Now this is my first story and since I am an impatient little brat I thought I would make a Fic on "Shokugeki no Soma or Food Wars!", ( probably guessed so by looking for this story in SnS under Anime/Manga), but the reason I had chosen this is that I finished this anime about two weeks ago and the manga last Friday (I know it came out a long time ago and now I'm late) and when I saw that the manga had a slow update and that was driving me crazy so I thought I bet I could have faster updates and then I'm like why not, btw this is going to be an "Sorina or Eroma (you choose)" fic where they meet as children, So now this is the product of that thinking here ya go.

Prologue

"If you could save someone would you…";

A question that a young boy, who with his father, heard from an old man outside on a bus stop bench. All that question meant to the young lad was if he wanted to be a knight for a princess but as his imagination would go all he thought was "nah I want to be the world's' greatest chef".

Soma Yukihira thought that this was his only mission and he stuck to it using the best of his 4 year old ability. He thought that all he had to do was cook and cook and cook until he was at his father's level then take the head chef spot at the Yukihira Diner, very extravagant thinking for a mere child but alas that is what he wanted, he wanted to beat his father Saiba Jouichirou also known as Asura the 2nd Seat of the Tōtsuki Elite Ten or Saiba Yukihira.

Soma had a normal life, if normal was trying to best your dad at his own game, but this did not bother the young child one bit, no it encouraged and fired the kid up to keep trying and try harder than the last time though Soma and his father did compete in their own little matches once in awhile to try and make a new dish, the strange part is that no one knows if they are trying to make the best or worst dish and those unsuspecting or new customers that wonder around said competitions are made to try both of the most disgusting things ever made.

This was said life of Soma Yukihira and he could not have asked for anything better but now as he was on the bus he wondered two things, "Is being a hero such a good thing?" and the other was "Where are we going?", perplexed he kept his thinking to himself until he decided to ask his father.

" Hey pops where did you say we were going?" He asked in his small cheery attitude annoying his father due to this being the third time he asked.

" I never told you where we were going it's a secret so be quiet and wait until we get their OK."

" Fine, is this really that important that we needed to close the diner for the day?"

"Yes now just wait we should almost be there just a few more minutes."

Soma, after being quiet for a while feels the bus slow down and eventually come to a stop. He looks out the window and sees a very large two door gate that opens to a path wide enough for two cars to go thorough side by side.

Surprised Soma asks with wide eyes " Is that the place" but by the time those words are out of his mouth he hears his father call to him halfway down the buses steps.

Soma had never seen such beautiful cherry blossom trees especially due to them living around a shopping district and not a park, so when he looks around he is astonished to see full bloom pink cherry blossoms.

"Those are called the Japanese Cherry or Prunus Serrulata if you want to be technical, do you like them Soma."

"Like them I love them the pretty pink color and the feel of the fallen petals so soft almost like silk." says Soma then out of the blue he comes up with an idea, "Hey pops do you think we could add these to a recipe or as an ornament for a dish".

"I don't see why not, just wait for your own time so you don't make a mess of petals in the kitchen alright."

"Okay… so what are we doing here will you tell me now?"

"Persistent aren't ya… well fine we are here anyways so how about we walk and talk, sound good?"

He receives a small and slight nod from his son so he continued with the explanation while on the go.

"I was called in by a friend who wanted to do something to catch up on old times so I agreed, he said that their was a very important matter to discuss and he needed to tell me right way, there is also something that is required of me to do as a chef so they invited me for a day and me being your father, I had to bring you along… by force or else the man I am meeting would become angered. Does all of that answer your question my young apprentice?"

"Yea all except one what am I going to do while we are there won't I get bored waiting for you?"

"No you shouldn't because you will be my sous in the kitchen and along as company for the entire time should we be there."

"Oh good I thought you would leave me in the kitchen on a stool watching you or sitting in the patio with some old guy, I'd rather help with the food." sighed Soma as he felt a wave of relief wash over him.

