Chapter 3

Roads Cross Path! Cream Meets Toriko


Someone once said: There is a mine cave deep in the frigid mountain, where you can mine sweet crystal that tastes like ice cream with 23 different flavors. Crystaice Creams.

In the southern side of the world, there is an island where a volcano of green substance produces scrumptious pickles at the right temperature and the sourness is just right. Mt. Pickles.

The world is in the great Gourmet Age! An age where people quests for more unknown, wondrous delights!


Almost a week had passed. Garry was back to his normal life, and he admitted that it was pretty boring. He still remembered his last adventure with Cream, and it felt like it was yesterday.

'I wonder how's Cream-san doing right now? I hope there will be another adventure to go with her,' he thought as he stared in space.

"Garry!" His thought snapped out and came back to reality. "Stop staring in space and get on with those peelings!" His teacher yelled at him.

"Um, sorry, sir!" Garry apologized as he focused back into his work. Some students who noticed chuckled under their breath at Garry.

"Excuse me, Chef." A lady who dressed in business casual outfit came into the kitchen.

"Hm? Yes?" Garry's teacher noticed the young woman.

They spoke privately, though Garry noticed them.

"Garry!" The teacher shouted.

"Yes sir!" He turned his attention to him.

"You have a guest to see you today," he stated.

"Huh? A guest?" He said, wondering who it was.

He put the rest of the potatoes in a safe place, wiped his hand with towel, and went out of the kitchen to the dining area, where he was told that the guest was waiting for him there. When he came into the dining area, he was surprised.

"Ah! Cream-san!?" He gasped, seeing the young lady again, already with so many foods at her table. Though, he was happy to see her again.

"Yo, Garry. How are you doing?" She asked as she ate the food.

"What are you doing here, Cream-san?" He asked as he walked over to her.

She stood up and said, "Why? I'm here to ask you if you want to tag along with me on another adventure!"

That made Garry's eyes wide and feeling of excitement came into his mind.

"Really? We're going on another adventure?" He asked. "Where are we going this time?"

"That's a secret. So, are you in or not?" She asked.

"Of course!" He agreed without hesitation. "I would love to go with you again! Ah, I mean, I didn't mean it like as if it is a date or something, but um…!"

"Good to hear! Then, we shall meet up at the train station tomorrow at 6 am sharp!" She decided. "Also, one more thing, Garry."

"Yes, what is it, Cream-san?" He asked.

"May I have another serving?" She said in a very cute, feminine tone.

"What?! Already?!" He gasped as he saw that her plates were already clean with no specks of foods left.

- Toriko -

The day of another adventure arrived fast like a bullet train. Luckily, Garry was allowed to go and take a day-off from school, but in exchange to make it up for it at another time. He really didn't mind since he was going on another wondrous adventure with the Bishoku-ya, Cream.

"Mmmmmf! Man, this Vanilla Bull's Milk is just great!" Cream said as she already drank three whole bottles of milk.

"I still can't believe that you actually fought and capture that Vanilla Bull last week," Garry remarked. "To me, it still feels like it happened yesterday."

"You think so?" She said as he began eating some snacks they bought with them. She had a bag of potato chips and even the Toriko-brand spicy chips.

"By the way, you still haven't told me where are we going this time," Garry reminded.

Cream finished with one bag of potato chip. "We're going to hunt the Puffer Whale next."

Garry looked shocked when she said it. "You mean DE Puffer whale?!"

"That's right," she nodded. "Puffer whales are also called 'Daphnia Whales' and as its name suggests, it is small as a normal puffer fish. However, like a normal puffer fish, it has a deadly sac of poison inside the body. Only 10 people in the world can remove the poison sac out of the body. Though, I have seen poisonous ones, and some people still eat them, and die, like about 100,00 people per year."

Garry looked scared. He wondered if they or at least he will make it out of alive. Though, he still felt excitement despite the fear.

"Excuse me, you two." Cream and Garry looked up to see a woman standing by.

