If there are any mistakes, I apologize, and please don't flame. If there are, please do PM me and I'll fix my errors. Thank you and enjoy!
Note: English is my second language!
I don't want to hurt the UsuiXMisaki fans out there, but I want to try and see if Misaki Ayuzawa is capable to be a StarForce member, and have Tendou in Usui's place.
I don't own Megaman nor Maid-Sama except the transformation, new characters, and new Battle Cards.
This chapter is based on the manga in chapter 69 of Kaichou wa Maid-Sama in part 1.
Chapter 29: The Father Returns Part 1
That morning at Seika High
Misaki greeted the students walking through the gate and noticed one of the male students' shirt. "How many times I have to tell you for you to understand! ? Button your shirt up to the second one!" she scolded him.
The three male students turned to the commotion with a small sweatdrop.
"Ah, those guys got caught by Kaichou again."
"But she is really at it every day."
"Kaichou is almost never absent from school."
"Because of this, I'm seriously getting used to her scary aura."
Misaki crossed her arms after listening to the male's explanation. "The button fell off! ? Then sew it back on properly!"
"But I don't know how to sew... My parents will do it for me when I get home later, so let me off just this time."
Misaki frowned at him with an empathy stare, "Well, it can't be helped. I'll sew it for you, so take off your shirt!" she ordered him.
"EEEEEHHHH! ? I-It's all right! I'll give it a pass!"
"NO! ! Take it off right now!" she demanded.
"A-All right! I'll sew it back on in the classroom!"
"You do mean it, yeah! ?" Misaki asked, poking at the latter's chest. "I'll go check on you later, understand! ?"
Walking toward the entrance, the three male students continued their conversation where they left off.
"Anyway... it's true that I've gotten used to it but... Kaichou doesn't seem that irritating anymore."
"Maybe it's because she has started to smile when talking to us."
"That's unlikely. Ever since new kid transferred here, I've heard he was the only guy Kaichou was friendly with."
"Really? Just new kid? What caused Kaichou to be friendly with him, and not the rest of us?"
"How should I know! There's rumor about new kid being stranger and stranger recently."
Misaki smiled pleasantly at the students walking through the gate.
"Ohayo (Good morning)." a familiar voice greeted.
The black-haired girl recognized that voice as she turned, seeing none other her boyfriend, Tendou, with a small smile.
"Ohayo, Tendou!" she greeted back.
The two stared at each other for a moment, then shyly averted their eyes with a small blush.
"Misaki."
"Y-Yeah?"
"About Kaa-san's concert, I told those three guys to keep it a secret." the spiky brown-haired informed her.
"Those three?" Misaki tilted her head in confusion, "Oh, you mean Shirokawa, Sarashina, and Ryuunosuke?"
"Yeah, them. If they kept your part-time a secret from everyone, then they'll do the same for-" Tendou was cut off by Sakura's sudden loud greeting, and next to her was Shizuko.
"MISAKI, OHAYO! !"
"O-Ohayo, Sakura." the black-haired greeted back nervously.
Sakura locked her eyes at her friend before switching to Tendou. "Tell me... is it true, new kid?" she asked suspiciously.
"What do you mean?" Tendou questioned in confusion.
Sakura pointed at them playfully with both her index fingers. "You two were at the concert on Saturday, right?"
Gulping, Tendou and Misaki sweatdropped at her accusation.
"N-No, w-why would we be at the concert?" the spiky brown-haired countered in a fake tone.
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked again, leaning forward at him.
"Sure, I'm sure!" he lied smoothly.
"Hmmm~ If you're so sure about that~ " Sakura reached her right hand in her pocket and took out her cellphone. "Then, who was this guy on stage at the concert?" she showed them a recorded video on her cellphone with loud volume.
The video revealed Tendou dancing with Misaki in front of the crowd along with the three male singers.
You're one in a million
You're once in a lifetime
You made me discover one of the stars above us
Tendou and Misaki gasped in horror at the video as their faces turned blue.
"Are you sure that's not you, new kid?" Sakura asked once again with a sly smile. Shizuko didn't say a word, but remained silent.
Tendou and Misaki glanced at each other, sharing the same defeating stare.
The jig was up.
"*sigh* Okay, I admit it... that was me, all right."
