Warning: Bad Grammatik and wrong spells! Don't judge, since I was born bad Grammatik. As you know I'm from Vietnam and rise in Sweden, so I try finding ideas about dishes from what I eat in my usually day.
Since there is not so much Saiba Asahi shipping, so I decide ship him with my OC and Tsukasax OC too.
Chapter 1
"Terrible…"
"They don't go alone well…squid tentacles and peanut butter"
A fifteen years old boy sits cover his eyes and laughs with his new horrible experiment on outside backdoor of the Yukihira Diner. He notices a female silhouette coming towards him and heard say.
"You make a disgusting experiment in your break time again"
He looks up and see a girl with red middle long hair with knot ponytail her left shoulder, yellow eyes like his own color, wearing black blue sailor school uniform and carrying the bag on her left hand - His younger twin sister, Yukihira Sora.
"It's so terrible it makes me laugh"
She rolls eyes at her laughable older twin, Yukihira Souma. Sora snatches his squid from his hand, took the bite and starts chuckles" L…Let's go inside before dad will get crazy mad"
"Hai hai" Soma replies and following his sister back inside the diner.
~In middle of challenge between Soma and their dad~
Soma and their father, Yukihira Joichiro serves theirs fried rice to judge, Mayumi Kurase who closes to the twins since elementary school. While Sora sit beside Mayumi and sigh for wishing challenge her dad too but she let her brother slide this one. All friends from middle school surrounded Mayumi and Sora waiting for the brown hair girl answer.
"This one" choose Joichiro dish with smile.
Everyone begin holler except Soma bend down defeated, their father takes fist up as victory and Sora chuckles.
"Next time let me challenge you, dad"
Joichiro chuckles and says "Sure, if you lose give me good night kiss to daddy"
"I'LL NEVER GIVE YOU A KISS IN MY LIFE, DADDY!" Sora pissed off
They all laughs and complements Joichiro's foods are so good while Mayumi try cheer Souma up who still have tears of defeated. He asks her to try new dish and she accept to taste it into a dark aura surround him and grins. Souma shoves squid in her mouth.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" scream Mayumi
Soma imagining a sunrise behind the cliffs and want go there into their father jump in says
"My dried sardines with strawberry jam were also quite bad, right Souma!"
"Ah, that one, they were sublimely bad~~~"
"Ah…like father, like son but at least Sora isn't like them"
Everyone stares at Sora, who takes out a small lunch box and open. Inside the box there was a small bite covering with red liquid. They look curiously...
"Dad and Souma come and taste this!"
Soma and their father walk to her and take a bite from the box. They lay down on the floor, their bodies are shivering and chuckles.
"Oh man, banana with ketchup is so bad sis/sweetie" Soma and Joichiro complement.
"Right, it's so bad it end up top 10!"
Everyone sweat drop at Yukihira bubble and change their mind about Sora's behave like Soma and Joichiro.
After the Yukihira family cook and serve to customers, in the night they close for the day, Sora cleaning the tables and look at Soma who was in deep thought into it was interrupt by the door begin open.
"I'm sorry to trouble you when you're in middle of business"
They see three bodyguards and woman who wear suite like mafia with sunglasses on. She takes off glasses.
"I'm an urban life planner, my name's Minegasaki"
The twins stand in front of her and Soma ask and suggestion.
"What do you like to order? Today we recommend you the splendid alfonsino dish and –"Into Minegasaki interrupt him "We want to build an urban apartment with garden resident as c-"she almost explain into Sora interrupt her.
"You're the one of those land sharks and you want us out of here, right? I heard the other day but" Souma jump in says.
"Go back. We don't want to shut down this shop at all."
Minegasaki smile and lays her business card on table. She begins mock, asks about fail diner to Souma who replied her question and she ask last question to him.
"Then, what if you couldn't give the client the dish he wants. How would you take responsibility?"
Soma was about to replied but Sora stopping him to say anything by put hand on his shoulder. He turns around, stare at his sister's eyes and nodding at Sora. The younger twin grabs card with tong, put it on shichirin and replies "We'll close the shop and go out of business or whatever" with annoying mood
"We will come back in other time" says Minegasaki and leading out her bodyguards out from diner. The twins in pissed mood and the older twin starts say
"Let's purify with salt!"
Sora bring small box of salt into she felt a manly hand grabs her wrist and remove the box from her hand.
"It's waste of so no" denied their father
"Why didn't you say anything to that hag?" Souma ask and look at his father.
The twins look at Joichiro, waiting for him to speak only stare to Soma and to Sora.
