Previously:
"That's true,but the greenland, and even the guard of this ice world, the Tundra Dragon, were completely frozen.
"I don't think so," Toriko said, "That thing wouldn't have frozen from that level of wind. If it were alive, that is"
"Huh?"
"It froze, after it died" Toriko elaborated
"No way, the Tundra Dragon's Capture Level should be a little over 50" Kimiko said
"Yeah," Toriko said
"Who on earth could do something like that?" Kimiko looked over at Toriko who still had a serious face.
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"It's nicknamed the Gourmet Food Curtain."Toriko explained as he lead the group, "The aurora formed from the Century Soup wafting through the air. First we've got to find that."
"Gourmet Food Curtain?" Kimiko repeated
"The aurora is like a guidepost." Takimaru said
"It's like the curtain of a restaurant that's been closed for a hundred years has been opened, and it's guiding us toward the soup, like a host showing customers in." Toriko elaborated.
"What a cute little fairy tale-like story." Match chuckled
"It really is, and the ice here is beautiful, too," Kimiko said, "If no wild beasts come out, this place will really be like a fairy" she stopped as she started to admire a certain ice pillar that was sparkling." Look! It's shining so brightly!" she then stopped smiling as she heard growling from the other side and scream and ran as a gigantic white grizzly bear that had horns on its head and was about the size of a large building smash the ice pillar into tiny chunks.
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Silver Grizzly (Mammal Beast) Capture Level 20
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"Oh, I've never seen this creature before!" Toriko exclaimed as everyone started to prepare themselves for a fight.
The creature roared and then started to swipe at Toriko as he started to charge at the bear, he jumped onto the bears left hand and ran up the arm, stopping when he standing at the back of its neck, he then took out his scanner and scanned the beast making its information pop up.
"A Silver Grizzly. Looks delicious! It'll be a great source of protein!" He then looked up as he heard the grizzly growl and then clapped its hands behind its head in an effort to try to catch Toriko. Toriko quickly jumped and landed in front of the bear.
"I give thanks to all of the ingredients in the world! Itadakimasu!" Toriko clapped his hands as the grizzly charged at him.
"FORK!" Toriko jabbed his hand into the grizzly's abdomen
"KNIFE!" he sliced the grizzly across its chest
"Gochisousama deshita." Toriko said as the grizzly fell to the ground completely dead.
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The entire group was sitting in a circle as the watched Kimiko stir a boiling pot of cooked grizzly meat.
"I think now, I'll add this Icicle scallion, or Icicallion, I found before." she said as she added them to the pot and stirred it for a second, "It's done! Silver Grizzly Kakuni!"
"It looks delicious!" Toriko drooled
"That smells wonderful." Takimaru said, as Kimiko started pouring the meat into bowls.
"Itadakimasu!" They all said before digging in.
"Delicious! It has a simple taste like white fish, whilst having a juicy consistency! So this is Silver Grizzly Meat?! With the piping hot meat and the tingling spiciness of the Icicallion, my body feels like it's melting right to the core!" Toriko said before taking another bite.
"It is delicious" Takimaru commented
"It really warms you up!" Match said while he and his subordinates were eating it with gusto, "Right?"
"Yes!" the subordinates said in unison
"Kimi, seconds!" Toriko exclaimed while presenting an empty bowl
"Already!" Kimiko exclaimed, "I need to boil some more meat or Toriko-san will eat it all." she then went back to preparing another serving. That was when she felt someone touch her behind.
"EEEEKK! Someone touched my butt!" Kimiko screamed in alarm, making all of the others look at Toriko, for he was the only one sitting right next to Kimiko.
"Huh? Why are you looking at me!" Toriko exclaimed
"Toriko-san it's not nice to grope the only female in the group" Takimaru said while giving Toriko a stern look.
"Who would have thought that one of the Four Heavenly Kings was a pervert." Match said while his subordinates nodded in agreement.
"What! I didn't do it!" Toriko exclaimed at the group while sporting a red face.
"Yun."
"Huh?" Kimiko looked behind her to see a light pink penguin that had a dark pink circle on its stomach.
"Yun!" it chirped getting everyone's attention.
"It's a baby Wall Penguin" Toriko said
"Yun! Yun!' the penguin chirped
"Wall Penguin" Kimiko said before smiling and then hugging the penguin.
"You're so cute!" she exclaimed, "So you must have been the one who touched me."
"Yun! Yun! Yun!" it chirped
"See I told you I didn't do it!" Toriko exclaimed while pointing at the penguin.
"Sorry" the rest of the group said while Kimiko was still hugging the penguin.
"Anyway, Wall Penguin's are an endangered species." Toriko said
"It looks like it's lost, doesn't it?" Takimaru said
"Yun! Yun!" the penguin chirped and then started to poke Kimiko in the cheek.
"Ow. Owowowow. Hey!" she said as she held the penguin arms length away, "It's not nice to poke people" she lightly scolded.
"Yun." the penguin frowned
"Oh. How can I stay mad at that face!" Kimiko exclaimed before hugging the penguin to her chest making the penguin chirp in happiness.
"Baby Wall Penguins have no sense of wariness. It can get attached to any animal. But on the other hand, the parents are ferocious. I'll bet that right now, they're rampaging all over the place looking for that little guy." Toriko exclaimed bringing Kimiko out of her happyfest of hugging the baby penguin.
"Seriously!" Kimiko exclaimed as she imagined two gigantic penguins that had fury in their eyes.
"They'll think you kidnapped him. You can be 100% sure"
"Eh?" Kimiko said in alarm while Yun was chirping happily in her arms. The others laughed as Kimiko panicked.
"Now then, sorry, but I'll be taking a rest early." Match said as he got up. "We need to preserve our stamina for when we really need it." he chuckled as he looked at the penguin. 'A baby penguin that got separated from its parents, huh? Make sure you watch after it." he then went toward his tent.