Saiba just chuckled at a thought he had run through his mind "Don't worry you might just have that second wish of yours might just come true, though that was oddly specific."

The second half of the ten minute walk from the gate was silent without either of the two uttering a word just listening to the happily chirping birds and the rustling trees as the breeze flew through its branches.

Everything seem fine until Soma spotted two pink and honey blonde haired girls sitting on a fancy pearl white swing bench with a canopy. Even if it was just a moment's glance to the side he noticed one of them had a very happy looking face and the other was talking while gesturing towards the sky with both arms.

"Probably just talking about the day's weather while the other is just listens that's nice, looks like fun not my personal definition but to each their own."

As he just finished his small thinking session he saw that they were at the steps of a large no humongous mansion on top of the hill on which it sat. Several carefully sheared and trimmed bushes around the "home" were being tended to my gardeners and landscapers outside. Even though the day was a nice one with a small breeze that swept through every few minutes the sun was strong enough to have anyone who was working outside for long periods of time feel dehydrated and fatigued. Soma naturally being a very caring person for as long as he has been called Soma felt bad about the couple of people who looked like they could not take the sun any longer and by the looks of their progress their work had barely begun because another mile or two of bushed still needed care. He felt like he wanted to do something and he would have if it have had been his home but alas he was only a guest and such privileges did not cover an employee's well being as an addition to his own.

Being greeted buy what Soma guessed was the family butler he heard his father say " Hey Sebastian how you been I see you've gotten older still working for the Nakiris' I see"

"Quite well Mr. Yukihira thank you for asking I see you have not changed even a yen since I last saw you around these parts, how has life been treating you, I also see you have company." Sebastian then turns to Soma and asks "And who might you be young man", but seeing as Soma did not respond he asked in French, "Alors, vous s'appelle comment?"

Soma remembering his father taught him a bit of French replied " Bonjour monsieur je m'appelle Soma Yukihira et je suis le fils de cet homme, aussi je suis le meilleur chef de la monde meilleur que mon père!"

The butler has no words to say due to him not thinking that this child would have known French let alone understand and respond to it so quickly and formally.

"This is certainly your child, I can see the uncanny resemblance and the cockiness that you had as a mere lad yourself, also where, might I ask, did he learn French, at school?"

"Nothing like that Seb he was taught by yours truly, he also knows Spanish and is working on his German though I think we should stop at five until he grows up more, don't want him mixing up orders in different languages. Well Sebastian it's been nice seeing ya again after so long, later!"

"Well at least today will be a little more energetic though I don't think that the house keepers could handle it." laughed Sebastian

Soma being the small and imaginative child who craves knowledge, as much as goats crave their mineral, started to walk ahead of his father looking at the paintings and artworks of famous chefs and world renowned food industries eventually stumbling into an old man with a large Kimono that looked a little too small for his massive muscles which were prominent enough to be noticed by a person a mile away. The man stared down the child with what Soma thought was a demons glare and this frightened the boy until he realized something " Hey pops I found the old guy, now where's the patio?"

The old man laughs a deep and heavy laugh, then turns to the Saiba " I see he has the same attitude as his old man, he even gets right to the point same as you Jouichirou."

"HeHe" laughs Saiba " You're right on that one Senza so how've you been since I last saw ya"

"Please call me Senzaemon in the presence of others, I still am your old director so speak with respect"

"Yea Yea you don't have to remind me about my prison life, how 'bout I call ya Senza-boss or Old Man seems fine"

"Ugh" So unsophisticated thinks the Old Man

Soma looks up at his dad and with a questioning gaze asks" Who is he pops somebody you used two go to school with, though he said he was your director so I guess not." he then turns to the old man named Senzaemon and asks "How do you do Old Man"

The only thing that happens next is the old man walking away muttering something about respect and what the old teach the new. His anger dissipated once they got to the living room. Soma looks in the direction of the old man and sees him opening a door to a deck leading outside "Found the patio!" he screams startling the two men in the vicinity.

