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SHERRY'S ROOM – MANSION – THE BROTHERHOOD'S HQ – DEN CITY – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION
Everything was burning.
She didn't want to believe what she was seeing. She jumped out of the car the moment it stopped, taking in the death and destruction with wide, horrified eyes. She couldn't believe this was happening. Just mere hours ago she talked so casually with her parents, but now…!
Her house was torn down to the ground, black smoke still wafting up as the wood and beams smoldered, charred black and white from the continuous blaze. Bodies littered the ground, both dead and alive, blood pooling in generous amounts on the ground, seeping into the dry earth.
Without thinking, she rushed into the house to look for her beloved parents.
The previously cream and white colored room was ablaze with the color of orange and red, wood, metal crackling and spitting flames, making breathing difficult. Everything was tore down to the ground, black smoke still wafting up as everything smoldered, charred black and white from the continuous blaze, slowly turning into ashes. Bodies littered the ground, either dead or dying. She pushed through brick and mortar despite her small bodies, eyes darting everywhere, searching, almost desperately, for familiar faces, hoping against everything that they were all safe. Alive.
"Father! Mother!" She kneeled down, clutching her mother's hand and cradling her head on her lap. "Help! Somebody! Anybody!" She couldn't keep the fear out of her voice. She felt so many emotions of terror, desperation, and anger at the moment.
"… Sherry…?" Her mother desperately opened her eyes and slowly focused on her daughter, sounding so weak, so frail, and it took all her willpower to sound strong, to never let her voice tremble in front of the mother she loved.
"Mother…why…?" She forced back the tears that filled her eyes to fall. Unfortunately, seeing her mother's bleeding feature made her broke and the tears escaped from her eyes to her cheeks. "…Why is this…?"
"Don't…cry… You're already a big girl…" She felt her hands release her, touching her cheek, her eyes widening as her mother wiped away the tears that gathered, staining her skin with blood.
"You…must live…and never forget…to always smile…" Her mother said slowly, but she then coughed up blood and her body went limp, making Sherry to shake her mother's body even more.
"Mother! No, please don't-"
"Sherry…"
Once the name left her mouth, the woman's eyes closed. Her body became colder as seconds passed. Slowly, the thin hand slackened in the hold. Sherry froze, numbly watching as the hand landed on the floor as a lone tear managed to escape and run down her cheek.
She couldn't hear the voice of someone calling out to her as she was too busy screaming in despair.
Sherry abruptly awakened from her sleep, breathing frantically with a trickle of tear in her right eye that she wiped. She was sweating despite the cold temperature in her room. She wiped them with a towel on the table beside her bed and took a full glass of water also placed there before throwing the glass to the wall, crashing it to pieces. She clenched the sheet of her bed while trying to calm herself from her nightmare.
Her eyes landed on a photograph on the table. It was a photograph of her when she was a child and her parents. She took the photograph and pressed it into her embrace. She stayed that way until a knock interrupted.
"Who is there?" Sherry asked. It was still 2 in the morning. Who was still awake this late?
"It's me." Yuno's voice responded from the other side of the door.
Sherry opened the door, looking down at the Oracle who was staring at her with worry. And then his mouth curved into a smile before he tiptoed and patted the blonde woman's head, making her blushed and removed her head from him.
"W-why are you doing that so suddenly at this hour?!" Sherry asked, taking a step back from surprise.
"When you were little you felt better whenever I pat you on the head." Yuno replied, smiling sweetly at her.
"I-I'm not a child anymore! Please don't do this so suddenly!" Sherry covered her face from embarrassment.
"I just came to see and thought maybe I can help you feel better after I saw a vision." Yuno told her, placing both his hands behind him while his smile softened. Sherry blinked, removing her hand from her face to face her leader.
"I hope you're not continuing the nightmare. Good night." Yuno bid her sleep before closing the door and retreated back to his room.
Sherry touched her head where Yuno has patted her. Yuno must have a vision of her experiencing a nightmare so he came to check on her. It has been a while. The last time this happened was 5 years ago. And like before, even though she won't admitted it now so clearly in front of everyone, his presence did sooth her. Sherry sat back on her bed, covering her face with both hands as her cheeks tinged pink.
