Author's Note

Oh my god, what is that? An update?

Yeah, sorry, but right in the last week of my summer holidays I was hit with a little writers block and then school already kicked in and I just didn't came to finish. But now, after the long await. I can finally present you Chapter 8!

Hopefully...Hopefully, Chapter 9 will follow very soon...But as always, I can't promise.

But well, I really hope you will enjoy this chapter...I really don't know how it will be received and what you all will think about it.

Thanks for the continued support, despite my inactivity and let's get to the review replies (also I have the little surprise prepared...It will be revealed at the end of the chapter OvO)

Anon: Very glad to hear that you're enjoying the story. I hope this chapter will be of your liking as well ^w^

Dknight27: Thanks so much for your kind words, such reviews are what keep me motivated. Also, while I do think there are ways to improve for me...I am just so honored that you said, that the Shokugeki I wrote felt like the Manga. It's a really big compliment for me, thank you a lot.

TsubakiTwilight: Oh my, you have no idea how happy your review made me. It gave me the major boost to finally continue in all honesty. I am so glad to hear that you enjoy the characters, as well as the overall story so far. I am really not good in replying but your review really made me very happy and thank you a lot for taking your time and writing it. I really hope that you'll like this chapter as well o w o;;

So Let's Start

Author's Note End

"Good day little sis."

Although a huge amount of students stood together, it was so silent, you could have heard a leaf falling to the ground.

Everyone was just staring, with eyes round as snow globes, at the two siblings in front of them.

Hiraku and Kimiko both wore a stoic expression. They only stared at each other, stretching this moment of silence even further.

The pink-haired boy who accompanied Hiraku, stood perfectly still and had closed his eyes, patiently waiting. Mika Aldini on the other hand, who stood within the crowd, looked like someone had punched her right in the stomach with an iron fist. Her cousin next to her, looked nervously around his peers, while playing with his fingers.

Hideyoshi and Daisuke stared at the scenery with their jaws hung low. Next to them, Chieko adjusted her glasses with a mildly surprised expression. Her best friend Yasu had only crossed his arms and awaited for something to happen.

Finally Kimiko opened her mouth, to end the suffering of her classmen.

"Oh hey, Hiraku."

...Or not. The student's eyes grew even wider and they exchanged hasty looks.

Hiraku's expression didn't changed a bit, so Kimiko only continued. "So, what's with this big entrance? And where have you been the past few days actually?"

"I was busy." Hiraku retorted and yawned afterwards.

Now finally soft whispers could be heard in the crowd again.

Kimiko tilted her head and was reminded of the entrance ceremony, where she had heard her brother's name as well. What was everyone's deal? In a school with this many students it probably wasn't rare that cousins or siblings attended the school together. The Aldini cousins but also the Nakiri twins would be an example in her year alone. She really didn't found it all too spectacular.

"So...So..." Kimiko heard Daisuke's voice clearly above the rest and turned her head, signalising she was listening to him. His eyes were as round as everyone else's and he stood together with the rest of Kimiko's dormmates, who looked at her expectingly as well.

"You're really related to..."

"Hm?" A little smile appeared on Kimiko's face and she laughed nonchalantly. "Yes, me and Hiraku are siblings. I didn't know you all knew him, so I saw no point in telling you."

Dumbfoundedness spread on the student's faces and now nobody could keep it in.

"EHHHHHHHHHHHH?!"

As the unanimous, loud yell of shock was over, all the different voices separated into thousands of different little conversations again.

"So, she is related to Hiraku-Sama!"

"The sister of the 'Tongue gifted from Angels' or for short the 'Holy Tongue'! Incredible!"

"She might be some serious competition for Kaori-Sama!"

"The top spot may does belong to her after all!"

"Ki...Kimiko-Sama!"

'Kimiko-Sama' was quite confused. She bewilderedly looked around her, inspecting the various gossips and rumours coming up within seconds, as well as the admiring looks.

She had been sure that Hiraku was the best in his year, but not that he was that admired and known.

Kimiko didn't even remembered the name of the ace in her former school and no one made a big deal out of it there either.

She then heard Hiroshi's voice. "So, it was revealed after all." He sighed.

Immediately Hideyoshi swung around and gawked. "Don't tell me you knew this."