The woman was tall, slender, and very beautiful looking, though not too young and say about around 30 years of age. She had a black hair tied in long ponytail. Her eyes were dark chocolate brown, like a dark chocolate. She wore unzipped black jacket that reveals her chest area and red tank-top underneath it. She also wore blue jeans with ripped holes in the knee areas, pair of golden earring shaped of croissants, and pair of long black high-heel shoes.

"Sorry to interrupt the conversation, but I couldn't help myself to hear you two lovely people talk about the Puffer whale," said the woman in an alluring tone.

"That's right, maim," Garry replied.

"I see. And for such a young boy, you sure are brave," she said.

"Ah, ha, ha! Oh, it's really nothing," Garry said as he blushed.

"Well, here is something educational. Did you know that the Puffer whales lay their eggs inside a beach cave 800 meters deep underground? I heard the probability of one reaching to the destination and coming back from it is one percent," she said.

Garry stared at her, trying to comprehend what she just said and then after-shock came to his thought.

'That's deep and where we're going!?' He thought, panicking inside.

"But there's more. Unfortunately, the cave is also the dwelling place of the Devil Python, some of the most deadliest creatures in the world. The cave also hosts other deadly, poisonous creatures," she added.

Garry gasped. He felt like his own spirit was leaving him, dying from the revelation of where he was heading to this time.

"Thank you for the info, lady," Cream said with a smile.

"The pleasure is mine. I wish you two a good luck," she said as she left with a wink.

'What have I got into this time?' Garry cried in thought.

The train finally arrived at the destination. Unlike from their last adventure, many people got off from the train and walked over to the entrance of the cave, where the Puffer whales dwell inside.

"So, is that the cave? Are we really going in there?" Garry asked as he looked at the cave entrance.

"Yup! It's the only way to get in and get out," Cream said enthusiastically. "Can't wait to taste it though. I wonder what does it taste like."

"Hmm? Is that?" A man in black and green looked over at Cream and Garry, where they were just standing with Cream drooling and fantasizing about the taste of the puffer whale while Garry was scared in thought.

"What's wrong, Coco?" A blue-haired man asked.

"Excuse me, Toriko, but I need to speak a word with those two over there," Coco said.

Toriko and another man, who was shorter than them looked over at Cream and Garry.

"Who are they?" The young man asked.

"We're gonna find out now," Coco said as he walked over to Cream and Garry.

Cream snapped out of her thought and noticed the trio's presence. She turned her eyes at them.

Toriko and Coco stopped suddenly, quickly looking a bit tense and alerted. Cream and the two Heavenly Kings stared at each other as if they were having a fight in an intense staring contest.

"Um, Cream-san, is something matter?" Cream snapped out and noticed her partner's voice.

"Hello there, you two," Coco spoke to them. "My name is Coco, the fortune teller."

"My name is Komatsu," Komatsu introduced.

"And I am Toriko! How are you two doing?" Toriko said with a gleam.

"Hi. My name is Garry, and this here is Cream-san." Garry introduced himself and Cream.

"You look a bit too young there, kiddo, like in elementary student," Toriko said.

"Hey, I am not a kid or elementary student! I'm actually in a high school! I go to Gourmet Culinary High Academy!" Garry frustrated.

"What? You're in the Gourmet Culinary High Academy? That's the same high school I went to!" Komatsu exclaimed.

"Oh, really? So, you graduated from my school?" Garry asked.

"Gourmet Culinary High Academy, huh? Is the food there taste good as they say?" Toriko asked to Garry as he drooled.

He was too near Garry's face when he asked the question, making him feel uncomfortable.

"Toriko, you're too close and being rude," Coco pulled him over. "Sorry about that. Are you both on the hunt for the Puffer Whales?"

"That's right," Cream answered, still looking cautious with Toriko and Coco near her.

"Yes, indeed!" Garry responded with enthusiasm. "Cream-san here invited me to come and I can't wait to see what the Puffer whale looks like or tastes like."

"Hey, I know," Toriko said. "Why don't we join together? The more, the merrier, right?"

"That does sound like a good idea," Komatsu noted.

"That would be great," Garry said. "What do you think, Cream-san?"

"Sure, why not. We are all on the same goal, and it may be more difficult even with just us two," she agreed.

