Chapter 6: Soma's journey and Totsuki problems
There he was walking down the street away from his dinner with the knife his father had long since put away as he had not wanted to use the knife from his from days at Totsuki. He turned back one last time saying a prayer of protection for the people he loved more than anything and renew his intent to give anything even his life to destroy the underworld cooks and nothing would stop him from doing just that as a dark ominous aura curled around him enveloping him in its cold embrace. Saiba and everyone sleeping in the district all shuddered feeling a cold presence that was unearthly it was otherworldly as nightmares slowly crept into the somber sleep they had as they all started to sweat seeing Soma in front of them as his voice became more and more demonic his eyes changed slowly from the glowing pure golden yellow to a dark depthless black where it seemed to never end only to hear "All will pay the price the weak shall be my tribute and then I can complete the gourmet world making for that mankind has never seen that mankind could never fathom" the demonic form pierced all of them as it finished its statement before vanishing from their dreams (This was not mentioned in the last chapter because this is now Soma's full point of view and nobody remembers this dream and you will find out why in the coming chapters). He smiled one last time as he made his way to the train station before boarding to get to Tokyo where he would hop on a plane to go to Brazil as he mapped out his four weeks being 5 days in Brazil, 5 days in America, 5 days in France, and 5 days in Sweden giving him a day to relax before he started training each day he already had set up to learn from the best chefs he could find in each location in Brazil he found chef Sudbrack, chef Ramsey for America, chef Ansel for France, and chef Ekstedt in Sweden.
The train ride itself was quiet and he had only about 20 minutes to his destination before he had decided to sharpen the knife he took as it called out to him more and more as if promising him supreme power to conquer the whole world. Quietly staring into the abyss before him his body slowly was being sucked in and for whatever reason he could not pull himself out as if all the strength he had in his body was gone it just vanished but yet he refused pushing and pulling only to feel his body go deeper and deeper when he heard the ding and shot up and out of the seat as he stopped outside he put the knife in the case staring at it as if he saw parted of him entrapped in the knife. Quickly he locked the case and reprimanded himself for even taking the knife his dad had put up and told him many times even at the young age of three he remembered his dad telling him that the knife was to never be touched as it was a knife not meant for mankind. He went to the airport as he boarded the Nakiri private plane chuckling as he had gotten close enough to them as to be able to just make a call and use the Nakiri resources and he could send the plane back to them before disappearing without a trace until it was time to destroy those who would oppose him and try to destroy those he loves and smiling he settled into his seat as the pilot came back letting him know take off would be in 15 minutes only to see him nod as everyone sleeping at the dinner felt an unusual warmth even though the cold feeling never left the warmth some how told them it would be ok as an image of Soma standing there in front of them giving them his signature grinning smirk as he walked away "I will protect you" he said as he disappeared as the warmth soon enveloped them and the cold disappeared as did the darkness that loomed over them as if telling them that they did not need to worry about him that everything would be ok that he would let no harm come to anyone.
Finally, after a day of traveling he finally got to Brazil and landed in Salvador he looked around sending a text to the man.
Soma: Hey I just landed where should I go?
Sudbrack: I will be there in a few minutes I don't live far from the airport.
Soma: Alright thanks for letting me learn from you.
Sudbrack: I could say the same you made a name for yourself in this world I don't know your reason and I won't ask but just know that while learning cooking I will also teach you life lessons because they are mandatory in cooking.