Daisuke, Chieko and Yasu also turned to Hiroshi with a surprised expression.

The blue haired boy let out a nervous little laughter. "Eh..heh, well Itoko-chan and me once witnessed how Kimiko-San was approached by Nakiri Lola and Mona, who are Yukihira-Senpai's cousins. They called Kimiko-San their cousin, so-" He couldn't finish the sentence as Hideyoshi interrupted him. "And you didn't even thought about telling us?!"

"I am wondering as well, Mika-cchi!" Chieko voiced and eyed the Quarter-Italian who didn't looked as tanned as she should look.

"Now look, I didn't knew how Kimiko-San would feel about it, so I just kept it to myself." Hiroshi apologised. He looked to his cousins afterwards. "And I think Itoko-Chan surpressed this fact since she knows it."

Mika still was unable to move and bitterly mumbled. "Siblings...they're actually siblings. Not cousins or something like that, but siblings...Yukihira is Hiraku-Sama's sister..."

"Fair enough." Yasu shrugged. "Yukihira seems to have no problem with it and the discussion about this is finally off the table now."

"Right." Hideyoshi now exclaimed and a grin crept on his face as he faced his best friend Daisuke. He hold out his hand. "Guess, I have won the bet."

"Do I look like I carry money with me on a normal school day?" Daisuke responded and shot the starting gun for another round of bickering between the two contrasting hosts.

"I still don't get it." Kimiko stated to herself and turned to her dormmates. "What's the deal? We were also on the same school back home and no one freaked out about it."

While Mika still seemed to be paralysed, Hiroshi scratched his head while Yasu and Chieko exchanged one look.

"We told you about the Elite 10, right?" Hiroshi began.

Kimiko nodded.

"...And we were being serious about the admiration they gain within the school." Chieko continued.

Kimiko nodded, slower this time.

"Your brother made quite a name for himself, with claiming the tenth seat as a first year and also a transfer student last year. He got promoted to fifth seat when entering his second year." Yasu ended.

Kimiko nodded. "Ah...yes, of cou-" She stopped mid-sentence and her pupils rapidly grew as she swung to her brother. "You're what?"

Hiraku, who had been patiently waiting, only shrugged and yawned again. "Now that your basic introduction to my school life is over, follow me, Kimiko!"

He swiftly turned around. His assistant unsurely did so as well.

Kimiko's left eye twitched and she frustratedly bit her teeth together. "See you all, later." She quickly said to her dormmates before running after Hiraku shouting. "Oi! Hiraku, care to be a little less confusing?!"

The many eye pairs of classmates followed her, watching in awe, confusion, bewilderedness an curiosity.

"K...Kimiko-cchi's brother surely is something..." Chieko stammered. "And I thought Yukihira was the nonchalant one." Yasu whistled.

"Candy corn is disgusting, period." Daisuke steadily proclaimed. "You just have no palate, that's able to judge! I mean, you voluntary eat licorice! That's disgusting!" Hideyoshi fired back. Yasu turned his head, slightly flabbergasted about the quick change of conversation. "Weren't you arguing about the bet?" "Exactly, can you at least stick to the topics of your pointless bickers!" Chieko added, while putting her hands on her hips.

"Eh he he...I mean, who cares if Hiraku-Sa-I mean Yukihira-Senpai is related to Yukihira?! It's absolutely unimportant. I mean...it's not like I like Yukihira-Senpai! I will still defeat Yukihira!"

Mika stuttered, while swaying and holding a balled fist into the air.

"Of course, Itoko-Chan, of course." Hiroshi sighed.

He turned to watch the crowd slowly parting, as Kimiko as well as her brother and his secretary had sat into a black car and drove off.

The Eight Plate - My Brother, the Fifth Seat

"So..", Hiraku took a sip from his bottle full of cold tea, "How's school life going so far, Kimiko?"

"Cut the small talk!"

Kimiko had seated in front of her brother, facing him. Next to the by one year older redhead, sat the assistant, who had put out a laptop and eagerly typed on it like his life was on the line. The car's inside was as luxurious as the outside and all in black. The leather seats were comfortable and soft. The window showed the passing of a lot of Totsuki's many buildings as well as trees and other nature, making Kimiko question once again how big a sole school can be.

