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Notes:
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
""Background noise or voices""
Just a quick chapter before my exams starts in two days. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!
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'Wonder If she still remembers me' A young redhead thought while wrapping his headband around his arm.
RING RING RING
The young man quickly ran across the room to answer the phone
"Pops! What's up?" The redhead asked with excitement
"Nothing much. Anyway how's Philippines treating you?"
"It's been great though.. I still don't want to be called "Le chef qui satisfait chaque langue"(Means: The chef who can satisfy every tounge) in every country I go.. Stupid media naming me even when you said don't name me"
"You've perfected your French the chef who can satisfy every tounge?" His father teased. "Maybe making that Shinomiya guy teach you French isn't a bad thing after all"
"Hardy har har. Now why did you call?"
"Nothing much just checking up on you since you're alone in a country without me"
"Really now? After you left me you just call me like nothing happened?" He shouted making his father cover his ears "Jeez I'm sorry ok?" His father apologized but he knew that his father's voice wasn't serious but it's in a teasing way
"Haii. Anyway it's been eight years pops"
"eight years? Wait… you mean when you and Erina-chan met? Do you have a crush on her?" He asked his son surprised
"What?! Of course not! You know that I started freelancing eight years ago with you. Now look at me, alone in the Philippines because you left a week ago without even telling me!"
"Hmm? I said I'm sorry. " The father on the other side of the call pleaded "You're going to meet Erina-chan in two years, happy now?" The older Yukihira added
"What makes you say that? The old man wants me to cook for him again?" He asked in a confused and excited voice "The old man wants me to enroll you in Totsuki, so how about it Sōma?"
"Am I a little young to be studying there? I'm 13 years old pops. And what would happen if they accidentally knew my name " The redhead questioned his father on the consequences if he went to Totsuki.
"Chill brat! No one's going to know who you are. You only cooked outside of Japan so you wouldn't be easily recognized. Also it's hard to recognized you now, you changed a lot to be honest."
"Anyways I'm about to go back to Japan in about…3 days. So you got Yukihira's running?" Sōma said while circling something in a calendar.
"Yeah, I'll also leave in 2 days so you can open it up once you got here."
"Sure! Anyways…. Pops"
"What is it Sōma? You need something?" His father teased but didn't expected his kind of reply"What's the secret to becoming a great chef? I feel like that I didn't improve" He said in a low voice"I never expected you to ask me this early, but I'll tell you anyways. The secret to becoming a great chef is finding a woman that will make you want to give your cooking into" His father explained in a serious voice
"A woman ha?"
""Yo Joichiro! One chef's special please"" Sōma heard through the phone
"Guess that's my cue. See you later Sōma" His father quickly bid good bye. Before Sōma even got to respond
""RING RING RING"" He heard his alarm clock go off
"Seven o'clock….Guess that's my cue too!"
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Nakiri Mansion
"Erina-sama, we're here" The driver said to the two maidens in the car and opened the door for them. As they went towards the humongous mansion they were surprised by their maid
"Erina-sama, Senzaemon-dono wants to see you" The maid said while opening the front door to the mansion letting Erina and her aide in.
"Hisako you can go, I'll go meet grandfather" The God's tounge said,
"Are you sure Erina-sama?" Her aide asked worriedly.
"It's okay Hisako. We'll see each other in dinner, you can go to your room"
Senzaemon's office
"Grand father?" Erina slightly peeked through the huge wooden door and saw his grandfather looking at the view of the sunset through the window beside his desk
"You can come in Erina" The old man said with his usual serene voice while making his way to his desk
"What do you want to talk about? Is it about my tasting appointments?
"No it's not about that" he said while pointing to a chair near his desk. As Erina sat on the chair he cleared his throat and asked."I know that you know a lot about Le chef qui satisfait chaque langue, since his a little famous in the culinary world so mind telling me about him?" The head of the Nakiri household asked with a smile.
"Can you please tell me why?" The young blonde asked.
"He'll be visiting Japan, Totsuki to be specific , I don't know much about him though so mind telling me?" Her Grandfather lied.
"Let's see. Well he traveled with his father when he was little, and went and won Master chef junior, and if I'm correct he's clients are famous figures of the culinary world"
"I-I see you can go now" Her grandfather said still fazed about the said chef's history 'Young Sōma followed his dad's footsteps huh?'.
"Grand father? Do you know when he will visit Japan?" The younger Nakiri in the room asked curiously. "You'll see him in about 2 years in Totsuki" The older Nakiri reminded her.
"Really? Well I look forward to working with him then" The blonde said while giggling.
"And why is that? Do you have a crush on him?" The old man teased his granddaughter.
"Of course not grandfather. He just reminds me of a certain redheaded chef."
"Is it Joichiro?" The old man questioned the young girl.
"No grandfather it's not Saiba-sama, it's Sōma-kun" The God's tounge said with flushed face
2 Years Later Totsuki Front Gate
'So this is Totsuki ha?' A young redhead thought while eyeing the rich people with bodyguards and servants around him.
"I hope I'll see her today" The redhead muttered to himself.
A few minutes gone by. A man with a microphone appeared and caught everyone's attention expect a certain redhead who was dozing off in a bench
"IF YOU'RE TAKING THE ENTRANCE EXAM KINDLY FOLLOW ME PLEASE"
The man shouted in the microphone waking up poor Sōma.
'That's not how to treat someone sleeping! But..Now then! Let's see what Totsuki is made off' The young redhead thought to himself while stretching, then followed the rest of the applicants.
