"Mmm, Ham Fish on top of Tsuchinoko Shrimp. What a delicious and elegant combination." Éclair looked at the man across from her, "You are all about elegance eh Sunny? It is nice, I'll admit. The nice breeze, the scrumptious meal~ I like it all." The man smiled, "Oh Muffin, you get it. But it's not just that. It's also the music that goes along with meal. ~Bonkochi, raise the volume." The music man sitting nearby smiled, "Finally time. Let's change the tunes. Instead of Sambo, let's put on some Bossa Nova." Sunny yelled out, "That's great Bonkochi! You're the best." He looked back to Éclair, "This is why he gets paid 2 million an hour. He's a top notch DJ and his schedule is booked for the next few months. He matches dishes and ingredients to the music." A glint of evil caught her eye, "Oh yeah? You're a music lover Bonkochi? Let's see if your music is a match for my vocals."
The girl laughed, "It's funny, I haven't sung for anyone like this in a long time. I used to do this for my customers, but I haven't had the incentive to do it for anyone lately. ~Anyway, Sunny, tell me how I harmonize with your meal." She went along with the music and sang to the beat. It was an old song she sang. One that she made up some time ago. She never sang the songs she wrote, they were more like memories in a journal to her rather than song. But to everyone else, it sounded like a regular melody. Of course her favorite songs came from the ingredients she cooked, but this one came from the pages of her heart. The girl laughed, "Bonkochi, we make a good team. If you were a Bishokuya, we'd be the greatest combo ever."
She took a seat again, and Sunny's hand was over his face. A sweat broke from his forehead as he looked at her. "That song~ It was~ It was beautiful." "Thanks Sunny." The man took a sip of his wine, "About Toriko, your partner." He shook his head, "That man totally doesn't match your elegance Muffin. He's not suited for you, and he's not going to be a very good influence on your growth. Traveling around with him is going to be painful. He is quite classless." The girl laughed, "I'll say! Sometimes I wonder where his manners went, but I still love traveling around with him." The man looked out at the boundless water, "Muffin, I think we ought to just cut to the chase and you should pair with~" "Hey guys! Sorry I'm late!" Éclair ran to Toriko, "You're late Toriko-kun!" "Sorry, I ran into a ramen joint and I wanted to fit in a light lunch." Sunny pouted, "You called us here and you're late!" The man ran to their plates, "Ooh! Is that Tsuchinoko shrimp? Waiter, get me an order and a beer!" He pointed at Bonkochi, "And you, turn that music off! I have things to discuss."
The man ate his food in the blink of an eye. The blond girl put a hand under her chin, "That talent still hasn't ceased to amaze me yet." The bluenette looked at Sunny, "I want your help getting an ingredient." "Is it a training ingredient? Nope, no way. I am sick and tired of doing those!" The man smirked, "Even if it's the Shining Gourami?" The blue eyed man gasped, "The fish that shines like a crystal, also known as the Crystal Fish? Why do you get such beautiful prey! The old man keeps giving me hideous ones!" "Well, there's a problem. The fish lives in a cave inside one of the three great waterfalls. Death Falls. It expels 1 trillion liters per minute, is 1 kilometer thick, and is smashes everything beneath it. So how about it? You wanna test your skills?" The man nodded, "I am interested in the Shining Gourami. Not only that, I want to bathe my new family member from the Gourmet World." A large Mother Snake appeared in front of her eyes and the girl couldn't help but smile. She was an animal lover for certain. "Wow! It's beautiful." Sunny laughed conceitedly, "Of course she is. Her name is Quinn." Toriko gazed upon the snake, "This one's still a kid. A full grown Mother Snake is said to grow the size of the circumference of the planet. Generally it lives in the Gourmet World, but when it does come to the Human World on rare occasions, only the body is generally seen because it's so long. To see the face or tail is considered good luck." Éclair clapped her hands, "Well good luck to us all!"