"Match-san?" Kimiko said
"Have a good rest Match" Toriko said
Toriko. A time may soon come where you and I will have to fight, Match thought before heading inside his tent and then looked at his sword. Even if I can't win. I need to store up enough power so I can at least get a blow in.
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" Um, everyone." Kimiko said. "Why did you come here to get the Century Soup?" she was met with silence and blushed, "Ah, sorry"
"Have you ever heard of Nerg City?" the subordinate with brown hair and glasses asked
"The Gourmet Crime city not affiliated with the IGO, Nerg?" Toriko said
"The lawless area that circulates ingredients which have been banned from trade?" Takimaru said
"We can't forget it. When we were kids, we were blessed with food by Match-san." Ram said
"If I were to try and describe the happiness I felt back then, I wouldn't know how to describe it. That happiness of knowing I'd have enough to eat for the first time." Louie said
"I see. So you guys joined the Gourmet Mafia because of that debt you owe, huh?" Toriko asked
"No, that's not it." Shin said. "We all deeply admire Match-san. That man is special. The reason that Nerg is poor is because of a group who unfairly control all the ingredients. That man couldn't just stand by and let that happen. Isn't that awesome? He picked a fight with them all on his own. And he shared the food he took. The adults in that town would have never done that. It's true that we're hated by society, but that's really insane. Hogging food to the point that other people die."
"After all, kids don't bear any sins." Ram said
Kimiko smiled. "I think that's fantastic! The feeling of wanting to let those children eat the soup!"
"We're just choosing to do this on our own." Shin said
"But to venture out here into danger, where there are all these high Capture Level beasts and all." Takimaru said
"What about you, Takimaru?" Toriko asked, "Do the other members of the Gourmet Knights know about this job you're doing?" Takimaru frowned
"It's the century soup. For the Gourmet Knights that are encouraged to have a simple diet, a high-class ingredient like that is pretty unorthodox, don't you think?" Toriko asked
"The other members do not know about this job."
"I knew it." Toriko said, "There's no way a new entrant into the group would be entrusted to work like this in the first place. Don't tell me you didn't even tell that Ai guy?"
"A-Aimaru-san… Our leader, was the one person I could never tell." Takimaru said
"So why'd you take on a huge job like this alone?"
"I-I need money. A lot of it. The country of healing, Life. It's so I can buy a medicine they sell there. It's a medicine said to be able to cure any disease." Takimaru explained
"So in other words, it's to help someone." Shin said
"You're braving danger for other's sake just like us, huh?" Ram said
"But I'm sure the Gourmet Knights weren't allowed to take" Toriko said
"Yes. We have a doctrine to entrust our lives wholly to nature. Administering man-made medicine goes against that. But I'm sure in the healing country of Life, there are many natural medicines and curing ingredients. If I use that, it won't go against our doctrine. I have to get my hands on one. No matter what the cost." tears started to trail down his face, "Aimaru-san, please wait just a little longer for me. I will get it."
"Takimaru-san" Kimiko said
"I haven't heard all of the details, but it seems like those tears have a value that outsripts the Century Soup, Takimaru. Don't worry, if you have a reason enough to cry. You guys too. When people act while thinking of others it brings out the greatest amount of power. I'm sure we'll all get our hands on it. The Century Soup It'll be okay, we'll definitely find it."
"Toriko-san" the three subordinates said
"Toriko-san" Takimaru said while wiping away his tears. Kimiko smiled as she held Yun
"By the way, what reason do you have for going after the soup, Toriko-san?" Ram asked
"Isn't that obvious!" Toriko said, "Because I want to eat it. That's all!
The others grinned and then started laughing .
"No, Toriko-san's serious about that." Kimiko said as she saw Takimaru trying to stifle his laughter. Takimaru-san it's nothing to laugh" she stopped as Yun started to wave his hands excitedly.
"Looks like he's totally attached to you now. So take responsibility and look after him" Toriko said
"but." Kimiko said while she looked at the penguin who was smiling and waving his arms. "What if his parents show up?!"
"Well I guess they'll attack you then." Toriko joked
"What the hell, 'Because I want to eat it'? It's for the sake of that chef, Kimiko, too. Like hell I'll be able to sleep" Match said as he heard the group talk.
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"Toriko-san" Kimiko sighed as she let go of the penguin letting him waddle around her.
"He's a happy little fellow." Toriko said as he then saw the penguin go back up to Kimiko raising his arms, wanting to be held again. Kimiko giggled and lifted up Yun making him chirp in happiness.
Wait a second, Toriko thought and then looked closer to see that Yun was rubbing his head into Kimiko's chest with a grin on his face.
He's not doing that intentionally is he? Toriko thought as he kept on staring.
"Uh, Toriko-san." Kimiko said bringing him out of his thoughts, "Is something wrong?"
"Uh, it's nothing." Toriko said and then blushed as he realized that he was staring.
"Right." Ram said making Toriko look at the rest of the group. Who were giving him a look.
"What?" Toriko said
"Nothing." they said. Toriko looked back at Kimiko to see that she was busy with hugging the penguin.
"I wasn't staring." he said
"Sure you weren't" Ram said
"I wasn't" Toriko said
BOOM!
The group looked over to the sound of the noise to see that part of the mountain was starting to collapse. Match quickly went out his tent to see what the noise was.
"What's happening?" Match asked
"Everyone, get ready quickly. We're heading out!" Toriko yelled.
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lunamugetsu: I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to not upload for so long. It's just that school really takes away all of your time. I'm just glad that I was able to have time to write this. Don't worry, I'm not quitting on writing fanfic, you're just going to have to wait awhile for updates. Anyway please
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