Guardians of Tokyo Chapter 68:
This Food Is WEIRD!
Ayame, Dire Bite, and Zakuro brought the food back to the cave, and everyone came over to see.
"What IS this!" Kisshu asked, picking up a package of Slim Jims.
"It's dried meat that tastes salty," Zakuro said.
Kisshu looked at her and said, "Yuck." Then he picked up a cheeseburger (A/N: Kisshu's used to Japanese food only.), and sniffed it. "This smell slightly more edible," he said, and tried a bite. "I guess it's okay," he said reluctantly.
The others looked through the stuff, and picked out what they wanted. Emiko picked a cheeseburger and some crackers, Ayame and Dire Bite shared a pepperoni pizza, Pai and Lettuce shared a bag of Doritos, Ichigo, Pudding and Mint shared a pepperoni pizza, Light Pink, Suihou and Akai shared some Doritos and crackers, Taruto took PB&J, Zakuro took PB&J and Doritos, and Shishi and the other Midori no Kishi all took either pepperoni pizza or cheeseburgers, because they all liked meat. Kisshu finished his cheeseburger, and they all shared the milk and water. No one took any Slim Jims after Zakuro's description.
"What are we going to do with these?" Zakuro sighed.
"Destroy them?" Kisshu asked hopefully.
"We could set them on fire," Taruto suggested.
"No, that would be dangerous. They're pretty greasy too," Zakuro said. "Let's just go find a Dumpster."
"What is a 'Dumpster'?" Ayame asked. Zakuro had said the word in English.
"It's a giant trash can," Zakuro explained.
So Zakuro, Ichigo and Ayame took the Slim Jims out of the cave, and found a Dumpster. Then they threw them in.
"That's a relief," Kisshu commented when they came back empty-handed.
"Kisshu, you shouldn't make fun of other culture's foods," Ichigo scolded.
"You didn't touch those things either, Koneko-chan," Kisshu said, smirking.
Everyone laughed when they saw Ichigo's expression.
Ichigo turned bright red and said, "At least I didn't make a fuss about how disgusting they were."
"Oh, so you thought they were disgusting too, Koneko-chan?" Kisshu asked innocently.
Ichigo drooped, and said, "I give up. Kisshu, you win."
"Win what?" Kisshu asked.
"You can call me Koneko-chan, if it makes you that happy," Ichigo said gloomily.
Kisshu walked over to Ichigo, and put his hands on her shoulders. She looked up at him, and he said, "I'm sorry if I made you upset, Ichigo. I was just trying to have fun in the midst of all the trouble we've been through lately."
Ichigo's eyes filled with tears, and she suddenly hugged Kisshu. "Ichigo, what's wrong?" Kisshu asked, startled.
"I rarely hear you apologize, and it reminded me how much I care about you!" Ichigo sobbed.
Kisshu put his arms around Ichigo and said softly, "It's fine, Ichigo, I know you care about me."
"Mom, are you okay with this?" Ayame asked.
Emiko replied, "Sure. We all have hard times, and it's great if Kisshu can help Ichigo through hers."
Finally Ichigo pulled back and dried her eyes. "Are you okay now?" Kisshu asked, smoothing a hand over her hair.
"Yeah, sorry about that. Sorry to you too, Emiko. I know he's your husband, not mine."
"That's fine, Ichigo. We're friends, so if you need Kisshu too sometimes, that's fine with me. We all have our moments."
"Thanks, Emiko," Ichigo said gratefully.
"Uh… How did we get started on this anyways?" Taruto asked.
"Kisshu said Slim Jims were disgusting and should be destroyed, and we kind of spiraled off from there," Pai said.
Everyone laughed.
My friend loves Slim Jims. I believe they should burn in Hell, that's how disgusting I think they are. It's one of the few things we disagree on. I just thought Kisshu's reaction to American food would make others laugh, so that's how this Slim Jim thing started. R&R plz!