This is a Naruto and Food Wars Fan Fiction Only.

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As Soma and his father landed and they got through customs, they were finally in Denmark, the place reminded him of that one time he went to help that princess who pretended to be just an actress in Snow Country, the place was a lot colder than what he imagined or it maybe is because he was wearing summer clothes and the temperature difference was getting to him.

As Soma walked out of the airport he had already sent a shadow clone to place his seal on one of the local monuments, and as this was done Soma knew that he could eventually come back to this country whenever he needed. Joichiro was not fooled one bit and asked him why would he want to be able to return to this country, and the answer was not something he expected, for the same reason they were here in the first place, maybe one day he would have to come back to Denmark to help a friend.

If he could use the flight of the thundergod to travel to Denmark much as he could, they could have saved time but now that will no longer be an issue, Joichiro was happy to see that his son was thinking about things he would need for the future. "Happy to see that you are planning son, but right now I need you to do something for me, my friend wants to do a surprise birthday party for his daughter, a girl by the name of Alice Nakiri, you know the picture of the girl I showed you on the plane. I need you to do me a favor and keep this girl entertained while I prepare the food for that birthday party, I know you can do that."

Soma told him that it shouldn't be much of a problem, he can help her have some fun and this would keep her from noticing what he and her father were trying to do. Which to Joichiro sounded like a good plan so he agreed, he went a little further and suggested that maybe becoming her friend would make things easier.

Soma got to the hotel and began to wander the garden only that it was mostly covered in snow, and there among the snow was someone he only saw her picture, but the picture was a couple of years younger than the person he was seeing, she looked sad for some reason as she was trying to make figures on the snow.

He quickly walked up to her and she must have been so depressed that she didn't even notice him, until he said hello, which sort of startled her for a second because he said it in Japanese. She looked at him and asked him who was he almost afraid of him, he smiled and said his name is Soma Uzumaki, and he wanted to try and make her smile since she looked so sad and lonely.

She looked at him and began to laugh, "Nice to meet you, Soma, I am Alice Nakiri, my dad owns this hotel, isn't that something? yeah, I am sad, it seems my dad and mom are so busy with the hotel they seem to have forgotten my birthday, but what did you plan to do to make me feel better?" Soma quickly suggested why not build a snowman? or he could show her how to make a snow angel? This made her giggle and he said that and quickly nodded his head.

"Sure but we got to have a snowball fight, but tell me Soma do you have any hobbies? I like to learn how to cook from my mom, how about you?" Soma told her that he also is learning to cook from his parents he didn't mean to brag but he could make a very decent plate of ramen. As the two talked about their favorite foods they quickly made the large snowballs and quickly began to put one on top of the other creating the figure until they had almost finished the snowman but they were missing things for the eyes and the nose, so he used branches he got off the ground for arms, a carrot he had which he told her he had it as a snack he was going to have later, and two buttons, he carried in a small sewing kit.

As they admired their creation Soma told Alice that she shouldn't worry about her parents, they might be busy but they do love her after all his parents are also quite busy and he was sure they loved him and his sister, to which Alice began to ask him questions about his family, she was amazed that his family had a small restaurant and that it was quite popular in the town where he lived. She constantly asked him stories about his childhood.

"You know Soma I got a cousin, but she is so mean to me sometimes, I honestly think she hates me." Soma told her that maybe she is afraid of getting close to people because she thinks they might hurt her feelings, after all, it was something that had ever happened to him more than once, "Alice no matter what the end of the day that cousin of yours is part of your family, you can argue, you can fight, and you can compete against each other trying to out do each other in something you both like, but never forget that family is the people you can always count on, so try to be nice to them as you would have them be nice to you."

Alice asked her what if her cousin was just being a jerk, and just born mean? Soma laughed and told her that nobody is a jerk without there being a reason for it, if you think about it, if you get to know your cousin and know why she is acting like that, you might understand it and can see the real reason why she is acting like that, if you understand each other, you will see that she is one of your precious people, and will be happier for it."

As he lay on the snow and began to move his arms and legs and when he was done he showed her and she giggled when she saw it, and told him yes she knows how to make a snow angel but it was funny seeing him do that. They both talked about things they liked, things they didn't like, and what they wanted to do when they grew up, they had much in common since they both wanted to be the best chefs in the world.