Confusion showed on Hiraku's face. "Hm?" "Don't act like this is a typical after-school-conversation!" Kimiko reprimanded. "You picked me up in a high-class car."

Hiraku still didn't seemed to understand.

"Where have you been?" Kimiko leaned forwards a bit and crossed her arms, signalising that she was expecting an answer.

"Busy." Hiraku repeated his answer from before. The assistance gave a clear one instead, while not even looking up from the computer screen. "Hiraku-sama spend his time, preparing to claim the fourth seat."

"Yeah, about that.." "Oh, by the way, Kimiko...This is my secretary who volunteered to work for me: Hayama Akio, the sixth seat."

Kimiko blinked.

...Hayama?

Akio could save up one second an look up. "My pleasure, young Kimiko-Sama." "First: Please, don't call me that." Kimiko shook herself at this wording of admiration from a guy who had just met her. Akio seemed to have overheard it tough. "And Second: Do you possibly have a sister or cousin in my year, Hayama-Senpai?"

The typing noise faded as Akio's fingers stopped moving. He didn't looked up and only said. "You mean, Hayama Kaori?" "Yep." Kimiko gave a nod.

A sigh escaped Akio and he started typing again. "Yes, Kaori is indeed my little sister. But don't talk about that to her..." His following words were spoken under clenched teeth and sounded rather bitter. "...she apparentlydoesn't likes to talk about it."

Kimiko tilted her head at that answer, but her attention was brought back to her brother again.

"So anyways, Kimiko, what's startling you?"

Kimiko turned her head immediately. "A lot of things! Why do I learn out of the blue that you're in that Elite Ten thing? You have never mentioned it, once!"

"You didn't asked, I didn't know you'd care. I mean, it seemed like you don't care about Totsuki at all back home. You never asked any question." Hiraku scratched his head. Kimiko groaned. He was right, she didn't care about her new school.

"Of course, I don't. Why are you? And why is everyone calling you 'Hiraku-Sama'? You're from a diner!"

Hiraku pointed at himself and a little smirk appeared on his lips.

"But I have talent and a 'tongue blessed by angels'."

With that he looked away, a signal that this conversation was over. Kimiko blinked and tilted her head. "You've...what?"

"Great work in the Shokugeki today, although I don't understand why you participated for the French RS." Hiraku said while looking absently out of the window, skipping the question.

Kimiko only raised an eyebrow but decided to fight with the same weapons. "Thanks, oh and referring to your question earlier, school life is fine."

She saw how Hiraku grinned but still kept his gaze locked to the blurry outside behind the window. Kimiko decided to not add anything either. Akio was too busy to talk.

"So here we are." Hiraku announced as the three of them had exited the car. "This is the former gathering place of the Vegetarian RS." Akio gave further explanation to Kimiko. "Former?" The blonde asked.

Akio nodded, silently telling her that she heard correct. "Hiraku-Sama was in need of a kitchen to experiment. A Shokugeki handled the deal."

"Aha..." Kimiko responded.

Her brother really did a lot, a lot of stuff in this one year on this crazy school.

"So Hiraku will your riddles finally have an end?" Kimiko asked her brother, as soon as the trio had entered the empty but huge kitchen.

She flinched as Akio spoke up. "Hiraku-Sama, I just wanted to remind you, that you've one and a half hour before your next appointment."

Hiraku halfway turned around and eyed the two. "Thanks, Hayama." He swung around again and approached the high class fridge, to prepare whatever this mystery of a mind was planning.

"My deepest condolences, by the way." Kimiko muttered to Akio's side. "Pardon?" Was the more than confused response.

"Eh...As I got introduced to you, I still was just too busy figuring my brother out..to notice that you actually took over the most challenging task in the entire universe!"

Akio tucked his head, still not understanding. So Kimiko elaborated further. "I mean, being the secretary to such an airhead must be incredibly hard work, huh?"

"You do realise you're talking about your own brother, Miss?" "Of course I do!" Kimiko flipped one of her two pigtails and crossed her arms afterwards. "And as his sister I know that you rarely meet such a unorganized person with a mind all over the place. Not to mention, the obliviousness of this guy! Only our Dad could challenge him in that."

Akio blinked in silent response. His face now showed a slight astonishment as well as an heavy perplexity. Like Kimiko just spoke in a foreign language to him.

"Oh well...Not important."

