Soma entered the dorm whistling and quickly ran into the kitchen. He then decided on making a bunch of random meals that Erina could think up since Erina didn't decide on the theme of the match. 'Hmm How about I try Eggs, then a rice based dish, or meat and fish based dish. Soma continued to cook until it was exactly midnight. He then heard footsteps and looked to Megumi walking down the stairs, yawning. Soma quickly rushed to her, grabbed her hand and dragged into the kitchen.

"S-Soma, w-what are you doing?" Megumi gave Soma an exasperated look, still yawning.

"Sorry I need you to taste test these for dishes. These are some of my Yukihara style dishes, some of them are improved." Soma handed Megumi the first dish which actually was the meat base dish. After the first bite, Megumi began to look wide awake and continued to eat.

Soma quickly took the bowl away and waves his finger in a teasing way. "Not so fast. I need you to try the 4 other dishes." Soma placed the 4 other dishes on the table in front of Megumi. Whenever she would take a bite, it was as if her eyes were sparkling. She quickly took a bite from each of the dishes and than sat and started to dig in. "Wow you must be really hungry." Soma laughed.

"I-It's not that... For some reason I can't help but continue to eat. This food is way too good Soma." Megumi continued to eat until she finished everything.

"So... Which one did you like the best?" Soma asked filled with curiosity.

"Actually they all were good I couldn't decide which one I liked better." Megumi's faced flushed when she was embarrassed to not actually find one distinct dish from the five Soma created.

Soma face lit up. "That's exactly what I was hoping."

Megumi's face looked confused. "Huh? What's going on?"

Soma walked up stairs, getting ready for bed. "I'm battling Erina in a shokugeki, it's no biggie."

"Wha- Wait! Soma you can-"

"It's fine. I'll be fine. I'll take her down." Soma reassured her as he continue to head to bed.


The Next Day:

Hisako headed inside Erina's room and woke her up again. "Erina today's the day. Did you decide what theme you're going for the battle?"

Erina yawned and hopped off her bed. "Hmph, I was finally able to get a good night's rest knowing that I will have the honor to expel Yukihara Soma in today's shokugeki. The theme I'm choosing is egg of course. Since it will be very pleasing to see him go out the same way he came in."

Hisako looked at Erina sternly. "Erina are you sure about this. What if-"

Erina expression quickly changed. "What if what?"

"Nothing. This shouldn't be a problem for you at all." Hisako reassured her quickly changing her thoughts.

Erina went off to get ready and Hisako waited patiently.


Class was just as awkward. Chef Wei continued on with her lecture. Soma just stared at Erina while she was writing. As the lecture continued Soma continued to stare. Erina finally had enough. "Don't you think it's better if you face forward."

Soma smiled. "Sorry I was just imagining the look you'll give once I finally beat the God Tongue."

"Get real. I hope you enjoy your final day in class. Looks like you'll have to find your way cooking somewhere else." Erina answered simply

"By the way, what's our theme? You never told me before we agreed on this."

"Eggs. I'll be talking away your enrollment the same ways. You got in." Erina smiled.

Soma was not surprised one bit. In fact, three of the five dishes he made eggs for that reason. He knew that she had some sort of vendetta from their first encounter since every argument seemed to stem from that day.

"Alright, guess we'll settle this after class." Soma answered.

As classes was coming to a close everyone was talking around Soma. The same guy who talked about Erina's looks started gossiping. "Is that guy out of his mind? He must be asking for death challenging the God tongue."

Erina just snickered and walked past Soma.

Soma packed his stuff and headed to the arena where they held shokugekis. He remembered the dishes he made for Megumi and decided to try out one that his father made. This particular dish actually made one of the customers faint due to the overwhelming amount of flavor put into this dish.

The announcer headed to the front of the cooking battlefield.

"We're here with two very well known chefs. One of which is the famous God Tongue, Nakiri Erina! " The crowd immediately started cheering her on. "On the other side coming out is the man who declare that he will be number one, Yukihara Soma!" Surprisingly people also cheered for him. Unlike last year, people actually respected him after everything that went on last year. "The judges will be Chef Wei, Senzaemon Nakiri, and Shinomiya. The theme will be an egg based dish. The battle starts NOW!"

