"Speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
Soma walks away in the hallway of the citadel as he was heading to his room to get a good night sleep
"Soma!" Erina came running in with Megumi and the others as Soma turns to look at them
"oh, Erina…..i was about to go and say hello at your room" Soma said with a soft smile to his girlfriend "did you need something from me?"
"what was that out there?!" Erina exclaimed at him "That way of cooking of yours! That is not like you!"
"that's right, Yukihira!" Takumi exclaimed to his rival "you always treated your opponents with respect! What on earth made you into this!?"
"who…." Soma muttered out as he looks at Takumi in confusion "who are you?" Soma asked as this surprised everyone who hears his word
"w-what do you mean, Yukihira?" Takumi said looking at his rival "I'm Takumi Aldini! Your rival!"
"Rival?" Soma rubbed his chin before looking to Takumi with his face nodding "oh yeah, I remember now, you're my next opponent on the next round"
"what's wrong, Soma-kun?! Takumi is your best friend! Why are you saying that you don't know him?!" Megumi said to Soma who looks to her before scoffing
"you're Tadokoro Megumi, Saiba Asahi's next opponent" Soma said turning around "I don't need to talk to weaklings like you"
His words instantly broke Megumi's heart as tears started to well up in her eyes
"Soma!" Erina exclaimed as she grabbed Soma's hand "apologize to her! Tadokoro-kun is our friend!"
"why should I apologize?" Soma asked before looking to Megumi "when I don't even know her at all"
Erina and Takumi were shocked by his words as Soma looks at Megumi with emotionless eyes
"my friend? The only friend I have is Erina" Soma said turning around and then walking away "I don't need weaklings as friends"
"Soma…..are you really Soma?" Erina muttered out as the Soma, she once knew and love was gone and the one in front of her was nothing more than a monster
Nakiri Mana watches the screen of the match with Anne as she re watch how Soma brutally annihilated nearly all of the Noir chefs as only a few now remains in BLUE
"he may be able to make it….the dish that has never been seen in this world" Mana said in amusement before the door to her chambers were slammed open by Erina who had a furious look upon her
"what did you do!?" Erina exclaimed before Takumi, Megumi and Isami joined in as Megumi was still hurt by Soma's words and was being helped by Isami
"hello there, Erina" Mana greeted her daughter "on what occasion are you visiting me after so long?"
"answer me!" Erina exclaimed in furious "what have you done to Soma!?"
"nothing" Mana replied "I only did something that he had asked me to do"
Anne pressed a button on a remote as the tv channel changed into a cctv recording and it showed Soma talking to Mana and Anne
"I want to fight all the noirs and light chefs in my block and that also means Saiba Asahi"
Soma said to Mana in the recording as Erina and the others were surprised by his request
"really? Are you sure? This would mean that you could be facing against two of your friends who are also in the same block as you and also even Erina in the last match" Mana asked him
"friends? I don't have other friends except Erina" Soma replied as his words were the exact words he spoke out to Megumi and Takumi in the hallway "I don't care about anyone other than Erina and I will retire from the last match….will that request interest you, Nakiri Mana?"
"fine….this interests me on seeing who will win this matchups" Mana replied with a smile before the recording ended
"h-he wanted you to do it?!" Erina said in shock
"the boy's spirit and determination of cooking, reminded me so much of your father that I could almost see him in that young man" Mana said while fanning herself
"what..what on earth happened to Yukihira?" Takumi asked "he is almost like….a Diablo"
"I can answer that" a voice spoke as Erina turns around and her eyes widen in surprise
(Skipping Megumi and Asahi's fight and then Takumi's)
The final match of block A came as it was Soma against Asahi
"so, looks like you made me eat your words" Asahi said facing Soma who looks at Asahi bored "what is it? No words of comeback?"
