NUUC

Ultimate Chef Meets Ultimate Hunter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Toriko.

Previously on Naruto Uzumaki: Ultimate Chef,

"Hello boy. May I ask why you are out here in the rain?" Naruto raised his head and saw a strange old lady with the weirdest outfit and hair style like a bun but he noticed something else. The rain never got on this old lady's clothes or the bags of food she was carrying. Even the dirt on the ground parted as she took a step closer to the blonde. "My name is Setsuno. I have seen everything." Naruto flinched for this old lady to call him a demon like the others but instead, "I am impressed and I always wanted an apprentice in this long life." Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing; and he couldn't stop wanting to take the chance.

Years later, in the other part of the Human World which comprises of merely 30% of the landmass of the entire world. The other 70% was a forbidden area called the Gourmet World which was a place only the greatest and most powerful people in the world may live and call it their vacations. Which included a certain chef who had been training Naruto into becoming her successor, Lady Setsuno. Right now, she was escorting a pair of people across the Gourmet Town, towards her own restaurant.

"Here we are." She said with the shortest one in company in disbelief that for a living legend, her place was nothing to show off; the tallest one wasn't even bothered. He was a very well built man wearing a white tuxedo, on his head were unusual blue hair and on his left ear were three scars across horizontally. The former was also wearing a tuxedo but was rather short for his age, almost as the latter with black hair and normal human features. Still the inside was something consider because it was so refined and clean.

"Don't worry Komatsu, you will still love Granny Setsuno's food. She is still a Gourmet Treasure and it is mostly to her cooking skills and her own dishes." The tallest man addressed the shortest as Komatsu who could seem to be doing better; not with the expression of suspense on his face.

"I know Toriko. I just can't believe that I am actually in the restaurant that Lady Setsuno owns. I can't wait for any of her dishes!" Komatsu in return addressed the tall man with blue hair as Toriko.

After witnessing Setsuno cook at a superhuman pace with nigh prefect precision, equaling up to 8 master chefs at once all by herself, they enjoyed some "Garlic Bird" Parent Child Donburi. It was out of this world to their tongues but Setsuno had her own share of surprise when Komatsu correctly guessed some of the ingredients from the mere taste and including some of the spices used to improve the flavor. This was the sign of a chef that can stand out from even the other super cooks because without written recipes, they can barely learn how to make dishes they never seen before or even tasted before.

Now it was time to taste the best dish in Setsuno's full course. The soup, Century Soup. Said to only be made if cooked form an entire one hundred years of ingredients. And because of that, the smell can attract an entire population to its source because of its rich scent. That is why it is a legendary soup that only a cook like Setsuno can make it sooner, up to between twenty and thirty years the longest.

Komatsu was speechless about this soup and this time, he actually shocked Setsuno by understanding this soup just like with the last dish. He correctly got one of the 'limitless' ingredients, "Silk Bird Remnants". Of course, Toriko had to remind him about the traces of "Mineral Coconuts" in the soup as well which amused Setsuno greatly.

Then Komatsu remarked that while the soup was wonderful in both taste and scent, it seemed to be incomplete so the real taste of the Century Soup was still unknown. Then Setsuno had set her mind straight, "How about you will visit my kitchen. Where I cook all my real dishes." Setsuno said and got her customers ready for it greatly with pure excitement. Yet they only stayed behind a little longer to savor what is left of the Century Soup inside the pot.

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The way down to the kitchen was long and dark until a light came on and Komatsu was able to get a good glimpse of the kitchen. It was like big enough for a giant to fit in and cook the food instead of a woman that was shorter than Komatsu himself. The short man with raven hair was absolutely brimming with excitement

Then there was an alarm in the kitchen and out came from the long hallway was a massive creature. It highly resembled a Lobster but its hide was a rustic brown, like the theme color of oysters. Its arms and legs were composed of edging that made the limbs long retractable. The pincers were as massive as those on a lobster and the claws shined brightly and sharp. Its mouth was highly composed of teeth so much, it looked like there is no lip around them. Its eyes were also attached to the body by retractable stems. The tail looked like it could retract as well as it had spikes that could pop out in an instant.

[Spearhead Lobster, Adaptive Crustacean Beast. Capture Level 67.]

"It is a Spearhead Lobster!" Komatsu panicked as the beast trashed the kitchen below in its rampage. "And it is destroying your kitchen! Lady Setsuno, shouldn't you do something about this monster?"

Setsuno giggled and shook her head, "I would but don't worry. I have an employee handy who takes care of such things." And just like that the Spearhead Lobster was about to try and eat them when it suddenly halted and collapsed on the ground, unconscious!

"Master, I told you that we need to spare some of that money for these lousy cages. They keep on escaping and I will have to keep on repairing the bars they broke." That was a voice that even Toriko didn't recognize but Setsuno sure did as she was giggling the whole time.