Erina brought out her fresh ingredients. Everything looked top of the line. Even the Egg itself looked like it was handpicked and literally just given unto her. As for Soma he started to bring out his ingredients. Everything was from the discount store. Everything from the poultry, to the Eggs. He then brought out Macaroni and Cheese, and the crowd looked at Soma in confusion. He grinned and began to cook.

Erina looked at what looked like a disgrace to cooking everywhere and smirked. 'That's right. If you think those peasant-like ingredients will beat then...This will be too good.' Erina started putting the finishing touches on her food. She made a Japanese rolled omelet. She mixed in fresh bell peppers and seasoned it with garlic. She then looked to Sona who was just whistling while putting macaroni in boiling water and frying the eggs at the same time. 'What is Yukihara even doing?' She walked over to the judges and handed them a plate to each of them. "Enjoy! She said."

After the first bite the judges looked their eyes were going to bulge out there sockets.

"A-Amazing this dish reminds me of my cooking days." Chef Wei blushed as she reminisced her old cooking days.

Shinomiya breathed out after his cold bite. He imagined him self young again watching Saturday morning cartoons while relaxing and not worrying about anything.

As for Erina's grandfather the top half of his clothes came off and he continued to eat. Erina looked at Soma's dish and her eyes widened. 'Why does it look so... so shiny?'

Soma walked past her and handed the judges the food. "This is from the secret menu of Yukihara style cooking! Macaroni with Fried Eggs. The beef on the side of the dish is smoldered with cheese. I hope you enjoy it."

Chef Wei took the first bite and started to rapidly eat the dish. Shinomiya did the same as well. "W-What's this sensation I'm feeling." He asked as he was marveling how good the dish is.

Erina's Grandfather already finished the meal while no one was looking. Soma laughed while Erina was in plane shock.

"Well I'm just going to go out and say it. Yukihara's dish far surpasses Erina's dish in everyway, shape, or form." Shinomiya said quietly.

"I agree as well." Chef Wei answered simply.

"I'm sorry Erina, but I have to go with Soma's dish for this one." Senzaemon replied as he licked the bowl clean.

Hearing this Yukihara smiled. "Glad you like it."

Erina on the other hand drop her spatula still in pure shock of what has just occurred. Soma walked past her and grinned. "Erina I need you to taste test some dishes for me after class tommorow."

"I-I lost... to Y-Yukihara Soma." Erina face faced the ground in complete defeat. The crowd however cheered for Soma. Hisako ran to Erina.

"Let's get you out of here." Hisako replied carrying her arm and helping her walk out.


"I lost..." for the past few hours Erina has been in bed ever since she lost. Her face emotionless. Hisako tried cheering her up by buying her new packs of her favorite manga and buying games for her to play but she hasn't moved. Hisako sighed and went outside her room. She brought out her phone and called Soma.

Soma picked up from the phone while he was relaxing on his bed. "Hey Hisako what's up?"

"Soma you need to go do something about Erina. She hasn't said a word since you beat her." Hisako fumed.

"Alright I'll come over." Soma replied simply.

"Hold on that's not what I mean-" Hisako was cut off because Soma turned off the phone. 'Jeez Soma.'

An hour later there was a knock on the door. Hisako ran up and walked outside Erina's room. "What are you doing here?'

Soma looked confused. "I said I would be here plus I bought some food. Don't worry."

Hisako sighed. "I have to go right now, please don't do anything stupid." Hisako left and Yukihara entered in the room.

"Hey Nakiri Erina, you can't be in bed this entire time." Soma grinned.

Hearing his voice Erina fell of the bed. "SOMA WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM! Who let you in here."

"Don't worry about it." Soma replied. He brought out some from food from a plastic bag. "I need you to try this tell me how it is."

Erina's face turned red. "W-What is it?"

"Just try it."

Erina took the food from Soma and smelled it. It had a very soothing aroma. She then took a few bites, she looked at Yukihara Soma and then back at the food. "I-It's decent." She swallowed up the remaining pride she had left. "It's actually not bad I guess."

"Oh? this the first compliment from you."

"S-Shut up. I give up. Hisako was right. I spent all my time just making sure you would get expelled, but somehow you always manage to avoid it." Erina said in a disappointed tone.

Soma laughed. Erina looked at him confused. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing. I didn't think you were actually serious about that. By the away I need you to help me with something else."

Until Next time. I hope you guys enjoyed. I'll see if I can upload more often.