Sakura closed her cellphone and smiled victoriously at him. "And who was that former famous singer in that pink dress on stage?" she asked once more.
"That was my Kaa-san." Tendou answered in defeat.
Sakura smiled wider than before. "Okay, then." she quickly turned her back and waved, "GIRLS, HE'S HERE! ! NEW KID IS RIGHT HERE! !" she shouted energetically.
A flock of female Seika High students appeared from the gate and stopped behind Sakura. They all had bright smiles on their faces.
"NEW KID, IS IT TRUE YOU'RE THE SON OF THE FORMER FAMOUS SINGER, SONIA STRUMM! ?" they asked in excitement with stars in their eyes.
The spiky brown-haired winced, taking a few steps back. "I-It's true. I-I am her son." he answered truthfully through stuttering.
Some of the male students heard them near the entrance and the windows from inside the school building. They were shocked to hear the news from him.
"EEEEEEEHHHHHH! ? NEW KID IS THE SON OF THE FORMER FAMOUS SINGER! ?" they questioned loudly in disbelief.
"NEW KID, GIVE US YOUR AUTOGRAPH! !" the girls began to chase him.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH! ! STAY AWAY FROM ME! !" he retorted, fleeing to the building as quick as possible.
Misaki stared at them with a blank look. She didn't expect this would happen so early in the morning.
"Misaki, if you really want to go to the concert, you should have told us so we could go there together! Aren't we best friends?" Sakura asked her friend with a pouting face.
"Th-That's not it, Sakura! Tendou gave me a free ticket so I wouldn't have to worry about my money!" Misaki explained half-truthfully. She didn't want to tell her about her other friends from Maid Latte.
"And why was he dancing with you at the concert? It seems like you have a special connection." Sakura assumed with a sly smile.
"Uh, well... " Misaki waved her hands in defense, "Should I tell them about our relationship?" she asked herself thoughtfully.
"Wait, scratch that! Did you see Megaman fighting that dragon monster! ?" Sakura asked in excitement with stars in her eyes, "HE WAS FANTASTIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE TURNED SILVER! !"
"Sakura, let's not forget he got help from that StarForce in red and white armor." Shizuko added.
"Oh yeah, the one with long blonde hair! What was his name again?" the dark salmon pink-haired asked, trying to remember his name from WAZA HQ.
"His name was Zero." Shizuko answered.
"That's the one! Wait, I thought the Legendary StarForce was 23 years ago! How's Zero still alive?" Sakura questioned in realization.
"Beats me." Shizuko shrugged her shoulders.
A loud scream was heard in the hallway. "DAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! !" Tendou desperately ran as fast as he could from the horde of girls.
"NEW KID, COME BACK! !"
"WE WANT AN AUTOGRAPH FROM YOU! !"
Tendou ran into one of the classrooms and slid the door shut. The group of Seika High female students stopped in front of the door as one of them opened it, revealing a teacher in a teenage height with a mustache.
"Whoa, ladies! Why are you all in a hurry?" he asked in a deep voice.
"Have you seen new kid! ? He went in here!"
"Nope, I haven't seen him. Now get to class." he walked out of the classroom, proceeding to the hallway.
The girls checked the classroom and realized it was empty.
"That's strange... "
"I could've sworn he went inside... "
One of the girls shot her head up in realization, "Ah! Wait a minute! That sensei looks just like him!"
"How?"
"He has green eyes!"
The teenage-height teacher stopped in his track, hearing one of the girls. "Uh oh!" he sweatdropped heavily.
"THAT WAS NEW KID! ! GET HIM! !" they began to chase him again.
Tendou quickly dashed away from them, "DAMMIT, I THOUGHT MY HUNTER-VG'S DISGUISE MODE WAS ACCURATE! !" he saw a corner and made a turn. He stopped and couldn't believe he ran into a dead end. "Oh crap!" he heard the girls coming closer and closer. "I only have one chance left." he took out his dark blue Hunter-VG from his pocket and placed it at the center of his waist. His device shot out silver belt strap around him. "Batoru Kaado (Battle Card)! Sumooku Bomu (Smoke Bomb)!" he called out as a black ball appeared on his right hand. He slammed it on the ground with thick smoke.
