Isekai Restuarant (Rewrite)

- Silas -

I woke up the next day to the view of pink hair and the feeling of soft breathing on my chest. Shuna was breathing peacefully.

She looked almost exquisite. The soft pink hair smelled like cherry blossoms, the shampoo she used. They framed her face perfectly. Even the two white horns only enhanced her beauty instead of looking out of place.

She looked almost like a fairy of some kind… which wouldn't be wrong either.

In Japan as well as many parts of the world, Oni are considered spirits or even Land Gods by the people.

There are stories of both destructive as well as benevolent Oni and from what I know now, they actually exist.

She had grown quite close to me in the last two weeks.

Say whatever about Lavy but she was the best wingwoman a man can ask for.

Still, it wouldn't have worked if not for Shuna actually wanting this.

It was early morning and I needed to do my regular morning exercise so I lightly kissed her head and got up.

I had to start preparing everything for tomorrow's party.

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I cleaned my knife while Sakura-chan served the order to the guests.

Magic was really convenient for cleaning but I preferred taking care of my knives by myself. For other things, magic was fine. Although not everyone in the Restaurant liked using magic for cleaning. In fact, other than me, everyone else preferred cleaning with their hands.

Sakura, Lavy, even Shuna and Tohru, of all people liked doing the chores with their own hands. They enjoyed it so even I didn't have any complaints.

I guess it gave them a feeling of normalcy, a life away from their chaotic supernatural life which they had been living all this time and they wanted to enjoy this feeling more.

After completing my work, I came out of the kitchen and sat with the other guests.

Ikki had come to visit with Yoruichi who was currently enjoying fried fish with vigour.

All her bills went on Kisuke's tab… something which the man had been forced to agree to with tears in his eyes.

"You guys are coming to tomorrow's party, right?" I asked Ikki as he finished eating.

"Party? Oh, the party. Yes. Kisuke-san was talking about that. I didn't know the details though. Is it tomorrow?"

"Hmm. Be sure to come."

"Thank you. I will be there." He replied, happily.

Ikki was a great guy.

"So, how is your training going?"

"I am practicing the movement techniques and spiritual techniques to refine my control over my Spiritual Power. I can feel my power increase with every session." He explained happily. He was really in a great mood after that training. "I think the food from the Restaurant helps too."

"Umm, it does. Although only slightly almost like a drop, at a time, I can feel my power increase every time I eat something." Yoruichi added. "If I had this kind of food from the start, I could probably match Old Man Yama by now."

"Old Man Yama?" Yama as in the God of Death?

Then again, they were Shinigami so maybe they even had their own version of Yama in that world.

"Hmm, you could take him as the boss of the Shinigami." Was all the cat said before concentrating back on the milk.

"I see." I nodded and then looked at Ikki. "I guess your training was fruitful then?"

"Very. I am very thankful for this opportunity."

"All you need to do now is keep on fighting. Only in pressure can you grow. Fighting with Ichigo can only give you so much gain."

"The carrot head?" I asked. "Hmm, yeah… he did seem a bit weak." I nodded.

Yoruichi stopped and looked at me with an almost human-like deadpan…

"W-what?" I asked, defensively.

"It's not that he is weak, it's just you who is too strong." The cat deadpanned. "In fact, while the kid might not have control or even skill, he has the raw power in spades. He just needs to know how to control it."

"Eh, really?" He didn't look like it though.

"Yes, Ichigo-kun is rough around the edges but his power… that kind of power could easily get him the Rank of an A Class Blazer." Ikki replied…

I didn't understand what A Class meant or how strong they were but I understood that Ikki was F Rank so they must be far stronger than Ikki… or at least the former Ikki. After all, Ikki had grown from his training too.

"Well, if you want to fight then you can try asking some of the other customers. Cid-ku… I mean, Shadow-kun also got a device of his own. You can ask him for a spar if you want. He is very good at swordsmanship."

"Really! Would he agree?"