Soma: I don't want school lessons
Sudbrack: Then find someone else to teach you
Soma: NO please help me I will listen to everything you say
Sudbrack: good now where are you I am at the main entrance
Soma ran to the entrance as he saw the familiar face of the chef that would be teaching him as he smirked at the man before could even turn to leave, he was talking off the man's head as he could only think about saving everyone but could not let that distract him from learning new cooking methods and learning how to better cook for Erina and Alice's pleasure. There they stood looking at each other grinning at how they might make the other's life miserable while chuckling as they made their way out towards the diner that he personally ran on top of his two restaurants which had 3 stars each while the diner had 2 stars which surprised most visitors that traveled there to and would eat at the diner. Walking through the town he saw a market plaza that had a wide assortment of jewelry, food, books, clothing, and so much more that Soma just stood there in awe looking at all the beautiful things that made him think of the two women waiting back at the Yukihira diner for him or maybe they were heading back to Totsuki to prep for the all out food war that he planned to fight alone he would let nobody fall into this storm but himself even if it destroyed him as he heard the dark knife once again calling out to him as he just stood there shivering from the call that knife gave him as each call seemed to pull him closer to the edge it enticed him more and more with each call it made to him (We will call the knife Ashura Diablo). Lost in his thoughts on the knife and if he should even use it when the man nudged him to get his attention back to reality as Sudbrack just stood there staring at Soma as if he had saw the darkness around him. "Do you have a postal service around here that I could send something back home" Soma queried as the man only nodded wondering what that dark presence was that he had felt as they walked to the postal office to send what he thought would be a post card as Soma asked him to wait outside for him and promised he would not be long. "Hey, Could I send my cooking utensils home its two knives and I don't want to lose them while I am training and having three knives seems excessive" Soma asked the young lady as she eyed the red head up and down "Yes we can I just have to put a few stickers on it where am I sending this to sir. He gave her the address to Totsuki academy and had her write in to have it delivered to the Nakiri residency.
Arriving at the diner Sudbrack made his way to the back showing Soma all around as he showed him the normal menu and then the customer creation menu where it listed every ingredient in the diner and let the customer make anything they want as he stood there smirking at the man as he felt like he was right at home almost with the regular menu and being able to make just about anything a customer could ever want but one thing that he noticed was almost every dish included either white or dark chocolate.
"For today you can head upstairs to the last door on the left is the guest room get some rest for the day and if you do good before you leave I could pay you the normal wage I pay people and you can pick up a gift for the special lady in your life I saw how you were staring at the shops in the market place" he said while chuckling seeing Soma blushing "Problem is if I buy one of them a present I have to buy the other a present" Soma said not even thinking about how the man did not even know he was dating both the Nakiri girls. The man stood there shocked realizing Soma had not one but two girlfriends how was this possible he thought how could two girls put up with this man I can barely stand his odd off the wall personality not that Soma was a bad kid but he loved to press everyone's buttons and he definitely had an ego to big for his body the man stood there chucking "What are the ladies names" Sudbrack had inquired looking right at Soma as the teenager looked right back at him with fire and love in his eyes for the two ladies in his life that saved him "Erina and Alice Nakiri" he said nonchalantly as he looked at the man before turning to get some rest before tomorrow only to hear the man yelling "WHAT?" at the top of his lungs Soma had the God Tongue and Gastronomy queen both and he acted like it was no big deal the man could not believe how he was so calm about having both the granddaughters of the Food King. Finally getting dressed for bed Soma fell on the mattress tired yet not tired as if he could run this diner for the next five days without sleeping even once but as he finished that thought sleep overcame his body as he smiled thinking about everyone waiting back at Totsuki for him.
