Chapter 6: The Jiggly Meat Invader

In the Rice Bowl Club at sundown, Kanichi Konishi, the president and only member of the Rice Bowl Club, is against the wall as Ikumi tries to pull off some seductive moves on him. The guy panics as Ikumi gets closer. She slams her right hand on the wall that has a poster of a rice bowl on it.

"So, are you gonna do it with me?" she speaks in a very seductive voice and shake her hips a little. "I know you want to." Her breasts jiggle a bit. "Come on."

Kanichi gulped a little and turn his head, facing away from Ikumi.

She speaks softly into his ear, "Just do it with me. A Food War." She proceeds to lick her lips a little.

The next morning, Saiba just snore away as the sun's light peer through the opening of his curtains and the birds chirp at each other a good morning. Yet he is in his true form and not his disguise. But his sleep is interrupted by a strange upperclassman through one of those speaking tubes.

"Good morning, young Saiba!"

Saiba's snot bubble popped. While half-awake, he put his talisman necklace on and have his disguise.

"I could use some help. Could you get dress and come on over?"

Saiba sat straight up and rub his left eye, "Can't." he says in a zombie like state, "Need more sleep." He falls back on his bed, "Don't bother me." Saiba goes sound a bit rude but he has been busy all night with his recipes.

But a tile from his ceiling is removed with Itsuki's smiling face staring at him, "Aw, don't say that."

Saiba screams and is fully awake. He scolds him, "Don't do that! It's super creepy!"

Both of them are outside but Saiba is alone with Yuki.

Yuki giggles, "I see he woke you up, too."

Both of them walk out the door and head over to the garden.

"Uh-huh." Saiba sounds half-asleep and a little annoyed. "So what are we doing?"

"We're collection vegetables from our field."

Saiba is now fully awake after hearing that. "You guys got a farm? So we grow our own vegetables here?"

Yuki laughs a little, "Well, the most delicious foods start with the best ingredients. That's this dorm's motto."

A sound of a chainsaw is heard as they noticed Shun cutting a piece of a log and collecting saw dust.

Yuki explains, "That's how Shun gets most of his smoked dishes. Ryoko's specialty is mostly stuff with malted rice. So she has her own workshop just for that."

Over at the fermenting room, Ryoko checks the progress of her fermenting processes and seems to be doing fine.

Then they pass the chicken coop and all the chickens are being spooked when they see Saiba.

Yuki checks on the chickens, "Whoa! Hey! What is wrong with you guys!? You're all acting like there's a fox or something!"

Saiba turns his head away and have a little blush on his cheeks since he is part fox. "Let's just go." and he walks off with Yuki following.

"How weird." Yuki looks back at the chickens, "They never acted like that before. Those chickens are usually calm with us." Then she looks at Saiba with his face turned away, "But when you showed..."

"Let's just head to the garden."

Yuki starts to get suspicious about Saiba.

Then they made it to the garden where there are many vegetables ranging from lettuce to tomatoes to practically everything. Even a few tent greenhouses and some glass ones.

"And then...Itsuki's main area of operation..." Yuki extends her arms in the air, "Is here! This plot grows dozens of different vegetables."

"Holy green thumb." Saiba takes in the view while Yuki tries not to laugh at Saiba's corny line.

But when he sees Itsuki with a garden hoe, his amazement dropped to shock as he sees him wearing nothing but gardening gloves, boots, and his underwear.

Itsuki is covered in sweat as he smiles at Saiba and Yuki, "Oh, good morning. Hello, Yuki. Hello, Saiba."

Both of them are freaked out that Itsuki is almost naked.

"A bit of hard work in the morning helps soothe the spirits. Let us all sweat together." He speaks in a cool pose and a tiny twinkle in his teeth as he smiles.

Saiba shakes his head and tries to process what he is seeing, "I'm sorry, what. The. Hell?"

Itsuki approaches, "Knowing the different strings of ingredients and how they grow is part of learning how to cook." Itsuki looks back at his garden. "This is known as Polar Star Field." Then he looks back at Saiba and smile, "But truly, it might as well be called, Itsuki Field."

'I think I'm blind.' Saiba thinks to himself as he just look at Itsuki's wardrobe...or lack there of.

