Toriko's View of Things

To say that this turn of events weren't amusing would be the understatement of the year. The large man stifled a laugh as he watched the new girl pace a bit, appearing to try and calm herself even though her outward appearance betrayed no sign of agitation. It doesn't take a genius to see that the girl wasn't from around these parts. Her cloths and her attitude gave her away that she was a city girl just lost in the woods. Unfortunately for her this island wasn't a good place to be lost in if one isn't up to par. Toriko watched Komatsu as he tried his best to help calm her down. "So let me get this straight: I'm in a place that is obsessed with food, there are two parts of the world called the human world and the Gourmet World, your a chief for the said human world and he's a what again?" The large man chuckled and replied, "I'm a Bishokuya, I collect different ingredients for different organizations and such or just because I want to eat it." The girl just shook her head slightly and sat down next to the fire. Standing up to stretch he asked, curious, "How did you exactly get here? Its not everyday that girls fall from mysterious portals in the sky." 'Not to mention pretty cute. Hm? Now where did that come from?' The hunter asked himself mentally as the girl sighed slightly. "As I said before: I was trying to help this kid get away from these stupid cultist group, got him out of there, almost got arrested for "making a false claim"" She did little air marks as she said this before continuing, "Called work and they said I could work on another building to make up my hours and the next thing I know this creepy girl with rows of teeth showed up and pushed me." She looked over in his direction. "I believe you know the rest." Komatsu nodded. "Right. As we were walking through the woods we saw this portal thing open up from the sky and the next thing we knew you fell out of it." The little chief looked over in Toriko's direction. "If it wasn't for you catching the scent we would never have known what had happened." The girl blinked a bit before looking at the hunter asking, "Catching the scent?" He repressed a shiver those eyes had sent through him. What was wrong with him today? Toriko nodded. "Let's just say I can smell things a lot better than any dog." "Better than a dog's nose?! How's that possible?!" She exclaimed. Again he had to suppress a laugh. Her reactions and expressions were just too funny but he doubt she'd appreciate the laugh at her expense.

"Let's save that for tomorrow. It's late and we all need our rest. We're gonna need it if we're going to catch that Galala Gator!" The hunter said as he started towards the jungle. "Where are you going? Its late and really dark out there." The girl called after him, making him stop in his tracks. Turning his head to look at her he replied, "I'll be fine. There isn't a thing on this island that can me head on." With that said he headed out into the night. Once away from camp Toriko shook his head as though trying to shake something off. 'What is going on with me?' He mused to himself. Ever since that girl fell on him his head and body haven't felt right but that may be just cause of her scent. What she said so far has to true; his nose detected the scents of cleaning chemicals and with it carried the scent of something highly dangerous. At the moment he couldn't prove it was so he'll just keep that to himself. No need to get her even more agitated. He chuckled a bit. She is somewhat a good actress, acting all calm like and such but her scent is giving her away. Due to her fear she is releasing a scent that will most likely draw some of the local animals over. 'Good thing we happened to be here when we did. She's pretty defenseless out here by herself. At least Komatsu has me to look out for him. Speaking of animals..' He got the scent of one nearby. It's probably best to deal with this now...

Next day

"What is up with all this noise?! Its so loud! I know the wilderness is suppose to be full of noises but this is ridiculous!" Andrea grumbled out as she covered her ears. She was hoping that all this was a bad dream, that she'd wake up in her nice comfy bed but alas, no such luck. "Ah, Toriko-san said its just the voices of the wild beasts Andrea-san. Ah, I mean Setsuna-san." Komatsu told her, clinging a bit to his rifle. Toriko and Andrea decided after talking a bit that it would be a good idea to use a different name for now.

