megumi to tell her what he thinks, but one look at the honey and her face lights up, she understands what he is thinking. Smiling she gets the rest of everything together and goes back to there station.

As Soma starts cooking the meat Megumi begins chopping up the vegetables and getting the broth ready. Together they work as one passing and mixing what they need to finish the Boeuf Bourguignon. With 10 min left they walk their finished product up to Chapelle.

Looking the dish over he looks at both of them. "I thought your dish was ruined. How did you finish it with enough time?"

Smiling Soma pulls out the honey and glances over at Megumi "Well you see its something that I learned from my family's restaurant. The honey helps the meat become tender." He explains, then turning to Megumi. "But I didn't need to tell you that you figured it out by the time I pulled it out. How did you know that honey helps meat become tender?"

Megumi looks over to Soma with a tilt of her head and for a brief second he can see the depth of what she knows before it goes away with a small smile "I knew honey did that from watching and old Shokugeki from an older generation video log. The man was trying some crazy idea for his dish, but it didn't go as planned. With time running out he changed his dish and used the last of his meat and some honey to make it tender enough to serve to the judges."

"The funny thing is, he reminds me of you a bit except his hair was longer and his features were a lot sharper then yours. Oh and I don't think we have introduced ourselves yet." Bowing slightly "My name is Megumi Tadokoro it was a pleasure working with you."

Leaning back a bit "It was good working with you Megumi. My names Soma Yukihira." He says with a smirk. Looking at each other there was a slight spark of something going through them both. Before either of them could think about what it was there was a sudden gasp from the class.

Turning back and looking at the class both get a confused look as many of them are pointing in their direction. "Look Chapelle is actually… smiling!" someone yells.

Both of them quickly turn to their teacher and see that he is in fact smiling with a blissful look in his eye. "Oh my this is like nothing I have tasted before. It's like coming home from a long battle and being welcomed with open arms from a lover. Both of you get an A but if I could I would give you a higher grade for this dish."

Smiling to one another they bow slightly and walk over to their station to clean up. As they were finishing up the smell of something burning catches their nose. The two boys that tried to ruin their dish burned their own. Smirking evilly Soma turns his back on them and looks over at Megumi. "So Megumi do you live in the apartments around here?"

Shaking her head she replies's "No, I live in the dorms on campus its kinds far from here but it's been home away from home for the past three years." Just as she was going to ask where he was going to stay the bell rings. Smiling she tells him she will see him tomorrow in class and walks away not knowing she was going to see him again sooner.