After the feast that was the mythical English breakfast, Shinji and Sakura got to work. Shinji was dressed in a chefs uniform, with pristine white threads and black lining that looked elegant to the touch. Black buttons and a tall white chefs hat and a white apron to compliment the look.
Sakura on the other hand wore a waitress set of clothing. A white button up blouse with a black vest, a black skirt that descended past her knees with biker shorts underneath and black shoes with comfortable soles for walking constantly. Of course, they were made into Mystic Codes with Shinjis powers. Defense enchantments out the wazoo.
"You ready for work Sakura?" Shinji asked, making sure he did some last minute fitting for the uniforms and cooking equipment he was gonna be using. "Im ready" she said as she was making sure the gloves she wore fit.
Shinji nodded with readiness and flipped his sign to open, and waited. He was waiting for his first customer.
Waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting.
'Okay, its been a couple hours, and there is only so much cleaning I can do in boredom, even if Im using magecraft to do it' Shinji thought and Sakura just seemingly conjured a book out of nowhere to read, sitting down at an unoccupied table. "I thought running a restaurant was supposed to be dealing with people, wheres the people" she asked.
Shinji sighed as he said, "Well, we did just open, But I did hope to have some people come through the doors."
"Well, all dreams begin on the floor" said Sakura coldly as she turned the page in the book she was reading. "You know your being very harsh Sakura" Shinji hung his head as he spoke his words.
"Im just being truthful" she commented. "Can you at least act like this was surprising instead of expecting my failures" Shinji groaned as he decided to make darts out of magic and carve a dartboard into the wood of the building to ease his boredom.
"Wanna play darts?" offered Shinji as Sakura closed her book and walked over to him, and she took darts of her own and began a competition of dart throwing like a bar competition. Sakura looked like she was about to win as the door opened, and she accidentally misfired into the bannister of the door as the customers walked in.
"Man, where to eat" muttered a buxom redhead named Rias Gremory. She was a third year at Kuoh academy and was walking back from a meeting with her clubmates in tow, looking for somewhere to treat them after the battle they went through.
They were devils, a race that was created by Lucifer and Lilith and went through a great war many a year ago. Nowadays, instead of bloodlust and soul devouring mojo, they now just grant contracts in the form of mail order of a sorts.
"Is there a place that tickles your fancy President?" Kiba chuckled as he asked his mistress, his queen to his knighthood. Fast and adept with a sword, he served as the knight in her peerage being granted special abilities. He also has a special ability made by God of the Bible, Sword birth, the power to create demonic swords of various attributes.
"I just don't know Yuuto" she said, using familiar terms with him. "I just don't know what I'm in a mood for" Rias sighed as a building caught her attention. It wasn't a fancy building, nor was it an izekaya or bar or ramen shop. It was average, average in appearance and fanfare except for the name, The Gourmand.
What drew her attention was the palpable magical energy which seemed to roll of every nail, entrenched in each grain and carving. A bounded field, barrier magic that seemed vary advanced for what seemed like human magic. It looked particularly complex, yet what worried her was the fact it was an unknown variable in her territory.
'I should bring this to Sona's attention, she would want to know' Rias thought as she approached the door, but the hand of her queen, Akeno Himejima, stopped her. "Rias" she began, "We need to be cautious." Akeno, being the voice of reason, made sure she casted what enhancement magic she knew, and the others had their powers on call for use.
Rias, feeling safe, opened the door as she saw a dart made of magical energy hit the bannister next to her.
"Sorry" muttered the girl she saw afar, wearing a waitress outfit. Next to her was a man with blue hair was standing there in a chefs outfit with his hair tied back. In their hands were darts made of magic energy. It was a very strange set up for the young devils.
"Hi, welcome to The Gourmand! Please take a seat" said Shinji as he grestured to a table big enough for the whole group in front of him. Sakura showed them to their seats as Shinji cast a sly glance at them, their supernatural nature obvious to him. He could see the mysterious energy they admitted and wanted to aquire it.
"May I ask what you guys want to eat?" Shinji aquired as he brought over some tea to drink, brewed directly from the leaves of Shennongs garden. "Oh tea, and it smells good" Akeno said with a calm and graceful smile, indicative of the Japanese beauty. "Can you do sushi?" asked Rias with a glitter in her eyes, as Shinji nodded. "Sure" said Shinji as he went to the back, and decided what protein to use for the meat.
It only took twenty minutes to do all the necessary processes( magecraft helps), and in front of the devils was a delicious and fancy platter of Ningyō sushi. "Enjoy" said Shinji as Rias dug into the huge platter, eating three rolls in one bite. The atmosphere was lively as they ate their sushi and dipped in Shoyu sauce.
"So, Shinji was it?" asked Rias as the person in question nodded. "I didn't know a magician moved into the Kuoh area" said Rias. "Im not a magician, I don't have that power yet, a mage is more appropriate. But Kuoh? Im pretty sure we're in the Fuyuki area" said Shinji and the devils ultimately became confused as Rias had a sushi roll dangle from her own perfect lips.
"What, but we just came from Kuoh" said the petite first year Koneko, and Kiba and Akeno also looked equally confused as Sakura seemed disinterested while she read her book, but her widening eyes betrayed her aloofness.
[A/N: Not gonna lie, I think my problem with writing is I take it to literal stressing me out. Hopefully, it will be a bit more relaxing and more uploads this time. Have fun guys!]