She looks at dad with worry voice"Dad?" suddenly he hugs both Soma and Sora and chuckles.
"I'm just glad that, I have you two as my kids"
Soma look confuse about dads behavior but Sora in other hand notice something wrong with Joichiro. "What is dad hiding from us?"
The next morning Soma come inside his sister's room, walk to where he sees a finger lay on the bed and shake her shoulder.
"Wake up sis; you'll be late to school!"
She sit up slowly and yawn "Good morning, Soma" while rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning sis! Go cha-"He stops to speak when sees Sora in shock face and asks her.
"Sis, you ok?"
"THANK YOU SOMA!" Thanking Sora.
Sora kicks him out the room, she fixing her hair into a low two braids with blue ribbons, change from pajamas and wears white t-shirt, black strap overalls jumpsuit and grabs black ballerina shoes, sunglasses and sun hats. She open the door in panic and see Souma still standing outside her bedroom.
"Sis, where are y-"
"I'M IN THE HURRY?!" She ran to the backdoor, open and closes the door behind and sees her dad walk direction to café. Sora sneak distant behind her father into he arrive his stop, a café.
An old French house where people can relax and look at the garden full with roses; it was her favorite place when she was 3 years old, spends with her mother when she was alive.
Joichiro walk inside the café while Sora hidden behind the bushes close to the window where she can see him sitting close to the small window.
"Let's see what u hiding from me, dad?" Sora though and sees her dad talk with a foreign man "I wish I could hear more clearing what they saying. Though they say in French…" She hears some words clearing which Sora can understand into the bell door from the café open and sees father walk to left side where she is.
The younger child still following her father distant in till Joichiro arrive the park, he sit down on the bench, look in front of him a silent playground and behind him are full of sakura trees that haven't bloom yet.
She hides behind the tree near the bench and looking at her father still sitting on the bench, pick up the phone and start calling.
"Soma, I went out for business and closed the shop."
Sora keep listening her dad conversation her brother in the phone then Joichiro asks.
"Hey, what do you plan to do after you finish middle school?"
…
Her dad wear not satisfied face after heard Soma's replied and says.
"I see…" he hang up the phone and he look at the tree near him.
"You can come out now and I know you been following me from the very beginning, Sora"
She surprise how he find out, come out from the shadow and stand beside the tree while look at her father. It was silent between them into Joichiro pat beside him. Sora walk to him, sit on the bench and hear her father asking.
"How much do know?"
"I only know you will leave me and Soma again and this time I can't come with you."
He removes her sunglasses, hat from her head and takes a look of his daughter face. Only see her eyes are full of sadness in front of him. Joichiro envelopes her and pat her head gently.
"It's going be alright, sweetie" comfort Joichiro. He felt a nod on his right shoulder and start to speak up the new to his daughter.
"I transfer both you and Souma to cooking school"
"What?!"
Sora was angry about the news. She want grab her father collar and shake him mad for decide his own without asking her permission. Joichiro wear serious face in front of her like is not a joke. Sora sighs and calms herself.
"What kind a school?" ask Sora
"Tootsuki Culinary Acadamy, A superior elite school where less than 10% of the students graduate." reply Joichiro. It was silent, knows his daughter reacting about the school he put his own hands on his ears and then…
"WHAT?! YOU KNOW I HATE RICH PEOPLE WHO LOOK DOWN ON PEOPLE LIKE US, DADDY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?" grab her father collar and shake him like mad.
"Because…"stay quiet but in his mind he laughs his ass off and sees red face of his daughter. Sora start hits on Joichiro chest. She knew her dad love to torment people for his sadistic enjoyment.
"SAY SOMETHING DADDY?!"
"hehe one more push" He though and starts to yawn "Are you done? Daddy wants to sleep"
"DADDY!" shout Sora
He decide to be serious and ask her" Do you know what's your and Soma's goal?"
"To surpass you our cooking" replied Sora
"That's why I want you and Soma grow more stronger than you are now." explain Joichiro
"Are you saying I'm weak? "ask Sora
Joichiro smirk at his daughter who knows that face he wearing. Sora got pissed and hearing her father says.
"If you can't graduate from that school, you can kiss your goodbye to defeat me. After all you lost 500rounds" He chuckles
"SHUT UP! IT WAS 488 LOSSES DADDY?!" correcting Sora.
"So you remember." laugh Joichiro and ignore a foul mood daughter.
"Even I can't graduate from Totsuki, I will defeat you at cooking as long I still alive." Point at her father's face
"hee, I can't hardly wait" he smirk and accept her challenge
-A few weeks later-
The twins walking way to the entrance exam, sees many different students walking same direction and the younger twin see Soma begin bored.