The girls finally made it to the corner and coughed from the smoke. As the smoke cleared, they widened their eyes in confusion, seeing the former famous singer's son was nowhere to be found.
"Where did new kid go?"
"How did he disappear?"
"Where did that smoke come from?"
"Don't worry, girls! We'll get new kid next time!"
At the roof
Tendou laid on the floor, panting heavily in exhaustion. He was glad he used Clock Up to jump out the window and climb his way up. Removing his Hunter-VG from his waist, he pressed a couple of buttons to cancel his disguise mode and reverted back to his regular outfits.
"Great, just great! Now everyone in school knows that I'm the son of the former famous singer! Is this how Kaa-san felt when she was young?" he questioned to himself. "I'm gonna have a big talk with those guys at Maid Latte."
After school
"Tendou, you ready for Maid Latte?" Misaki asked, putting her stuff in her school backpack.
"I'll go on ahead! I have to make a run for it!" the spiky brown-haired replied, quickly shoving his stuff in his backpack.
"From what?"
The door was heard open, revealing a horde of Seika female students.
"THAT! !" Tendou pointed directly at them.
"NEW KID, DON'T GO! !"
"JUST ONE AUTOGRAPH, PLEASE! !"
Tendou dashed to the doorway at a speed of light. The girls were amazed to see his quick escape, but felt disappointed again.
Misaki froze in a confused state with a small sweatdrop. "I don't know who is more popular... Megaman, the hero or Tendou, the former famous singer's son?" she questioned.
"WE HAVE A FINE WEATHER TODAY! !" The Moron Trio exclaimed, walking their way to Maid Latte. The three were in a happy mood.
"It's the best type of weather for a day at Maid Latte right after school~ !" Shirokawa said.
"They're having an event that targets families, right?" Ryuunosuke asked.
"It'd be a combination of coziness and moe! That's why the café is so popular!" Sarashina answered.
They saw the café and entered the building.
When they did, the Moron Trio was greeted by the maids in four different animal costumes.
"Okaerinasai goshujinsama (Welcome back, Master)~ !"
The four maids were wearing a cow, a panda, a reindeer, and a rabbit.
It was Forest Companions Day.
The Moron Trio felt awkward. They stared at the animal costumed maids with blank looks on their faces.
"I-Is this fine! ? Is this moe! ?" Ryuunosuke questioned, "I don't know who is who!"
"It's fine! It's fine if it's fun!" Shirokawa replied happily.
"Shiro-yan's reacting like an elementary school kid... " Sarashira stated with a small sweatdrop.
"This has no relation to maids at all... !" Ryuunosuke pointed.
"Let's play, pyon?" the rabbit costumed maid hopped in a rabbit pose.
Ryuunosuke stared at the rabbit costume in confusion.
From the kitchen, Satsuki pulled the curtain slightly to take a peek and smiled at the sight. She sensed a splendid atmosphere between the children and the maids in animal costumes. She wore a fairy princess costume.
"This is good! Somehow, this feels good!" she giggled lightly, "Looks like we're doing fine today... I'm glad I took up this challenge." she praised herself before turning to the kitchen, "It's lunchtime so it'll get crowded pretty soon! Misa-chan and Tendou will be arriving soon, so it'll be a day of hard work again!" she notified the new chef before a small crash was heard. "Ahh, are you all right! ?" she asked concernedly.
The man quickly knelt to the floor, "Oops, I'm sorry! I accidentally dropped a bowl!"
"Please be careful!" Satsuki saw Tendou and Draco coming from the hallway. They arrived too early. "Hi, you two!" she greeted, noticing the former famous singer's son panting in exhaustion. "Tendou, are you okay?"
"Am I okay? Well, let's see~ " Tendou crossed his arms before clarifying with a frown, "This morning, everyone in school found out I'm the son of the former famous singer! The next thing, I was chased by a mob of girls from school!"
"Well, you are Sonia Strumm's son after all!" Satsuki pointed happily, "She was my idol, and she still is! You should be happy about that!"
"Happy! ? I never wanted to be a celebrity!" Tendou retorted before noticing a man cleaning on the floor by the kitchen table. "Who's he?"
"Come on over, you two!" Satsuki gestured her right hand, "I have good news about this chef-lacking café! Let me do the introductions! This is our new kitchen staff! He's Sakkun!"
