"Again, why support them?" Tony asked
"Because it would be a sense of community and support us" Pepper said
"But they're against" Tony said
"Zip it, because they have a prejudice doesn't mean that the culinary division of Stark Enterprises will not help Kunugigaoka Class 3A" Pepper said
"Yes ma'am" Tony said as he walked off. "FRIDAY?"
"Yes boss?" an AI said
"Gather the Avengers" Tony said quietly as he saw the big five leaving
"Yes sir" FRIDAY said as Tony walked off
"The main campus is really going nuts over this year's festival" Maehara said
"They hype is insane, since they think we're up to something" Isogai said
"Words is that Asano made a deal with Stark's culinary division and some restaurant chain" Sugino said
"Well I wouldn't put it pass the guy
"Then we shall go for the jugular. This competition will be decided by skills that are not assassination based" Korosensei said
"I really don't want to lose to the Class-A jerks again" Sugino said "But what are we suppose to do?"
"Asano has the right idea, this is all about something unique. Give people a bargain and even on a shoestring budget you'll reel them in" Korosensei said
"Sounds nice, but how are we going to do that?"
"Simple, the answer is right here on this mountain, Class-E can give people a bargain in this baby" he said holding up an acorn
"Okay" Nakamura said "But how is an acorn
"We'll use locally sourced ingredients on these mountain, ingredients with value that have been tucked away and goes unnoticed" Korosensei said
"Oh I get it now, we'll hit our customers where they'll least expect: an assassination restaurant" Terasaka said
"In a manner of speaking, now brandish those secret blade like you're going in for the kill" Korosensei said
Soon the kids were outside scouring some ingredients. Korosensei instructed them on what to do with them
"First put them in the water to see if any float. The ones that float you can throw away" Korosensei said
"Got it" Okano said as she scooped out the floating ones and threw them in a pile.
"Next use a rock to break open the shells leaving only the interior" he instructed, "Next put them in a blender and ground them up . After that please put it into a cloth sack so we can leave them in the river for three days to wash away any impurities. Then leave them in the sun for three days to dry out. Once dry grind them into the fine acorn flour we need" Korosensei advised "We'll use this instead of wheat flour"
"You got it" Maehara said
"Thing we're going to use it for is...Ramen
"Did you say Ramen?" Murmatsu asked tasting the flour "the taste and smell are interesting, but it lacks the gluten we need to hold it together. We would need a large quantity of ingredients with strong connective properties so we can knead it into a dough"
"Okay, now to add to the menu we have these. These small round thing are a potato like fruit called a Mukago, not to mention if you dig at these roots gently you can harvest this" Korosensei said holing up a root
"That's a Yam" Sugino said
"Actually Sugino this is a Jinejyo or Discorea Japonica, naturally grown ones like these can get up to several thousand yen" Korosensei said "So if you grate these, its smell and connectiveness is on a whole another level and will give us a good dough for our ramen, We'll also be serving fish and mushrooms. Now our gathering team I've put together a wild mushroom guide so that way you can pick the right ones.
"Korosensei, we've picked some of the fruit on the trees.
"Besides the Persimmons, Chestnuts and walnuts; are these edible?" Yada asked holding up a vine
"The crimson glory vine, yes in fact this will make a nice juice if we blend the sweet vinegar with some sugar. But be careful of the Yamahobao because it is poisonous" Korosensei said seeing something "That chocolate vein there would make quite a dessert. The fruit of ten vine has a jelly inside of it that can be eaten just like that with a spoon. Also we can cook the skin with some Miso for something appealing to the adults" Korosensei said "And now that we have enough supplies for free, we can use the money for the better things"
"YES SIR!" the shouted in joy.
The next day the festival opened to much delight and acclaim, at the base of the Class-E mountain was Yada holding up a sign, she also wore a warmer yellow jumper. Next to her were signs detailing what they had to serve, namely the homemade Acorn Noodles
"Don't miss out, genuine acorn noodles made from genuine acorns, the brand new taste sensation straight from the mountain to your mouth" Yada said "ah upperclassmen, you know value for money when you see it, and I bet you never had anything like this before" she smiled
"Yeah, can it seriously be all that?" one of them asked. It was Ryuki from the Kyoto incident.