~Flash Back~

"An alias? What for? I doubt that ANYONE is gonna know me or anything! I've never been to this crazy world or any other world before!" Andrea said indignantly, crossing her arms over her chest. "Sides that, I don't think those fools from the night before are gonna recognize me or anything! There was too much mayhem going on!" The big man sighed deeply as he once again explained his reason. "Look. All I'm saying is for now just use a different name. You said it yourself: Something brought you here. Chances are good that the ones from your world may be on our side as well. It'll just be safer to use an alias for now." Toriko looked at her seriously. "I'm not saying this just for fun. This world is dangerous enough even if you know what your doing. I can tell from just looking at you that your nowhere NEAR ready for this place let alone some of the more dangerous places." "But I..." Andrea stopped in mid-sentence. The look on his face was dead serious, his eyes hard yet full of concern. She sighed deeply. "I guess your right..." She grumbled out, trying not to blush. "It's alright Andrea. It's not so bad in the human world." Komatsu said cheerfully. "I'm a chief over there! If you like, while your working on getting home, you could get a job or something at the restaurant. Although I'm not sure if we're hiring..." He added the last part with a sigh, as if almost hating to offer something and have to take it away. She laughed slightly and reached over to ruffle his hair. "Thanks Komatsu. If things don't work out I'll take you up on your offer." Komatsu nodded with a smile. "Now then... what should your name be?" He started right before Andrea said, "Setsuna." "Eh?" Both boys went, staring at her in confusion. "Setsuna?" Komatsu asked as she nodded. "Why that name?" Toriko asked, kinda curious as to pick a name like that. She blushed a bit, making her seem cute as she replied shyly, "There are two characters from a couple of books I read that had that name hat I admired so I decided that if I ever get the chance I'd use that name." Toriko chuckled. "Oh really? That's it?" He asked, stretching out on the ground. Andrea nodded. "That and I always thought it was a cute name!" She added with a smile. 'Not as cute as you' the boys thought at the same time, tinging a bit at the smile.

~End of Flash Back~

The girl smiled a bit. The little guy may be such a timid and tiny fellow but his heart was in the right place. "Thanks Komatsu. I keep telling you there's no need to add the -san to my name." "Eh?! B..but it's disrespectful if I call you by your first name." The hunter chuckled a bit and added, "He's just saying what I told him the other day. Now remember, pay attention. The animals here are levels 3 and higher." "Levels? What are those?" Andrea...Setsuna asked the giant hunter. "Levels indicate on how strong the capture level of an animal is. The stronger the animal, the higher the capture level." She nodded, slightly confused. Capture levels? "So what is the level of the... Galala Gator thing your after?" She asked. "The Galala Gator. Um... s..supposedly it's a capture 3 but..." Komatsu said, looking around nervously as if something will jump out at him. "Ok. And why are you guys out here trying to catch it?" "The company I work for hired Toriko-san to capture the Galala Gator alive if possible so we could serve it at a party their throwing." She blinked a bit at that. "Wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight: you guys are out here hunting gators in a very dangerous place JUST so it can be eaten at a party?! Are you for real?!" "Food is the main drive for this world. Each person has their own reasons for either cooking it, eating it and the like." Toriko reasoned a bit. "What are your reasons for being out here Toriko?!" The girl growled a bit. What is wrong with these people?! Out in god knows where hunting an animal with whatever capture level JUST so they can serve it at some stupid party! The large man chuckled yet again. She really is amusing to watch to say the least. "I have two reasons why I do what I do." "Those being wha?" Andrea...Setsuna. At the moment she's Setsuna. Gotta remember that. "That's easy. I just want to eat it" Setsuna blinked again. "Say wha?" "I only hunt what I want to eat and eat only what I hunt. " "Ok..?" She said slightly confused again. This is going to be a really weird trip. Without warning she bumped into the hunter's back. "Ouch! What did you stop for?" She asked when Toriko suddenly said sharply, "Quiet. Don't say anything or move." "Eh?! Why Toriko-san?" The man behind her asked when suddenly before them a huge -tiger like animal appeared."

