Chapter 14
Cream's Day-Out with T-Bone
Someone once said….
There is a red octopus with very round head and green stems growing on the top of its head that shoots delicious tomato juice. Tomatopus!
In the hot savannah, there is the pride of cheetahs with fur made of the finest cheese that makes any cheese sandwich or cheeseburger even taste better than ever, so much better that makes any other kinds of cheese run for its money. Cheestah!
The world is in the great Gourmet Age! An age where people quests more unknown, yet delightful ingredients!
2 days have had passed since the whole crazy stuff that happened with the GIA and the War Tiger. Fortunately, the public wasn't aware of it, thanks to the clear coverup by the IGO and few eyewitnesses. All members associated with the incident, including but not least, the Heavenly Kings, Toriko, Coco, and Sunni, and her younger sister, Rin, Komatsu, Cream, and Garry went back to their daily life.
At the Gourmet High Academy, it was a regular class day for our little protagonist, Garry, who was cooking up a dish. However, he was in deep thought, wondering about what everyone else was doing (again) when he really sound be focusing in his class.
'It's been a few days now since that whole thing with the War Tiger, GIA, and stuff,' Garry thought while chopping on some fresh tuna chums. 'I wonder how Cream is doing with that War Tiger. She decided to keep it as a pet, so I hope she's doing OK with it.'
Garry imagined Cream as a chibi figure taking care of War Tiger when it just ate and swallowed her whole with a burp.
"Aaaaah! Creams-san!" Garry screamed as he also threw the knife up in the air. The other students noticed and jumped by Garry when the knife just landed right in front of the teacher.
"Yikes!" The teacher got shocked before he turned over to see the culprit. "Garry, what the heck are you doing?!"
"Aaah! I'm so sorry, Chef! I was just, just, just…!" Garry fidgeted.
"You almost gave me a heart attack! Focus in the class, you fool!" Chef scolded.
"Yes, sir!" Garry replied apologetically.
Meanwhile, somewhere far away from the city, there was a special forest of tall, green, and powerful trees. These trees were one of the world's tallest trees, or rather it was the tallest and biggest tree in the human world. These trees were called "Jötunn Tree" residing in the "Giants' Forest". The reason for its name was that the trees here were tall as a giant that appeared in myth, and the tree in this forest was named after the ancient Norse word for giants. By average, it could grow as tall as a 50-floor building and the oldest one can grow as double as that. Because of its amazing height and size, some people even made tree houses out of the trees. It was strong as a building and not even the hurricane could make it fall.
In this forest, there was a one Jötunn tree that wasn't as tall as the other brethren. This one was a younger Jötunn tree with a height around at least a 6-floor building. However, unlike other natural trees, this one had actual windows and doors.
The doors were painted with red with a simple bronze knob. The windows were installed into the bark with the same color for the frame and decorated with a pink curtain inside the trees. Inside the tree, itself was a cozy home. On the first floor was the entrance hall with a shoebox for the shoes to place in, a pink rug that says "Welcome", and a stairway. Up the stairway was the living room floor. It had a huge round red carpet with a simple white sofa, a wooden table, and a TV set with a DVR device. Just at the left was a small kitchen with sink, stove, and huge white refrigerator that could hold twice fold of foods enough for two families.
Up the other stairway was the third and last floor. This was the bedroom. Unlike the previous floors. This floor had the most feminine touch to it. There was a round pink carpet on the floor, pink and white stripe wallpaper with red hearts, pink closet with white marble stones for the knobs, and a bunch of plushie and dolls. Ironically, some of them were anime plushies. There was also another door that led to outside of the balcony. In the red and blue bed, Cream was sleeping peacefully with a pink eye cover hiding her eyes. The alarm clock that shaped like an apple set off, ringing as loudly as it can.
Cream pressed the button on the top, stopping the alarm and then took off her eye cover.
She gave out a big yawn as the warm morning sunlight beamed through her window.
"Mwaaarning already?" She asked, looking a bit half asleep. She got out of the bed and put on her pair of pink bunny slippers. She walked over to the door and went outside, revealing that the balcony was also connected with a bridge to another tree.
She walked over the bridge to the other tree, which she used for her bathroom. She fixed her hair, washed her face, and brushed her teeth. She went back to her room to get herself to changed clothes.
She changed her pajamas to a white sleeveless T-shirt with a pink heart, short Jeans, and long brown socks.
