Chapter 3: The French Chef That Smiled on That Day

Three years ago, Megumi Tadokoro, a student of Totsuki, is saying goodbye to all her friends and family at the train station on a snowy day.

The train stopped at the station as Megumi says, "Well the train is right on time." She looks at the group gathered there. "I guess I'll be going."

Her grandfather says to her, "Megumi, I can't believe your leaving your mother and I." He extremely proud yet sad for her. "It sees only now that you just turned thirteen." The man wipes one of his eyes and about to cry.

"Grandpa." Megumi just smiles, "You don't need to worry about me."

One of Megumi friends say with some pep in her voice, "Sure enough! You're food is like the best we ever had around here!" She praises Megumi's cooking and her cooking techniques are going to a fancy school.

Another friend raises her right arm, "I just know you'll make it in the big city!"

"Yeah."

Megumi's mother approaches, "I hope you'll be able to get settled." She pulls out a charm from her pocket and gives it to Megumi, "Take this. It'll bring you good luck at school, darlin'."

Megumi takes the charm and looks like she's sad about leaving. "Thank you."

Everyone cheers for Megumi as she leaves for Totsuki Academy. She sits in the back of one of the cars as she looks out the window.

'Thanks everyone.' She looks at her charm with a smile while holding it tenderly in her hands. 'I just know that I'll become a great chef someday.' The charm reads 'Academic Achievement Charm'. 'Then I'll come back home.'

Unfortunately, when she got there, she keeps on getting bad grades one after another. Some are D's and some are E's (which are an equivalent of D-'s). Some others include F's. Yet to make matters worse, she received a final warning that if she gets another F or E, she will be expelled. Megumi freaks out when she got that letter. If she gets expelled, she will let everyone in her home town down.

Now, it is the start of her high school year...but that won't last long. As everyone enters into a large field where the entrance ceremony is being held along with fallen cherry blossom petals, she just stands there worrying that she will be sent home.

'Megumi Tadokoro. At the very beginning of my first year of high school, is on the edge of a cliff.' Megumi imagines herself standing on a single plot of ground that is surrounded by nothing but cliffs. She does snap out of it and heads in with the other students where she meet two of her dormmates and friends, Yuki Yoshino & Ryoko Sakaki.

On the stage, Urara Kawashima, the student announcer and self-proclaimed pop idol of Totsuki, makes the announcement. "We now present our academic insignia and our new freshman representative, Erina Nakiri."

"Thank you." Erina thanks Urara as she steps towards the podium. She smiles and bows to the woman in a black business suit that gives her a pin with the wind blowing her hair that makes all the guys want her.

One of the male students admires her, "Ah, Miss Erina. She's smokin' as always."

Another male student says, "She's beautiful and top of her class. She's the perfect woman!"

One male student hugs himself, "If I could just go out with her just once, I died happy."

One of his fellow classmates warn him, "Are you crazy? She would kill you or would throw you out the freakin' school."

Another warns him, "Yeah. She's the granddaughter of the don who is the mafia boss of the food world."

The student they warn just says, "Yeah, but still."

Urara speaks, "And now we'll have our ceremonial address, the academy's director..."

Everyone of the students start to get scared when the director take the stage as he gives off a fiery aura that would make them cry home to their mothers and a vicious stare.

"Master Senzaemon Nakiri!"

The male students look like they are about ready to piss themselves as they compare him to the devil. The Devil of Cooking.

The director speaks, "I welcome you. You have reached the high school division. Congratulations."

Everyone stares at him and pay close attention to his speech as if they are listening to a strong warrior speaking over his subjects. Yet some are more scarred of him than most.

"For three years, you have learn the basics of food preparation while attending our middle school division. You have further your knowledge of ingredients of this world. You have taken numerous drills for which you had to prepare dishes. You have heard a wide variety of lectures such as cooking theory, nutrition, public health, cultivation and managing a restaurant business. Now as you stand at the precipice of the rest of your cooking lives. You'll be facing challenges. Not just of technique and knowledge, but the resolve to see you can live as a professional chef. And that means ninety-nine percent of you can sacrifice yourselves to the cooking gods to unveil those that move on."