Her eyes felt like they were going to bug out of her head. 'That thing is about the size of an armored car!' The voice in the back of her head shouted. 'Baron Tiger. Mammal Beast. Capture Level 3.' An unknown voice said in her head. Komatsu started shaking and began to fumble around with the rifle as Toriko suddenly got a demonic like look on his face as he stared at the...tiger.. As suddenly as the animal appeared it left as the little guy finally managed to get a hold of the gun properly. " ..!" He shouted as he set up but quickly noticed it was gone. "Huh?" He went, staring blankly at the spot where it had been. 'Who the heck was that in my head?!' She wondered, quickly looking around trying to see if there was a source. Who's voice was that? It certainly wasn't hers! The voice was female that much she could... if she could tell since it was there long enough to say the name and vanished. "As I thought, something's strange is going on. The Baron Tiger usually lives deep in the marsh. Something must of drove the Friday Monkeys we saw back by the reefs. For cowardly monkeys known to hide in caves for their entire lives to be in a place like that. It must be because an extremely stronger predator!" Komatsu paled a bit at that statement. 'Friday Monkeys? Predators? What the hell have I been dropped into?!' She agonized as she asked aloud, "Wouldn't the top predator be the gator your hunting? I think you mentioned somewhere that it was the ruler of this place." "Um.. T..Toriko-san...um... like Setsuna said.. it's the Galala Gator. I'm sure..." Komatsu answered. Toriko looked at him before asking, "What do you mean?" The chief went on to explain that the information he was given suggests that the gator was close to 300 years old and may now be a capture level of 5 instead of 3. At the end of the explanation Toriko went, "Hou... that's some interesting new data." "I..it's not interesting at all!" Komatsu shouted in a panic, looking like he's five minutes from total freak out. The giant hunter put his hands on his hips and asked simply, "What happens to the "taste"?" "Eh?" Komatsu went as the girl asked curiously, "What do you mean taste?"

A bit of drool started to form as he continued, "A 300 year old Galala Crocodile... the meat's taste would mature and become better, wouldn't it?" He a got a gleam in his eyes, appearing lost in thought in the thought of trying to eat it. "I want to try eating it!" To himself he thought, 'One might be decided... one item of my Full Course Menu! Maybe I'll use them for the first time in a while... fork and knife!' 'Someone once said that somewhere in the world there exists an ingredient so delicious you can't even blink your eyes. With a 'scent' that makes you forget to exhale and before you know it, it becomes impossible to stop drooling. And at the moment it's been eaten your body will give out a cry as if it's been born again..!' "Now who the hell is that?! Am I hearing things?!" Setsuna growled out as she quickly whipped her head around, trying to locate that voice. "Are you alright Setsuna-san...ah Setsuna?" Komatsu asked in a concern voice, worry on his features. She sighed silently and replied with a smile, "I'm fine. I must be hearing things so please don't mind me." "Your not going crazy are you?" Toriko added in with concern. She twitched a bit that. "No. I am NOT going crazy! Jeesh! If anyone's crazy it's you for hunting an extremely dangerous creature!" He laughed at that bold statement and started walking, giving her the feeling he did think she was nuts. "This is going to be a really REALLY long day." She muttered as the group followed him deeper into the marsh. She tried not to grumble as she walked, walking around the roots of trees when Toriko suddenly said, "By the way Komatsu... From here on there aren't any beasts that you can kill with a rifle." "EH?!" Komatsu shouted in disbelief. Can't kill with rifles? That's hard to believe. As the group continued to walk she suddenly noticed that Toriko got way ahead of them. "Toriko-san! Wait up for us! We're falling way behind!" "Can't you walk more slowly for us?! Your walking way too fast for us to be able to keep up!" Setsuna called after the large man. Jeesh. Wasn't he the one telling them to careful yet here he was going way yonder?

A rustle in some nearby bushes was all the warning they had when suddenly a frog like monster popped up, making Komatsu let out a yell and made the girl jump nearly ten feet into the air. "What the hell is that?!" She almost shouted, noticing that it's skin was blue, had a wide set face that somewhat resembled a snake but had the features of a frog. Without warning it suddenly keeled over earning a "what the hell" reaction from the two. Toriko sighed deeply as he walked over and picked the dead thing up with ease. "Jeesh you two. Don't be making noise over every little thing. What was that Ngyyaa Komatsu? Setsuna really? Don't all girls scream or something?" "Not every woman has to scream Toriko." She retorted back, biting back a growl. Really now! It should of been obvious by now that she wasn't a delicate girl! "S...sorry.. It's my first time seeing a live snake frog. I always handled them in the kitchen." Komatsu told Toriko, looking a bit sheepish. "Eh?! You mean you handle things like that in a kitchen?!" She asked in shock. What kind of kitchen handles monsters like that?! "Why not Setsuna? These guys are a delicacy for their livers." She turned a bit green on that. "Livers...really?" "Yup!" Toriko answered with a boyish grin. Suddenly feeling her face heat up she quickly turned around to hide it from him. What the hell? "K...whatever you say.." was all she replied as Komatsu shouted, "Something's stuck on me! Toriko-san what is this?!" The girl quickly turned back to face them to see a huge leech on his hand. The creature was roughly the size of a basketball and was sucking away at his blood. "That looks like a leech. Are they normally that big?" She asked, quickly cheeking to see if she got one on her somewhere. "Correct Setsuna. It's a leech. It's just sucking your blood so don't pay it any mind." "I do mind! It's gross!" The little guy shouted again, panicking once again. She stifled a laugh. Ever since she met these two she noticed the little guy was always quick to panic. Just as he was about to use his other hand to get it off Toriko said, "Hey, hey. If you try to force it it'll only make the wound bigger. Hang on for a second." With that said he dug around in his pocket for a minute and pulled out some leaves. "What are those?" The two asked as Toriko replied, "Mangrove leaves. You saw them at the island's entrance remember Komatsu? Let me see your hand." Komatsu stuck his hand out as the hunter raised the hand holding the leaves just above the leech and began to squeeze them. After a few seconds a few drops started to appear at the bottom and when they got enough liquid the drops fell onto the leech which fell off a split second later. "UWAH! You got it off! How?!" Much as she hate to admit but she wanted to know as well. How can a droplet of water from a leaf make a leech come off? Unless... was the lead salty somehow?

