Hey guys, I'm back with chapter 1 of my new fic. It feels good to finally have this chapter done after tweaking it for over a week. This will be a longer format Soma x Erina fic that will retell the events of SNS with some major and minor differences. The order of the story will stay the same, but with major differences in how they play out. I hope you All Enjoy.
Chapter 1: A Chance Encounter
Nakiri Erina was anything but an ordinary teenage girl. Born with an ability called the God's Tongue, she can discern all of a food's ingredients and cooking styles. She was also the filthy rich heiress to the Nakiri Family, the most powerful family in the food industry.
Right now, Erina is walking down the halls of Totsuki Culinary Academy, the most prestigious culinary High School in the world, also run by her family, specifically her grandfather Nakiri Senzaemon.
"Hisako" Erina starts "What is next on my schedule?"
"Yes Erina-sama, you have to proctor the transfer exams in one hour." Arato Hisako, the girl's friend and secretary, responds.
"Uh, Why am I doing such menial tasks?"
"Don't worry Erina-sama, it shouldn't take long."
"Whatever, let's just get this over with."
Meanwhile, at the gates of the school…
'Stupid pops, closing the diner and forcing me to come to this dumb school.' Thought 15 year old Yukihira Soma.
Soma is a teenage boy from a small town whose father owns a small diner.
Flashback…
"Soma, I'll be closing down the shop for a couple years." Says Yukihira Joichiro, Soma's father.
"What the hell old man!? Why!?" replies Soma, clearly angered.
"Because I'm going to be traveling the world for a a freelance Chef again."
"Then I'll just run the Diner myself! Don't close it!"
"Sorry kiddo, you'll be going to cooking school while I'm gone."
"Cooking school? Why would I do that when I can learn all I need right here?"
"You see, it's not just any cooking school, it's the most elite cooking school there is. Totsuki Academy. It's where I went to school, and If you ever want to surpass me, you'll need to take the top spot."
"I still think this is stupid, but fine. I'll take that top spot and surpass you before you know it."
"Also, you better get ready, the entrance exam is tomorrow. Bye son."
Soma is left looking dumbfounded as his father walks out the door. By the time he came back to his senses, he yells out to no one in particular
"Hey you old bastard!"
But Soma resigns himself to his fate and goes upstairs to pack.
End Flashback
'Where is this place anyway' soma thinks to himself. Looking around, Soma notices people walking around with butlers and parents offering ludacris amounts of money to have their children attend.
Soma begins to wander looking for the exam hall he's supposed to be in.
The exam Hall, 45 Mins later…
A group of hopeful students wait in the hall for the exam to begin. All conversation ceases as Erina enters the hall with Hisako. Those who recognize her are already beginning to soil themselves. Those who don't immediately recognize her are figuring out how to make their move, the guys are anyway.
The Blonde beauty gets up on a stage at the far end of the room.
"Attention, my name is Nakiri Erina, and I will be your examiner today. Hisako, the rules please."
Hisako hands Erina a laminated piece of paper. After looking over it for a minute, she hands the paper back to her assistant.
"I'm a busy woman, I don't have time for all that. Instead…" Erina picks up an egg from a nearby ingredients cart. "... You will have 30 mins to make a dish that will satisfy my palate with the main ingredient being egg."
All the people in the room that knew who she was, that is to say all of them, starting freaking out, knowing that their hopes of attending this school were dashed by the princess of Totsuki.
"Additionally" Erina continued "For the next one minute, anyone who wants to leave may do so in order to reapply in 6 months."
At that, everyone in the room began stampeding out of the room.
"Now that that's over, how my=uch time to i have until my next appointment?"
Before Hisako could answer, they heard the door to the room open. Looking over, they say a boy with spiky red hair and a scar above his eye.
Panting, the boy asks "Sorry I'm late. Got lost on campus. Is it too late to take the exam.?
Erina takes a look at the panting boy. If she was completely honest with herself, this boy was kind of handsome. Not that she would ever say that out loud though. Erina turns to Hisako.
"Your next appointment isn't for another hour and a half Erina-sama."