Many are scarred that they may not make it that far. The tension is so thick that you can cut it with a knife. Yet there is one male student that is on the chubby side that is trying to hold in his laughter. This is Isami Aldini.

He says to the blonde-haired student next to him, "He said 'sacrifice'. That sounds like it's gonna be hardcore."

This is Takumi Aldini, who smugs as he just says, "Uh-huh. Sure hope so."

"Last year, we started with 812 high school division freshmen, and the number that was allowed to proceed on was just 76. The mediocre and the inept were cast aside without mercy. Out of a thousand freshmen, only 100 will remain to advance. And you will be able to count on one hand, those who reach graduation. The odds are not in your favor. But you...*points his finger at the students* You can make it happen!"

Now the students are more determine to rise up and take on this challenge.

"Study hard, cook hard. And now I would like to make a special announcement. Totsuki has acquired ingredients from the Special Region. A new world full of strange ingredients that are impossible to find on this world. These new ingredients will test all your skills and knowledge that you have obtained her at school. Those of you who manage to use the ingredients that professionals can't get their hands on, will be known as the ultimate chef! Best of luck to you."

A lot of the students mutter to each other about this completely new challenge that has been thrown at them. If they can cook some of the ingredients from the Special Region, they will achieve a greater accomplishment than any professional in the world.

Erina sits on a chair in the tent and being all smug. 'The source of Totsuki's brand strength is that it educates a select few chosen through fierce competition. If you can make it to graduation, you'll obtain a lifetime of stardom in the cooking world. But be that as it may, I feel sorry for everyone that is in the same class as I am." She's being a braggart again."Because form the moment you were born, you were fated to battle for second place. Only one will reach the summit of the academy and the one that reigns supreme in the culinary world. Me, Erina Nakiri."

Yet she looks down and her smug faded as she remembers something and isn't paying attention to the announcement of the transfer student. She remembers Saiba Yukihira and how good his cooking was and remembers the kiss. Erina started to drool a little when she remembers him.

'Saiba Yukihira.' Erina wipes the drool from her mouth with her left hand. 'Oh, what I wouldn't give for the taste of your sweet lips and the warmth of your tongue. You are the only one that can satisfy this new craving that I desire. And that craving is: Love. Yes, other than Joichiro Saiba, you were the only chef that can cook better than me. I have fallen for you. I want you. Please god, give me a chance to taste that boy one more time.'

Urara argues with someone, "Just make the speech."

A familiar voice says nervously, "But no one told me that I have to make any speeches."

When Erina heard that voice, she looked at the podium and sees Saiba Yukihira himself, who is being nervous about making a speech. Erina's face turns beet red and drools a lot more along with her legs getting a little wet. Erina starts grinning like a mad woman as she licks her lips.

'THANK YOU GOD!'

Saiba looks extremely nervous as he just stands there with everyone looking at him. Saiba speaks the best he could, "Hello. My name is Saiba Yukihira and I transfer here from the Special Region and also a human guy."

"Say what?!" one of the female students shouted.

"That guy is from the Special Region?!" a male student cried out.

One of the female students says, "He is kinda cute."

Another male students says, "For someone from the Special Region, he seems normal except for his girly looks."

"I was expecting an elf or an orc. But no luck." another male students says.

"Ah man!" one of the female students went. "I was hoping for a furry!"

"There's something wrong with you." another female student says to the last one.

Saiba takes a deep breath to calm down and tries to make a speech from the top of his head. "To be honest, I wasn't expecting to make any speeches. From what I heard, the reason why a lot of people have been expelled is because they lack restaurant experience needed to survive and lack the proper imagination needed to create special dishes that can satisfy customers. To be brief, those with restaurant experience in the food industry before coming to this academy, we'll take the top spots at this school. The rest are gonna have to do something else if they failed. If you manage to make delicious dishes with the ingredients from my world, then congratulations. You have a chance. Maybe to be number one."

