I do not own food wars or Persona...
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The next of couple of days…
Shinjiro continue to pass through each challenge, while some continue to get expelled. He then received a call from Isshiki, "Where do they get my cell number?', he answered it, "Hey, Isshiki what's up. Huh, no Soma hasn't buffen up. No, Megumi, Ryoko, Yuuki, Daigo and Shouji haven't from a biker gang. What? No, Shun haven't grown a beard. Zengi? What the hell! No, he isn't dead! Isshiki are you on drugs or something?".
"Sorry about that it just I been worried about everyone senpai", Isshiki explain through the telephone, "So how is everyone?".
"They're doing just fine. Each one of them has shown their skills.", Shinjiro said with a smiled on his face, "Hey quick question does the school accept dogs?'.
"Yes of course.", Isshiki answer Shinjiro in a cheerful voice, "Dog are quite delicious..".
"WHAT, you guys cook dogs!", Shinjiro face turn pale by his words.
"Ha ha ha, no we don't. It was simple a joke senpai. But, i believe it depends on the dorm your in. I might be able to talk to Fumio about it.", Isshiki promised his senior, since he had a feeling that Shinjiro had found a new pet, "Please take care senpai! Goodbye.".
Shinjiro hunged up his cell phone, he then began to walked throughout the hall of the hotel he, bumped into some through the hall, to his surprised it was, "Kojiro Shinomiya! Hello, how are you today?".
Kojiro saw it Shinjiro Aragaki, he had heard many praised from several of his other instructor about him, "So your Shinjiro Aragaki? I heard much about you.".
"They're probably not all good.', Shinjiro said as he rubbed the back his head, "Well I better go and head toward my dorm room.".
"Wait", Kojiro stopped the beanie wearing teen, "Would like to have a drink with me?'.
Shinjiro eyes widen by the request he was given, "Alright, let have a drink.".
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Both of them were inside the office that Kojiro was using throughout the trip, "Here you go some soda.", Kojiro gave him soda since, he was too young to drink yet. Kojiro had himself a glass of fine wine.
"Thanks, Kojiro-san.", Shinjiro open his soda, "So is there a reason why you asked me to have a drink with you. I bet it not just for a pat on a back or something?'.
Kojiro took a small sip from his wine, "Yes, your right. I wanted to know more about the first third year to ever enter Totsuki.', he said it in a cold voice, "tell me why did you join this school for? To become the one of the members of the elite ten to compete with others throughout the world or for money?'.
Shinjiro laugh a bit, "No, i join to get better that it to get better at cooking.".
Kojiro was quite surprised by the words of the third year student, "What! That it. Don't you want to become be a seated member of the elite ten or the first seat at best.'.
"Not really.", Shinjiro said as he drank his soda, "I just want to get better is the one thing want. I probably go back to the orphanage to cook for them.'.
"I see. If you continue to think like that you will not achieve your goal.', Kojiro stated plainly to the third year in which shocked Shinjiro, "You can't simple continue to have a goal to become better in cooking. I seen many with that goal and were crushed. You must find something else to make you cook.".
Shinjiro was speech less by what he had heard, "Is my goal that simple? I mean i was just here for that purpose, but is truly enough?".
And soon an announcement was heard through the speakers, "Students of Tootsuki Academy! One hour from now, at 10 o'clock, you will assemble in the banquet hall in your uniforms.".
"Well it seems that you'll need to start going Shinjiro.", Kojiro told the the third year student, "How about we finished this talk later?".
Shinjiro gave a small nod to the pinkette, "Yeah, thanks for the drink.", he left to go to the banquet hall.
Kojiro walked toward his desk, there was plate a food which had Shinjiro Dragon sushi on it in which it had a bite on it, "Shinjiro Aragaki, I hope you are able to find your new goal. Because you are truly skilled chef.".
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At the banquet hall, he saw there was fewer students than before, "So i guess some of the students have already been fired.", he soon saw the polar dorm students, "Hey guys you made it.",
Yuki went and puffed up her cheeks, "what does that mean senpai. Did suspected us to fail or something?".
"Hey, i didn't mean it like that!", Shinjiro reassured the ginger haired girl, "I just got a call from Isshiki to make sure you guys all pas, But, the real question is why we here?'.
"I agree with you Shinjiro-senpai.", Ibusaki agreed with his senior, "They didn't have something for tonight for the schedule".
Two students ran up to Soma, one of them he knew, Ikumi. But the other was someone who he never saw he had blonde hair and blue eyes. After he finished talking with som, he looked up and saw the senior, "Your Shinjiro Aragaki, The Black Rider, correct.", he gave a nod in assurance, "I see you are more intimidating up front. But, i assure you I will beat you. Remember the name Takumi Aldini".
Soon, Gin Doujima came to the stage and explain the challenge, they would be making a buffet style dish with main ingredient being an egg, at 6 am, "so that the tes huh? Well i better get cooking.".
He then bump into someone, "oh, sorry about that!", He saw it was Erina.
"Shinjiro-senpai i see that your still here. I'm not surprised.", Erina complemented her senior ability, "Are you planning to do some cooking late at night?".
"Huh, yeah. I need to get some ideas on what to cook.", Shinjiro replied to the heiress as he went his way.
"Wait, Shinjiro-senpai", Erina plead with her senior, "If you required a kitchen. I had one reserved for me and my assistant. We can share it if you like.".
Shinjiro whistled at her offer, "That sounds like a good deal to me. Tell me where it is i'll go and swing by.". The beanie wearing teen left to go get his things from his room.
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Erina and Hisoka were cooking in the kitchen, "Um, Erina-sama. Are you sure that Shinjiro-senpai should be here with us?".