"Leeches hate it when you put salt on them." Toriko answered, still holding the leaf in his hand. "Eh? S..salt?" Komatsu asked, surprise on his face. "The mangrove's roots deposit the salt content of the seawater they absorb into the leafs. So the mangrove's leaves and fruit get so salty that even bugs won't eat them." Komatsu pulled out a pen and paper and proceeded to write down this new Intel. "I see- So that surprised the leech then.." Toriko continued on. "But depending on the type, there are leaves that are edible. So study up on it Chef Komatsu." Komatsu continued taking note. "I'm taking notes." He mumbled a bit as he finished up the last bit and continued to follow the giant hunter. Setsuna stifled a laugh. These two are quite funny to listen to and watch. Not that she was complaining about the new information, she was grateful to have it in case something happens. As the trio continued to make their way further into the marsh the girl took the opportunity to study the man in front of her. As before, the man's frame was definitely huge. If she was a gambler she'd bet her entire book collection that all that mass on him was pure muscles. His height was a bit intimating though. Toriko had to be pushing at least 7 or at the very least 7'2 but she wasn't very good at judging distances. And what was with his outfit? An orange job suit with knee high black boots with the pants tucked into them. Who the heck wore that bright of a color in the wild? 'Although he does give me the impression that not many will screw with him.' She mused as she continued her study. Blue hair that went to the back of his neck, she suspected that it was naturally that color. Brown catlike eyes (at least they seemed catlike at times) strong, angular facial features with three scars that started under his left ear to his ear. In her opinion he wasn't that bad looking, massive yes, but not bad looking. 'At leas he has a very nice backside.' Setsuna thought as her gaze drifted to his lower extremities. She blinked a bit. Ok! Somehow this became a checking out time to move onto the other man. Komatsu wasn't that tall to be sure. If she again had to bet she'd say he would be about 5'1 give or take. She was taller then him by at least 4 or 5 inches. Brownish black hair, depending on the light hit it, brown eyes as well, and to be blunt gave her the impression he was still a child. Must be the height and the way he's acting, although its quite funny at times. He was kinda cute in his own way.

She looked up at the sky and blinked. "What the? Is that a flying lobster? What the heck are those things?" She asked as the lobster bird thing continued to fly along with its many strange brethren. The boys looked up and saw. "Th..there sure are a lot of mystery birds up there." Komatsu said with nervousness showing in voice. "Mystery birds?" "The Baron Island is famous for its many mystery birds. With those guys holding mastery of the sky you can't even get here in helicopters." "Ah. That's why we came by boat then." Komatsu said as he continued looking up. "Speaking of boat I have to ask, how the heck are we getting off this island?" Setsuna asked, making sure to stay even closer to the boys. Not that she was gonna take off or anything but so far this place has definitely got her worried. Toriko looked up again and said, "The sun's gonna set soon. How bout we rest here for the day?" "We're not gonna enter the marsh?" Komatsu asked, slightly surprised look on his face. Toriko looked at him threw the corner of his eye. "Well the Galala Crocodile is a nocturnal. So its better to go after it during the day when it's sluggish. We'll enter the marsh tomorrow!"