As they were having fun Joichiro saw them both and he quickly used hand signs to get Soma's attention and tell him that it was time for the big surprise and that they should head to the dining room of the hotel, Soma being his memories of being an experienced ninja recognized the non-verbal sign language and nodded his head in response. "Say, Alice, I don't know about you, but I didn't get a chance to eat lunch, so I am feeling a bit hungry, why don't we go to the dining room and see if we can get something to eat? I would love to taste some traditional danish dishes."

As they walked into the hotel Alice told him by now there was nothing prepared, so he might not find anything to eat, after all, they only cook things that guests order from the room service menu. Soma told her that as long as he could find a kitchen and had some ingredients he could cook something nice for both of them, which made her very curious.

She guided him towards the kitchen that the employees used wanting to see what Soma could do with something that was provided for employees to cook and eat, "Alice I think I can cook something nice with this, come on sit down and we can talk as I cook." She did so only because she was curious about what he was going to prepare.

She asked him about his family, and he told her he had a father, mother, and sister, he also told her that she shouldn't let things or people ruin her relationship with her family, people are friends and acquaintances but family is blood, he began to tell her about two girls they had been the best of friends, they loved each other as if they were sisters, but then they entered the same school and they both developed a crush on the same boy.

This was getting juicy, it was to her like a story from a soap opera, so Soma continued, what was once a loving friendship became a bitter rivalry, what was a crush became a bitter obsession, and in the end, the friendship that brought them so much joy, love and happiness was ruined, even as that boy who they wanted to make their own told them time and time again that he was not interested in them at all.

These girls fought each other and did horrible things to discredit and ruin their supposed chances to woe that boy, but in the end, it was useless, because the boy wanted a girl who was talented, skilled, and strong, a woman who would stand by his side no matter what difficulties would come their way, and when he became an adult he did, and he and this woman got married, had a couple of daughters, but that these girls caused to their friendship never was forgotten and they would never be the friends they once were.

He kept cutting and doing things to the ingredients but she was now really curious how did he know this, all of this happened in another life so he had no problem at all telling her everything that he could about that particular time of his former life, and as he finished he placed to plates on a table and he served the food, he used a few hot dogs and cut them up, cooked them and then mixed them in flour, yeast, milk, and butter, he mixed it all until the batter began to rise and he grabbed it and made pancakes with pieces of cooked hot dog in them.

He served her a stack of six pancakes with butter and maple syrup, on the other hand, had served himself six but had a whole stack of them on a separate plate should either of them want some more. Somehow some of the employees came into the staff kitchen something about smelling something delicious in the air, and the entire staff served themselves two of the pancakes and were enjoying them as Alice was taking her first bite.

She loved the taste of it and was impressed with how could he prepare something this tasty with a few ingredients that were practically stuff found in an ordinary grocery store. She asked him how did he learn to cook, he was nine years old like she was, and Soma told her his father and mother taught him how to cook, and he sometimes cooks and sometimes cooks them a nice breakfast as a birthday gift.

She was having a great time eating and talking with the people, it was almost like she just let go of all these notions of class and they all enjoyed the food and talked to each other about the way they liked to make their pancakes, she came to learn that there is not one but hundreds of ways to make pancakes, it was a food that would be considered plebian or food is eaten by common people, but there were so many ways to prepare them that she was fascinated and to think it was the food she would normally not be exposed to.

That is when they both heard a woman laugh as she walked into the staff kitchen she held a fan to hide her face, but the way she laughed was strange, "Fufufu, to think that I would come and find you here daughter, apparently you found you knight in shining armor, I have never seen you show such interest in a boy before, Fufufu."

Soma looked at the well-dressed woman and he simply wanted to correct her, "I rather you call me a ninja." She laughed and accused him of trying to steal her daughter's heart, to which Soma told her to be very careful of what she said, cause that could very well happen in the future. The lady asked him who his parents were she would look them up to see how good of a potential groom for her daughter this boy was. "My father is Minato Namikaze, and my mother is Kushina Uzumaki, but you know him, he is supposed to be cooking in the main kitchen."

She laughed again, "So you are his son, where are your sister and mother?" Soma told her that she was doing her work as part of chefs without borders, so who knows what country are they in at the moment, "Mom and sis go around many needy countries to educate people in healthy and easily cooked foods in countries where they are suffering from famines and other terrible things, like natural disasters and such."

