Authoress note: thank you for everyone who reviewed and read my fic. Oh yes, there are several mistake in chapter one, the word 'chotto' was misplace with 'matte'. Thank you for the reminder. And for everyone who have question to where this fic lead to? Well, not going to spoil the surprise. *grin* I do hope this fic can be better than driving lesson *finger crosses* Sorry for the late update though, busy at work and… I just came back from my 8 days journey in Japan! Osaka had a great food; Kyoto had so many temple; Hakone had a very good view and very relaxing town; and Tokyo? Well, shopping everyone! Summer in Japan is the best, there are many matsuri (festival) like sumiyoshi matsuri, bonodori matsuri and hanabi matsuri (firework festival). I am in luck! Mandarake also had very good selection of saint seiya doujinshi! Too back no Saint Panic doujin this time… For anyone who loves Japan, I really encourage to do a backpacking style journey or budget tour. Tour travel agent was just boring, and they always take us in hurry… and the food? Don't mention that. I went to Bangkok last year with tour agent and they just keep pushing us to go faster, and the food was just horrible… and morning call and curfew?! And it's expensive too! Uh… anyway thanks for reading my rambling… I'll shut up
Disclaimer: Saint Seiya belongs to Kurumada sensei
Warning: unbetaed and English is not my mother language.
It's Cooking Time!
Part 2
After some chaotic starter which resulting in fainting people and some interesting face color, the saint finally settled down around the garden. Everyone of course, moved far far away from the table… except Aiolos who took another forth…
"I can't believe it! Nii-san (brother) can stomach that thing!" Aiolia murmured quietly trying not to throw up when he saw his brother munched down the food.
"Well, maybe he had more acid in his stomach." Alderbaran said as he rubbed his poor abdomen. Not far from him, Milo was trying to shake Camus up while glaring murderous at the Pisces boy once in a while. The younger Gemini was also patting Shaka's cheek lightly before he paused and pinched the poor unconscious boy which still had no reaction. Shion and Dohko were lying on the grass with Shiryu and Mu waving white towel toward each teacher, just like a boxing loser…
"Maybe it just because he loses his palate, you know after dying for 13 years…" Shura started joining in as he tried to rouse the Cancer up. It was more like making him fainting even further as he knocked his head several times, not too lightly too!
"If he really lose his palate, what do you think when he cook dinner later?" Saga said which made everyone in hearing zone paused and looked at the still munching lad in horror.
"Everyone! After the starter! The main course is waiting inside!" The current chef said in sing song voice as he woke his sous chef up. Shun who helped the cooking could be seen fainting with the white spirit Shun-ghost hovering from his mouth. Beside him, the Hades spirit was kneeing down with a blue almost purple face. Shun being a two spirit was actually successfully switched into his God counterpart when he was forced to eat a surströmming. Too bad for a split second the God took control and pushed Shun spirit up again but it was quite too late that Hades had also tasted the sample…
"Oi!" Aphrodite yelled as he kicked the boy lightly, he pouted a little before pausing, a smirk came back toward his lips. "Everyone really like the surströmming huh? Well how about another can?"
"No! We're up!" Yelled everyone minus Aiolos in unison, even Athena who was also fainting stormed back to the dining room unwomanly. The Sagitarius looked around in confused.
"This is not that bad, right Aphro?" The bandana wearer stated before he walked toward the mansion only to stop before the younger lad. "Can I have that another can?" He asked, the light blue sky lad looked at him in disbelief before shrugging and tossed the can toward the man. "Oh, give me the recipe for that sandwich, ok?"
"Sure thing." Aphrodite said grinning slightly before walking toward the mansion.
Finally in the dining room...
Everyone had seated in available chair dreading their fate, Shun had already stormed to the kitchen (more like flying) to hide from the starter. He was gasping for breath when he heard a dangerously low hiss. 'Do you know what did you do?' Hades looked at him murderous while Shun gulped lightly. "I thought you will like it…" He let out a nervous chuckle when the God spirit gave him another dead glare. Too bad or luckyly, Aphrodite singsong voice saved him when the chef ordered Shun to push the cart full with meatballs out. Finally with help of Tatsumi and several other maids, the plates were placing neatly in front of each saint (more like waiting for their doom). Shun couldn't help but feel relieved when he was not ask to join in.
"May I present you, Swedish meat ball. To finish the dish, lingoberry jelly as side can move your palate." He grinned, the twelve guardian actually pretty proud of what he putting at. There were a lot sigh of relieve that the dish was actually quite normal, but no one really want to try it first. "Well? Dig in?" Aphrodite crossed his hands as if he was offended. As if it was voted, everyone seem to be eyeing the oldest gold saint of the pack. Saga sweat lightly as he groaned in annoyed before he slowly took the knife and fork. He poked it lightly before finally giving enough pressure to slice, lo and behold came out the red juice everywhere.
"That's like some horror movie…" Milo remarked as Saga face being sputtered by droplet of blood.
"Euw… it's raw." Kanon who was sitting beside his brother stared at it in disgust.
"Ah! I see, so there is a step that I forgot." The chef said as everyone glared at him but he done nothing and shrugged. "Oh well, that's easy to repair."
"Huh?" Shun said before he gasped in horror when his senior pulled white roses and bull eyeing every meatball on each saint's plate. Everyone, more over Athena panicky yelled, some were actually cursing something like 'trying to kill' etc etc. Only one person who actually see this as a very comically event, Hades could be spot laughing and snickering. All in all, the dinner turned into a chasing of Pisces, leaving dripping blood rose sprouted meatball on the plate.
"…" Shaka looked around from his chair as he was one of the only three people not chasing. "I think I will become vegetarian for a while." Contrary to anyone belief, the Virgo was actually not a vegetarian!
