Disclaimer: I do not own Toriko. I couldn't think of a good thing for a narration that wouldn't sound silly so I didn't write one this time. I hope that's fine and I will write narration for the future chapters.

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Zoltik was in a more sound environment, was so quiet but it felt ter being in Ice Hell the joy he felt being in a warm climate was beyond he stretched enjoying the sunshine and the clear blue sky yep there was nothing that could ruin this peaceful Demon Panther proved him otherwise.

" Oh hey how are you doing?" Zoltik said.

The Demon Panther showed Zoltik her Zoltik got up to stretch a bit as he smiled at the would pet Demon Panther if he first had a name for her and didn't know how much she didn't like to be touched.

So little by little he'd just asked her how she was and just let her slowly get used to him and the new here was more to eat in this environment than in that cold place called Ice Hell.

He was sure that she would like this place it was a bit easier here than at Ice Hell. As he tossed her a piece of fruit hoping that she'll eat. She didn't eat it.

" Huh? You don't like that one either?" Zoltik said.

The Demon Panther nodded.

" I wonder what kind of things you like to eat?" Zoltik said ' I don't want her to starve. Since we got here I barely see her eat ' he thought.

Zoltik remembered his teacher and adoptive father Toriko having this problem once with his animal Terry Cloth.

' Okay so il just need to find out what you eat so that we can get it, but what do demon panthers eat?' Zoltik thought as he tries to think.

He thought as hard and long as he could but nothing came up.

' I'll just ask someone that has an idea about her diet'

Since he's always used to being outside more so he though he could check something at the wholesale market to see if there's any wasn't sure if she was ready to stay in a new place by herself.

" Hey you wanna come with me on a trip?" Zoltik asked the panther.

The Demon Panther perked her ears up.

" It'll be fun lets go" Zoltik said.

What he said convinced the Demon Panther to follow he decided to see if he could find any information at the whole sale rmation that could help a species close to extinction. As he was at the market he saw a lot of interesting ingredients he hoped that the Panther was interested in any of these.

The Demon Panther wasn't looking at any of the ingredients gave her any interest as Zoltik let out a sigh.

' There's gotta be something here that she could eat' Zoltik thought.

Things would have been a lot easier if Mona and him didn't destroy the Demon Panther's then maybe he would've done something different but that's the past now. Right now all he has to do is look for something that she can eat.

Since she was a Demon Panther there were many in the market who probably didn't know what she needs to so he decided to see if there was someone that knows if not Maybe he could find information about it at a bar that's where most gourmet hunters go too. So he decided it be better going to the Demon Panther's were allowed in the bar though.
He didn't want the demon panther to be alone he didn't know what to do.

" Can you wait outside by yourself? it'll just take a few minutes then il come right back" he said.

The Demon Panther didn't sit but she did wait for her owner to come he went inside the bar as it did bring back had a special kind of drink he went to the bartender to greet him and order the drink.

" Can I have a Zing Shake Cherry Juice, please." Zoltik said

" A Zing Shake cherry juice, coming right up!"

While the bartender was making the shake Zoltik looked around the he saw a few other people at the table as he waited a while. Some were friendly looking and that was better than the unfriendly looking ones As he glanced at them slightly as he heard a few the bartender gave him his drink as he decided to see what the others were talking.

" Zoltik," one of them whispered.

" What about him?" The person he whispered to whispered back.

" Is that him?"

" Yeah it's him"

They seemed to be talking about Zoltik by using his he finished his drink he though he could ask the bartender if there was anything that might be useful.

" You want to know how to feed a Demon Panther?" Zoltik asked.

As he looked at him as he though for a minute.

" It's not pretty. Some say Demon Panther's only job is human beings." The bartender said.

" Human beings?" He repeated.

" We are the only creatures with no hairy on our bodies and don't spend our whole lives in the water. They find our meat very...delicious."

As he though of that...he knows he can't kill someone he doesn't want the demon panther to die of starvation but there's gotta be another way.

" Isn't there any other thing that they could eat?" He ask.

The bartender ducked under to the bottom of his wondered what he was doing as he still looked at where he was something moving and it was inside a box.

It was the tiniest Gourmet Creature Zoltik ever saw writing on a piece of paper inside the box. As he took a closer look at it to read what it says.

" It seems there is another meal Demon Panther's like to eat," said the bartender.

" What is that other meal?"Zoltik asked.

" Although it is difficult to find it. It is worth it for the taste of it. This meal is called Hidden ostrich Meat Ox."

" The hidden ostrich meat ox? " he repeated as he was curious with that ingredient. The bartender nodded.

" Where can you find that ingredient?" Zoltik asked.