"I find you…to be very boring, Asahi" Soma said as he takes out his black knife and sees the dark shine it had "I might find myself yawning against you"
"pretty confident words coming from you" Asahi said to his opponent before they entered the arena
The crowds cheered for Asahi while some weren't cheering for Soma at all
Every single one of Soma and Erina's friend came to the stage as they entered the viewers seat
"it doesn't matter how many knifes or whose knifes you use" Soma said as the black knife showed the reflection of Soma, being a demon "the results are going to be the same just like that of your underlings"
Asahi looks at Soma as he sees Soma no longer as a weakling but rather a threat to his dream
"this will be a Shokugeki" Soma said looking at Asahi with a smirk "if you win, you won't need to see me ever again, I won't be a chef, I won't be near Erina, I won't ever be Joichiro's son anymore…."
"and if you win?" Asahi asked as Soma points at the remaining Noir chefs in the crowd
"give them back their utensils and have them go against me in a shokugeki"
His words made Asahi confused as why on earth would he want to have a Shokugeki against his black faction
"you are wondering why I want to have a Shokugeki with them….right?" Soma asked as his hair raised up and his eyes glowed golden "it's because…they're an eyesore…..and all weaklings should just…disappear, right Bookmaster?"
Soma looks to the large screen as Nakiri Mana appeared in the screen
"yes….i very much agree….those who are not worthy to be in BLUE should just be failures forever" Nakiri Mana said with a smile as Soma smiled as well before he cracked his neck and hands before his entire body cracks so many times that everyone was frightened by him
"let's start…..Saiba Asahi" Soma said with a smirk
"the theme of the dish is the fusion of the five great cuisine" Mana spoke out as she explained the rules of the match "French Cuisine, Chinese Cuisine, Turkish Cuisine, Indian Cuisine, and lastly Italian. Create a dish that combines all of the five and bring forth the ultimate gourmet fare! This is your task!"
"that's impossible!" "how in the world can anyone do that!?" "is that even possible for any chef to make!?"
The crowds exclaimed in shock as the task was nearly impossible to create
Soma listened to theme before he grins evilly
"interesting" Asahi said before he takes out so many knives upon his hands
"destroy him!…destroy him!...make him pay!...make them all pay!...make them suffer….torture them and destroy them all!" Soma heard voices shouting in his head as he looks to his black knife that has a darkish aura raging around it
"yeah…" Soma muttered out before taking the knife and smiles to the blade "….i know!"
"Let the match Begin!" Mana declared before the two chefs went and prepare their dish
Asahi uses all of his knives as he used them so many times that everyone can believe that he would win so easily but it was not true
Soma grabs some ingredients before he sliced them into bits so fast that everyone was rubbing their eyes to see if they were hallucinating which they were not
"Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!" the voice shouted in Soma's head as the man's eyes burns in flames with his hair raging like fire
"i-impossible!" Don Calma said in shock "he's making them all….French, Italian, Chinese, Turkish, and even Indian! He's making them all with just a single knife!"
"he's not human at all!" Sarge exclaimed as a black demonic aura appeared behind Soma as it bares its claw around Soma's hand that holds the black knife
After 5 minutes, the cooking is done as both chefs finished preparing their dishes
(Skipping Asahi's dish judging)
Praises and then praises were showered upon Asahi as Nakiri Mana's Stripping, stripped nearly everyone in the crowd of their clothes
"how do you like it, Yukihira?" Asahi asked with a smirk "this is the True BLUE"
Asahi looks to Soma before he felt his heart stopping for a second as he nearly saw a black demonic demon with fangs and claws bared towards him
"your dish….is weak" Soma spoke out as he presented his dish and it was Ten Don
"a ten…don?" everyone muttered out in shock to see what the dish, Soma had prepared
"Egg Benedict Tempura Don" Soma spoke out as he raised his hand forward for the judge "dig in…"
"he made all of those cuisines into that?" "but how is it possible?!" "creating so many cuisine's preparations into such a tiny dish!?"
All of the judges took a bite of the dish and in an instant their clothes exploded and they were now only in their undergarments
"w-what!? How is possible!?" Don Calma exclaimed in shock
"the moment they took a bite out of it, their clothes, exploded?!" Sarge exclaimed
"it's….it's too delicious!" Courage exclaimed while scarfing down the meal without stopping "no matter how much of it! It's not going empty! This dish it's not ending!"