As soon as they had finished the meal Tsukune and Alice were told by her mother that they need to go to one of the dining rooms since apparently Tsukune's and Alice's father wanted to have a word with them, Tsukune knew of course what was going to happen but in order for this to work, he played along as if he had no clue what was going on. Alice began to wonder if they got into trouble for using ingredients that were there for the staff to cook their meals.

They both walked into the dark hall and it was clear that she was pretty nervous as she quickly held unto Soma's hand. The minute that they made it to the middle of the hall suddenly all lights turned on and they were in an absolutely beautifully decorated hall, making it quite clear what was going on, as the people jumped from hiding and screamed Happy Birthday Alice, upon which a banner was released showing that exact same sentiment.

As soon as she calmed down she was hugged by her father who clearly saw that she was both happy and still quite surprised, in secret she had been afraid that they forgot all about her birthday since her parents are always so busy. She looked at Soma's father and he simply smiled as he had apparently seen how Alice had been holding unto Soma's hand. He knew that Soma's mother would simply laugh when they talk about this.

"Sorry, I know those surprise birthdays are quite common nowadays but thanks to Soma here we were able to get things done rather quickly while making sure the birthday girl didn't know this was going to happen. Now come on, it's time for the birthday girl to cut the cake and for everyone to enjoy the food. Before you wonder about it, yes Soma got you a nice birthday gift."

Alice asked him what was the gift to which Soma told her that would be ruining the surprise, so if she wants to know she will have to wait till they began opening the gifts. She pouted and punched him on his right shoulder. As they ate the food she began to marble at the food prepared by such a world-renowned chef, this is something she wished she could tell Erina, since apparently she simply loves those books that he wrote.

This however made her ask how does he know Soma, and why did it seem like he came with him to the party? Joichiro laughed and told her that Soma is actually like family, he was a good friend of his father and mother, and since he didn't want to come to the party by himself he decided that he could keep Alice entertained while they finished putting the final touches to the birthday decorations.

She relaxed and as she was ready to blow out the candles she made a wish however Soma knew better than to ask her what she wished for but he had a sneaky suspicion since she was blushing a few seconds after she blew out the candles on her birthday cake. The birthday gift was a teddy bear that had her favorite color or really really liked it because the minute she saw it she hugged it like it was the best gift she ever got. It could be that she knew that it came from Soma, or that she really liked it, but she was not going to tell the reason to anyone, well maybe her cousin Erina.

The party was over and as such, it was time for them to return back to Japan, they were told they could sleep in one of the rooms for the night and they would be given a ride to the airport early next morning, Alice was not happy to hear this and asked why can't they stay and when was she ever going to see him again. Soma told her that it was because Joichiro was actually teaching him how to become a better cook and that his parents wanted him to stay with Joichiro since it would make them worry less.

Joichiro saw this and laughed telling her that she shouldn't worry since Soma is eventually going to go to Totsuki Culinary Academy and transfer to it after he finished high school. Since he is nine it will not be long before they can see each other again once he becomes an Academy student. This made her relax a little but she asked him to become a great cook cause she wants to see how much he can improve and she promised that she would do the same.

As Joichiro and Soma woke up the next morning they knew that they had to fly to get back to their country, but this time Soma didn't bother in cooking any snacks because he knew that it could happen again and the flight attendants would use any excuse to steal his snacks as they did before. He was sorely tempted in cooking some snacks and cooked them with prank recipes that had laxative powder as one of the ingredients, but Joichiro told him that he shouldn't do something like that, he had to cook food that was both healthy and tasty for the people eating it.

As they boarded the plane he tried to sneak in some of his snacks, and sure enough, the same ladies that were on the plane before were practically waiting for him, and much to his distress and anxiety he didn't even let them give him that excuse he simply gave them the bag of snacks and told them to enjoy as he walked towards his seat and he saw Joichiro smiling. Giving him a head pat and messing up his hair as he rubbed his head, Joichiro said that he made him very proud.

They finally made it to Tokyo and apparently, they took a bus to the Toho region, where he apparently was doing yet another favor for one of his friends and a person that always gave him a great price on seafood. Soma looked at his father and knew better than to think this was without an actual reason, "So what's the plan dad? Another birthday? What favor are we doing and how am I involved?"