Sunny shook his head, "Not exactly. Mother Snakes usually eat those that see its face. So those who have seen it are usually not alive to talk about it." Éclair poked her lip out, "Aww! I'm gonna get eaten? I don't know if you noticed, but I looked at its face." She looked down, "Tell me I'm not going to get eaten Sunny!" The man looked at the girl, "If you were my partner, you'd never get eaten, unless~" She whipped her head up, "Huh?" "Eh?" Toriko and Éclair both confusingly looked at the man. "Ahem, Nothing. Let's just go!" He jumped onto Quinn and looked back at the two. "Come on. Quinn is giving us a lift. But take off your shoes first!" The girl put her boots in her backpack and jumped on Toriko's back "Let's get on the snake!" The man jumped onto Quinn and Éclair stepped down. "It's such a different feeling. ~Are we really going to stand during this entire ride?" The flamboyant man shook his head, "Not if you don't want to Muffin. Quinn." The snake formed a seat for the girl with one of its scales and she took a seat. "No seatbelt? Oh well." She quickly took back her words as the snake slithered quickly away. She held tightly onto the sides of the scale as the wind blew her body back. "Why didn't anyone warn me about this! This is so much fun, but It's just too fast! It's like a wild roller coaster!"
Her fingertips were nearly going to break because of how hard she was holding on. It was painful, but she feared that if she let go, she would fall off and die. "How are you guys standing up? That's crazy!" They came up on a forest and Quinn breezed through it quickly. "This snake just ate a frog! How the hell does it have time for a snack at a time like this! " Her body blew back further and she flipped over the seat. Her arms and legs wrapped around it, "Please tell me we'll be there soon! I was having fun, and part of me still is, but my arms are going to give at any moment!" Toriko looked back at the girl, "Don't worry, we're stopping right now." Éclair started to finally catch her breath, "Thank heavens, it's finally stopping." She looked off the side of Quinn, "Wow, this water is so clear. It's like pool water." "Let's take a dip then. Sunny's already in." She smiled "Okay!" The bluenette jumped in, and it was her turn next. She stripped down and looked at her arms, "My arms are so tired, but maybe a swim could loosen me up. She took a running start and jumped off the face of Quinn, "Yeahhhh!" Once she hit the water her arm felt quite twisted. "Ahhhh! Cramp, cramp, cramp!" She began to sink under the water until she felt a school of fish beneath her. She, as well as the fish were lifted out of the water. She was caught in Sunny's hair net. She looked at the flopping fish underneath her, "Hey Sunny, is this your way of telling me I'm a catch?" She laughed at her own joke. The man set the food down on a large leaf and the cooking was able to commence.
They sat before the grilled Snow White Sweet Fish and put their hands together. "I give thanks for the vast bounty this world provides. Now let's eat." The girl took a bite out of the fish and smiled, "I really like this catch. It's so good." Her attention turned back to the water. "Hey, why is it that the water is so clear here? I would think waters that have other living things in it would be sort of~ I don't know~ dirty~ish." Toriko pointed toward the Mors Mountains. "The mountain is so vast. It sucks up all the nutrients from the water leaving it clear." Sunny stood up again and looked at his partner, "Back on Quinn you two. We're heading to the Death Falls." Éclair pouted, "Aww, but we just sat down. I didn't even have a chance for seconds! Hell, I barely had firsts." He picked up the girl as if she were a child and jumped on Quinn, "No more complaining Muffin. ~Quinn, let's head out!" The girl looked at the view from the head of the snake, "So this is what it looks like when you stand. I envy your power." He looked down at the girl, "If you wanted to be up here with us you could have just asked me." "Nah, I actually like carrying my own weight believe it or not." She closed her eyes and drained out the voices of Toriko and Sunny. 'Is Sunny ever gonna put me down? I'd rather not be held right now. ~I just want to stand on my own. These guys, they'll never say it, but I know they think of me as a liability. I can stand on my own!'
She dropped out of the man's grasp and grinned largely as she didn't fly off. "Ha! I'm tough too!" Sunny shook his head, "That's because we stopped Muffin." The girl turned around to see the gargantuan waterfall. It was so loud, it sounded like firearms going off. The girl felt water splash on her and she shielded her face, "How did I not hear this loud waterfall?" As they gazed, they saw a Regal Mammoth sized beast get crushed beneath the waterfall's powerful force. Éclair smirked, "So when are we going into this guillotine of water?" Toriko squinted his eyes, "Hold on there daredevil. We need a game plan. How are we gonna get through this? Underneath?" Sunny shook his head, "No, Look at it Toriko. If we go under, we'll get killed. It's like a constant blender. We have to go head on." He jumped down from the head of his partner and landed lightly onto the water. "Hair Raft!" Toriko looked at the girl, "Remember when I called you and Sunny for a meeting, I told you to bring a bulletproof suit and oxygen leaf? Put it on." The girl pouted, "Aww, but I just bought this swimsuit! I'm gonna look weird. But fine, if you say I'll need it, I'll suit up." She took the suit out of her backpack and put it on, "What a shame cuteness is being locked behind a suit." "Stop being worried about your looks, you're turning into Sunny. Now come on!" "Wait, what?" He grabbed her hand and jumped down onto Sunny's raft.