"Come on Soma, cheer up at least we got to cook." Sora pats on her brothers back
"But I still don't want be here and why didn't you say anything to the old man?" he look at his sister and see her hair down, wearing Yukihira t-shirt with his middle school jacket, black shorts down to her past ankle, socks and middle school shoes.
"I didn't like to be here either but we don't have a chose to defeat our dad, right?" replied Sora
He couldn't deny her about it since the siblings have same goal. Suddenly felt a hand on his chest and look down.
"Don't forget, if you fail your test. I will step on you so that you can't reach out to me!" joking Sora
The older twin got pissed and wants so badly challenge her right here and right now. His sister chuckled, patting his back and ignore his foul mood.
"EVEN I FAIL THE TEST, I'LL STILL CHASE YOU INTO I DEFEAT YOU?!" shout Soma
"Then I will gladly accept your challenge no matter what you throw at me." Grin Sora and see her brother wear same smile as her.
After the twins arrives the Tootsuki Academy, they are looking around school ground with many different foreign buildings and many rich students in different uniform whose brought own butlers.
The Yukihira twins sigh and want badly end this quickly. They heard scream from old man who begs to pay to let his son's entrance.
The siblings look at each other and keep going and try to find the exam hall but suddenly the older twin accidently kick the bench. They notice a rich boy sitting on it who holding a cup of tea.
"Soma, you should see where you kicking…I'm sorry for my brother kick it" apologize Sora
"Don't worry, hey are you both taking exam?" the boy smile and introduce himself "I'm Nikaidou Yoshiaki, my family owns French restaurant." and let them sit next to him.
He explains about some other student's background and asks the twins.
"What kind of shop is yours?"
"Ah…it's call Yukihira" Souma replies
"Yukihira…? A traditional Japanese restaurant?" ask Nikaidou
"HAHA…It's nothing that big. It's just a special- of- the- day shop in the downtown." replies Soma. Suddenly Nikaidou kicks both the siblings of the bench, Soma grab his sister arm to not let her fall on the ground and let the older twins fall.
"You vulgar plebeians… DON'T YOU GUYS DARE SIT NEXT TO ME!" shout Nikaidou disgusting to the twins.
The twins listening student's bad mouth at them and hear Nikaidou says "Listen Carefully! This Academy is no place for plebeians like you two!"
The younger twin got pissed about to be bad mouth by rich people. Soma notice her hand turn into fist, he was about take her hand but didn't reach in time. As Sora walk to Nikaidou who still talking.
" It's a holy garden where only the elites of the food business are allowed to learn. That's what this place is, Tootsuki tea ceremony and cooking academy! A vulgar plebeian like you guys will probably get dropped out after they reviewed the doc-"
Sora grab his collar and say "You haven't taste at Yukihira even once, don't go deciding our value like that!" in mad mood.
She let go of Nikaidou's collar, grab her older brother hand walking way to entrance exam hall and ignore whisper around her and Soma. They arrive and see two different building of exam for each gender, right side for the boys while the left side for girls.
Sora let go of her older brother's hand but suddenly Soma grabs her hand instead, drag her into a envelope his younger sister who suddenly was tense and quickly feels calm.
"It will be alright, they may be rich and fabulous stuff but one thing for sure. They don't have cook like us so. Let's show them how to not mess us around" he whispering to her ear and feel she nods on his shoulder.
He let go of Sora, pat her shoulder while she do the same. They wishing good luck each other and walk their separate way to the exam.
Sora arrive the exam and see girls gather around and see a male finger with white hair, icy white eyes and wearing Tootsuki uniform stand in front of them.
The girls whisper how the white hair male look handsome like shining prince except Sora who less care about his appearance.
"H-Hello everyone, I-I be your entrance examination and m-my name is Tsukasa Eishi" introduce Tsukasa nervous
Everyone look surprise about his behavior even Sora thought the Tsukasa was like elegant like prince instead of a shy boy who want hide behind his mother.
Suddenly her yellow eyes meet pearly eyes into Tsukasa who begin silent. Then he broke contact and breath in and out while she look confuse "what was that about?"
The white male looks at paper and begin explain about the exam.
"I will first interview in groups of ten based on the application forms. After that, A test of practical cooking skills with three different dishes. For those who pass will earn their admission to Totsuki Academy." And look at transfer students with icy cold eyes.
Everyone begin shivering and shock from the glare unlike Sora who grin and accept the challenge.