"Stupid…"
YUKIYA'S ROOM – KANBARA RESIDENCE – APARTMENT – DEN CITY – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION
"38.9 degrees Celsius," announced Yukiya's mother as she read the thermometer. She sighed. "You must be playing too much during the field trip, no wonder you're sick, Yukiya."
"I'm just a bit tired…" Yukiya muttered weakly. "I need to look some program from-"
Yukiya's older sister flicked his forehead without mercy. "Sick person should stay in bed." She said.
When Yukiya opened his mouth to retort, his sister quickly added, "A sick person would only be a burden, it means, you are USELESS with your current condition." She emphasized the word 'useless' straightforwardly.
The young silvernet felt stabbed by the words and immediately sulked as he mentally cried out waterfall tears. Their parents look at their daughter with shock and disbelieve looks.
"Harsh!" They both thought in unison.
The mother gave a small smack to the silver haired girl on the back of her head. The said girl rubbed the back of her head as she gave her mother a look that saying 'What was that for?'
The mother, in return, gave her the look that saying 'You're an idiot!' The mother stood beside her son and gave him assuring smile.
"What we're trying to say is, your health is more important than your studies or part time work. We'll handle it so just rest." His mother placed a cold handkerchief onto his forehead. "You better go to sleep now."
"You better listen. If you die, I don't want to be the one to carry your body." His sister remarked. She stood up and walked outside. "I'll be going now. It's not good for you if we're crowding around here too much. I'll buy some fruits to make you feel better."
"We have a work, but we'll try to come home as fast as we can. Don't overexert yourself while we're gone, okay?" His father told him, giving him a ruffle on his hair.
"We'll be back early tonight!"
2ND PERIOD – HOME ECONOMIC ROOM – MIDDLE-SCHOOL BUILDING – DEN ACADEMY – DEN CITY – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION
The second study period of Yuzu's class was home economic. The students were divided into groups with four people each. After hearing Yukiya got a fever so he was absent from school for today, Yuzu suggested to her counterparts to use this class as opportunity to make food for Yukiya in hope it will make him feel better. Hearing Yuya's class would also have home economic today but they were going to make different food, Yuzu told him to make one for Yukiya too. The eight of them agreed to visit Yukiya after school.
Today, the class will make chicken soup, which would be perfect to be given to the sick Yukiya. For 8 minutes, the students searched for ingredients, opening cabinets and refrigerator while also looking at the cookbook and soon, the table groaned under the weight of the things they have collected. From here on, they split the jobs. Ruri and Serena will be preparing the vegetables and fruits while Yuzu and Rin will handle the rest.
"Let's remove the skins off vegetables. Prepare the knife." Ruri said, clasping her palms together as she looked at the vegetables.
"This one, right? Alright! Hyaaaaaah!" Serena took the kitchen knife and placed a vegetable in front of her. And then, she swung the knife with such a force that her counterparts were sure she was going to cut down not only the vegetable but also the table itself. She even did so with a loud battle cry, causing other groups to look at her with astonishment.
"S-Serena! Don't swing the kitchen knife around like that!" Ruri frantically told her, which apparently fell on deaf ears as Serena still continue to cut the vegetable the way she did.
"It's dangerous! I said it's dangerous! Stop that!" Rin tried to dissuade Serena from cutting, waving her arms in panic.
"You don't have to use that much strength!" Yuzu also joined her counterparts to calm their Fusion counterpart, but it ended up with a little success.
Serena's hand was stopped by another hand holding her wrist. She turned to her right side to see the home economics teacher, Miyuki, stopping her and slowly moved her hand that was still holding the knife to the vegetable. Carefully, she moved her hand in cutting motion, properly cutting the vegetable. And then as they continued together, Miyuki let go of her hand, allowing Serena to continue cutting the vegetable in the right way.
"If you swing the knife like that you'll end up getting hurt too. You have to do it slowly and steadily. Continue cutting it like that." Miyuki told Serena before checking the other group.
