Chapter 10
The next morning.
Suiryu was still asleep in bed, but, he couldn't help but feel strange. For once, he felt as if part of his body was hanging off the bed, second, the bed felt a little deeper than it should have been. With a stretch and a yawn, he woke himself up and got up. He looked about but didn't see Alley next to him. "Guess she's at the lab again." he muttered.
He rose and left the room, yet this sensation wasn't leaving him. He felt different, heavy in a sense and a little taller. Wondering out of the room he went to the kitchen. The family was discussing the day's event when he took a seat. The table continued on with their conversation yet Suiryu was more interested in what there was to eat. Nothing appealed to him this morning, but his stomach was beginning to growl and rumble rather aggressively. "Is this all that there is for breakfast?" he asked aloud.
The table paused. "We just made it, would you like something else?" asked Melee.
"I really don't know what I want right now… I want meat… but nothing small like bacon… Although pork does sound good…"
"You looking for a roast, we don't got it in the house right now." Garou said offhandedly. "You better to go get one if you want it that badly."
Suiryu sighed aloud as he decided to go out for breakfast. "Did you want some company?" asked Hunter. "I'll go with you."
"Nah, I think I just need to figure out what I want…" Suiryu said as he scratched his stomach, but paused, looking down, he noticed he was a little bulky. "Huh? I didn't think I got that big, Melee said I put on some weight… does it look bad?" he asked.
The room filled with "No! Not at all!" "I couldn't even tell!" "You put on weight? Impossible!"
He smirked to their comments and excused himself. That idea of a pork meal really filled his mind, he was licking his lips at the thought of it all. Perhaps a quick tour of the cities will help him decide what to eat…
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He was just over the skies of City D, peering down. Suiryu saw something rather odd. A massive beast was rampaging the city! However there was no warning system going off, nothing announcing this monster! So he took matters into his own hands. Landing within one of the busy intersections, he cut the beast off, but paused. "It's not a monster?" he muttered. It was a massive wild boar that had somehow made its way out of the forest and into the busy streets, yet the pig wasn't going to go back to the wood quietly to say the least!
Suiryu on the other hand was already envisioning this creature on a nice fire spit!
"Suiryu! Thank goodness you're here! Can you get that thing out? It's tried to trample so many people!"
"My pleasure!" he said with a grin.
As his eyes locked onto the boar, the boar was staring at him with a menacing glare. "That's right, come to papa!" Suiryu said as he tried to clear away his drool. 'Damn, I wonder why I am acting like this… why does my throat feel odd all of a sudden?' he thought.
The boar came charging, squealing aloud until Suiryu felt something build up from inside of him, he began to cough aloud until he took a deep breath. A sneeze suddenly came on, and he unleashed it towards the boar… with a torrent of fire!
The pig was caught up in the flames, breathing them in and was quickly killed from the blast. The people cheered aloud, Suiryu on the other hand was breathing in the smell of the roasted hog. "Put out the fire!" a man called to the others on the street.
"Hold it!" Suiryu protested. "It's still cooking!"
People froze.
"You're… you're going to eat that?" one woman asked with a hint of disgust to her tone.
Suiryu was licking his lips in anticipation of the feast.
The flames went out on their own, but gave the boar a brilliant char. The skin perfectly crisp and would crack under the smallest of pressure, he even tested it out as he saw the fat ooze and the meat drip with flavoring. "Oh man…" he muttered. Without hesitation he leaned in and tore off the first chunk of flesh. The juice was exquisite, the meat tender and succulent.
He needed more of it!
Suiryu sat himself down and ate to his heart's content…
#
He didn't want to go, but Melee insisted.
Garou had to find Suiryu and make certain he was okay. Through the skies he couldn't see where he had gone, however thankfully, twitter was more than willing to help guide him.
"Suiryu eating a monstrous pig in City D."
"Three tons of pork in a single sitting, someone call a doctor…"
Tweet after tweet he read but smirked. "Well, guess he found something to eat."
Garou went to City D, and could found Suiryu by the smell of roasted pork that linger in the air. By the time his feet hit the ground, he saw him. Suiryu was taking the last bit of flesh from his kill and ate it without hesitation. Yet, he couldn't bring himself to get up, he was too full from his meal. "Garou… Garou is Suiryu okay?" a woman asked with a slight panic in her voice.
"Just fine." Garou insisted. He approached him and looked over the remains. The pig was picked clean, down to the bone, Suiryu was covered in grease and yet appeared very content. "You ate well."
He was slightly started by his voice, but calmed himself down. "Yeah… didn't think I would eat the whole thing!"
"No shit. You feeling okay? You did skip dinner yesterday too."
"Oh yeah…" Suiryu thought. Garou offered him a hand to help him up. When Suiryu got to his feet he froze as he realized he was very bloated in appearance. "Oh… oh dear God, what have I done to myself!"
"You ate." Garou explained. "You may have over done it but you body will crave what it needs will it not?"
Suiryu paused and nodded. "Yeah… guess it wanted me to be a fat bastard today…"
"It never hurts to indulge every so often. Come on, let's get to the Association and clean you up. You ain't fitting into the showers at home!"
Suiryu smirked as he tried to flap his wings for flight, however. He was too heavy. He paused for a moment as he turned to his own wings. It was then Garou saw them starting to grow! Thicker, stronger the wings began to grow bigger and bigger! Until, he was able to flap them once and get himself off the ground! "Okay, let's go then" Suiryu announced.
He let him go on ahead of him. Garou smirked as he followed suit. "This guy is gonna be full of surprises," he muttered.
By the time they landed at the Association, Suiryu ventured off to the room where they would have kept the six to allow them to sleep. But first, he headed to the industrial showers, cleaned himself up before heading to the room to sleep. When the doors closed there were heroes already gathered. "Nothing yet?" they asked.
"Nope, he did skip dinner last night so he is chalking up his hunger to that." Garou explained.
"Damn!" those that had the square where he would learn the day after the bet was placed was starting to get concerned. They will no doubt he out of the bet by the end of the day.
With Suiryu looked after, Garou sighed, he had to get home to prepare for the interview at Oni's sumo stable…