"there's Italian Acqua Pazza! Indian's Porydal! French's mirexpoix! Chinese's huajiao bing and so many more!" Charme exclaimed as he keeps on eating the dish without stopping "this dish is never ending!"
"this Dish won't stop feeding me! The flavours are changing and changing! It won't stop!" Decora exclaimed
"how can his dish!? How can his dish surpass that of the cross knives!?" Asahi exclaimed in shock "I've used everything! Everything to make my Basuti perfect!"
"then try it for yourself" Soma said as he presented one of his dished towards Asahi "my dish"
Asahi looks in shock as he tried the dish
"the reason why my dish excels yours…." Soma spoke out
(Food Fantasy: Asahi was dressed up as a hero in a fantasy world before the man was clenched into the claws of Soma who was a dragon
The dragon had many swords all around its wounded body but the dragon roars at Asahi before spewing flames upon the hero and burns him alive)
"is because you're weak, Saiba Asahi" Soma stared hard at Asahi as the man can feel himself being strangled to death by a demonic aura of Soma
Nakiri Mana tasted the dish as she smiles before waving her fan to the side
Asahi looks in shock as the winner of the match was Soma
Soma smirks before chuckling as the entire viewers in the arena were stripped of their clothes
"didn't i tell you?" Soma said as he takes hold of the knife Asahi was using in the match before grabbing a hammer and breaks it into pieces "you are….weak….and worthless….you are too weak!"
Soma grabbed Asahi's collar before laughing at his face filled with sadness and dread
"weak weak weak! You disappoint me!" Soma laughed out before he turns his attention to the remaining Noir chefs in the field "now then…..for the rest of the smallfries"
The crowds watched in shock as Soma drags all of the noir chefs into the arena and forced them into a Shokugeki against their will
And in all, the result of all the match ended in Yukihira Soma's victory
"a true Food Demon King…" Asahi muttered out in shock as all the noirs were defeated so easily and were on the ground, defeated "…Indra"
Soma looks at the crowd as the chef now terrified even them
"is that really Yukihira?" Yuki asked in the crowd while trembling in fear
"it's like that time" Ryoko said as she remembered on how Soma acted when he is angered
"he became a true monster of gourmet" Ryo said as he glared at his rival's character
"I'm satisfied now…." Soma said as he walks away from the arena "…Erina can win….i don't need to…."
"stop right there, Soma!" someone shouted out as Soma turns around and sees Erina at the other end of the arena
"Erina?" Soma looks to her as his aura softens up towards her
"the final match.." Erina lifts up her hand and pointed her finger towards Soma "…is you against me!"
Soma looks to her before turning around to walk away
"I don't want to….i don't need to…..you can win BLUE, Erina" Soma said walking away "…I'm just happy if you're happy"
"I'm not happy at all" Erina spoke out as Soma stopped in his track "I'm disappointed!"
Soma turns to look at her yet again as Erina approaches him
"have a Shokugeki with me!" Erina exclaimed
"why…should I do that? Soma asked "I don't want to win the BLUE, you can win it, Erina…isn't this what you wanted?"
"no" Erina said shaking her head as Soma looks to her before seeing his signature headband around her right hand's wrist and his friendship bracelet as well "have a shokugeki with me or I will just go and get married with Saiba Asahi!"
Soma's eyes flared a bit as it held a raging angered fire in
"what…did you just say?" Soma asked a bit angered to what she spoke out
"have a shokugeki or I will just leave you for Asahi! Accept it or be alone forever!" Erina riled up Soma as this made the man furious
"fine then…if that's what you want" Soma said lifting up his black knife as it shines to him "I'll grant what you want"
Erina lifted up a white knife as this made Soma eyed the knife
"that knife…." Soma muttered out looking at the knife
"the final is tomorrow….i will not forgive you if you back out of this" Erina said with a determined gaze
"fine….i'll do what you want, Erina" Soma said before walking away
"with this…the plan is a go" someone spoke as Erina turns to see her grandfather, Dojima Gin, Yukihira Joichiro and her father Nakiri Azami
"wait for me, Soma! I will save you!" Erina looks to Soma as the man disappeared into the shadows of the hallway's exit
That's a wrap!
Bye bye