Saiba looks at the clock and sees its close to 5:00 speaks "Soma how about you go to the kitchen and wait while I catch up with old geezer for a while in the meantime you can decide what you want to make later we do have an hour to prep" he says as he addresses his son, then turns to the Old Man and asks " That is suggesting that you haven't had any supper before we arrived right?"

"That is correct it would be an honor to see your cooking again Jouichirou and Soma was it, the kitchen should be down the hall to your left if you need help with anything just ask any of the staff."

Soma then leaves and allows the older men some room while he goes to find said kitchen.

"So what was it you wanted to talk about Old Man, what was so important that it needed I to travel forty-five minutes to visit your humble abode?"

"Well in the past few years Erina, just a minute you remember my grand daughter right?"

"No I do not recall this Erina you speak of though I do remember that you had once asked what would a two year old child like, so I'm guessing it's the same child right?"

"Once again you are correct so Erina has a father, whom you've known in the past his gloomy behavior made him stick out amongst the crowd during your schooling years, has appeared once again and wants to take full custody of Erina. This is a problem because he just arrived out of the blue to take her away even though he told me personally that he "loathed the child, it hurts to look at her face, reminds me of her mother."

"Well that sure is shallow but he sounds to be the same distant man we once knew, you said he was coming back?"

"Yes he had sent a message earlier this day to tell us he would be here soon, how soon we do not know."

" Well, it is almost time for supper so I will have to go and help my young boy with whatever he is doing so see ya later Old Man."

After a few minutes of roaming in the mansion Saiba walked into the kitchen only to find a note from Soma saying he was to get a few extra items for tonight's meal Siaba just sighed in annoyance thinking of all the times he had done this in the past.

OVER TO SOMA

"Now where are they?" Soma pondered as we walked through the market looking for an item which seemed was nowhere to be found even in the infamous Nakiri mansion.

The shops keep saw a small bush of red spikes and took a closer look only to see that it was a young boy no older that possibly five looking and judging the cuts of meat that were lain out, the shopkeep began to wonder what this child was doing so he asked " May I help you young man"

"Yea sure do you have any Cornish Hen meat I was looking around but I can't seem to find any."

Not expecting an answer such as the one he received left the keep dumbfounded until a question popped up in his mind "Where are your parents? Are you lost?"

Soma then turned to the man "No thanks for asking though, and like I previously said I am looking for some Cornish Hen , more specifically the thigh only."

"Okay… whole?"

"No, skinned and deboned please"

"Here you go that'll be 1139¥ please and thank you."

"Soma hands over a bill and five coins"

"Thanks see ya around."

"Weird kid, should have said 2000¥."

Soma returns to the mansion with what he bought and headed straight to the kitchen only to find his father waiting patiently with his arms crossed in a questioning manner.

"Soma..." he asks "where have you been and what did I tell you about going out on your own without permission?"

"Sorry pops I was just getting the ingredients ready for the main meal like you said."

"Ugh me and my big mouth… oh well what did you get for later tonight?"

"Not telling, you just go work on your appetizers somewhere else."

A WHILE LATER AFTER PREPARATION

"Pops the meal is ready, when are we going to serve it?"

"Good I'm almost done here too"

"Hey pops who is going to be sitting at the dinner table, is it only the Old Man, because I pretty sure he won't be able to eat all of this."

"Haha no son, this is for the Old Man and his granddaughter Erina Nakiri along with her aide Arato Hisako that should be it."

Soma then starts to wonder if the two girls he'd seen outside were the granddaughter and aide were the ones who were also going to partake in the meal. He wondered if they would like his and his father's cooking. Most of all he wondered if they would accept him as a chef or be ridiculed just like many others had all because he liked to cook.him as a chef. Sadly, he had no time to think because his father cut his train of thought.