Takumi started to smirk while his brother tries to hold in his laughter.

"Did you hear that, brother?" the chubby brother finds it funny, "Guess we'll be the top students here."

"Agreed."

"That is all and good luck with this challenge. One more thing: I'm gonna cook dishes that rival the ingredients from the new continent of my homeworld. Wish me luck." Saiba bows and exits the stage.

Most of the students' spirits have been riled up as they accept the gauntlet that was thrown at them. Many are fired up and want to make it to Totsuki's Council of Ten by using everything that they got.

As Saiba heads towards the tent, he sees Erina Nakiri there covered in drool and looks desperate that she wants to devour Saiba. Saiba gets freaked out as Erina gets closer with her tongue hanging out and eyes rolled over along with a psychotic smile that is desperate for fulfilling her craving.

Here is Saiba's thoughts: 'CRAAAAAAAP! SHE'S HERE! CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP!'

But before long, Senzaemon appeared behind her and gives her a chop that only temporarily knocks her out.

"Thanks for the save!" Saiba is grateful to the director as he bows.

"Not to worry." the director holds on to his unconscious granddaughter. "You might want to head towards your class."

Saiba stands in attention, "Yes, sir!" and run towards his first class.

Senzaemon looks at Saiba running towards his class and thinks, 'Just hope you are ready for what's in store for you, Saiba Yukihira. If my granddaughter or any of her subordinates defeat you, you will be hers because of the agreement Erina and I made.'

Back in the field, the students head towards class as Yuki and Ryoko talk.

"Can you believe that guy?" Yuki speaks to Ryoko in an upset manner, "I mean, just because he's from the Special Region, doesn't mean he has to act all high and mighty. What is he, fantasy nobility?"

"But he does have some good pointers though." Ryoko points out that Saiba might be right, "Yet he is cute. Speaking of the Special Region ingredients, did you get that rabbit?"

"I haven't check yet." Yuki turns her head, "What do you think of the new guy, Megu-" Megumi isn't there. "Megumi?"

Megumi is still at the field and standing there, being depressed about getting expelled. 'What am I gonna do?' Megumi wonders what is she gonna do about the situation she is in. 'I'm definitely next on the chopping block. Even though I made it to high school, I'm still on the verge of getting expelled.' But Megumi shakes it off and tries to boost her confidence. 'No, I shouldn't give up! Everyone back home is counting on me. Right! I need to get good grades and avoid that transfer student.' But Megumi has a thought, 'But yet, he is from the Special Region and is an expert on the ingredients and dishes from the other world. Maybe I should ask him. Yet I might stand out more so maybe I should avoid him for now.'

As everyone is getting into pairs, everyone glares at Saiba after he threw the gauntlet at their faces at the opening ceremony. Megumi freaks out when she is partnered up with Saiba and all stares are glaring at the both of them. Frankly, this is the worst situation for her.

Saiba notices Megumi and extends his hand, "Hello. My name is Saiba Yukihira. What's your name?" He gives her a friendly smile.

Megumi is completely nervous as she tries to shake Saiba's hand. "Um, my name is Megumi. Megumi Tadokoro." As she shakes his hand, she takes a good look at him. 'Being up this close, he does look like a girl...a little. Not to mention he looks cute. Was he a noble before coming here?' For that moment, Megumi felt calm and her nervousness disappears.

The two are in Cooking Room Practice #3 as they are wearing their chef outfits and have their stations full of pots, pans and normal ingredients. Everyone continues to glare at Saiba as he just look at the ingredients.

"This is a bit awkward." Saiba says to himself, "I don't think I had someone to teach me how to cook since I was a child. Plus, the ingredients are completely...normal. Maybe I might have a chance of making something that rival the ingredients from the new continent. Maybe something even better."

Everyone murmur to themselves after hearing Saiba's thoughts out loud about how he is going to cook food that rival ingredients from the Special Region.