The awkward silence that build up afterwards was thankfully interrupted by Hiraku. "So here it is."

The redhead had laid different types of fish on the table and now pulled out a wok.

Kimiko decided to leave Akio and his odd, undying loyalty and walked towards her brother, curious to finally find out what was going on. "Ah, Kimiko." Hiraku called out at the sight of the blonde girl standing in front of him, with hands on her hips. "So now that everything's prepared...Let's start."

He pointed to the fish. "I know you already worked with fish today, but that made me really eager for it...Please, prepare a wok with using one of these fishes."

Kimiko froze and stared quite dumbfounded. Hiraku walked past her but tapped encouragingly on Kimiko's shoulder while doing so. "I know you can do this, Kimi. Have Fun!"

Kimiko snapped out of her frozen state and gawked, even more confused than before. "You brought me here...into the absolute nowhere...after such an mysterious act...to cook? After I just had a Shokugeki?!"

Hiraku turned his head sideways. "Hm? Is there a problem with that?"

That familiar frustration with Hiraku's nonchalantness crawled up Kimiko again and she clenched her fist, while gritting her teeth. "Hngh...Yeah, kind off. You and your...argh!"

Hiraku pulled up an eyebrow, as if Kimiko was the one acting strange and missing an obvious point. "Are you gonna start cooking now or not?" He grinned. "Or is that too high for you?"

That was it. Kimiko grabbed the first knife near her and spat. "Too high? I'll show you 'too high'. Just wait, you arrogant pile of yogurt."

"'Pile of yogurt'?" Akio repeated. Hiraku only led out a jolly laughter and shook his head. "Take what you need."

"Humph." Kimiko turned away from her brother and started to inspect the many closets that could be found in this giant kitchen. She opened them one by one and glanced over the many ingredients, all familiar to thousands of different cuisines. Bamboo sprouts and potatoes. Soy sauce and wine. Mangos and apples.

After a long look around, she finally cracked her knuckles and exclaimed. "Alright, I guess I have an idea."

Quickly she gathered the things useful for her plan and started to work.

It didn't took long, before a refreshing almost summery fragrance filled the enormous kitchen.

The Wok was sizzling and like usual Kimiko ignored all of her surroundings and was focused on the Wok's inside and the Wok's insides only.

Akio looked up again and sniffed. "Lemongrass." He then stated, absolutely sure. "Mixed with Coconutmilk and I can also sense the scent of ginger...furthermore..." "Oh come on, Hayama! We get that your nose is awesome, but don't spoil the fun." Hiraku interrupted.

"I...I am so...so sorry...!" Akio stuttered. "It's just..." Hiraku made a handgesture telling him to calm down. "It's okay, I was partially just messing with you. After all, your impressive sense for fragrance is one of the many reasons why you're my secretary."

Akio nodded and hastily got back to work again. Hiraku turned to watch his sister again handling the Wok.

"Done! 'A Tropical Summer Memory'!" Kimiko then called out, after finishing. She presented the two plates to her brother and his assistant, with a confident smile.

It showed sticky rice and on it, there were all sorts of different vegetables as well as fried nuggets.

"Let it hopefully satisfy you!"

"Thanks for the food." Hiraku and Akio said in unison.

Tasting the dish was like plunging into the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Completely stripped off of their clothings, Hiraku and Akio found themselves in refreshingly cold and also clear water surrounded by thousands of colourful corals and fishes.

Bright sunlight broke trough the water and reached them from above the world, while the seaweed calmly swayed with the waves.

"How calming..." Akio thought while watching the clownfish play between the anemones.

Hiraku smiled and turned his head to watch a few plastic bottles, slowly sink to the ground.

"As I thought, you used a Coconutmilk-Lemongrass-Sauce and even added carefully cut pieces of ginger as well as kaffir-limeleafs into the rice. Which all come together in a soothing harmony." Akio enunciated back in the real world.

Kimiko's smile grew. "Yep! Good catch there. Seeing these ingredients laying around here was the major inspiration for this dish."

"Kaffir-limes originate from the tropics of Asia, but are nowadays also planted in the Caribbean." Hiraku lectured. "The way Kimiko used their leaves is common in Thailand and Vietnam, where they cut the leaves into paper-thin slices." He looked at Kimiko. "Dad showed you that, huh?"