"Then, it's settled!" Toriko decided.

"Hmm?" Garry turned around to see and notice a strange lady with a mini-camera and Carrier Baloon Piegon.

"This is Gourmet News' Tina on live. I am here at near the entrance of the cave where the Gourmet Hunters will enter the deep cavern to capture the mystic Puffer Whales. There are many Gourmet Hunters , but of course, the main star is one and only, Toriko allied with another of the four Heavenly Kings, Coco, alongside Toriko's partner named Komatsu, and…."

The whole group noticed her filming the camera, but she continued on. "A mysterious, young woman with blue and red hair, and a kid!"

"Hey, I am not a kid! I am in high school!" Garry argued.

"Tina-san, what are you doing here?" Komatsu asked.

"Hello, Komatsu and I am here to get a helping gram of scoop, of course!" She answered while the camera was still on. She turned her attention to Coco. "If you don't mind asking, Mr. Coco, why are you ally with Toriko, a fellow king"

"Wait a second...Ah!" Garry gasped. "I just realized it! You're that Toriko, the famous Gourmet Hunter and one of the four Heavenly Kings!"

"You actually recognize that now," Cream said, unimpressed.

"Sorry, but could you get that camera away from me?" Coco said in a disapproved manner as he walked away. "Let's get going. We should not waste our time now."

Everyone was a bit surprised by Coco's manner. Toriko didn't say anything in response, but he knew why he acted that way.

They began their journey into the cave. Tina decided to follow the group, but only for scoop.

"Thank you for this flashlight helmet, Tina-san. I can see much clearer in this cave with this," Komatsu stated, wearing a specialized helmet with the flashlight.

"Sure thing. Anything for a friend," Tina said. However, she only gave the helmet to Komatsu because it came with a hidden spy camera. That way, she could get some footage on Toriko.

Though, she wondered about Garry and Cream, especially the latter since she looked very interesting and to her, she sensed a potential double scoop or triple scoop, which included Coco.

"Try not to stray from my side, Komatsu-kun," Coco said.

"Okay." The young chef simply said before he stopped and noticed a something of interest. "Hey, there's a Boki Boki mushrooms over here!"

"What?! You serious?!" Both Toriko and Cream said excitedly at the same time.

'He's already acting on his own! He's not even a little cautious...' Choco thought to himself, looking back at the young chef with a sigh. He also looked at Cream with a serious stare. 'This Gourmet Hunter, Cream...I can sense a strong electromagnetic wave emitting from her. It is even strong as Toriko. I better keep an eye on her and her friend, too.'

Suddenly, they heard a scream of people just ahead in the cave.

"What's that noise?" Garry asked, feeling fright.

Suddenly, out of the dark cave, three men came rushing out, scaring Garry and Tina. Garry curled into a boy, like an armadillo while Tina screamed and ran off in fear.

"Please tell me it's over!" Garry panicked.

"It's over," Cream answered honestly.

Garry looked around and sighed to himself. "Phew! That's a relief," he said. "Hey, where is Tina-san?"

"She ran off somewhere, but I'm sure she'll be just fine," Cream stated. "Let's keep going."

Eventually, they continued walking down the cave until they stopped at an intersection.

"Which way should we go?" Komatsu asked before Toriko started sniffing around

the air as he crunched on the mushroom.

"This way to the left. I can smell a bit of ocean from this path," Toriko pointed.

"I can smell it, too," Cream said as she chewed on the mushroom. "It's weak, but this path is definitely the way, and I can also hear a bit of ocean wave down from this path as well."

"You can, Cream-san? Even from this far away?" Garry asked, surprised to learning Cream's ability.

'She seems to have a good sense of smell, like Toriko, and excellent hearing. Interesting...' Coco thought to himself.

They all walked to the left path. The deeper they went, the darker the cave became.

"It's quite slippery here. Be careful where you step, everyone." Coco called back over his shoulder.

"How is the Heavenly King, Coco-san can see things in this darkness?" Garry wondered aloud.

"That's a good point, Garry," Komatsu added.