~few hours later~
Sora standing close to the window and wearing bored face while waiting for her next turn. She sees everyone walk out from the room with relief and some down face of failing the test. Tsukasa walk out from the room with exhaust after the girl run away with tears.
"This is the last one" He sighs and doesn't notice the red girl is still there. She got pissed and walks to him and pats his left shoulder. Tsukasa suddenly jump and see Sora beside him.
"The last one is me, Eishi-senpai." She pointing herself and pout at him. Tsukasa look at her yellow eyes, red long silky hair and white creamy face like a god. He couldn't resist her beauty into she interrupts his thought by calling his name.
"Ah I'm sorry, should we?"
She nods and following Tsukasa way inside the cooking room. He walks to table and sit down close the window "Please sit down." Sora sits down in front of him. Tsukasa look at paper then to her.
"Your name is Yukihira Sora?" The red hair nods at Tsuksasa who take a short look and back to counties reading "Worked a family diner and you cooking style is Japanese culinary?"
"Well…I couldn't say it's only Japanese culinary." The white hair boy stares at yellow eyes again.
"Would you tell me other culinary you can make?" ask Tsukasa and put paper down on table
"If you want to know, why don't I make a dish for you?"
The red hair girl smirks at Tsukasa and waiting for his response. He senses a dark aura around her like a bloodthirst demon want eat his last leg. The white hair boy staring at her coldly but can see Sora doesn't budge or shiver the icy look.
He sighs and says.
"Let's change the plan for your exam; if you can make a dish that will satisfy me, you'll pass to this school deal?"
"Deal, what's main dish?"
Sora looks at Tsukasa walking to the kitchen table with basket full of fruits and sees him picking up a red round with brown stick on top.
"Your main dish is an apple, you have a half and an hour to ma-"
"Got it!" interrupt Sora as she put top ponytail, take off jacket and starts to cook.
Her movement was so too fast and elegant even he couldn't follow the trace of her hands. Tsukasa couldn't resist her smile like she loves cooking.
"Her movement isn't normal like low restaurant and diner either in fact Is like she fighting with a sword but same time as she dancing ballet. The way she move it's familiar but where?" Thought Tsukasa
Sora take it out from the oven remove it from ramekin. Put it on plate and serves with vanilla ice cream in front of Tsukasa who already sitting in front of her.
"Enjoy!" she smile
The white look down on the dish and smell of lovely apple. He takes a bite of the cake. Suddenly he react the taste and though.
"I can easy chew the apples, something around it becomes soft that melt away in my mouth. The filling is warm and smooth with cinnamon, but what's the strong flavor I felt and how did it around the filling become soft?"
"I guess you notice what the strong flavor has come from… It's the ginger and Calvados." Answer Sora
"What about something around the filling? It's melt right away without chewing." Ask Tsukasa
"The answer is this!" replied Sora and holding the bag full of toast bread.
"Of course, she most had cut the edges since they aren't soft than white inside and put inside ramekin so that it shape a circle. The bread became softer when it adsorbs liquid like soup or water." Though Tsukasa
He counties ate more plus with vanilla ice cream. Suddenly Tsukasa felt the warm strong cake mixing with cold ice cream in inside his mouth become harmony like a gently wind on the autumn with sunrise and apples raining from the tree become the beautiful garden of red roses.
Tsukasa put down the spoon on the table, stare at yellow eyes who smile innocent and he speak.
"It's apple charlottes f-"
"From Unite Kingdom, yes…I have travel in different countries with my dad." Interrupt Sora
"P-please don't interrupt me while I-I'm talking, Yukihira-chan!" with nervous mood
"I shouldn't underestimate her…but she isn't quite to my level to defeat me." Though Tukasa
"So I pass the test?" ask Sora
Tsukasa looks down the dish and notice he ate all from the plate. He stare back at her while Sora stare at him and waiting for his reply.
"I guess you pass the exam, Yukihira Sora" replied Tsukasa
"Glad you like it!" shout Sora proudly as remove white band from her hair.
She wrapping the band around her wrist and put middle school jacket on. Sora glaring with smile at Tsukasa, walking to him and says.
"Eishi-senpai, let's have shokugeki one day."
The white hair boy surprises hear the words from her mouth, he turn around and ask. "W-Wait h-how did you know about shokugeki?"
"I wonder~" replied Sora as she happily skip away from room and leaving the tearing white hair male.
"Y-Yukihira-chan?!" shout Tsukasa
Tsukasa cover his face with his arms on the table and scream quietly like a girl. He smile and look at the apple in front of him.
"Yukihira Sora…let's meet again."
-continue-