One of the male students say, "He's gonna make something better than the Special Region cuisines?"

His partner smirks, "Yeah right. Everyone knows that there is no way to beat Special Region foods."

Another male student at a another station says, "I wonder if those special ingredients are harder to get than normal foods."

"Probably." his partner says. "I checked the price of those ingredients and they are super expensive. I try to buy one of those Snap Mushrooms, but one cost 350 yen each."

"For real?"

Megumi is squating on the floor as she does this strange thing with her hands because she's nervous. She keeps on air drawing X's on her hand and eats them.

Saiba looks down, "Megumi, right? Are you feeling alright? Because you're acting pretty strange."

Megumi stops and looks at Saiba, "Um, well uh...I thought that it would help me not be so nervous."

"Nervous? Why?"

Megumi looks down and looks a little sad, "Well, because, if I end up with one more failing grade, then I'm gonna be expelled."

Saiba extends his hand to Megumi to help her up. "Come on." he says with a confident grin, "I'll do what I can to help you."

Megumi looks at Saiba and feels at ease. For the moment as she looks right at him and feels warm and calm like her nervousness disappear as she extends her own hand to his, like before. She got back up.

"There, you see?" Saiba lets go of Megumi's hand, "Feeling a little better."

Megumi looks at her left hand as she felt all of her negative feelings disappear. She no longer notices the glances that people are giving them. "Y-yeah. I think so."

Then the teacher enters. "Pay attention!" This teacher is a French chef, Chef Chapelle, who speaks in a French accent and looks stern and serious.

Everyone face forward at the teacher.

"Good morning." Chapelle says to the class, "Time to learn, my young apprenti."

The students say, "Good morning, Master Chef." Although, Saiba has no idea what Chapelle said in the last part of his sentence since he doesn't understand French.

Saiba asks Megumi, "Who's he?"

This is the part where Megumi gets nervous again as she tells Saiba the teacher's name. "That is Chef Laurent Chapelle."

Chapelle continues to speak, "The moment you step foot in the kitchen, your responsible for producing extraordinary food. Regardless of your gastronomic experience, know your pedigree in life. My class rules are very strict! Any dish that is not an A, it will be viewed as an E. And that my friends is a failure."

Megumi gets frightened as she tilts to her left side and is scared of getting another failing grade. 'Are you kidding me?! I cannot believe my bad luck! It's my first class with Chapelle!'

"Sorry, but why is he being intimidating?" Saiba asks Megumi.

Megumi quickly turns around to explain while scared yet keeping her voice down, "He's famous the world over for being incredibly strict even for Totsuki's! Last year, he failed his entire class of fifty students and eighteen of them flunked out just because of his lectures! He's been given the nickname, The Chef That Never Smiles." Megumi looks like she is about to panic with everything that is going on.

"Seriously?" Saiba tilted his head a little.

"Apprenti!" Chapelle says to the students, "Today's menu item is, Boeuf Bourguignon."

Saiba tries to pronounce it, "Boeuf Bour- Boeuf Bourgui- What?"

"It is the stable of the traditional French cuisine. I put the recipe on the white board for you to follow. You have two hours to prepare it and to present your dishes once they are complete. Now then, let's begin! Everyone, commencer à cuisiner!"

Saiba has a bunch of question marks over his head as he asks, "What does that mean? What kind of language was that?"

Megumi tries to calm down. 'Guess I have to try. Just need to calm down. Come on, take it step by step. Saiba seems so confident.' Megumi tries to look at Saiba, 'He knows how to cook it, right?'

But when looking at him, Saiba has a puzzled look on his face as he tries to understand what the menu item is.

Megumi tries to act calm as she asks, "Saiba, have you ever made this dish before? I mean, I know your used to the foods of the Special Region, but you do know how to cook it right?""

Saiba continues to look at the board all puzzled as he answers, "Nope. I never even heard of this dish."

Megumi turns around and starts to panic.

"But I do have the gist of it. It's basically stewed beef with vegetables with sauce on it. I get it."