"You complain too much but that is because you are my precious apprentice." Setsuno giggled and the man nodded and came out for both Toriko and Komatsu to see perfectly. The man had blond hair and ocean blue eyes never seen before normally in Gourmet Town and especially not together in one man. He was wearing a normal cook's uniform; a large apron, a cook's hat and long sleeves to protect his skin from anything that might burn it. On his belt that kept the apron tight around his waist were some king of throngs and knifes in their sheaths.

Then the man noticed both hunter and chef. "Sorry about all that." The man said as he levitated up to the catwalk where they were standing on. "My name is Naruto. I am the apprentice cook under Lady Setsuno's training."

"Toriko." The blue haired hunter could only say so little under his surprises, "And this is Komatsu. He is a cook too." Komatsu nodded and Naruto looked down and around Komatsu.

"Must have some birth defect that prevented you from achieving normal height for your age huh?" Naruto said and Komatsu looked down in shame, "But I can fix that. If you want me too."

"What?"

"WHAT!? YOU CAN!?" Komatsu's reaction was way different than Toriko's fully. He had thought that he will live his life as the underdeveloped cook that happened to be good at what he does; that is how he stayed a cook at Hotel Gourmet. But this? This is the answer to all his troubles and has been here this whole time?

"Yes but do you want me too?" Naruto asked once again and Toriko was about to say yes, thinking of what his best buddy the cook can look like if Naruto was going to fix this underdeveloped but the blonde stopped his word. "I asked Komatsu, not you Toriko." Naruto said with a stern tone that showed that the blonde had no room in his head today for such nonsense and unfairness.

"Yes I do." Naruto thought he heard an answer but wanted to see just how strong this conviction is. Naruto wordless said that he couldn't hear Komatsu so the cook took in a huge breath before unleashing a voice that shook the entire kitchen. "YES I DO! I DO!"

"Good. This will be weird and you will have to expect a little bad tingling but it will be worth it." Naruto said before a cloak came out of nowhere and covered Komatsu into something that of a cocoon. Then Naruto moved in a blur that even someone like Toriko had a hard time keeping up but in flashes, the hunter was able to see Naruto use something kind of knifes in both of his heads. It was like Naruto was preparing the cream on a cake as the blonde was using the two knifes to model the cocoon into something similar than before but was larger and taller. Then Naruto pulled out the cloak to reveal something that surprised everyone who was the witness to this miracle.

Komatsu, who used to be 155 cm or a little over 5' in height, was now more like 6' 5" or 198 cm. And another thing to notice is that somehow his nails had grown long and so did his head hair. "Komatsu?"

"…Yeah." The new Komatsu said as he realized that he was experiencing the worst growing pains ever. So much that moving his arms and legs was something alien to him; now that is messed up. "You really did it. But how…? Gourmet Cells?" Komatsu asked and Naruto chuckled,

"It would seem that hanging out with Toriko and his group had did wonders for you young chef, you know how the world works now. But yes it is my Gourmet Cells. And being Master's student had gotten me preparing and enjoying more ingredients than even Toriko has." Naruto answered and that shocked Komatsu because the young chef knew Toriko for one; that this hunter stood from the others and have captured 6,000 ingredients out of the 300,000 listed in this world, perfectly 2%. But this chef had captured more than that?

"Then you must be quite the impressive cook, to do my job better than I can. It must have took a while…" Toriko said before Naruto brought up an answer that shocked them.

"Only 5 years." If that was another surprised, I am sure that hearts will stop pumping; from trying to take all this in and how it is all put together. "Can I go back to work now Master?" Naruto then turned away from the baffled guest and towards Setsuno who nodded.

"And while you are at it, I need you to show them the Pot. I led them down here to find you for the job." Setsuno said by the time Toriko and Komatsu decided to give up trying to figure out what type of person Naruto is. He is an enigma, a puzzle that is nearly impossible to solve at a glance; it is easier once you learn about him but it still seems like this riddle can't be solved.

"Fine Master. This way." Naruto said in a defeated tone. He led both hunter and cook to where the catwalk railing to the left branch off in an opening. Komatsu was about to ask when a swing rope moved on its own and invited itself into Naruto's hand and gave it to Toriko. "Keep up." Naruto said in a low voice and seemed to skate across thin air into a entrance just off course of the rest of the kitchen; with that swing rope as the way for those without powers to get their by otherwise means. Toriko got there easily but had to help Komatsu who was still not used to his new and bigger body that was more physically fit while we were at it.

Through a dark hallway that seemed to have no end to it, Komatsu raced to get into talking/listening distance of the blonde student under Setsuno's teaching. "So can you at least tell us what your powers can do? I mean you did help me so I figure it will be fair to know you better. That way I can fully thank you."