She went downstairs to the kitchen and opened her giant refrigerator. Inside the fridge, there were loads of different foods and drinks, but she took out a big gallon tank of milk. She poured some of the milk into her mug and chugged it.
"Awwwww! What a good drink to start the morning with Vanilla Bull's milk!" Cream said happily. She then took out a bowl and poured some milk.
She carried the bowl carefully outside.
"T-Bone, I have milk for you!" She called out her pet.
T-Bone, the War Tiger kitten, was sleeping outside Cream's treehouse. War Tiger wasn't a very social animal, so it doesn't live in the tree or rather it didn't want to sleep inside the tree. T-Bone opened its eyes and got up, but not moving at all as Cream bought the milk to him.
T-Bone licked the milk, but despite drinking it, it didn't look satisfied enough for its hunger. In fact, he lost some bits of weight.
"You haven't eaten anything besides that Vanilla Bull's milk!" Cream exclaimed as she pondered for an idea. "I need to find you something suitable for you to eat, other than buying a steak for you."
As she thought and thought, an idea popped in her mind. "I know! Let's go a bit of hunting together! Why do you say?"
"Grrr…" T-Bone growled, sounding like it didn't really want to go anyway.
"Great! Let's go!" Cream decided as T-Bone just shrugged and went along with her without a choice.
They walked deep inside the Giants' Forest. Though the forest's main characteristic was the giant trees that are grown only here, there were also many other kinds of smaller plants and creatures living in this forest. It was also a famous place to find some herbs for medicines.
"Now, what kind of things you would like for food?" Cream thought aloud as her stomach growled. "Also, what do I want to eat?"
T-Bone looked a bit annoyed and distraught. He didn't understand why Cream wanted to bring him out here when he could just go hunting on his own. Little more fact about War Tiger was around after a month, it can start hunting for foods on its own. Before then, the foods were provided to them by their mother.
While looking around for food, Cream and War Tiger stopped when something was making a noise in the bush. They were thinking the same thing; potential prey. Out of the rustling bush, a squirrel came out, which Cream and War Tiger looked a bit disappointed.
Suddenly, a bigger beast with glowing red eyes jumped out of the bush and grabbed the defenseless squirrel before it even had a chance to move away.
"Woah!" Cream gasped.
The beast that appeared was a yellow hairy monkey with sharp fangs and purple skins for its face, hands, and feet. It stood around six-feet tall. It chewed the squirrel up and ate it.
Lightning Chimp-Beast Type: Ape, Capture Level: 5
"Lightning Chimp… A ferocious, carnivorous ape and common predator here at the Giants' Forest," Cream said. "Though its meat doesn't taste too good, its fur does make a great insulator for electrical use. Why do you say, T-Bone? How about you try out some of the chimp's meat?"
T-Bone roared loudly, catching the Lighting Chimp's attention. T-Bone stepped forward to fight the wild ape. The Lightning Chimp banged its chest, indicating that it wanted to fight and T-Bone accepted it with a growl. Both creatures collided one against another. Lighting Chimp wrestled T-Bone with its strong arms, but T-Bone used its mouth to bite on one of its arms. The Lighting Chimp tried to get T-Bone off from it, but he had its sharp fang just biting into its arms. With a strong grip, T-Bone pulled the arm and ripped it off. Lighting Chimp cried in pain and decided to escape into the forest.
"Wow! Now, that was quite a wrestle, T-Bone!" Cream exclaimed. "So, how does it taste?"
T-Bone had the ripped arm in his mouth as he looked down over it. He spat it out, disliking it.
"I see. I guess even the War Tiger like yourself knows the Lighting Chimp's meat doesn't taste too good. Let's go find more creature to suit your liking," Cream said.
They explored the forest, finding other creatures for T-Bone to fight and try out its meat. Some hours later, they couldn't find the meat suitable for War Tiger's diet. At least, Cream ate the meats that T-Bone didn't eat.
It was now late afternoon, and Cream was stuffed while T-Bone looked the same since this morning.
"Woooh! We went all over the forest and still couldn't find something for you to eat, and yet, I feel stuffed," Cream said while lying down with her stomach all big and full as she burped.
T-Bone looked at her with sweat-drop. He couldn't believe how much a human girl can eat so much. He wondered if all human girls were like her.
"Well…" Cream got back up in her normal size, making T-Bone look at her. "We may not have found suitable food for you to eat. Maybe there isn't really stuff for you to eat here. Perhaps the stuff you want to eat is in the Gourmet World."
