Food Wars!: The Fight For Alice Nakiri

Chapter 01: The Mark of a True Chief

{Date: ?}

[Yukihira Diner]

Soma Yukihira is now at age 30 and is the man in charge of the Yukihira diner now doing some showy cooking prepares eight meals all at once then him and his wife swap as she was prepping some ingredients and she kisses him on the cheek on the way back from passing the meals out to the customers however there was little girl behind the counter with red eyes pale skin but with Soma's spiky red hair and she speaks up "Hey, Dad Mum?"

both pause to look at their daughter "Yes sweety" they say together

the little girl asks "How did you two fall in love?"

Alice blushes bright red and steps back surprised at the question "Why would you ask something like that Mia?"

Mia smiles "I wanna know, you guys don't talk about how you met much so I wanna know"

Customers start causing a ruckus "Go on tell us tell us the story you lovebirds!"

Soma chuckles "Well you are ten so it's only natural, you'd wanna know but first tell me is there anybody I should be worried about?"

Mia shakes her head "No, Dad all the boys at my school don't know the first thing about cooking!"

Soma nods "Good, well then I'm not sure about your mother but I can tell you how I fell in love with her"

Alice still blushing wines "Aww..."

Soma smiles as he looks into her eyes and kisses her forehead "It all started one months before the Autumn Selections of our first year at Toutski Academy you see my dad had be at 490 loses but I was determined to know how he got so good so I just came out and asked him."

{Date: 23/08/2013}

[Polar Star Dorm]

Joichiro smiles as he says "Well son, it's time I head off back to work do your best not to lose against anyone else until you lose to me again anyway!"

Soma full of determination nods but asks "Dad, how did you become such a great Chief"

Joichiro smiles "That's an excellent question and the first time you've ever asked me something like that so I'll tell you what makes A True Chief."

Everyone listens intentionally to Saiba Joichiro's words as he speaks "It's all different for everyone however for people like you and me what makes us truly shine as Chief's is a woman."

Soma looked confused "A Woman? What you mean like Megumi or Ryoko or Yoshino or Mit-Meat"

Saiba chuckles "No, not quite. I mean someone who not only pushes you as a Chief but is someone who enjoys your cooking someone who will always smile as she eats something you've made and that smile will brighten up your heart. Your mother was like that for me, no matter my past no matter the trials I had to face in the future it all seemed easy to face because I had her smile, then we had you and teaching you became my purpose now as I told you before it's time for you to grow on your own but you will only become a True Chief worthy of the Yukihira name when you find a woman who's smile makes cooking all the better for your heart."

Soma scratches his head "I'm not sure I get it but just you wait next time I'll beat you for sure!"

Saiba gets right up in his face "Think again shrimp!" he rustles Soma's hair and gets him in a lock as they both laugh.

{Date: 10/09/2013}

[The Autumn Elections]

Yukihira gives Alice Nakiri some of his dish to taste "if you truly want to know then here have a taste Alice."

Alice scowls at him "I don't remember giving you permission to call me by my first name!" she snatches the container from Soma and takes a sip the taste engulfs her and she is conpeled to eat it as fast as she can in ten seconds it's all gone and she smiles "Wow, I guess your right I lost. On the bright side it was delicious and I got to try some"

Soma had to shield his eyes as he saw her smile again but this time was different all the previous times she had smiled had been fake or insincere this time however her smile was like a thousand shining suns and Soma's heart started beating really fast he couldn't explain it suddenly brought out of his daze.

The Announcer shouts "The Winner is Soma Yukihira!"

Soma looks around confused as Alice disappears he goes to say something but the words refuse to form in his mouth so he returns to his friends with a sombre look Ryoko asks the obvious question "Hey, Soma what's wrong you won why the long face."

Soma looks up "I don't know but for some reason my heart feels really tight, what's going on." Suddenly the feeling disappears and he breathes then he shakes his head "Nevermind it's gone."

Everyone looks at Soma concerned he pushed himself to hard however no one says anything Soma had little time to dwell on things however because Takumi Aldini lost his knife to a Copycat Cook Mimasaka because he had forced Takumi into a Food Wars so in order to Avenge his fallen friend and teach Mimasaka a lesson Soma bet not only his Yukihira cooking knifes but bet his career as a chief on the other 99 Knifes he had stolen throughout his Food Wars career, the terms were set the battle date and venue prepared all that was left was to cook, the battle was long and hard.

However just as things were looking grim Alice shouted from the crowd, "Don't give up Soma! You'll make me look bad if you lose to this clown!"

Soma smiles the tight feeling around his heart was back but it wasn't a bad feeling it encouraged him to do even better and he did he blew his dish out of the water even though it was just Beef Stew ...'s Stew could not even compare to Soma's, Soma then returned all the knifes back to their previous owners and asked that ... battle him again sometime.

After Akira and Ryo's battle end in a draw the finale was decided to be a three-way battle it was decided there would be a one week break for them to come up with their dish however Soma had other things on his mind as a special day was coming up.

To Be Continued