After a while Naruto sighed, "…Fine. But I am not saying everything. Master is the one I truly and fully trust. I owe her with everything I ever do. Everything I ever completed. I cooked. I accomplished. Everything." Naruto said so he got started. "My Gourmet Cell abilities include using air pressure to erase my presence to other living beings, levitate in the ground and create instant vacuums where I can knock anything without much trouble. But I only do that when I am not feeling like fighting." Naruto started and waved his hand as if to say 'no way'. At least that explained why Setsuno had so much interest in their cook and how he was able to stop that Spearhead Lobster. "I also can generate tablecloths by controlling the growth of the fibers found in any piece of clothing. The one I just used was a special tablecloth that prevents any of my patients from moving around while I do my magic on them. They are thanks to my bad boys." Naruto took out the two knifes that Toriko recognized from when Naruto, "A Minstone Refreshing Knife and a Stalkrower Knife."

"What do they do?" Komatsu asked.

"The Minstone Refreshing Knife allows me to place my patients in a state where there is no stress, no fear, no hesitation; nothing harmful or negative about anything in their bodily systems. I can also use this to restart my food in case something goes wrong." That impressed even Toriko who saw that it can be used like a cooking simulation, with unlimited tries at different types of cooking. "It is made from a Minstone that was once famous for it's seemingly effect on food that causes them to never spoil even left out for hours. The only way for this stone to lose its effects is to be eaten. That is why there is barely any Minstone left in the entire world. So if there is some left somewhere, I doubt any of you will be able to retrieve it." Toriko and Komatsu nodded; it is rather unfortunate that once something become famous but not infinite, it will dry out sooner or later no matter fi the population is told that there is only a certain number of the supplies around or left.

"As for the Stalkrower Knife, its purpose is to both heal any illness or condition that halts the grow of any living being or ingredient as well as making up for the lost substance as a result of the cause prolonged. That is basically it, you would have found it all out sooner or later." Naruto finished his explanation and by that time, the reached another room entirely.

It was like the place even giants call tall and the single thing that makes up like 70% of the room space was a pot. It had a ladder on the side they were facing and they could see some kind of steam coming from the top. Naruto approached the pot and slowly left the ground before ascending at a rate that he nearly left a sonic boom in his wake. "Hurry up already. We don't have all day!" He shouted down to the baffled guest who hurried up the ladder.

When they finally did, they were in awe to see that the pot was filled almost to the brim; that much can be enough to make a lake. The ingredients in there were rare, some even Toriko hasn't seen before. There were the first two ingredients that they had listed from upstairs and now they see the pot, more of them were finally begun to be clear. They saw Motor Onion and German Swordsfish as well as some more they were never able to share when they started to feel a little dizzy and had to fall back or otherwise they were in the hot water along with the soup; they were afraid to ruin the taste. It was just that they couldn't breathe very well until they heard,

*Ahem* and just like that the air became breathable again for their lungs and they soon caught their breath. "You weren't listening to me explain that this soup may be 'amazing' and 'awesome' but it is not the Century Soup. It is just soup with a lot of ingredients in it. It is an incomplete version of the soup." Naruto explained in a deep and frustrated tone that was clear to their ears. Then some of the soup emerged from the pot and was placed in front of Toriko and Komatsu. "Try it." With the expression of a serious sergeant, it was enough to get them to drink the soup without any questions.

"So? It is good." Toriko said, not getting the point of all this.

"Yes it is but it is not the real Century Soup. The proof that one has drank the soup has shown on your face. If this was the real Century Soup than it would have been much more delicious. The real one makes this taste spoiled and rotten." Naruto explained from experience, after all he was trained by the second best cook in the world. "I was where the real soup was to be found and I had been trying to help Master remake it so that it was possible to be made in a kitchen rather having to risk going to that place where natural Century Soup is made."

"You mean that…"

"I don't care what you have to say. If you want the soup, it is either that you wait another twenty years…" Naruto said and the hunter and the cook pair froze in disbelief. "Or you can try and go to Ice Hell. That is where the soup can be found. It makes a drop of it once every one hundred years but no one was able to find that place so there is basically a pond of the soup in the center of Ice Hell. If you want the soup that baldy, it is your best option. Good luck." Naruto finished his lecture and later that night, Toriko and Komatsu set out; with the desire to taste the real Century Soup, they prepared themselves for a trip to place called Ice Hell. But the way to get there may be just around the corner for these two brave explorers.

End of Chapter 1.

*I am happy to see that you all like my new story. I must say that I nearly lost inspiration and found barely anything to write in this chapter. I had to think of what will Naruto do before having to return to Konoha in Fire Country.

I thought I will show you Naruto's learned form of using his powers into combat. He barely uses his hands because without them, he will be useless as a cook. But in this Gourmet Age, there was fights between "Cooks" and "Ingredients". So Naruto will find no choice but to place his hands at risk in battle.

All you need to do is wait for it in battle during the next chapter, I am including this in Naruto's adventures with Toriko and Komatsu once he had finally completed his training with Setsuno. Stay tuned and have a nice day!*