"Uh, Saiba?" Megumi appears as she is wearing a green checkered shirt, a yellow apron, a purple scarf and a straw hat while holding a basket of veggies.

"Oh. Morning, Megumi."

Megumi holds up the basket, "Look. These are the vegetables Itsuki grew in the garden, don't they look amazing."

Yuki and Saiba smile at Megumi on how she looks.

"You know, Megumi, that outfit suits you but adorable at the same time."

Yuki goes, "Yep. Megumi is Polar Star's breath of fresh air."

Although Megumi seems confused with a bunch of blue question marks popping over her head because she has no idea what Yuki means.

Itsuki takes a tomato from the basket and gives it to Saiba, "Here. Try one."

"Sure." Saiba nods and takes the tomato. "Thank you." Saiba takes a bite and shouts, "This is amazing! The tomato is plump and very sweet! I would love to use these for my cooking. You got some amazing veggies, bro."

"Yeah, well, I'm flattered that you say that, but maybe I've spent too much time on them. Unfortunately, I haven't been really going to class."

Saiba has a large sweat drop on the back of his head. 'Isn't school just as important as tending this field? I think he has his priorities mixed up.'

Ryoko and Shun approach with Ryoko waving, "Morning everyone!"

With everyone gathered (except for Zenji, Shojo and Daigo, who are all passed out and on top of each other on Zenji's bed), they all start harvesting the veggies and fruits that are ready to be picked and Saiba even tries some. He can taste the amount of work that went into each of the crops that are grown here and they're all delicious, incredible and want to use them in his cooking as Fumio overhears the students enjoying themselves as she sweeps.

Megumi set a bento box on a wooden table as she announces, "Okay guys! Time for breakfast!"

Saiba takes a closer look at the three kinds of onigiri Megumi made. Some look plain looking, some have dried seaweed on the top and some have chives. "You made those yourself?" Saiba takes a closer inspection.

"Yep." Megumi opens the lid of the last bento box, "I hope everybody's hungry. Help yourselves."

Itsuki compliments, "Looks delectable. I see its your three variety onigir."

"Hmm." Saiba went, "Onigiri for breakfast. Never had anything like this before."

Yuki announces, "It's time to stuff my face!" She takes a bite out of a plain looking one and is overjoyed, "Wow! It's delicious. You used a salt and green onion sauce. The sauce was added to the fresh boiled chicken tenders and it coats the onigiri's exterior too." She's in heaven now, "The saltiness of it really sures the appetite."

Ryoko states, "Doing physical work always make me want something savory."

Itsuki looks at one onigiri in his hand that has black seaweed, "And this is seaweed, huh? It is a stable of onigiri." He takes a bite and notices a delectable surprise inside. "You boiled seaweed and sweet soy sauce and added cheese!"

"That's right. A little cheese actually goes very well with the rich sweetness of the seaweed."

Saiba tries one, "Let's see what this one it." He takes a bite and notices something meaty with some garlic and something sweet. He is in sure delight, "You have garlic pork in this! I love garlic mixed with meat! And it tastes very sweet!"

"That's garlic-marinated pork."

If Saiba has his tail out, it would be wagging like crazy.

"When I saw you use honey and lemon in our class the other day, it inspired me. So I tried changing it up in my own way. I boiled some pork belly and stepped it in a mixture of garlic, miso, sake and honey. It goes great with rice. So I chopped it finely put it in an onigiri."

Saiba keeps on eating with his thoughts screaming, 'Taste like my mom's cooking! DE-LI-CIOUSSS!'

Megumi looks at the table and go, "Oh. There's barley and green tea too, so don't be shy."

Ryoko and Yuki drink some tea in little paper cups first before the boys do. They all go, "Aah..." after drinking some refreshing tea.

"Now this is the true appeal to Megumi's cooking." Itsuki speaks while feeling warm and...nevermind, I just realized something, "It soothes the heart of whoever eats it."

Saiba notices something while looking at his half-eaten onigiri, "The chicken isn't dried out and the pork belly is perfectly tender. They're all made with such thought and consideration. Just like a mother."

Megumi feels embarrassed of the last thing Saiba says, "Glad you like it."

But Saiba gives Megumi a puzzled look, "But why can't you cook as good like this in our class?"