Kimiko shook her head. "Actually Mom did."

"The main part of the dish, though..." Akio now spoke up. "Is the fried fish." "Oh yes, of course." Hiraku acknowledged.

The two were referring to the nuggets that laid within the rice.

"Fish and Squid nuggets." Hiraku pointed out, resulting in an "Exactly" from Kimiko. Akio took another bite. "Accompanied by Bamboo sprouts, mungo-bean sprouts and carrots. It all plays well together and gives you a taste of summer and the tropics!"

Kimiko's eyes gleamed and she halfway bowed. "Thanks for the praise."

"There are just a few plastic bottles swimming around in the ocean you created." Hiraku smiled, which made Akio immediately look at him in eager of what's about to come.

All light immediately went out of Kimiko's face as she also knew what was about to come. She suppressed a grumble and only looked at him as well, pulling up an eyebrow.

"The nuggets, while being an excellent idea, still have a little too much taste of oil on them for me. Also, you could have steamed the fish a little longer. A little less Coconutmilk would have done it and you could have used a bit more ginger."

"Wow..." Akio said in awe, while Kimiko pouted. "Yeah, Yeah."

Hiraku stood up with a satisfied look on his face. "Mom would probably find more minor mistakes but it was a good dish none or less." "Thanks." Kimiko sighed and began to clean the table she had worked on.

"I think I'll teach you a little more with Woks. But for now, I'll call the first lesson a success."

Kimiko stopped cleaning. Slowly she looked up and eyed her brother sharply. "First lesson?" She repeated in a voice that indicated hope that she heard wrong. Because if she didn't, she clearly wouldn't understand.

"Oh! Yes, of course. I didn't told you yet..." Hiraku exclaimed. "Well, Kimiko. From now on, I'll teach you. You'll be picked up every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and-" "Teach me?"

So Kimiko's hearing wasn't incorrect. "Why the hell would you teach me? We're both mostly self thaught...What could you teach me, that I couldn't figure out myself, sometime?"

Akio stopped typing for once. He avoided eye contact with both Yukihiras and only stared uncomfortably to the ground. The room was silent. Kimiko's golden eyes were burning, demanding an answer to such nonsense. They bore trough Hiraku's calm and cool purple eyes.

"Kaviar." Hiraku stated. "You have no idea of how to make use of it."

"And what's the deal? Kaviar is not a matter in Yukihi-" "In a diner you want to say." Hiraku sharply cut her off.

A small gasp escaped Kimiko and she teared up her eyes in shock. Hiraku remained cold and didn't broke the eye contact. Akio still tried to be invisible.

After a long silence, Kimiko was finally able to respond. "W...What?"

Hiraku sighed, similar to a teacher repeating the same thing for the sixth time. "Oh come on, Kimiko."

As his sister only continued to stare at him not understandingly, he understood that he had to say more. "Take a look around this school." He said, dead serious. "Person A is coming from High Class restaurant B. Person B's parent is the famous chef C and so it goes on and on. Point is, everyone here comes from a meaningful background."

Now Kimiko nearly looked disgusted. "You can't be serious! Really Hiraku, I hope you're not about to say what I think you're going to say."

Hiraku remained emotionless and his following words bore trough his younger sister.

"I am tired of being a No-Name."

The atmosphere got thicker and thicker. Akio personally felt like in a closed room with no doors and windows, the walls coming nearer and nearer threatening to squash.

Kimiko's jaw hung loose. She now looked at Hiraku as if he was an alien.

Who was this guy? Her brother? No, her brother wouldn't have said something like that.

"...No-Name?" She whispered after a too long silence.

"Kimiko calm down, I swear I am not attacking the diner." Hiraku assured. "In fact, it's a great place that taught me millions of things that a lot of students here have no clue about. And with that incredible gift that is my tongue, I possess the power to crush everyone here."

Kimiko shook her head in disbelief. "Since when do you praise your tongue so much?!" "Since I learned it's true value here!" Hiraku answered. "Students and teachers likewise fall on their knees in front of me. They dubbed my tongue, the "Tongue Gifted From Angels" and I will make use of it."