"Coco has good eyes, but not just that his eyesight is good. He can see electromagnetic waves. The number of sight cells in his eyes are so numerous, he's able to see ultraviolet and infrared," Toriko explained as he crunched on another mushrooms. "To Coco's eyes, this dark cave is just as bright as noon."

"Wow, that's very useful and pretty cool," Garry awed before Toriko continued.

"He uses his good sight to see and detect the weak electromagnetic waves produced by human body and predicts one's near future by strength, amount, and shape of those waves," Toriko explained.

"Hey, Coco-san! Can you see me even if I do this?" Komatsu asked, testing himself if Coco could see him by moving around the place in the dark.

"Komatsu-kun, stop or else, you'll fall over to the..!" Suddenly, the rocky ground beneath the young chef crumbled, causing him to fall over the ledge.

"Eek!" He shrieked. Fortunately, Toriko caught him in time.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"S-Sorry," Komatsu apologized quickly.

Cream looked over to the deep hole and whistled. "Wooo! Look how deep it is!"

"I can't see anything down there. It's so dark!" Garry added.

"Yeah, and it's going to be a hazard once we climb down there," Cream stated.

"What do you mean, Cream-san?" Her little partner asked.

Just then, they heard Gourmet Hunter's scream. Garry and Komatsu beamed their light at the dark cavern over the ledge, seeing a man slid out one of the tunnels that just so happened to be the nest of a half-scorpion, half-cockroach creature. Multiple creatures swarmed around the man and attacked, causing him to scream even more, this time in a painful death.

Garry and Komatsu covered their eyes as they heard him scream before it was cut off. Once they opened their eyes again, only thing left of the man was a skeleton.

"Scorpion Cockroach," Cream said. "One of the dwelling creatures live in this cave. They would devour anything that's near or disturb its nests. They attack by swarming their prey and eat them by using their acid."

"That's horrifying!" Garry screamed.

"But, we still have to climb down there and get through the cavern," Toriko said.

"Don't worry. I will go down first. I'll let you all know when it's safe to come down," Coco stated, which surprised Komatsu and Garry.

"Wait, Coco-san! But if you do that…!" Before Komatsu warned him, Coco already took off the green scarf around his head as his skin turned into a dark purple. Komatsu, Garry, and even Cream were surprised to see Coco's unknown look.

The gentleman of the Four Heavenly Kings jumped down towards a group of Scorpion Cockroach, who suddenly scared and looked frightened by Coco's presence.

"It's safe to come down now," Coco looked up and stated to the group.

"Despite having a deadly toxin of their own, even they don't want to be near Coco for his poison," Toriko explained as he climbed down on a rope and the rest of the group followed after him.

"Poison? What do you mean by Coco-san's poison?" Komatsu asked softly.

"He means that Coco here has his own poison inside his body, like the Scorpion Cockroach, except that his is much deadlier," Cream explained.

"What?! How is that possible?" Garry questioned surprisingly.

"You see, most of us Gourmet Hunters can make antibodies against poison from living things. By injecting a little bit of poison from animals, like snakes, insects, or plant over time, we can make antibodies in our own bodies," Cream explained. "For me, I have about 95 antibodies in my body."

"Wow. That's not bad," Toriko smirked. "I only have 70 in my own body, but Coco here has around 500 antibodies, which is abnormal even for Gourmet Hunters."

"Well, yes. I can endure more poisons than most people," Coco said before he turned over to himself and looked down. "Unfortunately, because I injected with too much poison, they begin to mix together and a new type of poison was made in me."

Komatsu and Garry felt sorry for Coco.

"Coco-san looks so sad," Komatsu muttered to himself, but Toriko seemed to hear him.

"Long time ago, a lot of scientists and medics of the IGO, and other organizations chased him around to produce serums, and all kinds of medicines from his blood. He was also about to be isolates as a first class 'Dangerous Being", Toriko added.

"What's 'Dangerous Being' means?" Garry asked.

"It means a creature that's too dangerous to be eaten or capture. It's a standard created by the IGO. There are living things out there that are just too dangerous for hunting or even to be edible," Cream explained briefly.

"Right," Toriko nodded as he continued with the sad tale. "It is the reason why Coco dropped out of the Gourmet Hunter business. He wanted to get away from all that."