"Hisoka! Shinjiro Aragaki is a skilled chef, someone who has my respects!", Erina scold her assistant, in which shocked her, Shinjiro Aragaki was able to impressed Erina so much that she actually respected him.
The door soon open and revealed to be shinjiro carrying jar of peanuts, berries, sugar, bananas and a carton of eggs, "Oh, you guys are here. Sorry for making you wait took me forever to get the ingredients that I needed.".
Hisoka and Erina saw the ingredients he had brought, Shinjiro laid out the ingredients. He saw the two girl staring at him, "Umm do you guys want to see me cook?".
"Yes!", Hisoka nearly pounced on the teen, "I want to see what makes you have Erina sama respect.".
Shinjiro saw she was serious, " Hisoka, do not underestimate him. Shinjiro-senpai cooking is possible is equal to one of the elite ten members.", she saw that Hisoka wanted to test him, "Fine, Shinjiro-senpai what will you be cooking?'.
"Peanut Butter and Jelly omelette.", he told the two girl simply making them have a shock expression.
"A peanut butter and jelly omelette? He can't be serious, right?", they saw he started to make his peanut butter, "He is serious!".
Hisoka notice what time of peanuts he was using, 'Virginia peanuts! Their often used in gourmet snack in america!", he began to roast them, giving out a nutty scent throughout the room. He soon added it in a food processor. He blended the food until it was glossy and soft. He added salt, oil and sugar to the blend, but not just any sugar, cane sugar. He blended it more to finally have it nice and smooth.
Hisoka smelled the peanut butter from where she was it, had a sweet and nutty scent, causing her stomach to growl. He then began to pull out the berries from the basket. They were strawberries, he cut of the leaf part from the berries, he then placed them in a bowl and began to mash them.
He added them in a heavy bottomed saucepan, he added in the cane sugar and lemon juice. The stir until the sugar dissolved, and soon increased the heat to high and brought the mixture to a full rolling boil, a gave a sweet and acidic smell, causing hisoka to almost faint. He continued to stir until it reach 220 degrees. He then process it to a water bath, and soon in to jar. He then lace the peanut butter in a jar as well.
He then began to cook the omelette, he finished and left it open on a plate. He pulled out a banana, he played it and chopped it to pieces. He open the jars and spread one side peanut butter and the other jam, he then added the banana slices. He closed the omelette, and present it to Hisoka and Erina. The peanut butter and jam oozed from the omelette, Hisoka was hungry for it, erina grab a fork and tasted the omelette. The heiress then fell to the ground, "Erina-sama! Are you okay?", she only replied by giving her the fork.
Hisoka took it from her and grab a piece of the omelette, she then took a bite from it and felt and explosion in her mouth, "the peanut butter it has a nutty and smooth taste. With jam the jams sweet and acidic flavor makes it delicious. But, what keeps it together is the egg it creates certain amount of saltiness to keep it all together. Then the bananas give it the extra texture of satisfaction it feels like.'.
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She and Erina imagine themselves inside a field, of different types of berries, peanuts and banana trees. They cheerful ran through as if they did not have a care in the world.
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Hisoka soon open her eyes and saw she had finished the dish completely, "I see I now know why Erina-sama has so high regards for you! You truly are a skilled chef!".
"Thanks, but i don't really need the praised.", Shinjiro replied gave a small smiled, "To tell you the truth i don't think I'll go that far.".
"Nonsense!", Erina backleased at Shinjiro words, "You were able to create a dish of high quality! You are someone who will go down in Totsuki history so.', Erina garbed his hands, "Don't give up! You are a role model to the juniors!".
Shinjiro was shocked by her words, he couldn't help but chuckle a bit, "Thank you. I needed that Erina!".
Erina then let go of his hands, "Your welcome. But I know this is weird but,", Erina blushed a bit, "Can I you Shinjiro nee-san?'.
Shinjiro and Hisoka were surprised by her requested, "I know it weird, but I respect you enough to actually see as an older sibling. That all.".
Shinjiro was weirded out by the requested, but so felt comfortable for some reason, "well it ain't so bad. Sure why not?". He then gave her a pat on the head.
Hisoka felt happy for her, she never saw Erina respect someone other than her and Shinzaemon-san.
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Shinjiro finished preparing jars of peanut butter and jam for tomorrow and went on his to the room he was assigned to, he open the door and saw Gin Doujima, "Shinjiro Aragaki!", Shinjiro was terrified, did he find out about Kuromaru?. What he saw next was somewhat surprising, Kuromaru was licking at his face, "so you were the one who had Kuromaru!".
"Wait what. You now Kuromaru!", gin gave a small nodded and put the dog down on the ground, "yes, of course I do. He's the dog owned by a priest who lived down the street of the hotel. He would come walked Koromaru around the hotel".
"Wait do you mean was?', Shinjiro asked, it caused Koromaru the drop his ears and wine.
"The Priest died a week ago.", Gin told the teen, "So i decided to let Koromaru stay at the hotel grounds and keeping watch over him. Seeing he has liking towards you, mind taking care of him.".
"Yeah, i love dogs!", he answered the bald man as Koromaru came and licked him in the face.
"Very, good. I hope you are ready for tomorrow!', gin then left the boy with the dog. Shinjiro and Koromaru soon went to sleep on the same, to get ready for the next day.
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On the plane…
Miguel looked outside to window and saw japan , "I have arrived!".
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Let you know I will not paired Shinjiro with Erina. It more like a older brother and younger sister relationship. So that she has someone to get support from.
I still need votes on who paired up with Shinjiro Rin or Alice!