~A little later~

She watched Komatsu cook the snake frog or whatever over the fire on a spit that Toriko had put together. "I don't know about this..." She muttered uneasily. "Never been one for eating snakes...or frogs for that matter." "Aww don't be like that Andrea! Give it a shot before you pass judgement on it!" Toriko said as he watched the chef cook it. 'Easy for you to say since your the one who's been drooling over it since he first started.' She thought with slight annoyance as she continued to watch it cook. Looking around a bit she saw that the island's animals had started to form a ring around them. She gulped a bit. Hope they weren't hungry enough to try and attack them. "Komatsu! Is it done yet?! The smell is driving me crazy!" The hunter said with a gleam in his eye as he watched the food cook. "Ah one second." Was the reply as the chef cut into the meat. "I believe it's done. I'm sorry if it doesn't taste very good at the moment. I don't have any spices with me at the moment." "Don't worry about that! Give me a piece!" Toriko said as he quickly got himself a huge chunk and started to devour it Once he took a bite, his face got soft and went, "Yummyy! This snake frog is delicious! Try some!" He said that last bit as he thrust some into the girl's hands. "W..well... I..." She started as she took a peek at Komatsu, who was watching with a nervous expression at her. She sighed deeply and took a bite. Eyes widening she exclaimed, "This...this is really good!" Before she knew it she had quickly devoured the piece before going back for more. "Eh?! R...really?!" Komatsu asked, eyes shining with pride. "Its not my best work so..." "If this isn't the best then I would LOVE to see what you can whip up!" She told him as she continued to eat. "There's wine too! Want some?" Toriko asked between mouthfuls. Setsuna shook her head. "No thanks. I don't drink that much." He shrugged and offered some to the little chef. Komatsu, who was holding his hand, went "Be that as it may Toriko. The bleeding hasn't really stopped from the spot where the leech was." "Let me see." The girl walked over, sat by him and gently took his hand. Sure enough. It was still bleeding pretty good even though the leech fell off hours ago. "I'd take care of it but most of my stuff was in my bad." She said apologetically as she did her best to clean the blood up, earning a blush from him as Toriko said, "When leeches suck blood they release a substance called "Hirudin". It's a substance that keeps the blood from clotting. It'll stop eventually." "When is eventually?" The two asked at the same time. Komatsu cleared his throat a bit, face going pale slightly as he asked, "A..also why are these bird beasts..." "Their hungry." The large man said simply. "On this island that should be lush with resources there's a food shortage." "Food shortage? From what?" The girl asked, looking around at the many different bird things that were watching them. By their nature, galala crocodiles are omnivores and big eaters. If the IGO's data is correct then I don't doubt that this is the work of a 300 year old Galala Gator." Toriko took a moment to take a drink from yet another bottle of booze. Seriously what is with this man and booze? "It's not just the baron marsh. The possibility of it devouring everything on the island isn't low." With that statement the already pale chef grew even more paler. "You could say that 200,000 species of living things are facing a crisis.. No... wait a minute please!" "Meep?!" Setsuna went in surprise as the already excited chef abruptly stood up and continued. "Even the Galala Crocodile can even adapt to the ocean! When there are no more resources it'll go into the sea and...!" "Sh!" Toriko interrupted him. "Be quiet!"