Meanwhile, everyone else had just made it back to Totsuki each person of the Nakiri and Yukihira family making themselves at home in the mansion while Tamako just looked there at the entrance in amazement that Joichiro could have made this his life she knew his cooking was that good yet he lived in the diner with her even though she knew he was happy she did not understand seeing this knowing he had the potential to have this if not more and he settled for the diner made no sense to her as her eyes stood there staring until the man himself came up behind her and as if reading her mind "I love you and the diner because I don't feel like I am suffocating myself with each dish I make and seeing everyone come in each day to the diner and leave with a smile is amazing now lets go to our room and catch up" he said smiling at her. As they walked in to the main room to get to their room his phone went off louder than what a normal person would have their phone volume at alerting everyone in the house that he had a call as he quickly grabbed his phone knowing the ring tone to be his son's as he found the loudest sound he could to match his son before yelling "What are you doing calling me at midnight Soma I could have been sleeping" just as the two girls ran down to see who called the man secretly hoping it was Soma as the rest of the adults made their way down to calm Saiba down chuckling as they could see him doing the exact same thing to them as they watched the father and son yelling on the phone about when it was ok to call when his dad finally put him on speaker letting him know that everyone was with him and they had arrived at Totsuki. "Great that makes things easier I sent my two knives home dad to the Nakiri estates they should be there tomorrow or the day after love you bye" Soma said as he hung up as his dad knew Soma only had two knives one that was his mothers a breathe takingly bright almost white knife and a sleek gray knife not understanding why he would send them home as they were Soma's reminder and connection to both his parents and now he thought long and hard as each parent had a knife to match their son's knives except his dad had a black knife that was so dark that it made night itself look bright looking at the knife itself was like looking at a black whole and it pulled at you like one too as his heart began to race "I need a car now" he said running out the door towards the entrance as everyone stared and before Erina called for a car as she chased after the man who ran. The entrance came into sight as he continued to run as a car drove right up next to him as the window rolled down showing Erina, Alice, Azami, and Mana in the car as he continued running. "Where are you going Senpai" Azami said as he feared why the man looked so panicked and could not under stand why as the opened the door for Azami to try and pull him in as the car was moving just fast enough to keep up with him and he willingly jumped in and rolled up the window staring at the ground tears falling faster and faster as he no longer knew what to do with himself if his son had taken that knife that he put up hoping that it would never be in anyone else's hands as he sighed looking at them seeing how they all looked concerned not knowing what was happening. "Soma sent his knives back to your house Erina and Alice, but the problem is that those should have been the only knives he had a white knife to match his mother's knife and a gray knife to match my knife but if he sent them back that means that he might have a third knife. Azami, do you remember the knife I used back when we went to school" he said looking at the man sitting on the other side of the vehicle. "Yes, it was a beautiful black knife I don't understand what that has to do with anything here though" Azami responded taken back by why he would ask about such a silly knife that he used to use. "Yes, there is a reason I stopped using it because of that knife I became the Ashura that everyone feared even when I started to travel before I met Tamako I would use that knife and people would run not everyone but a few people ran the rest just sat there with fear as if I my food would literally kill them even though it was at the pinnacle of the food world the food itself was to heavenly so to speak for any human to withstand so when I met Tamako and she refused to let me cook while I used that knife and she took it giving me a gray knife it was as if she was telling me the Ashura in me would be there but that with the knife she gave me that he would have no power over me and that I would finally be free as she grabbed a beautiful white knife" he said finishing the story as the car had arrived at the diner as he went to get out "Stay here I will be right back" he said running inside to the room where he had the memorial for her realizing he needed to take it down he turned around to see the case laid there open and a pain ripped through him it was like someone ripped his heart out and he did not know what to do. Slowly he made his way back to the car to get back to Totsuki to set up what was sure to be a dark time for everyone involved and now his only hope was the two girls sitting next to him trying to reassure him that his son would never fall into any darkness as they showed him the headbands wrapped on their arms to let him know that if for some reason Soma did fall into the darkness they would forcefully pull him back out and they would not let him hear the end of him as they finally pulled back up to the mansion. They made their way inside as Senzaemon sat in the chair looking at them all knowing by Joichiro's face that his son had taken the knife that claimed him when Senzaemon tried to save him by sending him off and telling him not to cook. "Soma took the black knife didn't he" was all he said as the father slowly nodded his head in defeated and pain knowing just as well as the others did that even knowing how strong Soma was the knife would claim him next but the two girl did not yet understand and soon they would see why the knife was hated and now he had nothing to stop him because he himself did not know how he escaped the knife's soothing voice.
This will wrap up this chapter and I will be skipping the arc actual training Soma has but I will do some recaps in future chapters as to what had happened.