"Very well, I will allow you to take the exam if you wish. What's your name?"
"Yukihira Soma."
"Hisako, what's his file say?"
"Right," Hisako flips through some files until she finds his. "Yukihira Soma, son of a Diner owner from Sumire Town. Nothing else of note about him."
"Not very remarkable. Ok, diner boy. You have 30 mins to make an egg dish that will satisfy my palate."
"No Problem. One egg dish coming up."
Soma removes a long cloth from his wrist and wraps it around his head as he says this. In the kitchen Soma begins chopping some vegetables and putting chicken wings in boiling water. After a while, Erina pipes up.
"What are you making?"
"You can't tell even when I'm at this stage?"
"I can still fail you ya know!"
"I know, I'm just teasing. I'm making Furikake Gohan."
Both Hisako and Erina were at a loss for words. They both thought 'How could such a common dish satisfy the God's Tongue.' It was Erina who ended up voicing her thoughts first.
"If you think that such a plebian dish can satisfy my God Tongue, you're sorely mistaken."
"This isn't just… Wait did you say God's Tongue? What's that?"
For the 2nd time in less than 2 minutes, the girls were at a loss. They were utterly dumbfounded that there was someone in the culinary world that didn't know of the legendary God's Tongue. This time it was Hisako that spoke up.
"You've never heard of the God's Tongue!? Do you not know who she is!?"
"Not really no."
'No wonder he didn't run away at the start. He's simply an idiot.' Erimna thought.
"This is THE Nakiri Erina, the God's Tongue, Youngest ever member of Totsuki's Elite 10 Council. Her palate is the most refined in the world."
"Really? Wow, that really cool Nakiri-san! But also back to what I was saying before. This isn't normal Furikake Gohan. This is a Yukihira Secret Menu Item, Transforming Furikake Gohan!"
As he says this, he finishes the dish and presents to the pair in front of him. Erina takes a look at it and is underwhelmed. She starts to walk away stating
"Just like I thought. This fails to arouse my appetite. Goodbye Yukihira Soma."
"But this isn't even it's final form!" Soma replies
Erina was not about to admit that she got that reference.
At this, Soma picks up a bowl filled with eggs and golden brown cubes and dumps it on the rice. The cubes begin to melt from the heat of the rice and Erina notes that the newfound smell was quite enticing. Picking up a pair of chopsticks, Erina takes a bite. She is instantly transported to a fantasy where little cherub Somas are waiting on her hand and foot. She snaps back to reality to see Soma inches from her face with an accusing grin on his face.
"So what did you think, Nakiri-san?"
Erina is startled, but quickly backs up and steels herself.
"Hmpf. It was barely passable."
She loved it. But he didn't need to know that.
"You seemed to be really enjoying it to me." Soma replied with a cheeky grin.
"I told you it was barely passable. You're going to have to do a lot better than that in order to make it at this school. Why would a common diner brat even want to come here anyway?" Erina asked.
"My damn dad made me come here." Soma replied angrily.
"Your dad? Why?" Hisako asked with a hint of curiosity.
"He wanted to travel the world to cook. I would have been more than happy to take over the diner while he was gone, but he told me I had to study at Totsuki like he did if I ever wanted to be a better chef than him."
Erina was slightly taken aback by this.
"Your dad is a Totsuki Alumni?" Erina asked.
"That's what he tells me anyway."
"Well what's his name?" Hisako asked
"Yukihira Joichiro"
Erina was once again taken by surprise at the name. 'Saiba-sama? No, he can't be. It has to be a coincidence. He clearly said Yukihira.'
"Regardless, you passed. See you next week at the opening ceremony, don't be late." Erina stated
"No problem Nakiri-san! See you later!"
Erina and Hisako started making their way down the hall.
"Hisako, I want you to bring me everything you can find on Yukihira Joichiro."
"Yes Erina-sama."
And there it is! Chapter 1 in the bag. Hopefully I can get the next chapter out in a timely manner. This will very much be a story where Soma and Erina get together much earlier. You'll have to wait and see how it affects the story.