Megumi looks at Saiba and stops panicking.

"Yeah. I think I understand. I'll start chopping the vegetables and mushrooms."

Megumi then feels a little better when Saiba said he got this. "Right." she nods and with a bit more confidence, "I'll saute the them and the meat."

They immediately get to work as Saiba chops up the vegetables with one of the kitchen knives. He chopped them up at blinding speed that everyone was surprised. Then Megumi sautes the mushrooms and vegetables before putting them in a pot and simmer them in low heat. Saiba walks off to see the ingredients in the cabinets as Megumi countdown the simmering process.

She stares intensively at the pot as she continues to countdown. '40 minutes. Take the meat out in 39 minutes.' She's loosing her cool, 'Take the meat out in 38 minutes!'

But she was interrupted when Saiba shouts from the other side of the room, "Megumi!" He points at the cabinets, "You should check this out!" He looks at the cabinets, "There must be over a thousand seasonings in here!"

Megumi looks over and gives a depressive sigh, "I feel like an idiot for freaking out." Then she realizes, "Oh! Guess I need to get the plating, don't I?" She walks away from the pot as two students from the next station over have a bit of a plan.

This plan includes failing Saiba to get an advantage. The reason being is because of jealousy. Jealous of Saiba for having access to foods that no one else has access to. They also think that Saiba may have come from a noble family because of his looks and those connections grant him easy access to the special ingredients. They're really doing this out of spite.

After touring through the kitchen, Saiba headed back to his station and noticed steam coming out of the pot. He notice that the lid was slightly opened. He asks Megumi, "Hey, Megumi? Did you open the lid?"

Megumi turns around and notices, "No, I didn't." She comes over to find out why, "I mean, it still has to simmer for twenty more minutes, right?"

Yet when Saiba gets a whiff, he noticed something is wrong. He opens the lid and find out that there is a pile of salt on the meat.

"What the heck is that in there?!" Megumi asks.

Saiba glares down at the mess, "It's salt."

Chapelle glances at Megumi and Saiba to overhear what is going on.

Megumi gasps and starts to panic, "Oh my god! Wh-what do we do?! We can't use this meat anymore! It'll take over an hour. The meat needs-"

Saiba stops Megumi by having his hand in front of her. He is giving a very serious look, "I'll get what we need to prepare again. We may have thirty minutes left, but I have an idea."

Saiba puts on his headband and gets the back-up ingredients. He even bring out his knife case and use his best knives to chop up all the ingredients as Megumi helps out. Before cooking the meat, he kneads the beef in a mixture of honey from the cabinet and a drop of lemon juice from the fridge. He prepares everything with blinding speed that the two students that put the salt in the pot noticed that he is moving faster than before. But they don't mind since they believe that there is no way he can finish on time. Chapelle continues to judge each dish and grades them.

One of the students that sabotage says, "Shouldn't be too long before another team's finished."

The other one looks at a pot, "All we have left is the sauce."

Saiba and Megumi approach with their dish with Saiba saying, "Chef Chapelle, we're ready for tasting."

"Huh?" one of the saboteurs went. Then both of them were surprised when Saiba presents the dish.

"Order up!" Saiba says.

"How in the-?" one of the saboteurs say.

Chapelle looks at the dish and seems to be like every other at first glance. However, when he presses his fork on it, he notice how tender it is as juices started leaking out. "Hmm?" he went in surprise. "It's perfectly tender. I dare even say fork tender even."

'HOW IS THIS HAPPENING?!' the thoughts of saboteur one.

'THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! THERE IS NO WAY IT HAD TIME TO SIMMER!' The both of them are completely surprised to see how tender the beef is.

Chapelle looks at Megumi and Saiba, "It looked like the two of you had an accident earlier. How were you able to finish on time?"

"It was easy." Saiba pulls out his apron pockets a jar of honey and a small plastic bottle of lemon juice. "We just incorporated some honey and lemon juice. I rubbed it on the meat before putting it into the pot and added some seasoning as well."