The man stood up with a bowl in his hands that he dropped. He had short spiky black hair, black eyes, and a small goatee. He wore a plain white kimono.
The man noticed a teenager and a man-dragon before him. "Hello, I'm Sakkun!" he greeted brightly in a cheerful tone.
"Hi, Occhan." Tendou greeted back.
(Occhan means Uncle in a casual, friendly way)
"How do you do?" Draco bowed in a polite manner.
"Please don't treat me like an old geezer! I'm only 37, but nice to meet you two!" Sakkun turned to Draco and inspected his appearance, "Wow! That's an interesting costume you're wearing!" he praised, knocking the torso twice. "Wow! It feels so real! What's your name?"
"I'm Draco."
"And you, sonny?" Sakkun turned to the spiky brown-haired teenager.
"Tendou Stelar." he greeted calmly.
"Tendou, huh? What an interesting name you have there!" Sakkun praised, patting the young teenager's left shoulder with his right hand. "Wait... !" He paused before placing his hands on Tendou's face, staring deeply at him. "Are you a guy? You look like a girl." he asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, I'm a guy, and I was born with my mother's face." Tendou answered truthfully.
Suddenly, Sakkun pinched Tendou's face and comically spread them. "NO WONDER YOU LOOK LIKE A GIRL! ! NOT JUST THAT, YOU'RE YOUNG AND HANDSOME! !" he exclaimed happily, spreading the teenager's cheeks wider and wider.
"LET GO OF MY FACE! !" Tendou demanded painfully with a tick mark on his head.
"Oh, sorry, sonny!" Sakkun removed his hands, earning a loud snapping sound on the boy's face.
"OOOOOOOOWWWW! !" Tendou cried from the excruciating pain with red marks on his cheeks. He massaged them, then shot his head up. "Wait a minute, this feels a bit familiar... "
"Sonny, I didn't mean that! Really!"
"It's fine, Occhan... I'm used to this kind of pain." Tendou replied, continuing to massage his face.
"Say, Draco, what about you? Can you take off your helmet and show me your face?" Sakkun asked.
"I prefer not." Draco declined.
"Oh, I get it! You must be a shy type!" the short spiky black-haired man assumed cheerfully.
Erika walked into kitchen doorway in a cow costume, taking off the head for some fresh air to breathe. "Tendou, come over here for a sec." The spiky brown-haired complied and stood next to her. "It seems Sakkun hasn't been in Japan for a long period of time. He's been traveling overseas. That's why although he's older than us, and he's pretty friendly as well." she explained assumptively, "He doesn't seem like a bad person, so get along well with him too, okay?"
"Sure. I can live with that."
Erika giggled at him. "You two will be fine since there are three men working here right now." she added before going back to the customers, putting the cow's head back on.
"Say, sonny, would you like to have a taste test for me?" Sakkun gestured Tendou to come over, who was standing by the sink.
"A taste test? I don't mind." Tendou walked forward and stood in front of the kitchen table, seeing a few dishes.
"San-cho said it was all right and brought them out already. But still, I'm feeling a little uneasy." Sakkun cut a small piece of omelet rice and placed it on a small dish. "Here, have a taste!" he offered the young teenager. Taking the small dish, Tendou scooped it with a spoon and brought it to his mouth. "So how is it? Does it taste all right? Is it unappetizing?" he asked worriedly.
"There's nothing wrong with it. The taste is the same as always."
Sakkun sighed in relief. "Thank goodness the notes they'd carefully written helped me a lot. These passionate staffs are amazing!"
"You'll get used to it, Occhan! Huh?" Tendou noticed the kitchen table had several sushi rolls. "Who made these sushis?" he asked.
"I made them! I cooked a lot, so I felt like trying something like this. It's an old habit of mine." Sakkun answered nervously, "It's a Japanese style dish so I'm not too sure how it'd turn out... "
"Don't worry about that. I love sushi! I haven't had them for a while!" Tendou replied with a small smile.
The short spiky black-haired man pointed at the sushi dish, listing the name one by one. "This one is a Cucumber Roll! This one here is a King Crab! This one here is an Eel! Over here is California! And this one is Rainbow! And of course, I added some toppings and seasoning of my own! Go on, try one!"
