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Chapter 70
"I've got the plates Komatsu."Shina said
"Ah, good can you place it on your left."Komatsu said while stirring the pot.
Once Shina set the plates down both of them heard a crack, Komatsu glanced and saw the vary sane plate that Shina set down split in the very middle.
"What was that?"Shina asked curiously.
Komatsu didn't answer he just had a very worried look holding the broken plate.
'Why do I have this feeling that something is wrong?'Shina thought gripping her cane. 'I hope that Aiko is okay...'
Meanwhile with Toriko and Aiko
Aiko tried to move but the gravity was making it extremely hard but not impossible. She slightly blushed since she was on top of the bluenette. It wasn't her fault that she was practically in his arms. They heard the roar of an animal once they saw it, the animal is a three headed type of tiger.
Asura Tiger (Mammal Beast) Capture Level - Immeasurable
Bit by bit the duo tried to stand up, Aiko got off of Toriko without any trouble but manage to only kneel.
"M-My body's...heavy..."Toriko muttered out.
The tiger licked his teeth and tongue started to drool at eyeing at the new prey. Once it attacked the duo manage to barely dodged it.
"What the hell is this...?!"Toriko said
"It feels like lead..."Aiko said "It's the gravity of this...place is making us feel heavier."
Both of them struggled to move, they saw that the tiger was about to stomp them until Toriko acted quickly by using his leg knife attack to scratch the animal's paw grabbing Aiko and dodge the attack but they were too slow, they got hit sending them flying they got separated in the process.
"Aiko!"Toriko shouted
"Toriko!"Aiko shouted
After a few minutes Aiko struggled a bit.
"I...damn it!"Aiko muttered out glancing around Toriko was no where near in sight. Bit by bit her vision started to be hazy. "My body is going numb..."
She saw the giant tiger licking his lips, he ran after her.
"Seriously?!...just...what...I need!"Aiko muttered glaring at the tiger.
Aiko could hardly do anything the tiger ran at her and opened its mouth to devour her. She manage to move and dodge the attack but the animals impact send her flying to a new area.
"My body feels normal again."Aiko said moving her body.
She looked around the area and saw mist.
"A fog?"Aiko said "Where could he be? The fog is dense...I can't see anything."
She head thunder and it suddenly started to rain, but instead of a light drizzle it was ferocious water blasts.
"It's not rain! It feels like their missiles!"Aiko said
She carefully stood up and tried to escape the harsh water falling in. It led her to a new environment into a plains field trees and tall grasses.
"This is new."Aiko muttered and started to sweat a bit and collapsed on her knees. 'My body got heavy again...just what's up with this place?' She thought she slowly crawled to try and see if her body could adapt to the new environment.
"I'm worried about Toriko..."Aiko said she stopped realizing that she didn't say Kun at the end, she wondered why she said his name like that. Now is not the time to think of that, right now is to find him and stay together to explore the place.
She saw a few animals at peace at each other a large scaly bird crossed with a lizard with piercing yellow eyes, she thought that they would be friendly.
Mamyuu (bird beast) Capture Level - Immeasurable
One of the Mamyuu looked at Aiko and started to drool, he opened its mouth to reveal its sharp teeth.
'There's too many of them!...is this the end?'Aiko thought
"Stay away from her!" A voice said
The animals looked up and in a dash small needles struck them paralyzing them.
'That voice!'Aiko thought bitterly.
"Even after all this time you need to be more prepared, it's one of the most important things to do when you enter dangerous territory. Didn't she teach you that?" The male figure said walking towards Aiko. The tench coat flowed in the wind at each step he took. "Aiko."
"Father..."Aiko said
A few minutes later...
"That beast is called Mamyuu, those move in packs."He said "If it senses danger then it calls on its pack. But I don't see any here meaning that he already took care of them."
"He? I don't understand! What the hell are you doing here?!"Aiko snapped
"I came here to find you."He said
"Find me? For what! "Aiko said her eyes widen at realizing something. "Toriko! I have to find him!"
"He's fine, he's with Jirou." He said "I'll take you to them."
The two walked it was just silence along the way. Aiko kept her eyes firmly at the ground not wanting to look at her father. Just the sight of him brings back the painful memories of him not being at home, for not being there at any special events like birthdays or family outings.
"Aiko, this is your first time here am I right?" Her father spoke up.
"Why do you care?"Aiko snapped.
"You're so reckless, I don't know who you got that from."He said Aiko made a face and looked away. "You came here unarmed, both physically and mentally."
"I wasn't!"Aiko snapped
"You could've died back there if I wasn't there."He argued "In this Gourmet world you have to maintain your concentration. If you let your guard down then you die simple as that. You have to be cautious at all times when you go into unfamiliar territory. I knew you were a beginner when I saw you back there."
"I'm always cautious it's just that my body was heavy from this place."Aiko said
"Of course it is."He said "This area is very different that the normal world, when you get here the gravity is stronger than normal and if you reach further down the gravity is much more heavier."
"No wonder why body feels heavy."Aiko said
"You'll be fine, you'll adapt to it soon."He said "Your mother did."
'Mom...'Aiko thought she tighten her fist.
"Aiko, the way that you are now..There's no way that you can take on the Gourmet world." He said
Aiko glared at the ground.
"I was like that too."He said "I tried to go alone, to do everything alone. But the Gourmet world isn't a simple world. At the moment you weren't lacking power but something else. You needed someone with you, not that Bishokuya but your partner. You should trust in Shina, she's a very interesting young woman. Try to open your heart more."
'Shina...'Aiko thought back of the memories when she travelled with Shina.
'I lost my vision over the last few years by an illness but it doesn't get in the way of what I love to do.'
'I wanna show everyone what I can do even if I'm blind that I can cook! I'm a chef like everyone else!'
'You...you want me as your combo partner?'
'I...I promise you that I won't let you down!'
"Shina? How do you know her?"Aiko snapped
"I have to know these thing I am your-"
"Stop! You can't just call yourself my father, you weren't there when we needed you the most!"Aiko snapped anger rose in her voice. "You weren't there when...when she died! She waited for you!"
His brown eyes cast down sadly and let out a depressive sigh.
"Aiko, you have to understand what I was doing was-"
"No! I don't want to hear another one of your excuses!"Aiko snapped "Lets just go to meet Jirou and Toriko."
"The person that asked me to go find you was Shina, on the way I met up with Jirou he was requested to find Toriko by Komatsu." He said
Meanwhile with Komatsu and Shina
"It smells wonderful."Shina said
"Here try some."Komatsu said holding a spoon to Shina. Once Shina tasted it her cloudy eyes lit up.
"The flavor improved a lot."Shina said with a smile.
Komatsu thought back at what happened earlier.
Flashback...
The door opened to reveal Sani in a red zip up jacket and black pants his hair was straight and loose.
"What is it, Sani-san? It's odd for you to show up so suddenly." Komatsu said
"Congrats on forming a Combo with Toriko."Sani said he glanced at Shina. "And you with Aki, seems like a good decision."
"Thank you."Shina said with a small smile
"Thanks."Komatsu said
"By th'way about a Toriko...he's headed to Gourmet world alone right now."Sani said
"Actually he's not alone."Shina spoke up.
"Wha?"Sani said looking at the blind girl.
"I had a call from someone that Aiko would go with Toriko to the Gourmet world."Shina said
"If they're alone then their lives will be in danger."Sani said "Its got nothing to do wth me though, but I need to make sure that brute Toriko doesn't do anything to my Aki."
"What should we do?"Komatsu asked
"I'm worried."Shina said
"Honestly, I'd never do such an unbeaut'ful thing, but...Matsu...Shi..."Sani started "If both of you would do anything to save your partners, then you can just call for help."
Sani took out a folded paper and handed it to Komatsu.
"Contact this person right away."Sani said
With that Sani walked away leaving the two chefs alone.
"Komatsu, can you also make a call for me?"Shina said taking out a paper. "A friend of Aiko's gave my butler a message over the phone in case if Aiko was in any danger to contact him."
End of flashback
Komatsu glanced down with a worried look praying that Toriko and Aiko are okay. Suddenly he felt a hand over his giving a soft squeeze.
"I'm sure that they're okay."Shina said with a soft smile trying to ease Komatsu's worries.
"Shine-san..."Komatsu whispered glancing at the blind girl. Yun looked back and forth at the duo with a happy expression on his face.
Back with Aiko
"If anything happened to Aiko..."Her father said "That's what she was sobbing when I heard her over the phone, I could tell that she cared about you. Sometimes you run off without telling anyone-"
"Kinda like you."Aiko snapped at him. "I just didn't want her to come because it would be too dangerous for her."
"You have to be more considerate to other people's feelings-"
"What about my feelings?!"Aiko snapped glaring at him. Her eyes started to water a bit, she couldn't cry now not in front of him.
She ran ahead not caring if there was any danger,there she noticed the bluenette, her heart was at ease.
"Toriko-kun!"Aiko shouted
Toriko looked up and felt at peace seeing the young woman run to him and hug him. He wrapped his arms around her breathing easier, lightly caressing her hair.
"I was worried about you!"Aiko mumbled in his chest.
"Aiko..."Toriko whispered he glanced to see the older man in the trench coat. 'Who's that guy?' He thought
The man looked at the two hugging, his eyes had a sad expression.
'Aiko...you've definitely grown so much...I am sorry that I wasn't there...'He thought 'I do hope that one day you'll accept me back in your life...'
A few hours later...
Komatsu was at the restaurant, the customers there happily ate the food prepared by him. Komatsu sat at a chair with Shina beside him he gave out a sad sigh wondering if Toriko and Aiko are okay, he felt a hand on his shoulder knowing that it was Shina trying to comfort the young chef.
"I'm hungry." A voice said
"Hey, can we have whatever the chef makes for us?"A female voice said
"Toriko-San! Ai-chan!"Komatsu yelled out happily running after them.
"Aiko! I...I'm glad your okay!"Shina happily said running behind Komatsu. Both chefs hugged their partners smiling and relieved that both came back unharmed.
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