Chapelle looks at Saiba, "Did you?" Then he looks at the dish, "Honey contains proteases, enzymes that breaks down the proteins at a faster rate. Lemons are an acidic that is mostly used in marination like vinegar and wine. Yet lemons also infuse the flavors of the meat and the ingredients. You used them on the tough roast in a short amount of time." Chapelle then cuts the meat.

Megumi asks, "But Saiba, how in the world did you know to make that happen?"

"It was simple, really." Saiba replies. "When I was a kid, I gotten real sick and my throat felt like it was on fire. So my dad made me some dishes that had honey and lemon in them just like the cough drops I used. When I took a bite out of the lemon beef marinated in honey and swallowed it, the pain in my throat was quickly relieved. Afterwards, he told me why the meat was tender even though it was the toughest cuts ever. Plus I learned all kinds of tenderizers such as pineapple juice and orange juice. Yet if I used too much, it would toughen the meat."

"I see." Chapelle says to Saiba, "So you used what you learned from your father. Lemons mixed with honey and warm water has always be used for medicinal purposes as a substitute for salt water and honey."

Megumi is amazed before Saiba gives Megumi a fork full.

"Here, try some yourself." Saiba gives Megumi the fork that has some of the meat on it.

Both Chapelle and Megumi try a bite.

In their minds, Megumi is in a lush forests full of lemons, bees, and honey dripping from the lemons. The bees look like regular honey bees but bigger. Many of the bees pour honey onto Megumi as she enjoys it. Screaming in pleasure.

"I'm gonna melt!" Then one of the bees spray lemon juice on her butt. She looked at the bee that did it, "You naughty, little bee!" and seems to be enjoying the (and I quote) 'golden shower'. Then she ends up getting swept away from the flood of honey and lemon juices as the bees continue to pour honey and spray lemon juice from their stingers. "Sooo syurpyyy!"

Then Chapelle popped his head out from the flooding mixture as he smiles, "C'est merveilleux!"

Back in reality, Megumi took a satisfied breath and her face all flushed.

The students look at Chapelle and he is smiling from ear to ear. "PROFESSOR CHAPELLE!" the students are shocked to see the always serious teacher smiling, "HE'S SMILING!"

Chapelle put his fork down, "Chefs Saiba and Megumi, you get an A!"

Megumi smiles as she is glad she got a passing grade. Thanks to that, she no longer has to worry about being expelled.

"However..." Chapelle says which cause some concern for Megumi. "It is a shame that I cannot give you two a higher grade than an A. That dish was perfection."

Megumi then smiles again with some glimmer in her eyes for getting a dish above and A.

Saiba took off his headband, "You're welcome!"

The students were in shock as one says, "So that transfer student's food is uh-

"Better than ours was. What the-?"

The two saboteurs were shocked to hear that. Too shock to notice that their food is burning!

One of them removed the lid and goes, "Oh no! Our sauce is burnt!"

His partner in crime panics, "What?! Oh no!" The salt in his hand nearly slipped out, juggles to get a grasp on it, but it fell into the pot and spilled everywhere.

The panicked yet presented it to Chapelle. His answer after tasting, "You have failed."

The two are on all fours with their heads down in shame.

Saiba grins, 'Karma's a bitch, isn't it?'

In cooking room #2, the two brothers get an A.

Isami giggles at their grade while talking to his brother, "That was a cinch, wasn't it my brother?"

Takumi cleans his mezzaluna, "Of course, just like always." 'If only we were in the same class. I want to test my mettle against that transfer student from another world.' Takumi sees Saiba as a challenge that he must overcome.

Back in Chapelle's class, Saiba puts the honey and lemon juice away as Megumi approach him.

"Saiba?"

Saiba smiles at her, "Good work, Megumi."

"Um..." Megumi is being bashful towards him. "No. Thank you for all of your hard work. It's all thanks to you that I...that I..."