He crossed his arms and loudly declared. "I will claim the first seat and after graduation, I will turn the Yukihiras into more than just a diner downtown, that nobody ever heard about! I will make it a restaurant that rivals the most praised Elite Chefs. I will give it a true name. And you, Kimiko...You will help, me. That's why you have to go trough some training."

"You...you're insane..." Kimiko stammered in absolute shock. "One year on here and you completely went insane!" She then shouted.

Hiraku rolled his eyes, as if Kimiko was still missing an obvious point. "Now don't scream at me! You should understand me the best after all...Being Part of the 'Jewel-Rebirth'!"

"The what?!" Kimiko blurted out. First, she didn't understood that term. Second, Hiraku got her quite mad in his nonsense blabbering.

"That's typical." Hiraku responded, he now raised his voice a little as well. "Kimiko, if you would actually give a damn about your surroundings sometime you would have noticed who the people in your Generation actually are. You are part of the 115th Generation! And I am not having my little sister being overshadowed by the Reborn Jewels that dominate this Generation."

Kimiko still didn't understood what point Hiraku was trying to get across to her. "You're crazy." She muttered.

She stared at him for a little longer, before stepping away from the table and making her way to the outside. "And excuse me, but I will not be part of you conquering this dumb school. In fact, I will do that myself."

She reached the door, but before she opened it, she turned around a last time and challenged.

"I'll not allow you to make the diner such a lifeless place like you're dreaming it to be! I'll take the first set. And I'll do it without Kaviar!"

With that she was out of the door and slammed it shut loudly.

Silence spread among Hiraku and Akio for the first twenty seconds, before Akio unsurely voiced. "Is everything alright, Hiraku-Sama?"

Hiraku groaned and scratched his head. "Yes, it is. Kimiko had always just been rather fiery. She will snap out of it."

"If you say so..."'Akio said unsurely, before clearing is throat and informing. "Your next appointment is in twenty minutes."

After minutes of angered stomping around, Kimiko had calmed down enough to realise, that she had no idea where she was.

For all she knew, this school was ridiculously huge and could size-wise probably compare with a lot of smaller cities. The dormitory, or a familiar building to begin with, could be miles and miles away.

Her resolution for this problem then was to pull out her mobile phone. She chose the number she wanted to call and waited for the other person to pick up.

Finally a calm, monotone voice reached her ear, which sounded like it just woke up. "...Yes?" "Uhm...hey Uncle Ryo..."

The other party sounded surprised. "Kimiko?" "Yep...Alright, ehm..I am currently outside and, well, lost. All I know is that I am near the Vegetarian RS and-" "I'll pick you up."

Ryo hung up, leaving Kimiko saying "Uhm...alright?" to nothing.

She didn't knew how long it took, but at some point, a black car stopped near her and a man stepped out of it.

He was muscular, tall and had long, wild, black hair that hung loose an unkept. His eyes were red and decorated with deep eye bags. He wore a black tank top, as well as black trousers and black shoes. This was Alice's husband as well as Lola's and Mona's father and Kimiko's uncle; Ryo Nakiri.

"Sorry, that it took so long." He said in this slow, almost lazy way which Mona inherited from him. "I drove around the Vegetarian RS in search for you."

"Oh it's absolutely okay!" Kimiko immediately assured and ran towards him. "Thanks a lot for picking me up, Uncle Ryo." "No problem." He stated before turning around and getting back into the car.

Kimiko followed and entered on the backseat. "How did you ended up here, actually?" Ryo asked, after starting the car. "Oh...well, uhm...Hiraku brought me here."

"Hiraku?" Ryo questioned. "Why didn't he brought you home afterwards then?" "...We had an argument." Kimiko mumbled.

Ryo sensed that she didn't wanted to talk further about it and only hummed in response.

"Alice put you into Polar Star, right?" Ryo then asked after a short break of talking. Kimiko nodded. "Yes..." "Then I'll bring you there, Hm?"

Another silence followed, in which Ryo just drove to the place he had visited thousands of times as a teenager and Kimiko sunk into her own thoughts.

Visions of her brother appeared in her mind.

A person that was meant to be familiar, suddenly felt like a foreigner to her.

"I am tired of being a No-Name."

...Was he always that arrogant?

"Students and teachers likewise fall on their knees in front of me. They dubbed my tongue, the 'Tongue Gifted From Angels' and I will make use of it."

...It had been like talking to a completely different person.