"What is it?" Komatsu asked as it suddenly got very quiet. 'This can't be good.' She thought as she looked around as a split second later the mystery birds took off in a flash of wings and feathers. The water the group sat next to suddenly started to bubble when the next instant a giant snake like creature burst out of the water. She barely jumped while Komatsu freaked out as Toriko just looked at it. "What is this thing called again?" "IT'S A SWAMP SNAKE TORIKO-SAN!" Komatso shouted in fear as he freaked out. Setsuna watched as the little guy continued. "It's capture level is 5! And that it's said that as long as it's in the swamp , not even the Galala Crocodile can carelessly attack it!" "Swamp snake? No way." Toriko said, undisturbed by the giant. 'I'd believe that too but...something's wrong. That creature...it looks weird...' The girl thought as Toriko noticed something. "Mu?" She was right as the snake shivered and collapsed onto the shore, dead and with a huge chunk torn out of it. "What the?" Setsuna said as she slowly walked over to the boys. "Eh? It's dead?" Komatsu stated in surprise as Toriko went, "Wha.. what is with this wound?!" The girl suddenly got a chill down her spine. 'Wha..what was that?' She wondered, looking around and behind her. "One bite and that was enough to end its life. What amazing jaw's power. And the sheer size of it!" 'The 300 year old Galala Crocodile?! But it still doesn't make sense!' The hunter thought as he tried to figure out what happened when he happened to gaze down at the snake and saw leeches still on the body. The girl jumped a foot when all heard a stomp right behind her. Komatsu slowly turned around as Toriko went, "I see. The reason for this snake's capture level is of course due to it's strength but the difficulty of finding it in the swamp is a large part of it!" The chef paled considerably as he stammered out, "To..Toriko-san..." Gulping slightly she slowly turned around and came face to face with a VERY large crocodile. Unlike the ones from her world this one had six legs and tusks. "It's the smell of blood." Toriko turned around and looked directly at the crocodile. "From the moment we landed on this island we were already marked as targets weren't we?" "Eh?! How?!" Setsuna went as Komatsu quickly dragged her closer to them. Toriko calmly cracked his knuckles as he said, "Stand back Komatsu and Setsuna." 'No kidding fool! If you want to fight it then by all means! I can't out run this thing fast enough even though my life depends on it!' She thought, trying her best not to freak out. Freaking out won't do her any good and will most likely create a burden on the boys. Bad enough she can't hunt but to cook it as well she may as well surrender now. 'Galala Crocodile. 300 years old. Reptile Beast. Estimated Capture Level 8. '

'Th-th-that's not a crocodile! That's a dinosaur!' Komatsu thought as he shivered in fear. Setsuna placed herself between him and the crocodile without thinking about it. This REALLY sucks. Suddenly cold shivers went down their spine as the impression of another dinosuar came up from behind. "I said stand back you two." It said. "Toriko-san?!" "Toriko?!" Both went as they turned around just in time to see said dino. Both thought at the same time, 'There are two dinosaurs here!' The two ran like hell out of there as Toriko walked a bit closer to it. "I wonder how long it's been since I've seen a prey that dares to fight me.." He muttered as th croc suddenly charged forward and attacked. Easily dodging the first attack he managed to land a hit and that continued on for a bit: attack, dodge and punch. At leauntitled did till the croc nailed Toriko in the stomach with its tailed. "Ouch!" He went got a sharp look and grabbed its tail and threw it on the ground a little ways from him. 'That's completely amazing! I've never seen anything like it before!' Setsuna thought as Komatsunthought, 'I see typo dinosaurs!' She saw the hunter look at his arm as if he noticed something. "Hey Komatsu!" "Y...yes! I see two dinosaurs!" "eh? Did your bleeding stop? Look at where the leech bit!" "What the?" She went as the chef said, "Huh.. blood? Ah no... There's still a little WHAT THE?! There's another one stuck?!" "What?!" The girl went as she watched him lift his hand up to reveal another huge leech. "Ooh crap!" Quickly checking herself and to her dismay there was one right on her arm. Mama Mia! Get it off!" "I just recalled that these are baron leeches! The parasitic leech! If you had your blood sucked by one of these the bleeding won't stop or a half day!" 'The large komodo dragon are known for having 60 species of bacteria in its saliva in its mouth. So even if it doesn't give a fatal injury, it will wait until the prey is weakened and go and finish it off.' Toriko continued, "The galala croc is keeping a bunch in its mouth! It spreads those leeches and uses it sense of smell to find preys that had its blood sucked!" No way! Is that even possible?!

"Eh?! That means I'm it's target?!" Komatsu freaked out. "So that's what happened to the swamp snake. So I guess it's better not to drag this fight out too long." Toriko mused as he brushed off the leeches. "Komatsu! Is it all right that if I don't capture it alive?" "eh? What? Capture it alive?" A chill went down her spine as Toriko's face took on the demonic look again as he asked, "Is it all right if I beat the heck out of it?" The chef held up his hands as he nodded his approve-full quickly.