"Oh yes, come experience the fresh pick taste" Yada said as the thugs walked off
"Hey Steve" someone said
"What is it Sam?" Steve asked
"I think we found them." Sam said
"Good, because I am famished
"You should have eaten breakfast Clint" Steve said
"Hardly anytime" Clint said
"You were up early" a woman with them said
"Anyway let's go" Clint said
"Oh hello" Yada said cheerfully "Care for some Acorn noodles?" she asked
"Why not, but I just have to ask about the situation, I'm guessing you don't have any place to store them up there
"Not to worry, they are made fresh. When you ask for something delicate members of our class will go gather them from the mountain and bring them back to the class where they will be cooked while you travel up the mountain to our restaurant. So by the time you get there it will just finish cooking" Yada informed them
"That's smart" Steve said
"Also for those who have difficulty walking up the mountain we have this handy cart so we can take them fully or halfway" Yada said
"Now that's smart" Sam said.
Meanwhile at the top of the mountain Ryuki's team were panting and stumbling, once they had recovered he walked over smirking
"Hey cool place you got here" he said as his thugs snickered
"Those High school thugs from Kyoto!" Sugino panicked "What the hell are you doing here?" he shouted making Okuda, Kanzaki and Kaede nervous
"Hey guys what are you doing here, come to snatch another maiden?" Karma asked as Sugino and Nagisa stood in front of the girls
"Like I want those freak show heroes on my back, no thanks" Ryuki said "Of course, I don't have to get physical to wreck your day. Not at all; I could start telling everyone your food tastes like crap. Maybe write a bad review online" he said breaking a pair of chopsticks
'piss us off in anyway, and we'll do it you what you did to those chopsticks, dick' the symbiote snarled
"Come on bring out the food son" he said as Okuda served them
"Our signature dish: Acorn noodles" she said unaware that the group of the bottom of the mountain was off to the side glaring at the thugs
"These look great, hey Ryuki, would be alright if got a Mont Blanc" one of this thugs pointed at an item on the menu
"Dude I have to try the smoked fish!" another one said
"Idiots, your stupid is showing!" Ryuki said "Is this all these junior high kids could come up with, just a single bite and I'll puke" he though as he dunked some on the noodles in the broth and slurped them up "THIS IS DELICIOUS!" he exclaimed
"Originally we were going to do something more impressive reactions, but Shokugeki no Souma called dibs" Fuwa said
"Say what?" Nagisa said
"Not bad huh, it took me a full week to get it just right" Muramatsu said leaning on a table
"This ramen, I've never tasted anything like this" Ryuki's lieutenant said
"It was difficult working with those strong flavoured ingredients so I went with a rich dipping broth. It was a lot of hard work, but the end result was these Tonkotsu acorn noodles fit for a king" Muramatsu declared
"From Muramatsu it's kind of a miracle so much for blandness being a selling point
"HEY! Get back to work Itona" Muramatsu snapped
Soon they were biting at the bit to try everything on the menu
"We're suppose trod be saying it taste like crap you dumbasses!" Ryuki said
"Oh dear, you don't like any of the food my students have prepared?" Irina asked
"No, no its amazing" Ryui said
"WHAT A HOTTIE" the other thugs said
"Really, then might I recommend the Persimmon-Loquat Jelly. it's texture is as soft as my skin" Irina said
"Yes ma'am!" Ryuki said
"Why stop there. Why not try the whole menu?" Irina asked "It would make me so happy"
"I need more cash" Ryuki drooled
"There's an ATM at the station, you can pull out all the cash you need"
"BE RIGHT BACK!" Ryuki shouted as he's group raced off
"I'll be waiting" Irina sang out waving
"Not ideal, but it's a start" Nagisa said
"With Yada at the bottom drawing in costumers and Bitch-sensei is at the top. That's a sharp combo" Kimura said
"With Suguya's signage, Okajima's superb food photography, Hazama's mouth-watering Menu descriptions and Kimura's sleek website design we have everything we need to draw in customers" Korosensei said
"If I'm correct Class-A are better at drawing in customers" Itona said
"Don't worry its only day one" Korosensei said while hiding in the roof carp statue they had
"Same old Irina" the woman with Steve's group said walking up to her. Irina turned around to see a woman with shoulder lenght wavy red hair, wearing an orange top, black jacket and jean with brown leather high heeled boots
"Natasha?" Irina asked "sestra(sister) is it you?" she asked tearing up
"Yeah it is Iri" Natasha said "I finally you, I finally found my baby sister"
"wait isn't she?" Nagisa asked
"Yep, that's Natasha Romanov the Black Widow before Hayami' the symbiote said 'Hold up, she' the bitch's older sister!