" You usually find them in schools because teachers want their classmates to know about them, but another place is somewhere in the First Desert Gut Fill Land."

"First desert gut fill land?" Zoltik repeated " where's that?"

" Very far away which is why if you want to get there from here you need to have a vehicle that can fly."

" Okay, thanks for the info." Zoltik said.

" Try not to go there if you've ever gotten a sunburn."

" So it's really hot in that place?" He asked.

" Don't be surprised kid if you see the most scaly and biggest creatures in that desert too."

" I won't. Thanks for telling me " Zoltik said as he payed for his drink.

' Now I just need is to go to that place' he thought.

As he left he saw the demon panther could be wrong but it might have been happy to see him again.

" I got some info that could lead to something that you might like to eat" Zoltik said to the cat.

The Demon Panther licked her lips.

" Come on we gotta go pack some supplies and go find a plane to go there" he said.

Zoltik meant packing supplies for himself As the two went home as Zoltik packed his supplies as the next morning he got someone to fly them there.

" Hey thanks again for taking us there" zoltik said.

" We aren't there yet," the pilot said.

" I know it is taking longer than I expected" Zoltik said as he looked out the window as the demon cat purred a bit.

He had a good view and it was making his stomach feel much bigger because he wanted to try what he saw a lot of things that he would love to eat. A few that he didn't know what they still treasured seeing more Gourmet creatures, potential meals, than he could hoped that the information that he got could help the demon Panther as he looked at the cat.

" Hey Zoltik," the pilot said.

" Yeah" he said as he looked at the pilot.

" Can you explain this really weird thing I see ahead?"

" What thing?" As Zoltik looked at where the pilot was looking at.

He saw it. There was something moving, flying towards his plane.

" You better move this plane! It's coming at us!" Zoltik said.

The pilot pulled only pulled slightly zoltik looked at what was flying knew the creature wanted to doom them by tearing apart his pilots had to think of something or couldn't rebuild the ship if it was dismantled in the he knew there's gotta be way to get to safety as he tries to quickly think of a mind was racing but not fast enough.

' What can I do?! There's gotta be something!' He thought.

He needed to find a tool to help he searched the plane for anything that could be useful to help him.

" No," he said pulling out the invention that could turn electricity into a giant electric knife.

As he searched as he saw something that could help was his old slingshot with a ball of metal that could absorb electricity.

' I can use this to knock what ever is after us' Zoltik thought as he held the slingshot.

He hurried to the top of the plane. They were in an altitude where it would be hard to stand but he could still he looked around at the top of the plane as he saw the creature as he prepared the slingshot as he aimed at was focusing on its he took aim at the beak as he shot the creature had to land to recover from the could put his slingshot away he went inside the plane as he smiled.

" Did you see how I hit that bird?" He asked the pilot.

" I saw it that was amazing" the pilot said.

" It was almost as impressive as Sunny's pupil when he hunts birds."

" I wonder how he's doing" Zoltik said.

He hasn't been making contact with Sunny's pupil and his though that when he finds the ingredient he'll share it with his couldn't wait to see the place to start looking for that ingredient.

" Zoltik we'll be there in a few minutes" the pilot said.

Zoltik thanked the pilot for giving him that Zoltik glanced at the demon Panther. " How are you feeling?" Zoltik asked.

The Demon Panther opened her mouth a little almost as if she wanted to yawn." Yeah me too I don't like sitting still for a long time but it'll be worth it when we find that ingredient " Zoltik said.

Zoltik imagined everyone feeling like they found the treasure of food.

" Zoltik we are here" the pilot said as Zoltik snapped out of his thoughts.

" You mean we are where I want to be? We are where the animal ingredients roam?"Zoltik asked.

" It's a bit too dangerous for me so I stopped a few miles away from there this is as far as I can take you" the pilot said.

" That's fine by me," Zoltik said.

" Be careful out there Zoltik" the pilot said " I wish you luck on this trip"

" Thanks" Zoltik said.

As he and the cat got out of the plane as they looked at the e area was different than any forest or ice covered was in another level he'd never seen anything like knew one thing. The chances of there being creatures that survived on heat would be here and he knew quite a bit of those Gourmet has to be careful and search for the creature that the demon panther can looked at the Demon Panther and saw how she was already sweating.

" Ah yeah it's pretty hot isn't it?" Zoltik asked the cat.

There was no shame or sin in Zoltik admitting it was he took out a canteen as he took a sip of water as he held it out to the demon e Demon Panther was difficult drinking from the canteen. She started licking the canteen where the water was. After that she started biting the canteen.

" Oh yeah sorry about that " Zoltik said as he carefully poured the water to her mouth.