"I will make it a restaurant that rivals the most praised Elite Chefs."

...Why would he want that? "Restaurant Yukihira" was fine!

You should understand me the best after all...Being Part of the 'Jewel-Rebirth'!"

Kimiko tilted her head over that one confusing line.

"Kimiko, if you would actually give a damn about your surroundings sometime you would have noticed who the people in your Generation actually are. You are part of the 115th Generation!"

"Uncle Ryo?"

"Hm?"

Kimiko gulped and then asked. "Does the term 'Jewel-Rebirth' ring any of your bells?"

Maybe it was something in Kimiko's eye but it seemed as if Ryo actually flinched.

"What did you say?" He then inquired.

"Jewel-Rebirth..?" Kimiko unsurely repeated, surprised by that reaction.

Out of the sudden the car took a sharp turn and changed the route. Before Kimiko could ask, Ryo already explained. "We're going to the Mansion." He sighed. "This matter affects your aunt."

It was like this day threw more and more mysteries towards Kimiko. Had humanity lost the ability to express themselves in clear, understandable ways overnight or what was this?

Kimiko only sighed, mildly tired and reluctantly decided to just wait. What other choice did she had?

"Alice!" Ryo swung the door open, with no respect for a potential business partner or other important guest that could be sitting there right now. Luckily, that wasn't the case.

Alice was alone in her office and surprisedly looked up at the sudden entrance of her husband as well as her niece. "Huh, Ryo?...and Kimiko?"

"Hey Aunt Alice." Kimiko raised a hand, while Alice's questioning eyes looked to Ryo who only mumbled. "Yo."

After nodding a silent greet, Alice stood up from her desk. "What's the matter of this visit? I am quite busy.." "I know, I know." Ryo sighed. "Hiraku took Kimiko to his private kitchen and I picked her up since she was lost." "And?" "On the way home she told me something..."

Ryo walked up to her, to fill her in on the news. He leaned closely to her ear and whispered something.

Kimiko remained where she was and patiently waited for an reaction of Alice.

The white haired woman's red pupils grew a bit, listening to Ryo description and as her husband was done, she immediately turned to Kimiko. So instantly that the blonde girl flinched a little because of the suddenness.

"Wait a second, please." Alice instructed and pointed to one of the many chairs in her office, before leaving the room hectically.

Slowly Kimiko did as told and sat down.

"So...What's the deal now?" She then asked her Uncle, who had done the same.

"'Jewel-Rebirth' is a term, that we thought you would hear someday but not that soon. It's mostly just used by teachers and not the actual 115th Generation itself." Kimiko didn't said anything and only stared at Ryo, encouraging him to go on. "Alice dislikes this term and is actual in search of a new...'cooler'...title for your generation. But well, at the moment there are people who refer to some special kids in your generation as 'reborn Jewels'."

Kimiko blinked. "Reborn Jewels...?" She queried, just to make sure a last time. After Ryo gave her a nod, she dared to start theorising. "So...There have been... 'Jewels' before?"

"That's exactly the case." Ryo sighed, which made Kimiko tilt her head once again.

The door went open, before anyone could say another word and Alice stepped back into the room. For once, she had a rather serious expression and she looked directly at Kimiko.

Kimiko's questioning eyes rather wandered to the brown book that was in Alice's hand. Before she could voice it, Alice had already read her mind.

"Kimiko."

"Yes?"

"I'll now show it you, the 92nd Generation...

...

...the 'Jewel Generation'."

It was already dark outside, as Kimiko finally arrived in the Dormitory. In her hand she had the photoalbum, which Alice had gifted to her.

"See you, Kimiko!" Ryo bid her goodbye, before driving off. Kimiko only mildly waved.

"Kimiko-Chan? You're quite late?" A surprised Satoshi called out, as Kimiko had entered. "The others said you left with your brother after the Shokugeki...How was it actually?"

"Good, I won." Kimiko mumbled. "And I met up with my aunt and uncle afterwards, hence why I am late."

Satoshi looked over her from head to toe, before stating his observations. "You do look like you had a long day behind you and quite tired. You probably already ate in the mansion, so do yourself a favour and just go to bed, alright?"

Kimiko nodded relieved. "I'll do that Saothi-San. Good Night." "Good Night Kimiko-chan." Quietly she went over to the stairs and walked upwards.