Komatsu and Garry thought that it was awful for anyone to abuse Coco like that. They kept their tought to themselves as they continued on going deeper in the cavern.

Coco stopped walking, which made everyone to stop. "There's a huge hole about 100 meters down," he said, showing them the said hole in front of them.

"Is the rope long enough?" Garry asked, worried.

"It will be alright. Somebody should go down there to check things first just in case," Cream said.

"I'll go down first," Coco volunteered himself. "There could be more deadly creature down there."

"Then, I'll descend with you!" Komatsu jumped over to Coco's back and surprised the Bishoku-ya.

"W-wait a sec, Komatsu-kun! I have poi-" Coco started to say, but Komatsu interrupted and said, "Don't worry about me, Coco-san. I'll hang on tight and never you leave from your side."

"Komatsu-kun….All right. Let's go then." He accepted the young chef's kindness and aid. They began descending down into the deep whole while the rest of the gang stayed at the cliff, looking down on them as the two descended.

'He's not really afraid of me, despite my poison. He's trying to comfort me...His kindness knows no bound...I must protect him, no matter what.' Coco thought to himself when the darkness was lit up by a flying insects around them.

"Fireflies?" Komatsu looked confused, but he hadn't seen these fireflies before.

"Sea Fireflies," Coco answered. "They probably got here from the beach, which means we must be close now."

"They're beautiful," Komatsu said, marveling at the creature and not realizing that they made it to the bottom of the hole.

Soon after, the rest of the group were re-assembled and began the continuation in their journey.

Toriko began sniffing around and started to drool a bit. "I can smell it. The salty ocean smell….We're very near!"

"But I hear something," Cream spoke up. "It's coming close...to us."

"What's coming?" Garry said.

They turned to the tunnel in front of them when an army of Swallow-Tail Bats came flying towards them.

"Aaaah! A bat!" Garry screamed.

"They're coming right at us!" Cream stated as she stood in front of Garry, protecting him.

"Everyone, stand back!" Coco stated as he unwrapped the wrappings around his right wrist. His right hand became a dark purple, and he started flicking the poison from his fingers by swapping it in the air.

"Poison Dressing!" Coco exclaimed as the poison drops caught over some of the bats, making them fell off to the floor and twitched as they couldn't move their bodies.

"What was that all about?" Garry said.

"Hmm, they don't seem to have wanted to attack us," Cream noted.

"You're right," Toriko agreed.

"Rather, they were fleeing away from something, something more...threatening," Coco added.

"Hey, where is Garry?" Cream asked ashe looked around to notice that the short high-schooler was nowhere around.

"Where's Komatsu-kun, too?" Coco asked.

"Komatsu!" Toriko yelled.

"Garry, where are you?" Cream shouted.

"Komatsu-kun! Garry-kun!" Coco yelled, too.

Before the three of them could call out to their disappeared friends' names again, a giant snake-like beast appeared from one of the tunnels, screeching at them.

"It...It's the Devil Python!" Toriko exclaimed as the two kings and young female Gourmet Hunter stared up at the giant snake.

"So, we finally meet the king of the cave and the Devil himself," Cream said as she smirked at the giant creature.

'Damn it! We don't have time for this! Komatsu-kun is in danger! Not only him, but Garry-kun disappeared and the moment I first met him, I saw it! He also has the death wave over him!' Coco thought to himself as the kings and the young Gourmet Hunter girl prepared for their fight.

The giant snake gave off a loud screech that reverberated the cave as it also prepared for its fight against the three Bishoku-ya.


Hello, guys and here is another update for my newest fanfic story for Toriko fandom!

I've been on the roll lately, just re-watching the anime and writing this story! Don't worry though. I haven't forgot my other stories I need to work with.

This is the first chapter that begins the Puffer whale arc. It won't be long, so next chapter or next, next chapter will finish it. Cream and Garry meet the main canon cast members; Toriko, Komatsu, and Coco!

What will happen next? What happened to Garry? Will the three Gourmet Hunters defeat Devil Phyton and go and save Komatsu and Garry? See you all in the next chapter.