"Well, he is a very good guy. I don't see him disagreeing. You just have to…" I explained to him about Cid's habit of roleplaying and he, while looking a bit awkward, agreed.

"Do you think Cid-sa… I mean Shadow-san will accept that?"

"You can try to ask." I shrugged.

He nodded and finished his food and decided to wait for Cid's arrival.

Suddenly remembering the girl from last night I told Yoruichi about her and she said she will manage that.

Tatsuki didn't know about the Supernatural. Her world was quite similar to mine in a way that normal people were not exactly aware of the supernatural. The Shinigami went full MiB there too, although for them it was easier as normal people couldn't even see them or hollows.

In the meantime, more guests came in too so I went to prepare their orders too.

Tohru with Lucoa-san and Fafnir were the first.

Fafnir went directly to the room where Saitama was sitting with Ainz and I found my lips twitching.

Was my Restaurant turning into a Game Parlour?

Then again, Fafnir was a lost cause.

He had fallen so hard right after the first day of gaming that he hadn't done anything other than play games since then.

Tohru still looked a bit guilty about yesterday.

"Umm, boss… about yesterday…"

"It wasn't your fault, Tohru." I stopped her before she could say anything.

"Eh?"

"You did the right thing. In fact, I don't know if I could have held back as much as you did in that case. You didn't attack them unless they attacked you first, even after their insults. I am proud of you for holding back." I patted her head.

To some extent, I wasn't lying.

I had been extremely angry when those bastards had called him a 'human sacrifice' and might have punched that old man in the face if not for Rimuru. Tohru, she held back. In a way, she had done a lot better than me.

"Thank you, boss. I knew you would understand me." Her face lit up at the words.

"Alright, alright, now get to work. We have a crowd forming in the Restaurant."

"Yes Boss!"

Lavy had taken Yuri and Narberal with her to make ids for several people. Tanya was getting the paperwork ready. Orihime was off to school. She only works during evenings. And finally, Sakura and Shuna were teaching the Oni who would come to live in my world. So right now only Tohru was left to serve the customers here.

I began to cook and Tohru served the customers.

A while later, another group I hadn't seen for a while entered the Restaurant.

"Yo Silas-kun, how are you doing?" Gojo-sensei asked in his usual upbeat tone as soon as he entered.

"Gojo-sensei. Please have a seat." I smiled at them. "Yuji, Megumi and Kugisaki-san."

The trio nodded at me too.

I saw Tohru throwing a glare at Yuji, making the guy bow his head in fear. I coughed slightly and she went off to her work and the guy finally relaxed.

"Sakura-chan isn't here?" He asked, looking around.

"She is out for some work. Is something the matter?"

"Nah, nothing urgent. The dates for your Jujutsu Sorcerer exams have been decided. It will be held in a month. We have several new promotions in line due to the recent events and each of them takes some time. Anyways, Nanami will explain everything when he comes later. What about Naruto-kun?"

"Naruto… he is out. He might come later on."

"Is something the matter with Naruto?" Gojo-sensei asked.

Dammit… are my thoughts written on my face?

"No. I can just read minds." He smiled, raising his eyeband.

…

"Now you are just messing with me."

"Hahahaha yeah, I am. Your expressions are just very easy to read. That is all."

Sigh…

I told them about Naruto's case.

"Your guess was probably right. They called him a weapon… a human sacrifice, a property of the village… Sure not everyone was like that. Many didn't even know he was the son of their previous leader. The bastard was keeping his identity a secret but had spread that he carried the fox… to supposedly make him a hero." I told Gojo-sensei, shaking my head. "As if the hero of the people is called a sacrifice."

"Hah… no matter the world, there are always decrepit old fools who cling desperately to power." He sighed.

"Did you go and punch those bastards?" Kugisaki asked. "If not then we can go and do that, can't we sensei?"

"I don't think that will be necessary. Tohru and Milim… they did more than enough. I warned them before leaving. I don't think they will do anything else."