Tendou took the King Crab roll to his mouth and munched on it. Frozen in astonishment, he widened his eyes at the taste he never had before.
"S-Sonny?"
"OCCHAN, YOUR SUSHI IS AMAZING! !" Tendou exclaimed happily with stars in his eyes.
"REALLY! ? HERE, TRY THIS RAINBOW ROLL! !"
Tendou complied, munching it in his mouth. Again, the taste was indescribable as his starred eyes shined brighter than before.
"AAAAAAHHHH! ! IT'S DELICIOUS! ! OCCHAN, YOU MUST BE A MASTER AT SUSHI CHEF! !"
"REALLY! ? ARIGATO (THANK YOU), SONNY! !" Sakkun happily brought his arms around the spiky brown-haired teenager in a tight hug, lifting him in the air. "I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU SAID IT WAS DELICIOUS! !"
Draco stared at the dish in confusion. "How can a simple sushi be this good?" he questioned. He took the California Roll, deciding to try it out himself. Taking it in his mouth, the Imagin dragon was shocked at the impeccable flavor. "I have no comment."
"PUT ME DOWN, OCCHAN! !" Tendou pleaded brightly with a small laugh before turning his face into a small frown, "SERIOUSLY, OCCHAN, PUT ME DOWN! ! I MEAN IT! !"
Sakkun did as he was told, giving the boy a thumbs-up in approval with a bright smile. "Tendou, I like you! A young boy like you have good taste with my sushi! I'm still a kid on the inside, so you don't have to be polite with me!" he turned to Draco, "And you too, Draco! No need to be shy behind your dragon costume! I'm sure the three of us will get along just fine!" he exclaimed happily.
"You bet we are, Occhan!"
"Ahahahahahahahaha!" The two laughed cheerfully in unison until a question came into Sakkun's mind.
"Say, Tendou, ever heard of Megaman! ?" the short spiky black-haired man asked.
"The one from 23 years ago! ? Yeah, Megaman was my hero! My parents told me about-"
"No, not that one! I'm talking about Megaman from seven years ago!" Sakkun corrected him, "I owe that Megaman my life for saving my two daughters that time!"
Hearing his words, Tendou was bewildered. Dropping his smile, he brought his right hand under his chin.
"Seven years ago? That was the day I became Megaman." he stared at the ceiling with a confused look, "Uuuuuuhhhhh... Did I really save his daughters? I don't remember that." he tried to remember from his memory bank, but failed.
"I'm pretty sure the same Megaman from seven years ago is popular right now! Say, sonny, do you have a girlfriend! ?" Sakkun asked cheerfully.
Tendou shrugged off the past before answering the short spiky black-haired man with a bright smile. "Yes, I do!"
"What's her name! ?"
"Her name's Ayuzawa Misaki!" Tendou answered.
Sakkun froze, thought he misheard him. "What was her name... again?" he asked once more, sounded less cheerful.
"Ayuzawa Misaki. That's her name." Tendou blinked in confusion, wondering why he didn't sound cheerful. "Why? Is something wrong?"
"N-N-NO, SONNY! ! THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR! !" Sakkun forced a fake smile, patting his shoulders repeatedly. "So he's dating her?"
Misaki turned to the alley, making her way to the back door of Maid Latte. She took out her blue Hunter-VG to check the time.
"All right, I got here 10 minutes early." she rubbed her temple with a worried look on her face, "Tendou's already in the kitchen doing the dishes... I wonder how's he doing?" she thought.
Back to the kitchen
"Tendou, are you in here! ?" Misaki's voice was heard from the hallway.
Sakkun stopped patting Tendou's shoulders and quickly raced to the boxes. He saw the largest one and opened it hastily. Tendou stared at the man in bewilderment with a blank look.
Misaki entered the kitchen and saw her boyfriend and Draco. "Tendou, are you feeling... okay... ?" she paused, seeing a person just shoved a large-sized head mask of Big Bad Wolf on his head. "Ummm... who's that?" she asked uncomfortably in confusion.
"Don't worry about him, Misaki. He's harmless. He's the new kitchen staff." Tendou answered his girlfriend.
"H-Hello... " the black-haired girl greeted nervously.
"...HELLO! ! PLEASED TO MEET YOU! !" the Big Bad Wolf headed Sakkun greeted back, bowing his head slightly.
