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Warning: grammar and vocabulary error
Dislaimer: none of the character below are mine, they are copyright of Masami Kurumada. I'm only borrowing for fanfic sake
It's Cooking Time!
Part 30
Deathmask was nervous for once, he had done dinner many times for his comrades but this was the first time he ever catered to someone that knew the culture that he grew up in. Should he just avoid, not going into the dining room? But… he paused as he looked back at the tray of cannoli shells, un-fried. He didn't trust anyone on handling that thing for specific reason.
"Chef?" The call stirred him from his trail of thought. He let out a growl and finally glared at the young boy. Shun had sweat drop under the glare but he didn't really know what he do wrong. Deathmask moved to the finished batch of arancini al ragù and taking it into the plates.
"Go and take that prawn and salad out. After that, come back and take this arancini out." He said as he took the fried arancini out from the fryer and put some new batch in. Shun nodded as he put plates of shrimps into one trolley and big bowls of salad into another trolley.
"Chef, you don't go to the dining room to explain the dish?" Deathmask twitched his eyes.
"No, you tell them, the prawns are raw gambero rosso marinated with lemon and olive, salad is salad. After that took this arancini out, it is battered deep fried rice filled with meat. Now get lost." He said, beside he really needed to start on his pasta after this rice ball. Shun nodded and quickly out with the cart.
Meanwhile…
The atmosphere was good. Both goddesses had been quite chatty while both Hades and Shion done nothing other than listening and sipping wine. One specter sat on the table with Aphrodite and Shura. The Capricorn had been watching with wonder. The short hair man was silent since he still had this effect from this morning hangover but… 'Since when Aphrodite and Minos becomes friend anyway?'
The specter seemed genuinely interested with what his friend had said. That was a strange sight since most of the gold saints' rank would be avoiding the Pisces saint if he started talking about hairs care, body care and makeup in general. Not that he hated it. The problem with Aphrodite was, after he spoke about the newest thing he used, the lad usually force them into using the thing, too. He shuddered; he luckily avoided the last conversation about hair removal cream. He definitely didn't need that, poor Aiolos though.
"And you see, that makes my hair all shiny and soft."
"Hmmm..." Minos nodded as he looked toward the saint's hair. His hand unconsciously reached toward that long hair and entwined his fingers into the soft hair. Shura widened his eyes; Aphrodite though didn't seem to mind as he chuckled, letting the specter to inspect his hair. "So do you think they have one for silver hair too?" With that the Pisces saint eyes twinkled even brighter.
"Of course! How about we hunt that together the next time you got time off."
"Why not? I need a better shampoo, the underworld had it bad."
"It's sure looked a little rough." Aphrodite noted, he moved and took some long silver locks into his finger. By this time, Shura had bumped his head onto the table lightly, trying to convince himself that he was not dreaming. Both of men practically ignore the lad assuming he was still having that hangover effect.
"It is! I don't know how Hades – sama and Pandora – sama maintain their hair with the same shampoo but I think it only work for black hairs, Aiacos hair also that silky. But it doesn't have that effect on mine!" and the chat went on and on about the underworld shampoo.
"Minna-san." Shun finally walked out from the door with trolley, Tatsumi got the other one. "Appetizer, raw prawns marinated with lemon and olive oil and salad, please enjoy this first." He said as he began to push the cart and placing into table one by one. Shun was once again walked back to the kitchen and he was back with trolley full of fried balls.
"This is deep fried rice filled with meat." The dinner started without any hitch, most of people who had hangover in the morning, enjoyed fried rice filled with meat more. Then come the pasta, pasta alla norma as Shun announced. The pasta was light but filling.
"Athena, your saint is really good at cooking!" Persephone really enjoyed her hometown cuisine. She had two homes, one in Olympus with Demeter and another one in the underworld with Hades. Olympus and Underworld cuisine was quite different, both was good beyond human imagination but sometime she also missed Sicily cuisine where she was born and grew up.
"Thank you, you can ask someone from your specter rank to learn it for you?" The teen suggested. That made the blonde goddess paused. "Do we have anyone from Italian ground?" She said to the God of Underworld. Hades was stabbing his pasta with fork before popping it into his mouth while thinking.
'Have we?' He thought as if remembering, chewing the food slowly before swallowing down, he looked at his wife. "Charon?"
"Is he?"
"Can he cook though?"
"Hmmm… should let him try."
"No one will ferry the spirit on crossing Acheron…"
"Oh don't worry. Radamathys or Aiacos could do that." Poor judges… meantime in the underworld, both men suddenly sneeze without any reason.
"Excluding Minos entirely?" Hades questioned her while Persephone pouted.
"Hubby! I know Minos had to deliver judgments with Lune. Radamathys and Aiacos on the other hand can spare times for it."
"Oh, you notice." The black hair god pleasantly surprise with that; he never knew that his wife actually aware of underworld work system.
"What's that supposed to mean?!"
Saint
Seiya
Several second later… The gold saints had sensed the cosmo from the blonde hair goddess was spiking up quickly and Minos who quite customary with it, quickly took his and Aphrodite's unfinished pasta plates and overturned his table, admitted the protest and surprised from both Shura and Aphrodite. 3 empty plates, 2 glasses of wine and one with little pasta left on their table were crushing to the ground. Most saints were standing from their chairs and ready to engage in battle but one unoccupied chair zoomed toward Hades and not toward Athena.