Megumi felt a huge stab through the heart and starts to get gloomy. She turns around, facing away from Saiba, "I freak out. I, uh, I always have stage fright. When I get really nervous, my mind goes blank and I just mess up everything in the kitchen."

Saiba apologizes, "I'm sorry."

Itsuki gives some advice, "You need to relax more in the kitchen, Megumi."

"Totally." Yuki agrees. "The more calm you are, the better it turns out. Just does."

Megumi gives a feint giggle, "Well..."

Some time pass and Saiba gets to learn something new as they head back to prepare for school. "A research society? Is that like a club or something?"

"Yep and sorta." Yuki answers, "There are lots of them at Totsuki. Researching everything related to cooking. It's fun. Everyone get together after class and developing new menus."

"Or participate in cooking contest that are outside of school." Ryoko adds in some more intel.

Shun says, "But I doubt there's any research societies that involve the Special Region yet. You'd be right at home."

Megumi says, "I'm a member of the Regional Cuisine Research Society. Zenji is a member of the Miyazato Seminar."

"Hmm." Saiba is taking an interest.

Yuki says, "Back on about the Special Region, I heard there won't be any clubs for it because the ingredients are extremely pricey and have to sign a lot of paperwork. Not to mention they have to decontaminate the ingredients to ensure no plagues will start." Her happy expression went to agitated, "And there is a long waiting time before they get here. Longer if they are alive."

Ryoko says, "But didn't you filled out one for a rabbit?"

Yuki starts to get angry as she shouts out, "Yeah! They take so damn long!"

Over at school, Saiba checks out the bulletin board with Megumi to see what kind of research societies the school has.

"Wow." Saiba is impressed by the number of research societies there are. "You weren't kidding. There are all kinds involving different countries, types of diet, and those with a lactose intolerance. They even got fermented and preserved foods." He continues to glance over until one caught his interest. "There's one for rice bowls? That might be good for the restaurant." He turns his attention towards Megumi, "Let's try this out."

As the two made it to the Rice Bowl Research Society club room, things...don't look so good. When they went in, they see Kanichi being all gloomy as if the world is about to end as he just sits there on his chair. He just sits there like a boxer had died and he is all white.

"Oh dear." Megumi says while looking at the sorry state Kanichi is in.

Kanichi gets out of his sorry state for a moment to look at Saiba and Megumi. "Sorry, but you guys just beat it." he sounds so sorrowful. "Bowl Club's on its last days. We're doomed to get shut down."

Saiba just tilt his head on why is the club being shut down.

Saiba and Megumi introduce themselves while trying to ignore the poor state the guy is in.

"Saiba and Megumi, was it? I'm Kanichi. I run things around here. Go ahead and laugh if you want. I couldn't even protect Bowl Club."

'This guy looks like he's under the influence of a poverty god or something.' Saiba thinks to himself as he just look at Kanichi.

Megumi notices one of the books on the floor and picks it up. "Look. A recipe book." She hands it over to Saiba, "Looks like recipes the Bowl Club come up with."

Saiba takes a read, "Let's see. They got a lot of stuff here plus their own unique spin on other recipes." He flips through, "These are some interesting dishes. Why would they shut the club down?"

Kanichi snaps out of his depression as his hair just spring to life. He jumps up from his seat like a man possessed which freaks Megumi out. "You mean...you actually get it?" He cries as he place his hands on Saiba's shoulders while creeping Saiba out, "You really do, don't ya?!"

'Creep-o alert!' Saiba is freaking out.

"The rice bowls beauty is that they are fast, tasty and cheap! They're pure manliness is encapsulated in a single bowl! Its manly food for men doing manly things! AND AS A MAN WITH MANLY CRAVINGS!" He is all pumped up with a fiery background and his eyes glowing red as he roars out, "I WILL NOT DIE UNTIL I THOROUGHLY TRY EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!"

Both of them are a bit creeped out as Megumi says to Saiba, "He's a little off, isn't he?"

"Way too intense for anyone."

Kanichi sits back on his chair, "My poor bowl club." then he sounds angry, "Only if it weren't for Erina Nakiri!"

Saiba gets the shivers when he hears that name and looks terrified.

Kanichi continues, "That's right. This is how she does things around here."