"… I think I will fix myself a cheese sandwich…" Camus said as he stared at the still dripping blood meatball.
"Tatsumi… give me some instant ramen…" Athena said regretting her decision…
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"…..." Shun finally chuckled nervously as he waited for the reaction, any reaction from the ice master… after the incident last night, Camus was the second person on the job for dinner cooking today. As soon as the Aquarius entered the kitchen (turn nursery), he was doing nothing but staring.
"Shun, first thing first."
"Yes?"
"We are remodeling the kitchen."
"Huh? But we supposed to cook." His voice was slowly fading under his senior glare. "Yes, Sir."
"'Oui Chef!' is more like it." He trailed as he froze the wallpaper. "Rip it away; use your cosmos to protect your hand though."
"Uh… oui chef?" Shun said unsure as he began to do his part, ripping the pink rose wallpaper away.
"While you at it, I go and buy some ingredient." The older lad said as he went outside, leaving poor Shun alone for remodeling.
"… am I a building contractor or sous chef!" He sighed in frustration while Hades gave another chuckle, oh how he enjoy this.
Meanwhile Shun was busy with remodeling; Milo was roped into shopping by no other but the chef. And to make it difficult, Camus being a perfectionist was going to shop, no not in Tokyo, not in Japan and no, not in France either. Milo was roped to shop in his most hated country yet also Camus most beloved country outside France. Yep! It's Siberia!
Finally after pull out all the previous pink wallpaper and repainting, which amazingly took only 2 hours… Shun finally sat on the chair inside the kitchen.
"Nii-san (Brother), Shiryu, Seiya. Thank you for helping."
"Bah! Who the beep ask you to do something like this? Isn't it supposed to be cooking?" Asked the older blue hair lad, fuming.
"It's Aphrodite idea to do something like paste the pink wallpaper…" Shun shrugged
"Thankfully the ice is actually helping us to pull the paper down." The long hair god saint was washing his hands which had several white spot paint.
"No it's not! Look! Frostbite!" Seiya complained as he shoved his hands in front of the dragon.
"And I have already told you to cover your hands with cosmos, haven't I?" A familiar voice made everybody jumped. "Not bad actually, now we can start cooking." The god saints finally turned around and found Camus with several bags on his hands, and a beaten looking Scorpio saint with a huge something on his hands.
"I hate you, next time asked Mu to accompany you if you need something like this! That Aries is quite immune to cold!" He glared and dumped whatever on his hands to the floor. "I smell like a fish! I need a bath! Hot bath!" He stormed outside murmuring something like no good best friend and slave. Shun could see even if it was only a second, Camus lips formed a genuine smile before he was back to his usual cold face and taking his bags onto the counter.
"Now…" He started. "Everyone who don't have business here, go now."
"Hey! You hmmp!" Before Ikki could even argue or yell anything inapprociate, Shiryu had already dragged him out. Seiya laughed nervously before he yelled "Later, Shun! Enjoy!" and dashed out.
"Now, put this in the freezer." Camus said as if nothing had happen, and pointed the dropped bag which was carried earlier by Milo.
"Uh." Shun took the slight heavy bag and carefully put it into the huge cold storage beside the kitchen. "Actually what that is?" He asked as he saw the gold saint took out every ingredient from his share of bags. Beef shank with bone, beef chuck, beef ribs, large beef marrowbones, cloves, white onion, some kind of tied herbs, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, bay leaves, celery, carrots, leeks turnips, and small potatoes. Shun was speakless, did they need that much ingredients? And it didn't stop there. Camus also took out sponge leavened dough, cottage cheese, egg, sugar and wheat flour. From other bag, cheesecloth and string.
"Anou…"
"Help me chop this." He handed the celery and leek. "Wash and cut into quarter" He continued as he took a biggest pot on the kitchen. He began to tie the beef shank, chuck, and ribs into a tight bundle with the string.
"Uh Oui chef?" Shun said as he did what he was told. Meanwhile Camus also wrap the marrowbones in the cheesecloth, secure it tightly with the string. Finally after assessing the warp, he dumped all the beef into the huge pot and poured it with water until all of the beef covered. He easily a giant pot to the biggest burner on the kitchen, light it up and back to bagging another cheesecloth. This time he placed the bungle of herbs, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and bay leaves into one.
"Um, I done." Shun said unsure. Camus hned before he took turnip and carrot to give.
"Peel and cut, quarter." He said as he shimmer the pot several time. As soon as he saw the pot boil, Camus lower the fire and dumped onion filled clove into the mixture and finally cheesecloth which contained herb inside. "Shun, you put the vegetable in separate cloth, tied the string tightly. Watch the pot, add water to cover the meat, do not let it boil."
"Uh ok, that's quite simple."
"Since you say simple, watch it for 2 and half hours."
"What!"
"…" Without another word, Camus took out a pack from the other bag; it said Paris Baguette in front of it before he took two plates. "Here." He said as he put one plate on the table not far from Shun.
"What is that?" The bronze saint said, he knew that was some kind of desert.
"Tarte Tatin."
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"Failed apple pie." He had a slight beam as he looked toward the boy before he said "On the other word, upside down apple tart."
"Oh." Suddenly Shun paused and remembered something about apple and Milo, he grinned before he glanced at the chef. "Milo will love it."
"…" Camus face had a little tint of red before he took the package and plate outside, definitely seeking forgiveness from his best friend.
"…" Shun paused as he looked at the tart. He took a bite on it before munching slowly and savoring the treat. "Hyoga right, Camus really is a polar bear huh?"
It's more like penguin… Hades grinned mischievously.
To be continue…
Authoress note: ahem… well next up, finishing time for Camus and the dinner begin! If you have time, please review. Oh and thank you for everyone for reviewing, fav and follow this story. ltifal log out
