The battke between somei and Ren has just been declared
Somei: in that case I'll present a sea food rice bowl
Ren: What a coincidence I was going to go for a seafood dish as well, it also has rice looks like we really are facing off
Somei: Ha! I like your style Shinobi
Ren: Bring it on Samurai
Yuki: Seriously!
Ikumi, How would those dishes even work
Ryo: Ha! He was taught how to use seafood by me and he promised a long time ago that he'd never lose to anyone else in battle of seafood so trust me Ren will not lose
Alice: he's right he may look casual but that look in his eyes only appears when he's serious SO KICK HIS BUTT
Ren gives Alice a wink
Ren: Sorry somei you heard them
Somei smirks ready for the fight
Announcer: Next up the second card
He was Born and raised in Italy but is now in Japan are those icy blue eyes staring at his own defeat, Facing him is a man obsessed with both wealth and fine dining, the man who has wielded authority turning countless other chefs into his subordinates
It's
Etsuya Eizan vs Takumi Aldini!
Theme is beef
Takumi: well well well Etsuya Eizan I do believe I still owe you for the fall selection
Finally the third card
She's a lover of candy and traditional snacks the sweet profession Momo Akanegakubo and can you believe it up until six months ago this next lowly student was on the verge of getting kicked out throwing her hat in the ring now is Megumi Tadakoro this card could be over before it's even started
The theme is apple
Ren: Alright guys let's do this, we face formidable foes but that's no reason to give up
Takumi: Yeah there's no way we will surrender! You ok huh Megumi
Megumi: somehow I'll give it my all right until the very end
Erina: everyone 'she just nods'
This causes them all too smile
Erina: (do your best all of you)
Ren: Well we kind of have to win now
Takumi: we are representing the first years
Megumi: So we'll make sure to give it our all
Announcer: the third bout ki-
Ren: Could you shut up already! Can we just start this thing
Megumi: uhh Ren
Somei: I concur with this statement
Takumi: Yeah same here
Eizan: absolutely
Momo: poochy agrees too
Announcer: fine battle begin
Somei: Ren Dojima give me everything you've got!
Somei draws his blade
Ren: I'll reduce that blade too scrap So give me your all Somei Saito!
Eizan: if we beat you all here in todays battle only three rebels shall remain standing
Ren: Yeah well that's also true for central if Azami chooses the rival option that is
Eizan: talk all you like, if you think this will go down the same way you're wrong
Ren: Listen up guys 'he gives his infamous glare' You better watch your backs
Ren is busy walking around the seafood section when he sees some interesting fish and grabs them all
Him and somei walk passed each other sharing a glance before they continue walking
Flashback
Soma: ugh why'd you have to take the number 4th seat it's not fair!
Ren: Because I haven't battled yet plus there's one other reason
Soma: huh
Ren: at my current rate of improvement I can't reach the level of Eishi Tsukasa but you can soma
Soma: No way I don't believe that we've always been equalled
Ren: heh I'm not saying I'm going to let you be better than me for long I'm saying my job is to clear a path for you too take on the number 1 seat and win, so to do that you need too rest up and train so for now watch me win because there's no way I'm falling to him
Flashback over
Ren: (soma I promised you I'd win, Alice, Ryo and hinato too I'll get revenge off all of you and I'll do that by winning)
He remembers back for the training he wasn't given an instructor for the simple reason of His brand of cooking could not be replicated by any of them so what he got was just some tips from all of them
Sensaemon pushed his knife work too new heights
Joichiro improved his creativity
Gin taught him too how better visualise his dishes before even making them
And Kojiro
Just made him work until he could no longer move
This pushed him even further past his limits
All the chefs have returned
The first years get into a huddle
Ren: ok everyone gather round, this dish will need to bring out the fish but also needs to contain the sweetness of the butter,
Takumi: Ok we need a tangy aftertaste of that, I'd say the best option is seaweed without a doubt that will blend well with the butter
Megumi: I've got a good handle on that, also takumi I'd like to help with something after you're done cooking
All three: Ok!
Erina: Now prove to me that my command in this is nothing short of flawless
Ren grabs his fish and butchers it completely perfectly
Somei: (holy crap those butchering skills rival mine)
Ren than brings out the meat and much like the fish slice sit up completely perfectly after whipping off his knife
Ren: takumi take it, it's all ready!