"I-I'll go change... " Misaki walked to the locker room, glancing at the strange man from the corner of her eyes. "Based on his voice, he seems to be much older... " she claimed thoughtfully.
"Oh right, the sushi!" Tendou realized and turned to the table, seeing the sushis were already gone. He figured out who the culprit was as he turned to his Imagin dragon partner. "Draco, did you eat all the sushis?"
Draco quickly swallowed the last one, "My apology, Master Tendou. Sakkun's sushis were very... exquisite."
Soon, Misaki came back to the kitchen. Instead of wearing a maid outfit, she wore a Little Red Riding Hood costume and held a small basket in her right hand.
Tendou lightly blushed at her new costume. "Y-You look... nice." he complimented shyly.
Misaki blushed back. "You think so? I got the role of Little Red Riding Hood through the ladder lottery. I had no choice but to take this role... Do I look weird on this?" she asked.
The Big Bad Wolf headed Sakkun lowered his head in empathy. He quickly placed his left hand on Tendou's right shoulder. "Nope, not weird at all!" he blurted out, earning an awkward silence in the kitchen. Tendou, Draco, and Misaki turned their eyes at him, feeling puzzled. "Ack! S-Sorry, sorry! I was wondering where the sugar is!"
"It's right there, in front of you." Draco pointed.
"Ahh! How clumsy of me!"
"If I don't look weird, then it's all right. Sorry for bothering you." Misaki proceeded to the entrance. She wasn't sure what to make about that man with a Big Bad Wolf's head. "For the time being, he seems like a weird person... "
The front door was heard open as Sonia and Tia entered the café.
"Why hello, Misaki." Tia greeted the teenage girl.
"Oh, Miss Tia and Sonia? What brings you two here?" Misaki asked.
"I was curious about this café, so I asked Tia to take me here." Sonia answered, "Oh, and there's one more person with us."
Behind Sonia, a certain younger sister surprised Misaki by leaning slightly forward. "It's Onee-chan!" Suzuna spoke in a slight cheerful tone. She wore a white shirt and brown knee-length dress.
The long black-haired girl gaped in disbelief, "GAAAACKK! ! WHY IS SHE HERE! ?"
"We happened to bump into her along the way, so I thought we would invite her." Tia explained.
"I always wanted to see how Onee-chan works as a maid." Suzuna added.
"So Misaki, you're wearing as Little Red Riding Hood?" Sonia inspected her outfit in glee, "I thought it was Forest Companions Day."
Misaki decided to ignore that and brought the three to their table. Sonia, Tia, and Suzuna checked the menu and had already made their order.
"I'll have the "Forest Onigiri Plate"!" Suzuna announced hers.
"We'll have the "Forest Sushi"!" Sonia and Tia announced theirs.
"But since I'm here, I wanted to see you dressed up as a maid." Suzuna sighed in disappointment.
"Me too!" Sonia nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you two will see it next time." Tia assured them.
Misaki facepalmed in disbelief with a heavy sigh. "Come then... I don't mind... "
"Misaki, you're not going to serve us with your rice-cannon-balls, are you?" Sonia asked in a teasing tone.
"I'm not. There are chefs around." the long black-haired girl answered, "That's all you're ordering, right?"
The three nodded as Misaki wrote them down before heading to the kitchen.
"Here are more orders!" she notified, seeing Tendou and Draco washing the dishes, and the man still wearing the Big Bad Wolf head. "Um... have you been cooking in that... ?" she asked in confusion. The man responded with a thumbs-up, nodding fast. "I see... Tendou, your mother is here with Miss Tia."
"Oh great. I'm sure Miss Tia might say something about me when I was a regular customer with Draco." Tendou said sarcastically to himself.
"Sonny, I'll work on the onigiri and the sushi for your mother! You and Draco keep up with the dishes!"
The Moron Trio was on their table with their usual calm looks on their faces. They ordered a fruit juice.
"Aaaahhh~ This "Forest Juice" is awesome!" Shirokawa and Sarashira exclaimed.
"This color represents the somewhat transparent and fresh green leaves of the trees... " the blonde said.
"And this ice is like the clouds floating in the blue sky." the blue-haired followed.
"It's surely this! "Forest Juice"!"