He landed hard, and her face smashed into the raft. "Ouchy! Be more delicate with me Toriko! I am a chef, not a bag of useless rocks! Hey! Are you even listening to me!" As the two men spoke and ignored the woman, she folded her arms, "Sorry, didn't know I was just a novelty toy." She looked back at Quinn who was slithering down, "People just don't understand us, do they girl?" The snake looked up and a Hipposhark jumped out of the water. Sunny yawned, "You're only worth about 2 strands my puppet." He smirked evilly, "Super Spatula!" The hippo flew away and Quinn rose up to swallow it whole. "Beautiful Quinn! 10! That was definitely a 10!" Éclair lay back on the raft, "So no one cares about the pain in my face, but the world stops when a snake eats its lunch? Pfffft." The raft started moving forward, and Toriko knelt down, "Get on my back Éclair." She jumped on and sighed, "Oh, now you notice me? I have half a mind to just stand here, but I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of an argument." Sunny looked over at the girl, "I think she'd be safer if I carried her." "I got her." She brushed the man's hair with her hand, "Yeah, he's got me." The man shrugged, "Well then, brace yourselves."
The raft began to advance toward the waterfall, and it sounded like even louder firearms. She lowered her goggles as she saw bullets of water shooting toward them. She saw as the water grazed their arms and legs, "Toriko, Sunny, are you guys alright!" The man grunted, "We will be, don't worry Éclair. Fork Shiel~" "Pipe down would you Toriko? Hair Lead!" The intense water stopped spraying and Sunny allowed the wind to guide the three. The girl sighed in relief, "Sunny, I never stop being impressed by you." The man flipped his hair, "It was beautiful, wasn't it? Alright, now into the waterfall. Toriko, you help too." The man nodded, "Of course. I must show off the results of my training too." He lifted his leg back and kicked at the waterfall, "Leg Knife!" As the attack rose, the waterfall split in 2. Éclair smiled, "Wow Toriko, you split the waterfall in half. That's amazing." They started to go though the death trap, but the water started caving in on them. The bluenette shook his head, "Damn this waterfall. Stay off of us! ~18 Fold Spiked Punch!" The attack gave them a bit more time, but it wasn't a permanent solution by far. The water was coming back, and it was more than enough to kill them.
The girl's eyes amplified, "Toriko, you wanna punch out another attack please? The water is still coming back!" Her scared eyes looked left and right as she saw large boulders and Regal Mammoth sized beasts falling victim to Death Falls. Toriko looked at Sunny, "Isn't there something you can do?" The man did not answer as he was spaced out. It couldn't have happened at a worst time, and it made the pair panic even more. Éclair shouted, "Sunny! Help us out you idiot! This is not the time to go into your own world!" The multicolored man chuckled, "Sorry, I just found myself spacing out. I guess it's time for me to show you two the fruit of my training. 50,000 strands should take care of this right away." His face changed as it looked like he was going to go against a formidable opponent. "5 Times Super Spatula!" The waterfall was turned away and put in its place. Not a liter was able to hit the three. Toriko smiled, "So this is the fruit of your training huh?" The man nodded, "Yeah, I'd like to call it intuition. That is what that old man Guemon taught me. We need to believe in the small instinct we have. The more you believe in it, the more your body throws away useless thoughts. From my training I can now control 300,000 sensors for up to 50 meters."
"So your instinct taught you about this waterfall hm? That's pretty amazing Sunny. I believe in this intuition." Toriko put his fists up, "36 Fold Twin Spiked Punch!" Éclair held onto the man tighter as his power increased immensely. Her biggest fear now was getting knocked back into the water due to the man's brute strength. 'What is this power Toriko? Did our adventures really advance you this much?"
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