"Let's go Soma, we're done so now we can go back home, 'kay?"

"What about the meal don't we have to present it to the dinners?"

"No I asked the Old Man, he said we could leave it to the butlers and maids, all we have to do show them how to serve it. Also I have stuff to do at Yukihira so we got to go."

"Yeah fine let's go," says Soma as they both head to the front door " what do you have to do back home?"

Silence is all that is heard on the way out the door after that "comment" Saiba returned.

They see a black limousine in the distance as they make it to the front door but think nothing of it due to the mansion, so no surprise there.

AT THE DINNER TABLE

"Dinner is served" says Sebastian as he passes out the meal to the the three people at the table.

"Wow" exclaimed Arato "this smells delicious what's this?"

"According to the chef it is 'spicy grilled chicken in lemon leaves with a twist' though they did not say what the 'twist' was" stated Sebastian.

"Well how about we find out right?" this time it was Senzaemon

Senzaemon being experienced found the food very very amazing, almost as if a professional chef had made it, but it was not overwhelming. Though the same thing could not be said for his granddaughter and her aide.

The moment they took a bite they all fell in love with it, the spicy peppers were like a blazing fire burning their taste buds, after just one chew it became lemony and sweet, close to candy but far off, every time they chewed the flavor switched to either unbearable spiciness or unimaginable sweetness.They ate their food quickly and asked for seconds after they were done and eventually had their fill.

Just then Erina jumps up quickly "That was the best I have to meet the person who made this dish, Hisako are you coming!?"

"Of course let's go!"

"Ohh man… what will I do with them?" asks Senzaemon to himself.

Moments later two children are standing at the entrance of a kitchen, a clean and tidy kitchen in which you could eat off the counters, there was a present problem that was not related to the cleanliness of the room but the amount of people who were there. Looking around they noticed there was no one around except a maid sweeping the floors and instantly became very sad, they had not been able to meet the amazing chef.

"Miss Erina if you are looking for the chefs they left about five minutes ago."

"Thanks, let's go Hisako running down the hallway to get to their destination.

Once they reach the door they open it and look outside only to find three figures in the distance. Running they are close to their targets until Erina notices there are three people but once is very different that the other two… very different.

One man along with a boy are walking away from the mansion, the man is looking ahead in a very relaxed manner with his dark red/pinkish ponytail waving in the wind and a face that says "calm". The boy on the other hand is looking around with a massive smile on his face taking in the sight of what he probably saw on his way in, he seemed very happy, What threw Erina and Arato off was when the boy turned and smiled they clearly saw two distinct traits, golden eyes and bright red hair, when he spotted the two girls he waves and screams "Hope you liked it", then turns around and keeps walking next to the man who was probably his father. They walked and kept walking until they stopped beside the third man, Erina took a closer look and saw that the man was undeniably her mean and controlling father who did not want her.

Erina stared in fear as her father said a few words to the man and child, chuckled and walked towards her, he kneeled down looked her in the eyes with a stare that would turn medusa into stone.

"Hello my sweet, I'm back, did you miss me, don't worry we will be together from now on, father and daughter once again."

"F-f-ff-father!"

AUTHORS FIRST NOTE (*o*)

Hi guys just wanted to present my self, I am a brand new FF writer by the name ToucanCris and and I just wanted to say that this (writing stories) is something that I have been wanting to do for a while, I did not start as early as I joined due to me being a really pensive kind of guy who will find any way to contradict myself and use it as ammunition to procrastinate anything I might want to do, writing was one, but due to me having more courage with my start of a class mandatory blog I have to do it gave me the ability to do so. So out of all this blah-blah-blah-blah you probably only skimmed and saw that I was new and I am very insecure this is a good thing because I want you as readers to be as harsh as possible when it comes to my work (I can take it T.T). I want to be criticised as if you had to bully me to survive so that is all I ask, so if anything has to come out of this very long and boring paragraph is that I am ready and I will try my best.