Joichiro told him that the daughter of the main seafood supplier apparently has a small problem, she lacks confidence in her skills, which as Soma knows it can be quite a problem for culinary students since it will cause them to doubt themselves and even make mistakes that they should be able to avoid, so his friend asked him to come and help her teach her some cooking techniques and Soma would help her become more confident.

"So basically I need to do what we had to do with Hinata and get her to stop being such a mess with her lack of confidence and her shyness, got it? I know exactly how to solve this, but I want her to learn to love learning also, so how about I help you during those times you teach her, to make her learning a lot easier." Joichiro told him that it was a good idea and he was all for it.

As they finally reached the home of his friend, he could tell someone was cooking, and from the way it smells it was actually quite tasty, the only reason he got so focused on the scent of the food is because of two facts, the first being that they didn't have breakfast and the snacks that he prepared he decided to give them to the flight attendants, so that means Soma and Joichiro were both quite hungry.

As Joichiro greeted his friend and his wife, he walked into the kitchen where he saw a young woman cooking something, it was fish, fruits, and vegetables. He walked over to where she was and she didn't even notice him, she was so focused on what she was cooking that Soma walked up right next to her and she didn't even hear him. He quickly began to notice what she was doing, and for the most part, it was some good basic cooking technique, but he knew from what he learned about cooking that there was much room for improvement, but first, he needed to fix the girl's confidence and shyness if his first guess about her was correct.

He quickly pretended to clear his throat which had the expected result of shocking her, but he quickly caught the knife she threw in the air as she heard him, "Sorry didn't mean to scare you, in fact, I came with a friend of my father to visit you and your family, my father even told me that I really needed to come and meet you since apparently you are an amazing cook, and he thought that we could learn much from each other, my father's friend is going to teach both of us, so this is going to be a lot of fun."

She looked at him and smiled, "I am Megumi Tadokoro, I am quite happy that your father praised my cooking, although I am not really that talented, mind telling me what is your name and the name of the person you said will teach us?" Soma looked at her and smiled as he introduced himself as Soma Uzumaki, and the person who is teaching him how to cook and friend off his father is someone she probably has heard about before, Joichiro Saiba, or currently Joichiro Yukihira.

She of course heard about Joichiro Saiba, he and his wife were both students of Totsuki Culinary Academy, and they managed to defeat the entire elite council and quite a few of the instructors in food battles, this earn them recognition by the culinary industry and earn them the right to graduate early, something that had never happened before since the Academy was first established. Megumi was getting so nervous that she was apparently writing something with her finger on her open palm, seeing her nervous he decided to simply take a taste of what she was cooking, and it was delicious, fruity, and savory, a real soothing taste of it, the vegetables were perfectly crisp and tender.

Soma looked at her and smiled, "I don't know why you are so nervous, from what I tasted of what you are cooking, this is going to be an absolutely delicious dish, you prepared the ingredients almost like an expert, you chose them to compliment each other, and even then the flavor is something that makes a person want more. I don't know how it will end when you are finished cooking but so far I can tell this is going to be so good that I am honestly getting a little hungry just thinking about it."

Megumi looked at him and asked him if he was kidding, and that is when he told her that no, he was dead serious, the small sample he got from tasting what she was cooking was so good that it was making him feel a bit hungry, and so he asked her if he could use some of the ingredients in the kitchen and try to make a side dish to compliment what she was preparing. Wanting to see what he could do in the kitchen Megumi told him to feel free and use anything he wanted from the fridge or the pantry.

Soma began to prepare his ingredients but seeing him cut and prepare the ingredients made her almost want to help him, so she decided to do a little prep work while he cooked his dish, as she finished her own. The way that he was doing this was not a way that she would have thought of, but something about it made Soma look like he was confident in his skills, to which Megumi asked him how can he be so confident about his cooking skills.

Soma laughed and looked at Megumi as he told her that in fact he messed up and made mistakes a lot when he first started to learn to cook, but as long as he can learn what he did wrong and use it to get better, then there is nothing wrong with that, in fact, he told her that sometimes people have a chance to learn more when they fail rather than when they succeed in their first try. "I am confident because I know what I can do, and learning from my mistakes taught me how to make the best out of something that could be called a failed attempt, your dish I tasted is great, you only need to believe in yourself if you don't who will?"