Ryuunosuke stared at his friends with a small sweatdrop. "No, this is just a fruit juice with the usual cream so... "
Shirokawa interrupted his black-haired friend by giving a quick punch in the face. "IT'S FOREST JUICE! !"
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Misaki placed two plates on the table for Sonia, Tia, and Suzuna. "This is the Forest Onigiri Plate and the Forest Sushi."
"Wow! These sushis looks delicious!" Sonia exclaimed, "Tendou hadn't had sushi for a long time!"
Sonia and Tia grabbed a sushi and took a small bite. On cue, their eyes widened in amazement at the flavor.
"SO GOOD! !"
Suzuna stared at the rice balls on her plates. "Triangular onigiris... "
"Is there anything wrong?" Misaki asked her sister, noticing she wasn't eating.
"Are you feeling sick, Suzuna?" Tia asked the younger girl.
"No, I just thought this is nostalgic. Okaa-san's onigiris are always rectangular in shape." Suzuna answered softly.
"Aahh~ Yeah, that's right! Mama always made them that way." Misaki realized.
"Well then, itadakimasu." Suzuna grabbed a triangular riceball and munched on it. When she did, she paused and widened her eyes at the taste. It felt familiar - too familiar.
Misaki, Sonia, and Tia noticed the younger girl's sudden expression.
"Suzuna?" the older sister spoke.
"Onee-chan... who made this?" the younger sister asked.
"Eh? Um... I'm not sure it was Tendou nor Draco, but it could be that new chef." Misaki assumed blankly.
"I want to meet that person." Suzuna stood up from her seat and sprinted her way to the kitchen.
"EH! ? W-Wait, only the staff can enter the kitchen!" Misaki chased after her younger sister as Sonia and Tia stood up from their seats.
"Suzuna, come back!" the two adult women followed after them.
Suzuna made it to the kitchen and saw a person with a Big Bad Wolf head.
"Hey, Suzuna... !" Misaki caught up with her younger sister.
"Huh? Suzuna?" Tendou noticed the younger sister in the kitchen hallway.
"Hmm?" Draco followed, wondering why the younger sister was here.
The Big Bad Wolf headed Sakkun saw the younger girl with low pigtails in the hallway, and he immediately recognized her.
"Are you the one... who made these onigiris?" Suzuna asked dryly, slightly widening her eyes at the man.
Sakkun stared at the two young girls and recognized them with his widened eyes behind the Big Bad Wolf head.
Sonia and Tia managed to catch them in the kitchen hallway.
"Suzuna, why did you ran off like that?" Sonia asked in concern.
"Was there something wrong with the onigiri?" Tia added.
"K-Kaa-san? Miss Tia?" Tendou gaped, "Wh-What's going on here?"
"What's wrong, Suzuna? Is something wrong?" Misaki asked her younger sister, "That person is new so could it be that... "
"Weird... It's weird, Onee-chan... the size and the light seasoning. The way the ingredients are placed, and the taste of the finely cut katsuobushi... the exquisite salty seasoning too... everything... I have eaten these onigiris before." Suzuna said, lowering her eyes in sadness.
Misaki shot her head at her sister before slowly turning to the man in the kitchen. "But... aren't all onigiris similar to one another... ?" she questioned.
"I... have not eaten one similar to yours, Onee-chan!"
Satsuki and Erika entered the kitchen, starting to feel concern about the situation.
"Misa-chan, is there anything wrong?" the dark purple-haired woman asked.
Erika took off her cow's head off before asking, "Is your sister not feeling well?"
Tendou had a puzzled look on his face as he turned to Sakkun. He began to find him suspicious.
"Occhan... just who are you exactly?" he asked as everyone laid their eyes on the mysterious chef.
Sakkun raised his hands on the wolf head, starting to remember several years ago in the kitchen.
"The shape should be triangular!" he said to his two young daughters.
"Why? It's best at making you excited, isn't it?" his first daughter asked with a question mark on her head.
"That's not how it is. You see, it's exciting when the apples are cut into the shape of rabbits, isn't it?" he smiled at his daughters.
"Yeah, they're cute!" his second daughter answered happily.
"It's the same for onigiri!" he added.
"Eh?" his first daughter didn't understand what her father was talking about.
Suzuna started to remember the day her mother crying hard as if she was heartbroken.