Zoltik would keep pouring in her mouth until he knew she was soon as she felt better they started walking forward as they looked around the sign of the creature the Demon Panther liked to eat yet.

' There are a lot of different things in this place i gotta find something for her to eat.' He thought.

As the two moved foward a few times Zoltik glanced at the panther to see if there was something that she panther only looked forward so Zoltik looked each step they took Zoltik was cautious because it was an unfamiliar place that he's stopped when he saw a very small creature.

Name: Old Cheddar Cheese Plifering Armadillo

Capture Level: 2

Status: A creature that steals what it can. No one will eat it because it is born with the cheese it's parents carried the moment it grows into an adult. The life expectancy of them is five to six years.

As he looked at the armadillo creature ' it's an interesting creature, I wonder what's her reaction towards it as he glanced at her she didn't seem to like it or see it as something to eat.

' Still nothing huh' Zoltik thought ' she sure is picky about food'

They continued forward. As a few hours passed as the heat was getting to they decided to look for a place to get some shade to rest a bit until they could venture ckily they found a big tree that had plenty of shade for the two of them to rest a bit.

" I love that kind of shade. I was feeling tired anyway. do you like it?" He asked the cat.

The Demon Panther nodded her head." We can rest here a few minutes then we can go" Zoltik said.

Zoltik was barely listening to his own he just looked at the scenery as he relaxed in the he heard noises as he woke up and looked heard big noises; small sounds were soothing but ignoring big sounds could be he looked around just in case he needed to defend himself from any creature that might be near him and the cat.

He saw something that was getting close to was a little cautious of how much power he should use, but only if he had to use any at least he didn't know if the creature had a high capture level he had to be cautious.

' Why couldn't you save him?!'

Zoltik panicked. The pressure he felt preparing for this creature reminded him of another moment in his he though about that day trying to regain composure helped him see the creature was dangerous. The creature was also big as well very dangerous.

Name: Bubble Snake Giraffe

Capture Level: 45

Status: This creature dwells in caves with hot water and in the deserts. It is a carnivore, injecting it's victims with its nose venom and then eating them. It is said the meat is warm and bubbly, when dead the venom changes into a meaty explosion of chocolate and lamb chops. No matter how small your stomach is you can't stop eating it's tasty meat.

"A bubble snake giraffe?" Zoltik said.

Zoltik never fought one of them before but he heard they were a lot stronger than an average carnivore.

" Okay let's see how tough you are" he said ' I was getting hungry so you might be perfect' he thought. Zoltik imagined the neck was the weak part of the Bubble Snake Giraffe so he tried to cut it.

As he prepared himself to attack it.

" Electric Knife Marker!"

He didn't think that the giraffe would react dodged the electric knife by moving its legs back. As he went at the creature second attack swung just like the first one and missed. The giraffe was nothing that he faced before as he tries to attack it at a different he soon learned it took more than a different angle to beat it he tried to hit it. The giraffe raised its front legs and jumped in the Zoltik looked up and attacked.

" Electric Jab!"he managed to hit the giraffe but then the creature manage to hit Zoltik.

Zoltik didn't even know what hit him, the giraffe was now stopping it's back legs and kicking dirt back like a bull getting ready to charge.

' I gotta do something!' Zoltik thought. It was funny at a time like this Zoltik was thinking how the giraffe would make a good pet if only it's meat wasn't so bad. The giraffe leaped and dodged to the right where it also found Zoltik's blindspot and attacked.

As he felt the attack as he was pushed back a now knew how much strength the giraffe had and it was very impressive.

' This giraffe is strong! But let's see if it can handle this!' Zoltik thought.

He started the charge for his move. As he looked to see the creature to carefully aim at it then strike it at the right moment.

" If you'll kindly..." The power in Zoltik's body increased incredibly high as electric sparks made the giraffe jump in fear. " Become my MEAT!"

As he unleashed his power at the was because his attack was more powerful than he though. He had to be careful of using it. Since by focusing his electricity in his body the sparks coming out of it was just a warning for the attack. Just by being hit by it would feel like a million bolts of electricity shooting right through you if Zoltik doesn't learn to control it then the creature would be wiped away finally finished the giraffe but wiped it away instead of getting to have even one piece of its juicy, delicious that meat would go to waste.

' Aw man' Zoltik thought as he sigh. Zoltik thought he would cry until the desert ripped his eyes open from them being too dry.' I was so close to eating it' Zoltik thought as he glanced at the cat.

The cat didn't even move. It just enjoyed being in the shade while it most likely laughing at how Zoltik failed to get something to eat.

' At least you look like you're doing okay...now what am I going to do about getting food around here?'