A.N. Alternate Universe for the win! With these daily chapters and somehow making an impulse decision to write another story, I'm totally not worried about my homework I'm putting off to write this. I'll be fine... probably.
Chapter 15 - Twin Blade Works
"And now, a rare demonstration from the Malachite Twins!"
A well-dressed goon of Junior's spoke to a seated crowd with a mike in his hand. Performing in front of the crowd were Militia and Melanie.
Dressed in a black and red chef jacket, Militia held several knives in each hand. Next to her, dressed in a clean white uniform was Melanie, holding several vegetables in her hand.
"Ready Melanie?"
"Of course, Militia."
Throwing the various ingredients in the air, Melanie raised her leg and started using her bladed heels to slice at several falling pieces. Militia, also cutting vegetables, stabbed each sliced piece so that they all were caught on the knife's blade like a kebab.
Throwing them in the already boiling frier, the twins distracted the audience by performing other feats of knifework and dancing. Taking a pre-prepared tray from several minutes earlier, Militia raised the tray and flicked her wrist in a way so that the contents flew in the air without much oil.
Catching the falling contents into a tray, Melanie threw several herbs and pinches of salt onto the tray before turning to the crowd of teens and young adults.
"Your order of potato wedges are done!"
"Amazing!"
"I've never seen cooking like this before!"
"The Malachite Twins are too cute~!"
"How are they so good with their knives?"
Theatrically prepared by two knife-wielding children, the showmanship added value to the simple dish of potato wedges. Live cooking and intricate knife work, the Twins were one of The Club's best performers.
Under the various praises from the customers, Militia and Melanie shyly blushed and fidgeted in their uniforms. Seeing this, the crowd only cheered even more at how cute the two girls were.
Rory watched from across the room, smiling as he watched the twins quickly leave before the crowd got too excited. It was his idea to utilize their Huntress training to create a show similar to the Benihana restaurants he heard about before.
When the two sneaked into the kitchen several months ago to steal some food, he never expected that they would become The Club's top show performers as performing chefs.
Taking them into their care, the twins were sorta adopted by the entire gang. With Emerald, the three girls became the unofficial mascot of Team (pending for change) HERN's gang.
Distracted by the twins leaving, he didn't notice the man walking up to him until his shoulder was caught.
"Well, how 'bout that! How come none of your calls ever told us you were in Vale all along?"
Rory turned to look at the face of a smiling Qrow. Even though he was smiling, Rory saw that there was a hint of irritation in the older man's eyes.
"Er— I can explain?"
"Yeah, that's not gonna cut it."