"WHAT!" Nagisa said
"That's right Natasha and your English teacher are sisters, well half sisters. Same father different mothers" Steve said
"You're, You're" Nagisa said awestruck
"Steve Rogers, code named Captain America" Steve said
'WHOA! They're here. The Avengers came to our shop!' the symbiote said seeing Sam Wilson the Falcon, Clint Barton the first Hawkeye, Bruce Banner and hugging Irina was Natasha Romanov the first Black Widow. All of them waved, Clint still having a mouth full of noodles.
"Incredible" Nagisa said wide eyed before going off to see another customer
"He seems nice" Bruce said
"Hey Nagisa" a familiar voice said "look who I got in tow"
"Hey Sakura, you brought Mr Matsukata and the others as well" Nagisa said
"That's sweet Nagisa, you kept in touch with them" Kataoka smiled
"Yeah I help her study sometimes" Nagisa said as Sakura fell backwards as Nagisa caught her
"I had to show up, when your personal tutor asks you to try out their restaurant, you really don't have a choice" Sakura smiled
"Good business strategy, with this bunch we'll make some bank" Maehara said
"Sorry we don't have deeper pockets, but we're here" Matsukata said before getting their meal and trying it "Oh my now, this is superb"
"Something this yummy is bound to sell out before too long" Sakura said
"It's been a struggle actually, cooking it is one thing, but getting customers up here is another" Nagisa sighed
"Really, I wouldn't worry too much though. You guys have this mysterious power you know" Sakura smiled
"Just keep what you're doing and the word will get out, let your customer base find you" Matsukata said
"Thanks again" Sakura said leaving after giving Nagisa a hug
'Huh, keep doing what we're doing and word will get out' Nagisa thought
"Hey Nagisa, can I talk to you for a moment?" Nakamura asked
"Sure what is it?" Nagisa asked
"It's about well...the way I treated you about looking like a girl. If I had known what was going on, I wouldn't have done it, in fact I would have tried and helped you" Nakmura said
"You did, after unleashing my inner darkness. It was you who helped me but talking to me when I was on the tower, you were one of the people who helped me" Nagisa said "Besides I can take a small ribbing from you and Karma, it's no big deal"
"Oh okay, but just know I'll take it a little easier on you now" Nakamura exhaled
"Yo Nagisa" a voice cried out
'You have got to be kidding me' The symbiote said
"NO, NOT HIM, ANYBODY BUT YUJI!" Nagisa freaked out
"do you know him. Oh wait the guy from summer vacation, the one that you were with before laying a smackdown on Slade Wilson" Nakamura said "The same Yuji who thought you were a chick and had a thing for you"
"How?" Nagisa asked
"I used the internet to track you down" Yuji said
"Okay, Nakamura!?" Nagisa growled as Nagisa was changed into a skirt. "Didn't we just talk about this?
"Well this is better than the Class-A event, man talk about flashy much" Stark said
"And loud" Matt said "But there is one thing I'm curious about"
"Me too" Stark said
"Why is my student in a skirt?" Matt asked seeing Nagisa in a skirt with Yuji
"Ah, that punk Yuji" an Australian voice said
"Slade?" Matt and Stark snarled as the saw the Australian mercenary behind them.
"G'Day mates" Slade said sitting down and enjoying a bowl of noodles. He looked around to see various heroes joining him. He seem impressed
"I'm surprised, to see you here Slade" a voice said, looking up Slade saw a blonde haired man; Oliver Queen
"Don't be kid, I met the one the call Nagisa on Okinawa. He may look like the weakest, but he is actually the strongest on here" Slade said talking to Oliver Queen. "I didn't know Oversight you sending you guys" Slade said as he looked over seeing Karma and Nakamura holding up cards.