"Cooking is so difficult." Serena remarked as she slowly cut the vegetables like she was told to. Going steady and slowly was not her style.
"Cooking is a delicate thing to do. If you want your foods to be delicious you have to do it carefully. You don't want the food you made inedible, right?" Ruri told her Fusion counterpart while cutting the other vegetables.
"Yeah. I don't want to give Yukiya a food that would only make him worse." Serena said. The three girls sighed in relief. Good that she understood fast. But still, they must keep an eye on her.
"Ruri, you're pretty good at cooking. The foods you cooked for me and Yuya last time were delicious." Yuzu praised while observing Ruri's hand working on the other ingredients.
"My brother taught me. Since our parents often go out working and come home late, he learned to cook and become an expert if I may say so." Ruri revealed.
"Yeah! Now that you mentioned it, you made them together with Kurosaki, right? I hope I can taste it again!" Yuzu said genuinely. She could still remember the taste of the foods.
"Of course! How about you two, Yuzu, Ruri? You seemed to be able to cook too." Ruri asked, looking at Rin and Yuzu who were handling their ingredients neatly.
"I learned it from the head orphanage. Yugo also learned a bit, but in the end he can only cook fast food." Rin replied. There were not many workers at the orphanage, so the head orphanage decided to teach some of the children to cook for themselves just in case.
"I learned from Yuya's mom, Aunt Yoko! She is very good at cooking! Dad wasn't that good either, so Aunt Yoko offered to teach me. Her teaching was easy to understand, so I didn't have much problem." Yuzu answered. She didn't have a mother, so Yoko decided to teach her, also adding that it would be good for her once she got married. Men likes housewife who can cook. That part made her blushed.
"Maybe I should learn from Yuya's mom too once we go back." Serena contemplated.
4TH PERIOD – HOME ECONOMIC ROOM – MIDDLE-SCHOOL BUILDING – DEN ACADEMY – DEN CITY –CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION
Times passed and it was already the fourth study period. In this period, it was Yuya's class turn to use the home economic room. They were going to make okayu. Like the girls, Yuya and his counterparts ended up in the same group thanks to their insistence to be in one group since they wanted to make the food together for the sick Yukiya. The teacher, understanding their good intention, let them to be in the same group for this one time. However, there was one problem to this: unlike the girls, half of the boys have no experience whatsoever in cooking.
Yuya scratched his head. "I don't understand what to do next." He said, apparently the cookbook wasn't much of help for him.
"Okay…so first we need to boil the rice," announced Yuto. Yugo grabbed the nearest pot and examined it. He could only cook fast foods and never cook with natural ingredients, so he was at loss here. And when cooking, Rin never allowed him to turn on the stove. He always waited for her or someone else to turned on the stove and then he did the cooking.
"How do you boil rice?" asked Yugo looking confused. Yuya shrugged his shoulders he never cooked before so he didn't know himself.
"Rotate that button." Yuri answered, pointing at the said button on the stove just as he finished washing the rice and handed it to Yugo to be boiled.
"Okay, all we need to do is to rotate this button…" Yugo rotated the button…to the fullest power. In instant, the stove went on fire, making the rice burnt. Smoke filled the kitchen. They covered their mouths and noses to not inhale the smoke, but failed. They coughed out from the smoke.
"Fire! Fire!" Yugo went panic.
"Turn it off! Quickly!" Yuto yelled, pointing at the stove.
"It's hot!" Yugo yelled back as he shook the pot. He tripped himself out of panic, making the pot fell onto floor along with the other ingredients.
Yuya took this chance and turned off the stove. They all sighed in relief. Finally. Yuya extended his hand for Yugo to take, helping him up.
"Adjust the flame, idiots." Yuri showed his three counterparts how to make sure flame won't burn them. It was a good thing that Yuto at least learned fast just by watching the first time and reading the cookbook, but Yuya and Yugo, unfortunately, still need quite some times to get used to it.
To make sure the same won't be repeated, they settled with Yuya and Yugo peeling and skinned the vegetables while Yuri and Yuto do the boiling. After several minutes, the rice was boiled and the boys looked pleased with themselves.
"Next, we add some salt or some flavoring," muttered Yuya while reading the cookbook.
Yuto walked over and picked up some ingredients. "Let me do it, I saw my mom done it before." He took the salt and added some to the pot. He then opened a bottle of sauce and poured some in.
"How come you don't know how to boil the rice while you can do this?" Yuya asked in wonder.
"The last time I tried to boil foods, I almost set the kitchen on fire." Yuto replied. "Usually, it was my mom who turned on the stove though. Like this." He rotated the stove again to demonstrate it without thinking much. And what worse, he did it like Yugo did. Once again, the stove was on fire.
"What have you done?!" Yuya rushed towards Yuto, only to have him tripped over his feet and hit the drawer where the knives were put. By a chance, he also accidently hit some of the vegetables, causing them to fall to the floor. The knives also fell the moment Yuya hit it and it would have stabbed the Entermate user if only he didn't roll to side. The girls immediately helped removing the knives away before it could do any harm.
Panicking by another fire, Yugo picked a bucket and filled it with water. He rushed to the stove but tripped because of the remaining vegetables on the floor that the girls didn't get to pick yet, making the water all spilled on Yuya. The Entermate user lay on the floor, all wet. He sat up in frustration and pointed at stove.
"Just hurry up turn it off!" He shouted.
"I know already!" Yugo replied.
"Wait! Yugo-kun! Don't use that–" One of their classmates tried to stop Yugo from making his move, but it was already too late by then.
Yugo refilled the bucket and splashed a bucket of water to the stove and turned off the stove. Once again, the three boys let out a sigh of relief, while Yuri sighed in exasperation together with the other students. They have no idea what they have just done. Yuya shook his body to dry himself a bit. He sniffed his own body and found the smell of the water weird and…it has a taste…?
"Yugo, what water did you use to turn off the stove on your first try?" Yuya asked the Synchro Counterpart.
"I use the water that filled with detergent for cleaning the floor over there." Yugo answered simply while pointing where he found the bucket. It was the nearest water he could find so he didn't care much as long as it can help turning off the stove.
Yuya twitched. No wonder it smelled and tasted bad.
"What in the world is happening?!" Their teacher, who left to go to the restroom, returned with gaping mouth from the shock. He just left for a few minutes and then it became like this?!
The teacher went to look for some towel while Yugo took off his jacket and throw it at the tomato haired counterpart. "Take off that clothes and wear this. You're going to catch a cold if you keep using that wet clothes." Yugo said to Yuya who accepted the jacket.
The rest looked around the room and paled. Their table was a mess. They would need to clean it up later. The other groups stared at their group with sympathy before being urged by the teacher to continue their own cooking.
"We need…to do this…very slowly…and safely…" Yuto said. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Yes, all of you should." The teacher pouted quietly.
Slowly and safely they said, yet, the next 5 minutes, screams, crashes, and small explosions were the only sounds that came out from the home economic room. It took the teacher's whole effort to help them without cooking the food directly. On second thought, maybe he should have do demonstration so these four twins won't destroy the remaining ingredients left they have. They better finished the cooking and clean this up before the other teachers make a fuss about this. The other students were already finished. He needed to make up various excuses to make sure no one who passed by will come to look. After his hard work and patience, finally the four boys managed to reach the half-finishing.
"Now, we add some meat," Yuri grinned. He picked the knives and pulled out a piece of chicken. He then threw it in the air and sliced it. He quickly grabbed a plate and the meat fell into the plate orderly.
Yuya whistled and clapped his hands, which the others also did. Yuri laughed softly and threw them all into the pot.
"Even so, Yuri, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking." Yuya remarked.
"Yeah. You're pretty good with your hands." Yuto was mildly impressed by Yuri's display of cooking skill.
"During practice in the Academia military, there were times when we have to prepare food for ourselves just in case. I had to learn to cook myself to make sure what is available is edible to eat and suit my palate." Yuri explained. The Academia actually has cafeteria where the food was distributed freely from morning to evening, but Yuri didn't like eating there so often and preferred to eat alone in his own room or somewhere else quiet where he can have a peace of mind.
"Done," The violet haired boy announced. "Now for the vegetables…"
Yugo grabbed the vegetables and threw them into the pot. Yuri then picked up a ladle and stirred the food.
"Now we have to let it cook," said Yuri. All four of them then looked at the pot.
Three of the four teens looked nervously at the stove. To let it cook, they need to turn on the stove, again… The previous disaster they caused was enough to make them hesitant and afraid if this time they'll set kitchen on fire. They were so nervous. The boys have insisted they must do this as they can't let their teacher to do all the work, but the teacher and other students who became nervous by their progress were ready to swoop in if the worst scenario happens.
"…You do it, Yuya." Yugo told his Pendulum Counterpart.
"Wha-? No, you do it!" Yuya protested.
"I'm clumsy when it comes to this, so you do it!"
"You know what happened when I do it!"
"Then Yuto, you do it!"
"What?! No! Didn't you already saw what happened earlier?!"
"But at least you're good at cooking!"
"Just do it for Yukiya! Are you running away?"
"I'm not!"
"You did!"
"Did not!"
"You did!"
"Did not!"
"You did!"
"Did not!"
"Just start cooking!" Yuri snapped, pushing aside his three counterparts and turned on the stove again. Waiting for a few minutes, it was finished; the foods ready to be served. Yuri has taken liberty to not only made one for Yukiya, but also for all of them.
"We did it!" Yuya exclaimed as he raised the food happily.
"Fufufu, it all thanks to me." Yuri said smugly. But none of them care about it right now.
"Let's go serve it to Yukiya!" yelled Yugo cheerfully. Their teacher tapped his shoulder and pointed behind them. Yugo turned around and sweat dropped as he quickly looked away.
"You didn't blow up the kitchen…but…" muttered the teacher as he looked around the kitchen.
Dishes and failed ingredients scattered around the kitchen. Three of the four twins smiled nervously. Small mistakes on cooking turned out to be a big mess. The other teachers and students won't be happy if they saw this. They need to clean it up before anyone other than them sees it or else, they'll have to receive their wrath or perhaps detention. They made the mess; they must be the one who clean it up.
AFTER SCHOOL – YUKIYA'S ROOM – KANBARA RESIDENCE – APARTMENT – DEN CITY – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION
Yukiya's sister gathered fa cooler with more gel ice packs and plenty of water in order to further look after him. Yukiya was half-asleep on the bed was drenched in his own sweat, breathing with some difficulty due to his coughing fit from time to time. He wanted to sleep but this made it hard. His sister carefully poured some water mixed with his medicine. Yukiya clenched his eyes shut from the bitter taste though his sister gently rubbed the back of his neck to help him swallow and gave him some sweet to ease the bitter taste. The fever didn't appear to lessen but at least the boy looked more peaceful once the ice pack was switched.
A sound of their doorbell caught their attention. Yukiya's sister rushed to the door to welcome the guest. She guessed it was Yukiya's friend since he has said he has told them that he was sick so his work must be postponed. They must be come here to visit him. When she opened the door, she stood frozen. The people standing in front of the door were none other than four copies of her younger brother and four copy of her younger brother's best friend. She rubbed her eyes to check if she was seeing things, but when they were still there, she opened her mouth to try to say something. Keywords being 'try' because she didn't know what to say.
"Good afternoon. I know it must be shocking to see us, but we are Yukiya's friends at school. We heard we got sick, so we came to visit him." The boy with tomato hair greeted first while handing a basket of fruits to her, which she accepted. This snapped her out from her daze, allowing her mind to start working again. She then remembered. Yukiya has spoken about eight new transfer students. A half were quadruplets identical to him, while the other half were also quadruplets but identical to Sara. These people must the ones Yukiya talked about.
"O-oh! Yes! Yukiya has told me about you! I'm Yukiya's sister, Kanaru!" She finally introduced herself to them. "Pardon me, please come in!"
Kanaru escorted her younger brother's friends to his room. If her parents were here, she was sure they would be shocked too and have the same reaction as her. In fact, she was positive her mother would almost faint at the sight of seeing four teens with the same face as her son. No one could blame any of them if they fainted from their sight.
"I've already told Yukiya you're here. Just go to his room. But please don't make too much noise. I'll be back after buying some snacks and ingredients for dinner." Kanaru told her younger brother's friends who promised her they'd behave until she came back.
With that, Kanaru left her younger brother with his new friends. She will only go for a few minutes. What could possibly go wrong?
"Hey, Yukiya! How are you doing?" Yuya greeted as he and the rest entered the room. Yukiya tried to sit up, prompting Yuya and Yuzu to help him leaning his back on the straightened pillow behind him.
"Hi, guys. It's nice to see you." Yukiya replied with a weak smile.
"Here. I wrote down today's lessons. You can return the note any time you want." Ruri lent her notebook where she wrote down all lessons studied until today to Yukiya, which the latter accepted gratefully.
"And this is to make you feel more refresh." Yuzu gave him a small bouquet of daffodil flowers, which Yukiya also gratefully accepted.
"We also brought the foods we made during home economics class! We can guarantee the taste!" Yugo brought out his group's okayu and the girls' chicken soup. The both of them were perfect foods when you got a fever. Plus, both the soup and the okayu can be mixed.
"Thanks. It looks delicious." Yukiya said while staring at the foods offered to him, drooling a bit from the smell. He carefully mixed the chicken soup with the porridge and started eating. The eight counterparts were staring at Yukiya intently, waiting for his reaction. After the first taste, Yukiya smiled.
"This is great! Thanks guys!" Yukiya told them. It was really delicious. The eight counterparts smiled with satisfaction, most were relieved.
"Hehehe! Of course! We made it together after all!" Yugo boasted, huffing proudly.
"Yuri and Yuto were the ones who made it possible though." Yuya interjected Yugo's claim, causing his Synchro counterpart to pout at him for spilling the beans.
"We also made enough for everyone." Yuto brought out more of the foods so they can eat it together. The girls also did the same with the ones they made.
"Delicious!" Serena exclaimed.
"Maybe it's not so bad cooking together again next time." Rin suggested. It also served as a practical lesson for the ones who can't cook.
"Never thought you guys are the types who are good at cooking." Yukiya stated while facing the said Fusion and Xyz counterparts.
"It was nothing." Yuri replied with a smug grin while they continued to eat.
"Wait…there's this unique taste… It's not weird or anything, but I'm not so sure the ingredients will produce this kind of taste…" Yukiya said after tasting more of the dish. The more he eats, the more the unique taste came into his tongue. It wasn't bad. In fact, it made it all the tastier.
"Hey, hey, don't say such weird stuff!" Yugo exclaimed. Yukiya's choice of words didn't make it sound good.
Yuri's eyes glinted at Yukiya's remark. "Besides, I think cooking is fun. You can try all sorts of experiments." He suddenly said with a menacing grin.
Everyone stopped eating the moment Yuri said that, their eyes all were on him. Their hands paused while still holding the spoon. Yuri kept smiling at them who were still in frozen state before voices finally broke out from them.
"Huuuuuh?!"
The eight of them all yelled, looking back and forth at Yuri and their dishes.
"E-experiments?!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Even if something is added secretly, nobody will notice." Yuri explained what he meant; enjoying the reactions he got from them. They never bored him.
"What the heck?! Are you saying…you put something in here…?" Yugo pointed accusingly at Yuri with trembling arms. The rest were also staring at Yuri like he was a villain planning to see his evil plan unfold.
"Hahahaha..." Yuri laughed coldly, giving off evil vibe with his signature laugh and smirk. The atmosphere suddenly turned cold like they were experiencing event in a horror movie, and they couldn't take it any longer.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"You bastard! What exactly did you make us eat?!" Yugo asked both angrily and in fear.
"W-What did you put inside?!" Yuya also couldn't help but ask.