Saiba place both hands on her shoulders which cause her to tense up. "It's okay." Saiba gives her a warm smile. "You looked like you needed help. So I..." he lets go and starts to get bashful himself, "I wanted to help. Oh!" Saiba pulls out some tubberware that has what looks like chocolate chip cookies. Yet when you smell them, they smell like gingerbread cookies. "By the way, I made these not too long ago. I usually make them around winter time, but I thought I might share them for anyone that I make friends with in this new world. And for you Megumi, you are my first friend. Take one."

Megumi gives a delightful smile as she looks at the cookies. "Thank you!" Megumi takes one and notice something about them. 'It's soft like bread with three kinds of chocolate chips, yet smells like ginger.' Then she takes a bite.

In her mind, she is on a sleigh ride driven by three pairs of reindeer made of chocolate. The first being milk chocolate, the second being dark, the the third being white. Megumi appears to be a little kid dressed in a Santa costume as she sits on the lap of Santa Caluse on a sleigh made of cookie dough with the sound of jingle bells. She looks over and sees a world covered in powdered sugar like it is made of snow with gingerbread people having fun in this little sugary, winter wonderland. She smiles and waves at them and they wave back at her.

Back in reality, Megumi has a cute and adorable smile on her face full of delight. 'It taste like Christmas.'

Somewhere else, Erina has just finished class as she walks down the halls with many female students adoring her with subtle squeals. Erina continues to walk with her 'elegant' and 'dignified' look to her.

One of them says, "Oh my god, is she trying a new dish agian?"

Another says, "I would love to taste it. I don't care what it is."

The Hisako comes running at Erina, "Miss Erina! Please, Miss Erina!" She stops but Erina keeps on walking.

"What are you going on about?" Erina asks.

"Chef Chapelle's class has posted the highest grade of the day so far."

Erina stops, "It was Saiba Yukihira, wasn't it?"

That surprised Hisako that Erina knew who it was. "Y-yes, ma'am. But how did you know?"

"Call it woman's intuition." Erina turns her head that kinda freaks out Hisako and the other female students. Erina is drooling like crazy with a zealous look in her eyes. "Oh and by the way," she speaks normally despite the way she looks, "I have something you might wanna hear." She approaches Hisako and whispers something in her ear.

Hisako's face has turned bright red with steam coming out of her head and nose bleeding when Erina says something in her ear.

In Hisako's thoughts, she imagines herself and Erina in bed, naked with the blankets covering them...with Saiba handcuffed to the bed and a gag in his mouth. The two of them get closer to Saiba as a vase full of flowers has three rose petals dropped onto the floor.

Back in reality, Hisako is standing there, bow legged, face still red with blood dripping from her nose, mouth gaping open and fingers twitching as Erina continues to walk away.

The female students are wondering what just happened.

"What happened?" one of them asks.

Another then asks, "What did Miss Erina say?"

"Is it her new dish? I'm so jealous!"

Erina continues to walk as she tries to wipe the drool from her grin. 'Saiba Yukihira. One day, I'm gonna make you mine!' and cue the evil laugh.

AN: Can you guys help me with something? I've been trying to remember a game I saw on YouTube. I can't remember the name, but I do remember some of the stuff in it. It starts out as you entering some sort of chamber where you get to meet this armored skeletal dude, but is really chill and says that you and him are the same while explaining that your memories form building blocks. It started out with you entering a nice and peaceful forest where you meet a nice woman, a pillow fort until later it gets darker with some Noir-style stuff but gets to become horrible with an electric chair at the end of that one after going up a spiraling staircase and then you come across a battlefield that has these statues comprised of armed men, demons and tanks. You have a choice of ending reincarnation or be reincarnated. If you decide to reincarnate, you fall down into some sort of funnel until you see a bright light and lose your memories. If you decide not to, you become the skeletal guy, clap your hands and everything goes dark. It is a bit like a walking simulator but I'm not sure if it is also part platformer or puzzle solver. That's the best I can remember. Does anyone know the name of that game?

Further note, instead of two weeks, all chapters of any of my stories will be uploaded randomly because of my crazy work schedule.