"Yeah, in fact they sent one of us to test Nagisa" Oliver said as Yuji walked off look dejected
"Do you know who?" Slade asked
"You're Nagisa right?" Steve asked
"Yeah I am" Nagisa said
"Meet me out back" Steve said
"Okay" fifteen minutes later Nagisa was in his assassin gear staring down Captain America. The Patriotic Avenger threw his shield into the ground before the match started with Nagisa charging with a mid air kick, only to be flipped. Nagisa then charged in with a boxer's stance and tried using some boxing techniques. Only for the captain to block each one. Soon Nagisa was flipped again. Smiled he tried to sweep Capt off his feet, only to see the captain jump over the attack. Nagisa looked stern as he rushed in and started attacking wildly. Capt blocked each attack, Soon Nagisa was tiring out. So he tried again with the boxing combos. Only to have each one block by his opponent. He managed to sneak on hit in making the Captain smile
"Hate to end this so soon son, but" Capt said pinning Nagisa on the ground "Game over" he said helping Nagisa up and smiling "It was a nice try" he said before Nagisa quickly tried a clap stunner, only to have it block by the capt's shield.
"Oh man" Nagisa said as he walked back to the classroom
"He's good" Capt said "But not yet Avenger's level"
The next day Nagisa, Maehara, Mimura, Hayami and Kurahashi were walking up the hill
"Well I suppose our first day went sort of okay" Kurahashi said
"They posted the sales report earlier, we have no hope of catching up to Class-A" Mimura said
"Pick up the pace, we'll miss the morning broadcast" a man said as a group passed the student
"Was that a news team?" Mimura asked
"What could they be covering?" Kurahashi asked
"There's nothing up there but Class E's building" Nagisa said as they all raced for their class. When they got there they were in for a surprise
"WHAT THE!" they shouted
"Look you guys, someone posted several online reviews" Fuwa said as she showed them the posting
"I did some digging to try and find the source, they're done by Tony Stark, Oliver Queen and most surprising Yuji Norita; who happens to be the biggest name in the food blogosphere
"Since he grew up rich he tried everything from caviar to crocodile, the boy's palate annoyingly enough highly developed. He has a money is new object, I'll try anything approach
"Okay then" Nagisa said as he read the review
'You wouldn't think a school festival of all places would be where you find great food. But let me tell you Kunugigaoka's Class-3E mountain restaurant had out of this word food which changed my whole outlook, sustainable, organic; They've turned a poor location into a massive advantage. From the right angle, our flaws can become our weapons, those words comes from a buddy of mine who works there. When I heard then I thought: 'Wow I've been spoilt all my life. Living in the shadows of my big shot dad' the privilege I've gone up in is my weapon, I can use it to help which is exactly what I'm doing with this blog. Trust me, you've only got one more day so make a beeline up that mountain now, you won't be disappointed and taste it while you can because it will change your life" the review on Yuji's blog said, They worked hard that day as friends and enemies journeyed up that mountain to sample their food.
