Hey guys! Thanks for the other reviews! And i hope you'll like this chapter! in the next chapter is when She'll have her Shokugeki match!
Chapter 6
"Why? Que voy hacer?! " Luna said in a panic pacing around the room of her apartment with Reo. (What am I going to do?)
"You're the one who challenged him,"Reo said while leaning against the wall. 'You had so much confidence earlier.'
Flashback
"I challenge you to a Shokugeki," Luna said glaring at Ikki.
"A Shokugeki? Are you serious?" Ikki asked with a raised eyebrow.
The club members started to whisper looking at the scene between Luna and Ikki.
"I haven't seen anyone stand up to Sato-kun before." A club member whispered
"Me either…."
"If I win I want a public apology and to join the club! " Luna said, "And I want you kicked out of this club!"
"So if I win...you'll go on a date with me."He said with a smirk. "What's the theme of the dish?"
"We'll do a paella dish, it can be any style as long as it's a paella. You can use any meat or seafood on it. " Luna said with confidence.
"You got yourself a Shokugeki."Ikki said, "Well have it five days from now."
End of flashback
'She was so confident up until now.' Reo thought looking at Luna who was nervous while muttering some ingredients out softly.
"So I'll need to start practicing for my Shokugeki...I'll needs to buy some ingredients. " Luna said, "I'll need a good quality Saffron, in any paella dish Saffron is the key ingredient but it's also expensive. The supermarket sells some but its low quality..i'll have to go with what I can get."
Luna grabbed her purse and went with Reo to the supermarket.
"You usually do your shopping here? " Reo asked picking up at a few products. 'So cheap…' he thought his violet eyes shifted seeing Luna looked through the shelves completely focused.
"Yeah." She said 'This is a lot of stuff... It's so different from back home.' She thought
"Hey Reo-kun, let's head to the spice section." Luna said 'I need Saffron. I hope that it's cheap.' She thought.
Luna already have a few items in the shopping cart, she scanned each item looking for the small red gem for her dish but the section for the Saffron was empty.
"It's all gone? But how? Just yesterday it was full!" Luna said in disbelief, she tilted her head to Reo. "Well just head to the next one then."
Luna and Reo went to the next market that was two miles away but the Saffron they had was sold out as well. After searching in four markets none of the shops had any, in the end, she went back to her apartment with Reo, she decided to call a few shops in her area to see if they had it in stock sadly they said the same thing 'We just sold our supply to someone.' Luna hung up her phone with a tired sigh.
"I give up….how can they have those sold out so fast?" Luna asked
"He did this, it's what he does," Reo said, "When someone challenges Sato to a Shokugeki if any dish uses one critical ingredient he would make sure his opponent won't find it in any place, making sure that his dish shines more."
"That's what he does?" Luna muttered "What a jerk."
"I would offer you some Saffron but I used it earlier in a practice dish. " Reo said scratching the back of his head trying to think of an idea.
"Um Reo-kun, why are you helping me if Sato is your friend?" Luna curiously asked
"Because Ikki can be a real jerk with a huge Ego, I've seen so many people at that club challenge him and they end up in the same situation as yours and Lose." Reo explained "I tried talking to him but he won't listen to me or anyone, for once I'd like to see him be humble like how he used to be when we were young, so I think you're the one that will beat him to shut him up." A small smile formed his lips." But I think there's one place we could look." he grabbed Luna's hand. "I think there's one last shop we could check."
"Where are we going?" Luna asked
" You'll find out, let's go." He said
"Wow!" Luna exclaimed her eyes sparkled seeing the small stalls.
"This is a few of the places that have different ingredients from different parts of the world, not many first years know about this place,"Reo explained while they walked by the tiny ethnic markets. "Best part it's near Totsuki they commissioned it specifically to exist to get their students used to using authentic ingredients, so we might find the ingredients we need."
Luna couldn't believe that there were so many stalls, each has different and exotic ingredients some ingredients that Luna is familiar with. She heard a few vendors with different accents, a few with European accents some with an African accent, she stopped seeing a few large banana and plantain leaves.
"Oh...these remind me when I made some Pasteles de Yuca," Luna said her voice had a hint of nostalgia. ' I had those when i was young a dough made using Yucca stuffing it with meat then boiled so good! I used to cover it with ketchup when I was a kid. ' she smiled looking at the large leaf. (Yucca cakes)
"Those just came in." A vendor said with an accent. "Are you interested in those?"
"Oh um...do you have any Saffron?" She asked politely.
" The vendor shook his head. "Sorry, we won't have until next week." He said
"Que voy hacer…," Luna muttered a bit. (What am I going to do?) She looked at the produce that he had and all are ingredients she had and grew up eating.
"Ah! " The vendor smiled. "You're like me! But you're so young to be all the way to Japan. You know Sometimes when I feel homesick I just cook my favorite dishes that I grew up eating I love it, especially sharing it with my new friends here. They loved the dish I made using these ingredients."
Luna looked at the vendor and a lightbulb blinked up in her head, she smiled at the vendor.
"Rosario? Should we-" Reo started until Luna started to talk to the vendor.
"I'll need some of these and that oh especially those," Luna said grabbing each ingredient. "If I'm making a paella I'll make it with these ingredients. "
'I wonder what type of paella she'll make?' Reo thought
"Reo-kun, let's go! I have everything that I need! So let's go, I have a few ideas." Luna said
"But you don't have Saffron and-"
"Forget the Saffron! I already have in mind something else that will make my paella a tasty one!" Luna exclaimed her green eyes filled with determination. "I'm not going to lose to that guy!"
A few days passed since then Luna would practice her making her dish after class at her apartment with Reo. She would offer the dish to her next-door neighbors and Reo, they loved it since it was different than what they're used too. Luna would ask them if it needed more seasonings or if it was alright. They gave her their honest opinions on it which were useful for Luna.
It was now the day of her Shokugeki. Luna was in the room seeing all of her ingredients in the cooler and the small crate with vegetables.
"That's everything on the list."Reo said, "So Rosario, did you get any sleep last night?"
"A bit, last night I changed the base and tweaked it a bit more so I slept for a few hours." Luna said, "But I'm confident in my flavors."
"It's time are you ready?" Reo asked
"Yes, just watch me spice things up!" Luna said raising her fist in the air fully determined.
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