The God's Chef ~Intoxicating Desire~ BETA

Chapter 38

"Morihika Rei, any objections?" The room was darkly lit. With a chandelier hung above the round table, all the members of the elite ten sits in deep discussion.

"She shows promising performance in the training camp yet, here in the academy she only receives grades that are necessary for her to pass." Kinokuni Nene holder of the 6th seat flicks her thin rimmed glasses. Reading the piece of paper distributed to all the members, she scrutinises her eyes as she inspects the picture of her.

"Hmp, she even has a recommendation many alumnus as well." Tsukasa mentions, slowly looking at everyone's faces. Keeping low and trying not to show any favouritism, one by one everyone looks over at him.

"Didn't you and Kobayashi-senpai crossed paths together? What is you're thought about her when it comes to her cooking?" Kinokuni couldn't belive such things written by the many alumnus. With many positive and out of the world things they wrote for her, she wonders why she never scored straight A's of they all think highly of her.

"You betcha!" With her hands on the table, she quickly stands up as her hair flops up. "Her cooking and baking are delish'! She's my favourite chef here in the world!" With a proud hand on her chest, she closes her eyes.

"Hmph," Nakiri crosses her arms. "From the reports the teachers gave us, it clearly says that she is rarely punctual. Not only that, but her appearance is not up to Totsuki standards. In most of her classes, it is reported that she shows tiresome expressions frequently." Looking down at her picture, she look opposite her. "I've met her during the training camp as well. She obviously lack in manners." Flipping her long orange hair behind her, one can only wonder why she shows such distaste for the ravenette.

"B--but she's beat Shinomiya in an unofficial shokugeki." Tsukasa whispers to himself, unconsciously.

"Huh, really now." Eizan pushes his rectangular rimmed glasses back with his fingers, having heard Tsukasa. From the looks of it, he was the only one who picked up on the little piece of useful information. Looking over at the silver head, he looks at his peculiar behaviour. "You've changed coming back from your little trip of yours, Tsukasa-san." Wondering where the 24/7 trembling silver head went, he is not the only one who wanted to know about his sudden change in attitude.

"What?! Yall don't know?!" With her eyebrows high up and amber eyes staring at him, Kobayashi slams her hands on the table. "He an--!"

"Kobayashi don't say it!" Suddenly springing up, Tsukasa covers her mouth with his hands. "It's a secret!" Raising everyone's curiosity, Kobayashi continues to muffle behind his hand.

"Well then, let's continue this meeting. This is not the time to be interrogating our senpai." Collecting her thoughts, the magenta haired member flicks her glasses yet again.

"No future objections, I suppose." Isshiki looks at everyone. "Then let this be the final decision."

~*~

"Hey hurry up!"

"They finally put up the results!"

The bright light shines against the glossy board. Staring at the wide noticeboard with anticipation, many sumtudents holds their breaths and wait to see their names. Scanning through the many selected names by the elite ten, they all yell in either defeat or victory when they see their names.

"So these are the autumn elections contestants." Ibusaki looks over at the boards. With some space between him and the wild crowd, he is with some of the polar star members.

"Yeah! We made it!" Shaking Sakaki's shoulders, Yoshino yells with glee.

"Wh--what should I do?" Seeing her name printed on the board, Tadokoro clasps her hands together and shifts in her spit with fear.

"It's as suspected, Megumi." Pushing back her glasses, Rei already knew that she was selected. With her astonishing skills displayed in the training camp and with Tsukasa and Kobayashi texting her in advance, she wasn't surprised to begin with.

"You've worked hard for it. Along with the rest of us." Looking at the rest of her dorm mates in the distance, she begins to feel oddly humid in her uniform.

"Good job, guys." Yukihira congratulates everyone. "Good job, Rei." With his hands in his pockets, he smiles when she makes eye contact with him.

"Hmph," Walking up to the little group, a blonde is followed by a black. "It seems we'll get to face off even before we'll never have a shokugeki, Yukihira!" Pouting a finger at his rival, his bright blue eyes shines under the sunlight.

"Hey, Nikumi!" Completely ignoring the blonde, Yukihira spots a tanned female not too far from him. "Guess you got in too."

"Nikumi?" Looking over, Rei wonders where he met her.

"Oh, that's right! You've never met her." Pulling Nikumi over by the hand, she blushes. "Rei this is Nikumi. You can just call her Nikumi." Forcing Nikumi's hand in Rei's, he introduces.

"Names Mito Nikumi." Standing with her legs apart, she stares straight at the ravenette.

"Morihika Rei," Shaking it once, they let go of each other.

"Now, since you--"

"D--d--d--don't treat me like a sidekick!" Yelling, Yukihira finally looks over at the annoyed blonde. "Isami don't laugh!" Turning over to his laughing brother, he shouts.

"Oh, yeah! Good luck Takumi!" Looking over, he quickly says. "So Rei, where are you going?" Spotting the ravenette away from him and the group, he walks over to her as she finches.

"I was--"

"Hello everyone!" Lift up high in the air by a crane, a member of the elections waves happily whole clutching a mic in her hand. "I'm Kawashima Urara! I'll be your host at the autumn elections! Smile!" Kawashima points two fingers at everyone to lighten up the mood. With an already bright aura around her, many males blush and cheer with glee.

"My heartfelt congratulations to those who have been selected! As I'm sure you're already aware from the announcement, the sixty contestants are split into Group A and Group B. Each--"

'Someone's watching me.' Looking up at the building, Rei squints her eyes a bit. With a hand hovering over her eyes from the harsh sun, she spots Kobayashi and Tsukasa through the window. With her usual sly happy grin, Kobayashi waves.

Feeling her heart gush out with a pleasant feeling, she smiles and waves back. Staring dead straight at Tsukasa's eyes, her heart throbs to be in his arms.

~*~

"Congratulations on being selected. It was only to be expected given your talent." Nakiri Erina looks out for the window, scanning the lively ground. With her close aide right behind her, Arato smiles.

"Thank you! I will not disappoint you as your aide, Erina-sama." Bringing a hand to her heart, she smiles widely. "And please rest assured that I will punish Yukihira Soma!"

"Ughhhhh," Nakiri grunts and rests her arms on the window. With her head down, a dark aura is around her.

"Oh, my apologies! I should not have mentioned anything!"

In the middle of her flashback with Yukihira, she spots a ball of black hair on top of someone's head. 'Morihika Rei,' Standing back up, she can only see her back. Looking down on her, she sees her raise a hand and wave with her head tilted up. Curious, her eyes trails up to see two people she didn't notice earlier.