"Guys this isn't good, we're nearly out of supplies" Okuda said holding up a nearly empty tray of the acorn noodles
"We sold a heck of a lot more than thought we would" Isogai said
"Didn't change the fact that Class-A so pulling in more revenue" Fuwa said looking at the stats
"That's okay the side menu is selling like hot cakes as well" Hara said smiling as she held up a vegetable "I say that we stay with them for the time we left"
"We can go a little deeper into the forest if we need to batter our ingredient reserve" Kimura panted
"No, I think it would be best to stop here" Korosensei said hiding as an acorn
"But sir, if we do that we won't win" Nagisa said
"That's perfectly alright. Any more foraging and we'll upset the mountain's delicate ecosystem" Korosensei said "You see we're all interconnected. Every action of our resonates through the web of life. Can you feel it my students, the intricate bond of shared fate, of life we touched. People who taught you, people you've help, people who have caused you trouble and people you've caused trouble for, unlikely friends and bitter rivalries. We're all of one and another"
"Aha, so today was another lesson all along" Okano said
"Oh man, and I wanted to win this thing" Muramatsu sighed
As the group was packing up one more customer arrived
"Oh I'm sorry we're all sold out" Yada smiled before seeing who it was
"Really well you guys are popular" Hiromi said
"Mum?" Nagisa asked walking outside "Take a seat and I'll be right with you" he said walking back inside. Five minutes later Nagisa walked back out with a cup of the Crimson glory vine juice "There we go, the last glass of Crimson Glory Vine juice" he said smiling as he sat down. Inside several of the heroes were on guard. Nakamura's fist glowing with energy ready to shoot Hiromi
"Easy firecracker" Suguya said
"Thank you, I have to say this class is really something. I can see why you're so passionate about staying" Hiromi said
"Yep" Nagisa said
"About the unpleasantness that other evening. When you revealed a big secret to me, Looking back at it now. I knew that my boy is all grown up and his ready to cut the apron string. That business about graduating from me...you meant every word didn't you?" she asked as she remembered her son protecting her with all his might "I don't know where you found the strength to say it. Along the way you got tough. But please just stay with me until your of age. That's all I'm asking, the world will be yours soon enough" she said as a tear trickled down her cheek "I'm not ready to let you go just yet Nagisa" she admitted "Whatever else I may be, I'm still your mother"
"Okay" Nagisa said warmly hugging his mother "It's a deal" and with those words and that action everyone gathered there smiled. Standing a way back was Daisy and Yusei
"Come along Daisy" Yusei said
"Um sir" Daisy asked "About that?"
"Its fine. She's different from when I left her. Nagisa's changed her for the better, I don't think anyone else but him could have done that" Yusei said
"Are you saying that because you're proud of him, or because you're still married to Hiromi and are secretly hoping to get back together?" Daisy asked as the pair walked down the mountain
"The only ones who know that are me and Sekai. And trust me you are not getting her to say anything" Yusei said
"Alright, man I wanted to try those Acorn Noodles" Daisy said putting her hands behind her head
"Not to worry, some were delivered to me" Yusei said
"Have I told you, you're the coolest boss. Even better than AC?" she asked
"The connections we make in this world teaches us something about ourselves" Korosensei said 'The connection we had, I am doing right by it?'
"So I met Nagisa's mother. She's sorry about trying to commit Arson on the place" Karasuma said walking up to the octopus
"oh that, water under the bridge" Korosensei said smiling
Okay fair enough. Now care to tell me why she said it was alright as if I could only teach PE and that a Mr Korokata helped her out?" Karasuma asked pulling out a knife
"Um...I'm not sure about that first part, but you see you were out of town and so I had to cover for you using the only traces of the Antidote to this form I had left which lasted six hours. I was hoping Okuda could help me make more, but that only ended up with me gaining a chrome slime form" Korosensei said
"What?" Karasuma said "You had a cure?"
"A minor one that would only last six hours. And now it's gone" Korosensei said
"I'm sorry" Karasuma said walking off.
"Let's see how well the jerk offs in Class-A did" Wasp said
"I hear, looks like they did better than the high schoolers" Antman said
It is Asano, but check out where we are: Wasp cheered
"We got third and that's after closing half way through the second day?" Ant-man asked
"That's an accomplishment" Wasp said as Asano walked up
"Come on, we have to go" Antman said "Asano's pissed. So expect something bad"
"I thought Deadpool was dealing with him" Wasp said
"He was, but he's vanished" Ant-man said as they booked it out of there
"I have a bad feeling" Wasp said looking back
G'day guys Grizz here with the next chapter, the mouthwatering school festival. Man this was tricky to do since there was a chunk of information left out I decided to go to the manga for some of it, only to realise a bit of that chunk was given to Muramatsu when he was explaining to the Kyoto thugs. And the thing about Irina and Black Widow being sisters (sestra is Russian for sister) came to me basically when I was writing the Avengers arriving there. And also the Shokugeki no Soma reference which in the manga and anime is subtly hinted at being that one cooking manga, I actually name dropped. So good! and its second season starts soon.
Now I can finally say that the Kayano arc could be up next Saturday. And also I'm hoping to have a little side project up later today if I'm able to finish writing what I'm working on, but that is a surprise for you guys
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside