Chapter 40

" Komatsu..." Aiko said

As he was on the floor as he started crying.

" Even though everyone worked so hard, even risking your lives the last cup of the century soup...that I finally found was taken by a robot riding a fly. " Komatsu said as the baby wall penguin tries to comfort komatsu.

" A micro sized Gt robot?" Teppei said

" I'm not really sure but..." Tina said "it happened in an instant"

" I'm truly,truly sorry" Komatsu said

" Komatsu. Trips into nature to find and supply an ingredient that ends in a failure" Toriko said as he walked over to Komatsu as Aiko followed him. " happens all the time!"

" Yeah Toriko-kun is right even for us Bishokuya it happens a lot " Aiko said

" you've got nothing to be ashamed of" Toriko said " what's really important is that your still alive, as long as you're alive someday another chance'll definitely come" as he glanced at Aiko as she patted Komatsu's back.

" Toriko-San!...Ai-chan!..." As Komatsu cried a bit more

" it's okay Komatsu." Aiko said as she still patted his back comforting him.

" so the bishokukai got the soup" Teppei said

Flash back

"Hey Teppei, this request came directly from the gourmet human national treasure, Granny setsu, failure won't be tolerated"

"Master, please don't put on so much pressure on me" Teppei said

" Also, Toriko should be on the scene there and she asked me to keep an eye on him "

" Toriko is one of the four heavenly kings, I've got no business helping him " Teppei said

"she also mentioned that Aiko might be there too."

" Ai-chan? She's going there?" Teppei said as he looked at his master ' I haven't seen her in a long time it might be nice to see her again...' He though

" And this next thing is just my intuition, Teppei , the gourmet show window may already be done for"

" Eh?! Please don't say things like that!" Teppei said " you know your intuition is always correct!" As he sigh

"If by some chance the Show window is dying,the final drop will be up to the century soup"

" Eh? Up to the Soup?" Teppei said

End of flash back

As Teppei looked up at the show window.

" are you okay?" Komatsu ask as toriko tries to get up as he stood as aiko was next to him checking on him.

" I guess that awesome technique I came up with had a backlash " toriko said

" Sit still toriko-kun " aiko said as she placed her hand on his leg as toriko stiffen a bit. " Reiki sesshoku naosu" as her hands glowed white as toriko couldn't help but let out a low moan which made Aiko slightly blush. " how does it feel now?"

" it feels good, aiko " toriko said as he looked at her as she was treating his leg. ' I really like her healing ability. It's always relaxing...' He though as he felt her hand move a bit ' now that I look at it her hands are small it suits her nicely' as he looked as she was done.

As the cave was shaking a bit.

" what?!" Tina said

" hey that's..." Toriko said as they heard more noises " those monsters are still fighting up there"

" whether the soup is up there or not" match said "in the end, we still might not be able to get home alive"

As the cave was still shaking by the steps of the creatures outside after a few moments the sound and shaking stopped.

"the cries stopped?" Tina said

" I wonder what happened" Komatsu said

" I'm just glad we're not near that creepy bug" Aiko said as she shivered at the though of the bug as Teppei chuckled " it's not funny! It's your fault! When we were little you said it be fun going to the forest alone! Then a swarm of butterspiders crawled all over me!" As Teppei still chuckled as Aiko slightly pouted.

" I remember that! One even crawled to your dress that you practically jumped into the river to get it out!" Teppei said as he started to laugh which made Aiko pout even more. " but those times were really fun Ai-chan"

" yeah they were fun" Aiko said she smiled

' Does Aiko like this guy? They know each other really well...Gah! Now I know Im getting jealous! But she doesn't seem to like him romantically...so I shouldn't be worried about other guys liking her right?" He though as he noticed takimaru waking up.

"Ohh takimaru!" Toriko said

" takimaru-San!" Aiko and Komatsu said as Aiko quickly went to him as she used her reiki sesshoku naosu to heal him.

" T-The soup... " takimaru said

" I'm sorry " Komatsu said

" Ah- I see" takimaru said

" take it easy" Aiko said " rest a little "

"I need to see it for myself...the end of the ingredient " Teppei said as he reached in his earring to take out a little pink bottle.

" what's that?" Tina ask

" Essence of dormancy " Teppei said " it halts plants functions"as he walked over to the show window as he took the long vine as he added a drop of it as it shriveled up. "Everyone! the ice mountain will soon collapse. before that happens I'm going to wring this show window to its limit." As he tied the vine around to get a better grip. " if we're lucky, there might be a few drops of soup left"

" is that possible?"Komatsu said

"Just pray and watch!"Teppei said " the end of the Gourmet show window!"as he used all his strength to pull the vines as the show window was being pressed together tightly. " Farewell, gourmet show window!" As it was crushed as a mist appeared then when it was Conrad an aurora appeared. As one drop of the soup was slowly going down.

" it came out!" Aiko said

" the century Soup!" Komatsu exclaimed

" Don't move. Everyone stay where you are" Teppei said "the last drop will be up to the soup, but if it comes toward you, then catch it"

As the last drop landed on Komatsu's hands as he smiled as the Aurora appeared.

" the century soup" Aiko said " the Aurora is so pretty"

" Ah! The smell it feels like it's stimulating every nerve and cell in my body!" Toriko said " and smelling it up close is incredible!"

"let me eat it!" Toriko and match exclaimed as Teppei grabbed a hold of them.

"If we lose our senses we can't decide who eats the last drop, can we?" Teppei said

" Teppei-kun is right" Aiko said

" please let me eat it!" Komatsu said " please toriko-San, Ai-chan "

" no can do I'm gonna eat it" Toriko said " however. This little drop isn't enough, I wanna eat all I want. so the soup I'll eat, Komatsu, is the one you make!"

" huh?"Komatsu said

" Eat that now and memorize the taste" Toriko said

" is that okay with you Teppei-kun?" Aiko asked

"The mouth is a source of calamity, so il say this straight out" Teppei said " I totally agree"

"Are those words really gonna start a calamity?" Toriko said as Aiko shrugged

" We had our answer in the beginning. The soup fell to Komatsu-kun. We didn't choose Komatsu-kun the soup did. As its final recipient " Teppei said

" it won't be the last!" Komatsu said " il definitely make the century soup!"

" yeah! It's not the end of it!" Aiko said

" you're right Ai-chan it's the birth of the new century soup!" Teppei said

"I give thanks to all the ingredients in the world itadakimasu!" Komatsu said as he drank the soup as he let out a shout.

" Komatsu!" Toriko and Aiko said as he held Komatsu as they looked at his face it was all in a goofy grin.

" what's with that face?" Toriko asked

" what's wrong Komatsu?" Match said

" Come back to your senses, Komatsu-kun!" Tina exclaimed

"Komatsu please stop making that face it's kinda funny!" Aiko said As she tries to hold in her giggles as Komatsu stopped as he was back to normal.

"S-Sorry. I just suddenly made that indecent face" Komatsu said as he got up.

" that was a perfect grin you had" Toriko said "So, how'd it taste?" As Komatsu though of it as he made the goofy face again.

" like he said,what's with that face!" Tina said

" I couldn't forget the taste of the delicious soup even if I tried" Komatsu said

" Oh I wanted to eat it too!" Toriko said as he whined

" I didn't film one gram of it!" Tina said as she realized it.

" we'd better hurry" Teppei said " pretty soon the ice mountain will..." As he stopped for a moment

" what's wrong Teppei-kun?" Aiko asked

" a presence" he said " it's not the wild beasts. It's a stronger being, a person with considerable power it's close by!"

Up above as the wall was broken.

" I can't believe he drove tommy into such a state,that man that destroyed starjun's robot and grinpatch acknowledged him as well, unless we deal with him while we have a chance, he could become troublesome in the distant future. Toriko."Alfaro said

Back with Toriko and the others

" the presence is bad news, it exceeds Tommy's power" Toriko said

" Really?" Aiko said

" if there were a lot of soup left I could recover my stamina and fight...but" Toriko started "well with my arm like this I don't know if I'd win"

" regardless we have no choice but to run" Teppei said

" since the enemy is up above we have to find another place to go" Aiko said

As they heard a shout from one of zonges subordinate.

" hey! zonge-Sama said ' undo the knocking!' And if you do that il tell you a good way out of here!"

" huh?"Teppei said

" really!" Toriko exclaimed

" he says 'who do you think I am?!' "

" what was his name?"Toriko muttered

" I believe it was...Bongo-San?" Komatsu said as he though

" I though it was Zombie-San" Aiko muttered

" please show us the exit" Teppei said

" we'd better go before they find us" Aiko said

Up above

" we won't let a single one escape" Alfaro said

" wait a minute" a older female voice said as they turn

"I can't let you go any further boys" setsuno said

" setsuno..."Alfaro said

there you have it guys! Il be posting another chapter soon so please leave a review! I'll see you guys soon!