Toriko's view of things

For the first time in years he went into battle mode. As he did all the living things fled their home except the galala crocodile. Due to the ignorance of not knowing a life threatening danger it stayed to fight. 'I'll show him respect and show him the tools of humans!' The impression he was giving off was a japanese demon holding a fork and knife with the crocodile on a gigantic plate. The sight of sight made her grow cold while it made poor Komatsu pee his pants. After rubbing his hands together he then placed his hands together as if in prayer. After bowing his head he said, "I give my thanks to all the food in the world." with that said he got his knife and fork ready just as the croc started to attack. "Fork!" He shouted as he stabbed his hand into the croc and easily lifted the heavy animal off the ground. With the other hand he used knife and cut the croc's head off easily. Grinning like a mad man he let the body fall as he repeated the rubbing of hands again and put his hands together. Bowing his head he said, "thanks for the treat." He looked over at the others and said with a smile, "Mission accomplished! Lets eat!" 'What the heck was that? He looked like a Japanese hanya.' she thought as she watched him smiling like nothing had happen. Glancing over at Komatsu she noticed that he was crying but didn't know if it relief from surrviving or what. She looked at Toriko again. What was his true form? The one with the smile of a man or the demon one? Or was it both? "What are you crying and standing around for? Let's eat!"

~later on~

"That smells absolutely delicious Komatsu." Setsuna told him warmly as the food was yet again cooked on a spit. This was the most interesting thing she has ever saw, a giant crocodile cooked over a biggest spit she has ever see . (Well, 2nd if one counts seeing Toriko turn into some demon) "Is it really alright?" Komatsu asked in a worried tone. "What is?" The girl asked as she watched as the hunter reach over to the meat, cutting off a slice of the meat. "I mean to eat the requested meat right here." "I don't see why not Komatsu. That's an awful lot of meat to carry back and I doubt we could." "It's alright. Either way we won't be able to carry it all back. And it's done!" Toriko immediately started to drool at the sight of the meat. Seriously. These people must REALLY love food. "Look the froslowing fat is shining. It's like a jewel." Ooook then. Just as she started to feel weirded out he ate it whole. When he finished he went, "Mmmmm! So good!" "Is it really?" Komatsu asked as he cut himself a slice. His eyes widen as he ate. "S..so good! Here Andrea! Try some!" He said the last part as he handed her a slice. She took a small bite and her eyes widen. This tasted unlike anything before! This was better then the snake frog thing she had before! As the group continued to cook the meat the chef said, " Hey Toriko-San can I ask you something?" Immediately the reply was, "No." She blinked a bit as Komatsu went, "No but I haven't even asked you yet." Toriko sighed a bit and asked, "what is it?" The chef asked him shyly, "if you do something like this again... Can I come with you?" "Decide it by yourself. You were lucky this time." "Yea but after that I'm unlucky?!" She giggled a bit they exchanged conversation. "I consider myself quite lucky. If you two hadn't shown up like you did I'd been someone's dinner right now." The boys blinked a bit at thought before nodding slowly. "Very true." "Another thing... Thank you guys for believing about what I said. I highly doubt that someone would of believed me right away." The boys looked at each for a second before laughing a bit. "We kinda had no choice since you landed right in front of us and on me." Toriko told her with a grin which got a laugh out of her. "Good point." She looked up and saw the sun rising. "Huh. We stayed up all night and didn't even realize it." "ACK!" Komatsu went as he looked behind the group. "What is it? Komatsu?" "We ate all of it! This is bad Toriko!" "Eh?! No way!" The girl as she whipped her head to look at it. True enough there was nothing left but a pile of bones and...wait...was Toriko's stomach that large before? "Idiot." the now large hunter went. "I made sure we saved some, see?!" At that remark he held up a leech. "That's a leech Toriko! How the heck is gonna be pulled off?!" She sighed deeply as she continued. "We should of put some aside for Komatsu." "Its not enough?" "Of course its not enough! Aiii what am I going to tell the bureau director?! Am I going to be fired over this?!" Burping the hunter said with a blissed out smile, "Tell the IGO this: It was freaking delicious!" "How is that going to solve things?!" Kotmatsu demanded. "But its still a step away from being put onto my full course menu, I think.." "So in the end your saying it wasn't good enough?!" As the two went back forth the girl thought to herself, 'I can already tell this is going to be quite an interesting adventure. I hope I can get home soon.' Looking up at the sky she continued. 'How in the world did I get here? If I figure out that riddle will it help me get home?' She took a glance at the huge belly of the hunter and the chef and couldn't help but give a slight smile. 'At least I made some allies on the first day here. Hope my time here is always like this. Only minus almost getting eaten by a giant ass croc. I can do without that.'