Cream padded her pet with a smile. "But, do not worry! There is a lot of great stuff to eat here in the human world! We just have to keep looking for it, and never give up until we find the one you like!"
T-Bone looked at Cream. It sighed but looked relieved and sort of happy. He thought Cream was a weird human (which she is), but he also knew that she was a good human. Since it was getting late, they decided to head back home.
"Groaawwaaalll!" They stopped to hear a strong noise of beast. Cream and T-Bone stayed alert when they noticed that they were surrounded by a tribe of Lightning Chimps.
"Well, well. I knew eventually the entire tribe to come for us," Cream said. "Lightning Chimp lived as a tribe, and if one member got injured, an entire tribe can appear and help out the one in trouble. I take it that all of you came here for revenge on T-Bone?"
The Lightning Chimps growled at Cream and T-Bone. T-Bone looked ferocious and itching for a fight.
"Well, T-Bone, I need to use the energy I ate from all the meats you haven't eaten, so how about let's fight these chimps together?" Cream asked as she looked a bit excited, taking into a battle stance.
The tribe of Lightning Chimps jumped on them for attacks. Cream and T-Bone jumped toward the Lighting Chimps.
"Stove Punch!" Cream punched her way through her group of Chimps as her hand burned in red fire.
"Freezer Kick!" She then swung her feet, kicking some other Chimps as she partially froze them with her icy kick attack.
T-Bone grabbed one Lighting Chimp by its arm and threw it to the other chimps, hitting them in the process. Then, he swiftly attacked with his claws at the rest.
"Nice one, T-Bone!" Cream praised her pet.
T-Bone looked at how she fights. He was quite impressed even for a human. Then again, this was the second or third time he saw her fighting.
Cream looked over to see a surprise attack by two Lightning Chimps.
"Watch out!" Cream jumped in to save T-Bone just in time. She freeze-kicked the two Chimps.
T-Bone was surprised. For first time, he got distracted for a moment in the fight. For him, this could be a great embarrassment to his lineage, but at the same time, he felt a different feeling. Could this feeling be a gratitude?
"Are you OK, buddy?" She asked.
T-Bone snapped out of his thought, and stood on Cream's side. Cream smirked and they continued fighting together against the mad group of Lightning Chimps.
About an hour later, Cream and T-Bone returned home with some cut-off pelt of some Lighting Chimps' furs. Cream was eating some meats while walking back home.
"Mmmmm…. They say it doesn't taste too good, but it's not bad. Maybe it needs some ketchup," Cream said as she talked while eating.
Once they approached their home, T-Bone walked away and moved around the spot where he rested, and just went to sleep.
"I see you love sleeping outside. I wish you can stay inside where it's warmer, but I guess you deserve it. You can sleep wherever you want. You deserve it today," Cream commented as she took the pelts she collected inside her home.
T-Bone had his eyes opened as he looked at her going into her house. He quietly looked through the windows, seeing her put the pelts of the chimps' fur down for her to sell later, and then headed upstairs to rest.
Cream took a bath that night, thinking about all things that happened today. Though, she felt a bit disappointed that she couldn't find something good for her pet to eat.
"Too bad I couldn't find something tasty for T-Bone. Maybe, I need to buy steaks for him, but what if he gets bored of that?" She thought aloud in the shower as warm water rained down over her silky skins. "Maybe I should ask a help from Chief Mansam. Maybe he knows about the War Tiger's diet."
As she imagined about Chef Mansam, the Chef Mansam in her thought bubble said, "Did you just call me handsome?!"
She immediately blown up the thought bubble.
As she changed into her pajama, she noticed something was walking upstairs. As like a surprise, the something was T-Bone himself.
"T-Bone?! What are you doing here? How did you even get in?" Cream asked surprisingly.
T-Bone didn't say anything back as it just moved around the carpet, making itself comfortable before it rested down.
Cream was surprised, but then she smiled heartfully. She could feel that T-Bone was warming up to her. She quietly turned off the light and went to her bed. She and her pet slept quietly that night.
Hey, guys! Thank you for everyone who posted reviews for the last chapter.
This story, like my other stories that haven't been updated for 3-5 months or so, was updated recently, but I decided to upload another chapter.
Now this chapter is not the start of the Century Soup arc, but I will write the next chapter soon as I feel like I really want to work on this story (since the next story arc is my favorite arc). Please look forward to the next chapter soon, but I also hope you enjoyed reading this short chapter about Cream and her new pet, T-Bone the War Tiger.
What did you all think of this? Please leave any reviews or comments and I will see you all again soon.