"Oh? What did they do?" Gojo-sensei asked, curiously.

"Blasted a mountain sized trench across the country all the way to the ocean."

Yuji spat his drink on hearing this, drenching Megumi. The boy on the other hand was too stunned to say anything.

Even Gojo-sensei was stunned beyond words.

"Hold up… I don't think I understood that clearly." He asked again so I went on to explain everything, from their actions to me freezing the tsunami and Lucoa fixing everything later.

"Moon? She tore apart the moon?" Kugisaki looked like she was going to have a panic attack.

Yeah.

I was far stronger than her and yet I was shaken by that scene, let alone her.

"Well, she was a real life Goddess after all."

…

As we were discussing, the gate to the Restaurant opened and a familiar and yet unexpected face showed up again.

"Shop owner-san? How are you? Working right after such a huge event, you are truly youthful." The man in green said.

"Oi, who the fuck is he? A curse of some kind?" Kugisaki whispered.

"And what kind of curse would he be?" Megumi asked with a deadpan.

"I don't know, a curse of bad eyebrows, horrible fashion sense… who knows?"

While they were bantering, I looked at him.

He truly didn't look like he was aware of anything.

As he was coming towards me, he crashed slightly with Lucoa-san who had just come out but he didn't show any reaction. In fact, he picked up her handkerchief from the floor and offered it back to her with a smile while apologising for not looking where he was going.

…there was no way anyone from that place could do that with a straight face after what they had seen last night.

"Guy-san. I haven't seen you for a few days." I asked with a smile.

"Ah, yes. I have been out on a mission. I just returned this morning after hearing about what happened in the village. I have been busy with the reconstruction and now have to leave for another mission. I saw the shop was safe and open so I thought I should get a bite to eat to ignite my youth!"

…

He suddenly stopped when he reached me and looked at Gojo-sensei.

"Kakashi, my eternal rival. What are you doing here?"

…huh?

"And your band is on both your eyes now? Is it some kind of training for honing your senses? Truly, your flames of youth know no bounds. Alright, I will tie a band around my eyes as I do my daily work too. If I can't do that, I will run five thousand laps around the village and if I can't do that, I will do twelve thousand pushups."

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"You still think he is human?" Kugisaki whispered to Megumi and this time even I doubted if he was a human.

I mean I had seen a frogman in that world so who knows if there were other races there too? It didn't look out of place for there to be someone like him.

"These are my students." Gojo-sensei pointed towards the three who were looking blankly at the situation.

"Students? You took on a Genin Team, Kakashi? How youthful of you? Yosh, it's decided. I will take on a team of my own and then we can compete on who trains their team better!"

Gojo-sensei looked at him quietly for a while… and then smiled widely.

I suddenly had a bad feeling about it.

"Yosh. Your feelings of… youth are indeed admirable, my friend. Then when we meet again, let's race across the village with our legs tied and balancing cabbages on our heads. The loser gives the winner a piggyback ride across the village."

…

The fuck are you saying?

Do you even know what you're talking about?

I looked at Guy and… was he crying?

"You finally understand me, Kakashi, my eternal rival. Yosh, for that alone. I challenge you to a duel. Rock-Papers-Scissors. Loser pays for the food."

"Got it."

And they started playing too.

Meanwhile, we looked at the two strangely.

Thankfully, it looked like the other three were as confused as me.

Guy and Gojo-sensei ate their meal and played for an hour before he suddenly remembered that he had to go out on a mission and left.

He even paid for Gojo-sensei's bill.

"Do you know what happened?"

"Nope… no clue at all. Are you sure that guy wasn't a Curse or a crazy Cursed User?"

I shook my head as if to shake off the madness I had just witnessed.

"A-anyways, there is a party in the Restaurant tomorrow. Many of my guests will be coming. You guys are invited as well. Oh, please help me invite the others too. Nanami-sensei, Shoko-san as well as the rest of the students."

"Ohh, a party. Great, we will be there."