"Suddenly, I'm starting to feel sicker…" Yukiya's face became paler, covering his mouth like he was ready to puke all the foods he has eaten today.
"But it's delicious, isn't it?" Ruri said despite her own insecurity, not wanting to make the sick person uncomfortable. It didn't work though with everyone panicking so much.
"That's not the point!" Rin interjected.
"Don't scare them like that, Yuri!" Yuto and Serena smacked the back of Yuri's head, scolding the Fusion counterpart. They were afraid for a second but then Yuto remembered that he has been with him the whole time while cooking and Serena herself has tasted Yuri's cooking more than often every time she visited him in the isolated island and so far nothing happened to either her or Dennis.
"Ignore what he said. He didn't put anything inside. I made sure of it." Yuto told his friends to assure them.
"Yeah. He's just trying to scare us. I've eaten his cooking every time I visited him, and so far I'm fine." Serena added.
"I-if you said so…" Yuzu sighed, feeling relieved for a bit.
"I guess it's okay then…" Yuya said though he was still unsure.
Yuri pouted at Yuto for ruining the fun. And he was just ready to do more so he can see even more hilarious reactions from them. Oh well, he will save it for another day. As they continued to eat, Yuya and the others who still have doubt have agreed on one thing starting today onwards:
"WE MUST NEVER LET YURI COOK FOR US WITHOUT SUPERVISION!"
DINING ROOM – MANSION – THE BROTHERHOOD'S HQ – DEN CITY – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION
In a rare occasion, Yuno decided to make tonight's dinner himself for him and his aides. After hearing Yuya and the others were visiting Yukiya while bringing foods they made during home economics to make him feel better, Yuno suddenly has the urge to cook for his friends. It has been a while since they had eaten together. The four of them now were sitting together with plates of the dishes Yuno has made for them served on the table. The dinner consisted of spiced cauliflower roast, spinach and ricotta rotolo, roast sweet potato and onion tart with goat cheese, creamy artichoke soup with parmesan skin, and chai coconut and mango creams.
"Come on! We finally able to eat together again and taste your foods but all of them are vegetarian menu?! I'm a carnivore!" Jounouchi protested. He was never fond of vegetables.
"You're too picky on your foods, Jounouchi. Plus, you're eating too much meat and other unhealthy foods, so balance it with this. I'm not accepting any of your complain." Yuno retorted, ignoring Jounouchi's whining.
"Let's eat it to our hearts' content. These vegetables are the ones Yuri has worked hard to grow so don't waste it." Ryo told them as he started eating the dishes made from his student's vegetables. It's delicious.
"They're the vegetables that Yuri grows?" Jounouchi asked, looking skeptically at the dishes. Yuri and delicious foods didn't seem equal to him.
"Yeah. It's refreshing and sweet." Sherry remarked, enjoying the dishes. Shark didn't say anything, but he was clearly enjoying it as well…except the onions and peppers.
"Yuri's vegetables are incredible, so I encourage him to grow more. He likes gardening anyway." Yuno said while savoring the dishes he made his own. He was glad that he had learned and became good at cooking.
"Besides, eating these vegetables is similar as makes you feel better and give you lots of SPs in a game. We can get out of any situation as long as we have SPs. We'll be fine as long as we have SPs. We can do anything as long as we have SPs." Yuno's expression was so determined and serious
"…Yuno-san, are you planning to work us to the bone? No wait, to the death?" Jounouchi questioned with incredulous stares looking at his leader.
Yuno didn't say anything more than that and returned to eat his dish all the while averting his gaze from Jounouchi or any of his aides.
"Why aren't you looking at us?"
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Remedial Study – Yuya, Yukiya, Yugo, and Serena failed in their history test so they must take a remedial test. To make sure they won't fail the remedial, Yuno holds a special study time for them under the tutelage of Yuno himself, Sherry, and their friends who passed the test.
Free time until tomorrow, so here you go a new chapter! I initially didn't plant to include the last part about Yuno and his squad, but I decided to include it as a bonus. Only one more chapter to go for the filler chapters!
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