Megumi: It's almsot ready Ren just give me a little whole
Ren: roger that!
Isami: Come on Takumi!, Ren!, Megumi! Do you best
Sato: Tear them a new one!
Daigo: Knock the ten of their freaking pedestals
Announcer: Stop talking so much horse crap you filth reb-
A random knife flew past her face
Ren: didn't I tell you too shut up
Announcer: Oh well that's-
She then gets turned weird by momo's dish
And she creates a dish that looks like a rosé bouquet but it was made of applies and crusts
They then have weird foodgasms, she also makes them have an absolute smell from a pink rose
Ren: (they may have loved it but now it's her turn so come on Megumi!)
She creates a very simple dish with a white bean paste and slices of apples as well
They say it's inferior but then they eat it and they absolutely love it
Having incredible foodgasms managing to merge water and oil using butter
They keep eating and they keep getting overwhelmed with the taste
Ren: (that's the way Megumi, Koji's training be tough but it's results speak for themselves)
But only one person can win
And the winner
Is Momo Akanegakubo
Ren: Megumi?
Megumi: I'm sorry Ren, Takumi, Soma
Ren: What the hell are you apologising for you where awesome out there
Takumi: That julienned ginger was a great idea you should be very proud of it
Yuki: that's right! You got nothing to apologise for
Ryoko: thanks for all your hard work Megumi
Daigo and Sato: that was a bawling battle bro!
Megumi: that means a lot everyone
Erina: Megumi, you fought well
Megumi: thanks althgiuh I'm sorry, I need to apologise to coach Kojiro, still I feel like I gave it my all, it's kind of incredible that all things considered I just went up against a third year on the ten and so that's why
She starts crying
Erina: Megumi please
Momo storms off
Kojiro leaves as well with the words that any time she wants to get better she can come and knock on the doors of shino's Tokyo
Ren: We aren't going to let her down right takumi
Takumi: no way!
Takumi sliced the meat down even more
It looks like he's making a shisherini
Ren then brings out a whole out of rice and splits it up into four sections before
Starting to prepare them all in different ways
One is prepared the normal way
The second starts turning golden
The third looks creamy and cheesy
And the final one seems be fried rice
Yuki: am I the only one worried that he hasn't started including the butter yet
Alice: it'll be fine after all he's got part of me on his side
He busts out a machine
Alice smirks
Ren keeps cooking while burning with a fiery passion his look more icy calm
Takumi throws his dish in the oven it's been reveals that it's a pizza
Eizan reveals that his final ingredient is artichokes, which will make Takumi's dish much sweeter
Ren rolls his eyes: (there's no way takumi will lose spite may not describe the depth of his emotions but I can think of one thing that describes this food war)
(A vendetta)
Eizan puts out amazing dish that the judges absolutely love it
Soma seems angry but not getting to try it
Him, Ren and Megumi are invited too
They all eat it and it's absolutely amazing
Ren: (the Cynarine i used it for my battle against mimasaka it was the special ingredient in the spice and it's absolutely insane Eizan is without a doubt the alchemist)
Takumi's pizza is done
Eizan: I don't know, why don't you have the judges drink some water befitted they eat it might actually help with affect of the Cynarine a little bit
Yuki, Daigo and Sato: Yeah have a little sip of something!
Takumi: no I'm fine with it as is
Eizan: well it's a good thing accepting one's fate
Eizan: don't have to because I will win
Eizan: what?!
Takumi takes the pizza out of the oven
Ren grins like maniac
The beef dish is only on half of the pizza while the other side is cheese only
He tells them to start with the shigureni side first
They way it and everyone is worried
Well apart form Soma and Ren that is
Takumi reveals that he already knew that chef Eizan's dish would go first so he made it too fight against it making Eizan's the starter and his the main course
Takumi reveals that he knew he'd be using artichokes from the start
There where few ingredients that could be used to counteract sweetness but through process of elimination, the only option was Artichokes
Takumi saw through every single one of Eizan's dirty tricks and destroyed them
Ren: (Damn that look reminds me of well me)
And takumi isn't done yet
This dish is a pizza of two half moons
Or a mezzaluna
The dish's name is
Double half moon pizza
Or
Doppio Mezzaluna pizza
The judges eat the cheese side and the foodgasm intensifies using the four main cheese of Italian cuisine
He has Eizan dancing in the palm of his hand
The winner is
TAKUMI ALADINI
Takumi: Grazie!