All of them were stunned and looked on in silent, as another chair which was occupy earlier by Camus whizzed by too, toward Hades. One chair was deflected by the God and zoomed quickly to Saga's direction. The older twin had been planning to dodge left but was jerked quickly by Kanon to the right instead, falling directly into the latter. He was chocked by his shirt and… having a mix feeling between wanting to yell or being grateful. Behind them, Dohko dodged down and the chair crashed onto the wall.
Now things began to elevate, first the utensils, then plates and glasses. All items stormed toward the king of underworld, Hades quickly used his table as shield. The items stabbed and crashed onto it and all the plates on their table had slide down to the ground. One plate however, his plate of pasta didn't crush to the ground as he managed to elevate the thing onto his hands directly. He continued eating on his chair; as if there wasn't a barricade of table in front of him, as if his wife didn't glare at him murderously. Everyone present just sweat dropped.
"Oi, duck down." Minos said; Aphrodite and Shura who was on the same table hesitated but indeed moved down to cover under the overthrown table after one knife was repelled so uncomfortably close to Shura's neck and crushed against the wine glass that on his hand. The crystal wine glass burst into little pieces. "Here." The judge said as he gave the unfinished pasta plate back to Aphrodite. He himself forked his pasta into his mouth. A chair just zoom passed his side.
"Why are they fighting?" Shura asked, throwing what was left of the glass to the floor. The Capricorn was thankful that he already finished most of his pasta. By now the other saints had noticed the overthrown table.
"Who knows?" The judge said as if it had occurred daily.
Some knifes and forked which were being deflected flew toward the saints. Most could dodge easily but some were too close to conform. Athena had been carried bridal style by Shion away from the war zone. The pope had choose to take cover behind the bar table since it was the only one looked sturdy, good choice. Dohko, Alderbaran, Saga and Kanon which were near the bar, also opted to hide behind it too. Mu had resort to create crystal wall to protect Shaka, Milo and Camus even though they definitely didn't need any protection but it was an instinct of being defender. Fortunately his hangover had gone due to coffee and the situation. When the crystal wall gone, Camus also overthrown the table and quickly enforce ice to link it to the floor so it was sturdy enough not to be taken as weapon by the Goddess. His student also used the same tactic as soon as Seiya able to knock most of knives and forks off their course. Both the dragon and phoenix saint were dodging whatever items flew toward them before duck down under the ice table.
Chairs were now began to elevate, Minos still munching his pasta but moved one of his hand to spread his strings and dragged one more table into his barrier, Aiolia and Aiolos were still dodging knifes had finally run toward them and hurdled in.
"Oi! Why are they fighting?!" Aiolia asked the same question as he ducked into the newly create tables barricade.
"Do this always happen in the underworld?" Aiolos continued, one chair zipped inch from his head and crushed into pieces after slamming the ice enforced table created by Camus. By now Mu also elevated broken chairs to their position to be iced, just to make the barricade longer and higher.
"Every time. Milady had that kind of tantrum. Yes."
'…at least Athena only likes to give strange requests…' were words that float around their minds. Aphrodite even went as far as patting Minos's shoulder in sympathy. The judge could only blink in confusion.
Shun was peeping from outside the dining room, he was waiting for another trolley of food from the chef. Deathmask was still in the kitchen perfecting his cannoli. But he was sure the cancer saint could probably hear the commotion. He grimaced when he heard another plates had crush to the ground.
Deathmask suddenly appeared out of nowhere and walked inside, passing Shun all together. The teen was about to shout out a warning but the Cancer saint run passed the barricades and saints + judge straight into Persephone direction. He dodged several chairs pieces and flying object to stop near the angry goddess.
"Cannoli siciliani, milady?" The blue hair saint said lightly.
"What?" Persephone paused and all the elevated broken chairs and newly elevated forks and knives had stuck floating in the air. Hades stopped his chewing and lowering his elevated table barrier down to his eyes level. Feeling the attacks had stopped, and curious with what made his wife stop so suddenly.
"Is that ricotta cheese with pistachio?"
"One and only."
"Oh!" By this time, all the elevated things had crush down to the floor; Hades had slowly moved his table back to its original position, forks and knives was still stabbed on the surface. "Oh, this is so good! Just like the first time I taste it." Persephone commented after taking a first bite, her eyes shone brightly in pure happiness. "Hubby, here taste this." She said without missing a hitch, as if the fight hadn't happen at all. From the bar and tables, everyone heads peeked up in interest even Athena.
Hades looked at the half eaten dessert, he moved his hand to take the dessert from his wife's hand and taken a bite of it. The mild sweet alcohol induced cheese was pleasant to his taste, crunchy pistachio and the shell also offered a good texture and… he munched on, his hand took one orange slice. Sweet candied orange… he was not a real fan of sweet but… "Very good dessert indeed."
"Right?" Persephone heart soared, proud of her hometown; the Cancer saint grinned, he's brim with pride.
"Milady, please sits down and I take another portion." Hades snapped his finger, the table was clean from the stabbing utensils and two chairs miraclely undamaged appeared on the table. Persephone was about to sit but Hades had stood from his chair and pulled out the chair, letting his wife sat. Ignoring the fact that they just had a fight minutes ago… Deathmask walked by the other.
"Oi, removed all the broken tables and chairs out. Cannoli can be eaten street food style." He ordered and walked away toward the exit.
To be Continue…
Note:
Gambero rosso praws: largest Sicilian Red prawns usually cooked lightly or marinated in oil and lemon
Arancini al ragù: Sicilian rice deep fried delicacies served with various stuffing
Pasta alla norma: pasta dishes of the Sicilian cuisine created originally in Catania, Sicily.
Cannoli: Italian pastries that originated on the island of Sicily and consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta. But nowadays, there were a lot of creative cream filling.