As she had finally reached her room, she immediately threw herself on the bed.

"The teachers tend to call your Generation the 'Jewel-Rebirth"', because it happens to have quite a lot offsprings from former Totsuki students, who attended in the 92nd Generation of Totsuki. The Generation that was dubbed the 'Jewel Generation' afterwards, but that's not important right now...Just take a look into this album."

Kimiko didn't really knew if this album that her aunt gave her gave any useful answer to all these riddles. It was full of old pictures, a lot of them even showcasing Alice and Ryo as teens. Alongside them were a bunch of other teenagers, all unfamiliar to Kimiko's eye.

Or so you should say.

She had looked trough the album with Alice a little and her aunt had told her quite some names.

Way to many of them sounded way to familiar.

For example, there apparently was a "Miyoko Hojo" whose hair had the same purple as Takayuki Hojo's. There were not that many pictures of her, but a lot of them showed her in a red Chinese attire, handling woks or other things quite familiar to Chinese cuisine.

And this was just one of many "coincidences".

Like how come there was also a black-haired girl named "Urara Kawashima" whose band around the arm classified her as a host?

Or a "Daigo Aoki", whose eyes just so happened to have the same black color as Daisuke Aoki's?

"This is all so strange." Kimiko sighed to herself and laid that odd album on her desk.

Why would Hiraku give a damn? Why is he acting so strange at all?

Also what kind off big deal was it to be part of the "Jewel Rebirth"? It just had a lot of famous childs, so what? Wasn't the entire school full of these?

Kimiko also wondered if it was okay to talk about that with her new dormmates, or if she would come across as strange for not knowing their parents. Also as Ryo had said, the 115th Generation was actually not using this term themselves.

But none or less, she had to find more about this "Jewel Generation", how many descendants of it were actually attending the school and why the term "Jewels" was used to begin with. And of course, what it was that suddenly twisted her brother's mind.

Alice's look was glued to the window's outside. The darkness and how it was interrupted by a bunch of lights gleaming in it.

"Are you sure, that this is what you want?"

"..."

"..."

"...Yes. I am sure."

"Then I will do all that is in my power to support your decision."

"Alice?"

Totsuki's headmistress turned at the familiar sound of her husband. Ryo's face didn't showed any emotion, but that was typical.

"Yes?"

"You seriously took out the photos that has them on it?" He pointed to the pile of loose photos that Alice safely held in her hands. She gripped them even harder, as if she was afraid Ryo could rib them out of her hands.

She frowned.

"Of course, I did."

She turned back to the window and stated.

"You know that I keep my promises."

A sigh could be heard behind her. "I know."

Author's Note:

And that's it people, Chapter 8 is over. Next Chapter will finally be the starting gun for the Trainings Camp to which I look very forward to.

I really hope Ryo doesn't feels OOC by the way, but that's probably up to you...

Also, before we finally get to the surprise, I just want to point out that the dish in this chapter was very inspired by a German Cookbook called "Easy Wok" by Hildegard Möller, which I gifted my mother for birthday. As usually...I hope I didn't messed up too much, culinary-wise.

And now, with my chit-chat out of the way...The surprise:

I made a tumblr blog.

Okay, okay. Let me explain: Kimiko and most of her friends were actually designed before I started to write a story about them. You see, I just really enjoy drawing a lot. And that's the major reason why I created this blog. "shokugekinokimiko" on tumblr is meant to be a fun, little side-element next to the actual fan fiction. I will probably mostly upload some art, but it's also a place where you could ask me questions, maybe request some stuff and it even can get a little absurd sometimes or go into AU territory or something. Of course it also always informs when there is a update.

So if you like my story, I would be very happy if you search up the blog..It really means a lot to me and I think it could be a lot of fun.

Currently the Blog is still a WIP.

Also the blog is not able to give an outlook on the future and only provides information that's already been said in the actual story. I just don't want to spoil anything.

But what matters is, that the base is there...And I would really appreciate it, if you would check it out ovo

Search "shokugekinokimiko" on tumblr, or just type the name in and leave a .tumblr .com behind.

I'll hopefully meet you there and I also hope I will to greet you again next chapter

Thanks a lot for reading, have a wonderful day and byeee!

Author's Note End