All the rebels cheer
Ren: well well well I guess it's our turn then somei
Somei: it appears so Ren, why don't we end this
Ren: with pleasure!
Ren busts out his butter and throws it in Alice's machine
Ren prepares all the rice at lightning fast speeds
He then finally brings out his fish that had been butchered
Ryo: wow
Akira: what's up
Ryo: those fish they're incredible
Akira: it's true they look and smell amazing but
Ryo: no that's not what I mean look at one of them don't you recognise it
Akira: that's saury
Ryo: Haha Ren is so awesome somehow able to bring out a fish like that in winter
Somei serves up a butter covered seafood bowl
Somei: it's time to cross swords Ren Dojima
Ren: bring it Somei Saito
The judges admire and then eat his dish
And hey overwhelmed by a huge wave of seafood
He created a dish that had all of his soul into one single blade
Turns out somei had an incredibly hard life and vowed to save his shop
So he trained and made incredible sushi
And he made his way too the number 4 seat
Ren unsheathes his blade
Ren: Alright now it's my turn! I've been through my own version of hell
(Being the son of one of the most famous Japanese chefs not only came with its fair share of problems but also prejudice especially after his miner died Ren was told he could never be a true chef but these where firm men like Azami nakiri who looked down on those lower than them but Ren did the only thing he could he planted his feet, he gritted his teeth and pushed past his limits, with his heart set a blaze he never stopped growing, always pushing forward and with every opponent he defeated he devoured them using their skills to make him stronger and that's how he got this far)
Ren: now this is my dish, The dish fuelled by the people I've fought against!
This is
Sushi no Shiki
Or also known as
Sushi of the four seasons!
Ren unleashes his blade a pure icy blade
Judge 1: interesting it seems to be regular sushi made form different kinds of fish
Judge 2: but upon closer inspection it seems to also be four different kinds of rice as well
Judge 3: But where does the butter come into play
Ren: Well listen to your chef eat it and find out
They all take a bite
Firstly they are transported too a wintery wonderland
Judge. 1: this fish it's pike fish
Ren: you got that right! The fish known for being the best too eat in the winter
Jidge 2: but this rice it has a creamy and cheesy texture too it
Ren: that's correct to fit with the theme this is winter rice and now you're probably wondering where the butter fits into this well I bet if you swallow it you'll know
They all do and a buttery taste explodes through them
Ren: I may be a warrior but a warrior must embrace the times and this is molecular gastronomy little pellets of butter that tear apart the toughest with its sweetness mixing with the iconic sea weed to form a amazingly tangy texture
Somei: but it's not enoguh
Ren and somei clash blade
Ren: but I'm not done am I, try the next one
The judges do and they find themselves in a massive field filled with follows and animals
Jidge 2: this fish is mackerel it's been cooking perfectly and with the taste of the butter makes it even sweet
Judge 3: but not only that the fried rice makes it taste even better with that savoury and hearty texture almsot like a spring roll
Ren: correct this is spring rice
Ren brings out another light green blade now uaong both of them to clash with somei and he pushes him away
Ren: ha!
Somei: look at your swords
Ren's blades shatter
Somei rushes at him again
But out comes a bright red blade
Ren: Now try the next one
Judge 3: now this fish is definitely rock fish and the rice seems almsot normal
Judge 2: but the rice is fuller and makes you feel energetic
It's like they are all out enjoying the summer doing whatever they feel like doing they feel free
Ren disarms somei
Somei: it's still not over
Somei rushes Ren but
A final sword is put too his neck
Ren: the final sushi
Judge 1: and this fish is saury mixed with perfectly cooked golden rice and lovingly coated in the butter
Judge 3: there's nothing better than being wrapped up warm woth a nice bit of hot food on a cold autumn day while enjoying the beautiful scenery
The judges are finished
Somei: I concede defeat
Ren: huh
Somei: you Ren Dojima have beaten me, you have won and have walked the true path of bushido
The winner is
REN DOJIMA
Ren almost collapses but unties his hair and calmly says
Ren: and that's a wrap
What he said
This chapter was so much fun to write