Megumi thought to herself when she sees Saiba's frighten expression, 'I don't think that's the problem.'

"First off, she suggests that the council will cut the budget or take space away from groups she doesn't like." Like the one time with the Chako Stew Society that got shut down and their building demolished. "And she'll force the motion through. Then she grinds people down until there is only one option left: A Food War."

Saiba's eyes widen when he heard that part.

"And in exchange for accepting a Food War challenge, she makes a bunch of outrageous demands. Until the end, she'll get exactly what he wants. It's how she keeps gaining more and more power. As soon as the other members of Bowel Club learned we were up against Erina...they..." He becomes depressed again with the look of defeat and looking sorrowful, "They all freakin quit."

'Did this guy get depressed from his own story? Fuck, man. This guy got some issues.'

Saiba analyze the situation, "Okay. So you have to beat Erina."

Kanichi looks up, "Well-"

The club doors open as men in some construction inspection uniforms come in while holding their clipboards. They just barge in as they walk all over the recipe books on the floor. Behind them is Ikumi Mito.

Kanichi gets off his chair and goes, "Wha- Hey!"

One of the men says to Ikumi, "You're absolutely right, Miss Mito. It's going to be faster if we tear everything down and remodel it."

"Oh? Then go ahead." Ikumi says with very little interest.

Kanichi shouts out, "What do you think you're donig?! What is this!?"

Ikumi approaches Kanichi, "What else, I'm making a preliminary inspection. You already know how this is going to play out, don't you?" She slams her right boot against the cabinets and he starts to be afraid. She gives him a cold, sinister look, "It's just like Miss Erina said: No matter how you dress it up, a rice bowel is a second rate dish. Simple lowbrow cooking."

Saiba's left hand starts to clench tightly as his face is filled with anger towards Ikumi. Then he hears a voice of an angry old man speaking, "The food from your father's world is nothing more than second rate trash! Here on this continent, this is where the real cuisine is!" He becomes more angry as fangs appear from his grunted teeth.

"You are not needed her at Totsuki. Got it?" She licks her upper lips before taunting the scared club president. "But if you think you can actually beat me, well that would be a whole different story." She speaks in a seductive voice, "You follow me, Mister Club Captain?"

Kanichi has his eyes towards Ikumi's breasts as they jiggle a little.

"You're entire club isn't needed here."

Saiba yells out in anger, "That's enough, slutty bitch!"

Ikumi stops tormenting Kanichi as she looks back at Saiba and looks a bit agitated. "The hell did you calm me?" She grabs her meat cleaver and threatens Saiba with it.

Megumi panics as she look back and forth at the two angry hot-tempered students.

"My mother told me that women that dress up like you are slutty bitches that deserves some harsh discipline."

Ikumi's grip tightens on her meat cleaver.

"What are you doing, Saiba?!" Megumi is in full panic mode.

"Saiba?" Ikumi drops her anger when she heard the name.

"Don't you realize who you are dealing with?! That's Ikumi Mito, the Meat Master! She's been at top grade since middle school and so good with meat, that she got nothing but straight A's! Plus she works for Erina Nakiri!"

"I don't care." Saiba speaks with his angry, animal-like eyes fixed on Ikumi. "Meat isn't the only thing you need to make a good dish. Not to mention being happy to about how the ingredients cost is a disgrace to not only to chefs everywhere but to other foods as well." But turn his attention towards Kanichi, "Kanichi. About this Food War, let me battle." He turns his attention back at Ikumi as he cracks his knuckles, "Because this spoiled brat needs to be taught a lesson. And the best way to do that is by cooking. Plus, I'll beat her with her specialty: Meat. And I'm gonna win."

Ikumi twirls her meat cleaver and puts it away, "So, you're Saiba Yukihira. You're the one Erina wants. I don't know what trick you used to deceive her, but I'll make sure to deliver you to her on a platter. Hogtied and an apple in your mouth." She licks her lips as she starts to blush, "Not to mention that I'll receive quite the reward if I beat you."

Saiba's anger drops as he goes, "Huh?"

"Let's just say that if I do beat you, you are gonna serve Erina and I get to join in on the fun." She licks her lips more with many perverted thoughts going through her head.

"Join the...fun?" Megumi has no idea what is going on with blue question marks for eyes.