"Onee-chan, why is Okaa-san crying?"
Taking off the wolf's head, Sakkun sighed heavily with his head lowered. "I'm sorry... to have caused trouble so early in the day... I've only greeted the manager properly so once again... " he lifted his head and faced the group.
Widening her eyes, Misaki gasped in utter shock at the certain man she once trusted. She immediately recognized him.
"My name is Ayuzawa Sakuya. I am these two girls' father." he introduced his name in a sad tone.
"Oh no." Draco gasped.
Tendou's eyes were wider than everyone's in the kitchen. Unable to form a word, he fumbled in shock.
"Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh... You mean! H-He... H-He's... H-His... S-She... I-I told him-A-A-A-Aack!"
"He's Misaki's father... ?" Sonia questioned in shock with a loud gasp.
"No way... " Tia followed.
"Don't tell me... you're Misa-chan and her sister's... ?" Erika questioned, then stopped midway.
The four women sensed a bottomless gloomy atmosphere near them. It was coming from Misaki, who was engulfed by an ominous aura with a pitch-black look on her face.
"So he is!" Erika quickly spoke, sweating heavily.
"So he really is!" Satsuki followed in panic.
"I don't quite get it, but it's been a while, hasn't it?" Erika added.
"I-It seems to be like that!" Satsuki continued.
They had to fix the atmosphere as soon as possible!
Shuddering, Sonia slowly backed away from the teenage girl with an ominous aura, dragging Tia along with her.
Erika and Satsuki quickly stood in front of Sakuya, trying to lighten up the conversation.
"You were always traveling to foreign countries... isn't it amazing! ? Can you speak English fluently, Sakkun?" Erika asked the short spiky black-haired man.
"Eh? No, somehow, I only passed by those places... " Sakuya answered blankly.
"Which countries were they that you visited?" Satsuki asked.
"Eh, well, I already told you about it yesterday but... mostly around southeast Asia. Did I tell you I saw a flying train in the sky one time?"
As the ominous aura kept increasing, Misaki couldn't detain her wrath anymore as she clenched her fists. She was beyond livid.
"Please leave this place immediately." she ordered sinisterly with a darkest scowl.
Erika, Satsuki, Sonia, and Tia yelped at her scariest tone.
"N-Nee-chan... " Suzuna hissed at the sharp pain on her right hand as if it was being crushed. Misaki used her left hand to hold her younger sister's with a strong grip.
Sakuya stared at his daughters with a sad look on his face. He wasn't sure how to compensate her for this situation.
The kitchen was dead silent.
No one said a single word.
Satsuki was the first to break the silence, "Let's talk a bit over there."
"Okay... " Sakuya nodded sadly.
Satsuki led him to the locker room and opened the door for him. "Well, you all go back to work." she said before closing the door.
"Misa-chan, come on." Erika led the Ayuzawa sisters out of the kitchen.
Sonia was shocked to see the chef was none other than Misaki's father. "No way, that's their father?" she questioned in disbelief. "A nice guy like him... Wh-What caused Misaki not want to talk about her kind father?"
"It's hard to believe he made these food." Tia commented.
"Master Tendou? Master Tendou, speak to me!" Draco pleaded.
Sonia and Tia turned to the Imagin dragon, seeing him shaking Tendou as they walked over to him.
"Draco, what happened to my son?" the purple-ish pink haired mother asked worriedly.
Tendou was actually frozen in shock with his widened eyes and his dropped mouth; he was completely rigid as if he became a statue.
Sonia tried waving her right hand at her son's face. She tried snapping her fingers at his face several times but failed.
"It's no use, Sonia. Master Tendou won't respond." Draco said.
"Hmm?" Tia walked forward and gently poked the frozen teenager's chest with a small push. On cue, the Tendou fell backward to the floor with a thud; still in a frozen state. "I think he fainted." the dark blue-haired woman assumed.
"He fainted! ? Just like that! ?" Sonia asked in disbelief, "What made him faint! ?"
It didn't take that long for Draco to figure it out. He knew what was the cause.
"I believe Master Tendou said something to Sakuya he shouldn't have."
"What did he say to him?" Tia asked.
"His relationship with Misaki."
To be continued...
Yeah, the father is back! Next chapter might take a while.