As two hundred applicants got inside the examination site, A young woman who is dressed in Totsuki uniform entered. The chattering were stopped as soon as the said woman entered the site. Murmurs were made and heard all around the room about the young student in front of them. Hearing this irked the young girl, and decided to speak to hopefully silenced the crowd. If you're wondering who the said student was, it's Nakiri Erina also known as the God's tounge. Sōma's purpose for training abroad.
"I'm Nakiri Erina, I'll be your proctor for this entrance exam. Hisako what do they need to do?"
'Just my luck' The redhead thought while grinning
"They need to demonstrate cutting techniques, and –" The pinkette suddenly stopped as a finger were placed on her lips.
"That's boring Hisako. Can you please get the ingredients table?" The blonde said, all of the examinees were confused, and scared. Well expect a certain redhead in the back. As Erina's aide got the ingredients table. The Nakiri spend a good ten seconds eyeing the table before picking an up an egg.
"Make me an egg dish that can satisfy my palate, and I'll pass you. But I'll give you a minute to withdraw your application" The blonde said with a slight smirk. When it registered to everyone's head, all the other applicants except Sōma made their way to the exit.
"See! They can't even cook a dish for me and they want to study here?!" The young Nakiri shouted while making her way to the exit with her aide at tow
"Maybe they ran because you're the God's tounge, Erina-chan" He said out loud enough for her to hear
"How dare you use Erina-sama's first name!" The aide said defensively
"It's okay Hisako, this guy here is an acquaintance of mine.. It's been a while commoner" Erina greeted him in a serious tone.
"It really has, my queen" The Red head said with his signature grin
'Commoner?! Queen?! This doesn't look like acquaintances Erina-Sama' The aide thought to herself worriedly
"Are you here to take the exam or what?" The blonde said flushed while looking at a staring Sōma
"Of course I'm here to take it. Anyway what's your favorite egg dish?" The redhead questioned her
"I don't have one, make me your best egg diner dish"
"One Yukihira Secret menu #8 for the queen herself! Coming right up" The redhead said while wrapping his headband in his forehead.
"Erina-sama! Are you insane? Did you just say diner food?!"
"Yes, just you wait" Erina reminded her while staring at Sōma who was sautéing chicken wings and cooking rice. A few minutes gone by and Sōma was just preparing the dish to be served.
"Here you go! Furikake Gohan for the two maidens" Sōma said while handing them a bowl of rice.
"It's just rice" The two murmured while staring at the steaming bowl.
"Tsk Tsk Tsk…You know that Yukihira Secret menu dishes always has transformations" After reminding them he poured the Aspic, egg curds, and chicken strips over hot rice.
When Erina took a bite she was reminded 10 years ago. A warm feeling and this taste reminded her of the last time he cook for her causing her to let out a satisfying moan. A few seconds gone by and the bowl was empty. 'I didn't even judge!' The blonde thought after seeing the empty bowl.
"It's different from last time. It's passable, you pass but you need more than that to survive here. Good bye" With out sparing any second the two left leaving the redhead all alone.
"Still arrogant as always" He said as he chuckled.
"Hello young Sōma" Sōma heard as he look at a door he saw a silhouette of a man a huge one to be precise.
"Old man! Didn't expect to see you here this early" The redhead shouted surprising the man in front of him.
"You still got that attitude like your father. Anyway I'm here to ask you." Senzaemon said while smiling
"What is it?"
"Why did you take it easy?" The old man questioned
"What do you mean by easy? Ahh you mean that I didn't really show my cooking or something?" The redhead said while puttting his chin under his palm "To be honest I just want to lay low for now"
"Is that so? Then good luck in Totsuki young Sōma, I want to see how Totsuki reacts to your cooking" Senzaemon said while laughing.
"I'll try to be luck hehe"
"Ill be waiting young Sōma" With that the headmaster left the room with Sōma leaving after a few minutes.
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Totsuki Opening Ceremony Site
"Now we would like the first year representative to come up the stage" The announcer said. After Erina got the medal for being the valedictorian of the whole first year class. Senzaemon or the headmaster got in stage and began his speech.
"First I want to congratulate all of you in making it this far. But now since you're first years everything will be harder. To make it simple ninety-nine percent of this generation are just pebbles who will polish the remaining one percent or the diamonds in the rough. Now I wish all of you good luck!" As Senzaemon finished his speech the announcer quickly moved to the podium to announce the transferee.
"We would like to introduce the first student representative transferee of Totsuki in the last 23 years" (Last one was Joichiro's generation)
"Yo! Let's see how can I put thi-" Sōma was cutoff by students shouting "Just get with it already"
"Alright since all of you want me to finish up I'll just say a couple of sentences" The redhead said while grinning which made them more irritated.
"This school is just a stepping stone for me, and all of you are too. Because I've been cooking for twelve years so I'm won't lose to any of you noobies who never even served a customer. That means I'm already at the top. To make it simple for all of you, You all will be fighting for second place. I think i said everything so thank you!" Sōma then left then went for the backstage ignoring the uproar he just cause.
"Just because I passed you it didn't mean that you can make the entire first year your enemy!" The blonde shouted in front of Sōma
"You and gramps already tasted my cooking Erina-chan. And do you still remember our promise my queen?" The red head said making the blonde in front of him only to nod as an answer because of the flushed cheeks he cause. 'This guy will be the death of me'
"Anyways see you later Erina-chan. I still got a promise to fulfill" The redhead said while heading for the exit.
"I thought you wanted to lay low?" Senzaemon questioned the boy.
"Relax old man just wanted some friendly competition, that's all"
"Really now. Then its your choice young man. I bid you good bye" With that Senzaemon left leaving Sōma on the exit.
'Now let's see how fun Totsuki can get'