Kanichi understands what is going on as his face turns bright red and steam coming out of his ears.

"Fine." Saiba says with a serious look on his face, "But if I win, Bowel Club will stay..." he points his finger at Ikumi, "...and you will join. You'll be contributing to the growth of rice bowel culture."

Kanichi and Megumi are taken by surprise about the conditions.

"Deal." Ikumi agrees immediately without giving it some thought and explains, "But you will be using one ingredient from the Special Region, but I'll use two. Since you are from the Special Region, it would be a unfair advantage for me." He claps her hands to get the inspectors attention, "Attention everyone! That will be all for today!" The inspectors leave as she says to Saiba, "And I will be using Marbled Meat Boulder and I will be making rice bowls with meat as the specialty." right before she leaves.

Saiba's eyes widen, "Marbled Meat Boulder?"

"What's that?" Kanichi asks.

In the hallway, Ikumi is thinking to herself, 'I'm grateful to Erina for entrusting me with this.' Her face is all red and has a large grin stretching from ear to ear, 'I will teach that otherwordly transfer student the pleasures of the flesh in more ways than one.'

Back in the club room, Saiba explains, "A very unique type of boulder that has a harden, rocky shell on the outside yet juicy marbled meat on the inside. This kind of rock can only be found on Gourmet Island just south of the New Continent. Plus if you take a chunk out of one boulder, it will regenerate."

Kanichi has a stunned look on his face as he asks, "What kind of world did you come from?"

Megumi asks, "So do you have plan to beat it?"

"I do," Saiba replies, "but it will take some time."

At night at the Polar Star Dorm's mess hall, Yuki just read the newspaper as she shows it to Ryoko, Megumi and Itsuki as the paper says 'Transfer Student, Food War!' as it shows Saiba's picture with Ikumi that has a 'vs' between them. It also reads, 'He'll be facing against that champion of the flesh, "The Meat Master" Ikumi Mito.'

"Saiba's such a big doofus, what was he thinking!?" Yuki shows the newspaper and is upset that Saiba is doing a Food War against Ikumi. "The whole stinking school is talking about it! This could go bad." She pouts about the situation.

Ryoko tries to calm Yuki, "Yuki, settle down."

Megumi says, "I'll try to help out as much as I can. It's not a lot of time before they have their battle. But he says he got a plan."

Itsuki looks at his tea cup, 'So then, how will you tackle this young Saiba?'

In the kitchen, Saiba is chomping up a lot of onions before preparing his rump roast that was on sale that has been sliced into a grid pattern and pounded. He added a tab of butter on the frying pan as it melts slowly.

"Alright." Saiba says with a serious look on his face. "Now to cover the beef and let it all get soaked up."

On the next day and two days before the Food War, Saiba presented a dish to Kanichi to see if it past mustard. Megumi smells something great and see what it is.

Kanichi gasp at what he sees. He sees a rice bowel topped with a piece of beef and covered in onions. "That's..." he says in shock, "That's Chaliapin Steak! The Russian opera singer, Feodor Chaliapin, visited Japan in 1936. When he came to Japan, he was suffering from a toothache. He told his host that he needed some very tender steak. And this is what the chef came up with. You cannot get this overseas! It's a unique style found only in Japan!"

Megumi looks at Saiba, "But how did you come up this?"

"Simple." he says to Megumi, "I remember when you made us those three kinds of onigiri, you made the pork belly marinated in honey, garlic, miso and sake. I do know that honey makes things tender and the bold seasonings may clash with A5 meat, which is what Ikumi specialize in. Marbled Meat Boulder is similar if you know where the best parts are." He looks back at Kanichi, "Give it a try." Then looks back at Megumi, "You too."

"Um, yeah." Kanichi has his chopsticks out along with Megumi.

Both of them have a bite and Megumi is in pure delight.

'So light and fluffy.' Megumi absolutely loves on the texture of the steak.

Kanichi slice up the steak with his chopsticks and notices how he can cut it easily. "It's...so tender. I mean, it's just falling apart." He takes a bite before speaking, "And...for every delicious bite I take..."

Both of them say, "It melts in my mouth!" as clouds in a shape of cows pass by as it gently snows minced onions in their minds.

Back to reality, Saiba explains, "The onions contain enzymes that help break down the meat's protein. You can do the same with lemons and honey. That's how you get the meat this tender."

Megumi is in total awe as Kanichi keeps chewing.

'You never think this was a cheap cut.' Kanichi thinks to himself while still chewing, 'The flavor's so full and robust. And it goes great paired with rice. If he used a Special Region ingredient that goes well with this cut, I could imagine how more delicious it would be. But what is he gonna use? Onions? Rice? Some form of seasoning? But with this...can we beat Her meat?!'

"However." Saiba speaks, "I think I may need to do more experiments." He stroke his chin, "I need something. Something that makes you want to eat it more and-" Saiba's phone started to ring. "Huh?" He pulls out his phone and sees Yuki calling, "Okay. The green button right?" Saiba holds the phone to his ear, "Hello? Yuki?"

"Hey, Saiba!" Yuki sounds excited on the phone, "You better get back here, quick! You got some packages from the Special Region!"

"Packages from home?"

The three headed back to the dorm and see at least twenty cardboard boxes and three coolers. Zenji is curious and looks at one of the coolers. Daigo and Shoji try to figure out what is in the boxes.

Kanichi goes, "What the-?" as he notices the boxes.

"What is all this?" Megumi asks.

Yuki appears, "About time! We got these packages for you!"

Saiba looks at all the boxes before rubbing the back of his head, "My mom must've gone overboard."

Shoji asks Saiba as he points at one of the boxes, "So what are these?"

"Hang on, hang on." Saiba gets to the box Shoji is pointing at, "I'm coming."

Saiba opens one of the boxes as everyone watches. Once open, they are amazed by what they see inside. Inside the box contains fifteen Chocolatomatoes in a plastic bag, two ears of Fried Dough Corn, four Golden Carrots, a bunch of Banana Cucumbers, a jar of Cherringo preserves, and a Cotton Candalones.

"Duuuude!" Daigo says in amazement, "Those are some crazy ingredients!"

Yuki asks, "Are those carrots made of real gold!?"

Zenji adjust his glasses, "These are Special Region ingredients?"

Shoji asks, "Why are the tomatoes brown?"

Megumi says, "I've never seen ingredients like these!"

Kanichi asks Saiba, "Hey, Saiba? Could these be the the special ingredients needed for your rice bowl."

"Not really." Saiba replies, "But we should keep looking." Saiba has some idea on what his mother sent him. He closes the box and opens the next one. He takes a good look inside and smiles, "Bingo!" He pulls out a jar that has some sort of reddish paste.

"What the heck is that?" Yuki asks.

"The ace I need to beat Ikumi."

At nighttime in Erina's office, Ikumi explains that she will be using the highest quality of Marbled Meat Boulder to beat Saiba. Erina seems happy and dismiss her. As Ikumi leaves Erina has some thoughts.

'To think a opportunity like this would come so quickly. Pretty soon, Saiba Yukihira, you will be mine.' She grins evilly as she opens the drawer to her left to retrieve a full body picture of Saiba. Her mouth waters as she holds the picture. "Saiba, my dear." she speaks in a loving tone and caress Saiba's face with her left thumb. Unable to contain herself anymore, she licks the picture the a dog licking on peanut butter. "Even though it is just a picture, it taste so sweat with you in it." and continues to lick it some more. She stops, "Oh Saiba." now she sounds almost like a yandere, "I want you. I want to taste every last bit of you. Even the important parts."

Erina reaches into her desk and pulls out a pen. She poke a hole through the picture from the back between Saiba's legs as she licks her lips to make it appear like a...like a...I think you guys can figure it out.

"Shall we practice for our honeymoon?"

AN: What's up everybody!? This series is back and I promised that it would be. I'm gonna be camping for a bit to get away from all the...you know. While I'm at it, here is the schedule for what is coming up.

For this week (as in now) we have Shokugeki no Saiba: Food Wars! and Survival in a Strange Galaxy.

Next week we have From Remnant Huntresses to Pokemon Trainers and The Rising of the Post-Apocalyptic Shield Hero.

An Isekai in RWBY will appear whenever I post some new chapters as always.

Until then, stay safe, stay healthy, and best of luck.

Additional: I'm uploading this early because I was too excited about camping and finished everything.