Éclair was more confused than ever. Why did she speak the words that she did? Of course Toriko would do a lot for the girl, but anything seemed a bit extreme. The words were especially strange coming from Rin, a person who wanted nothing but the man's attention. She stared blankly into the distance only to ponder the question further. She looked at Rin, "He'd do anything for his friends, it's not just me." Rin sighed, "Let's just watch the fight." A pair of binoculars were handed to the girl but she couldn't bear to watch. She didn't want to see her best friend in the world go out like her parents did. She was still halfway in a part of her mind that she believed to be long gone. It was hard losing her parents, people she felt like she never knew~ but it would be even harder to lose someone she loved.
The girl set down her binoculars and stood up. She looked down at Rin. Her eyes were empty as she looked at the dark haired girl, "We love you and we're so proud of you. Those were their last words to us." Rin frowned "Huh?" "They said they loved us, my parents. I think that's what bothers me the most. You can't love someone that you choose so easily to abandon for months on end." Rin looked seriously at the girl, "Vanilla always said this bothered you, even still now. I never knew the severity of it. Listen, you're holding onto anger that should have been released years ago. Your parents did love you Eclair. Maybe you didn't realize it when they were alive because you were so busy hating them." As Eclair was going to respond, Rin planted a stinging slap to her face. Her peachy skin immediately turned red from the impact. "Get a hold of yourself alright!" Eclair rubbed her face, and somehow she felt as if that slap wasn't just because she wanted her to snap out of her rut. "We're in the middle of an intense fight! Give some support would ya!?" The blond sighed, "You're right Rin, thank you. I do have problems I need to face, but right now is not the time."
The girl growled, "I hate sitting here being useless! Let me see that laptop. There's gotta be something on it that can tell us how to defeat this thing right? Maybe we just need to listen more carefully?" She was putting her sadness and anger to good use now. All of the frustration was still there, but she tried to block them out so she could help out a bit. Rin reached for the laptop, "Let's play it from the beginning." Before she could press a button Éclair moved her hand away, "Wait! The whole video never finished. Let's see the rest of it first and then we can go back." The girls watched as President Ichiryuu gave vital information about the Four Beast. Éclair frowned, "So the Four Beast is not actually four beasts. It's one giant entity. Not only that, it's being controlled? Millions of lives are at stake~ You know what, next time we are not letting Zebra tell everyone when to leave. He cut it off at the most crucial part. We should tell Toriko!" Rin nodded, "Glad to see you're thinking clearly. It's best that we wait until it's safe though."
The two ducked lower behind the rock to use it as cover. Another strong gust of wind blew into the girls. Éclair held tightly into the crevasses of the rock in hopes that she wouldn't blow away. As the wind died down, the blond girl scraped up her knees from the landing. Rin looked at the girl, "You really are accident prone aren't you?" Éclair replied audaciously, "That's what some say. Other's call it food luck." "Ha-ha~" The two continued to watch as Toriko went toe to toe with Gaoh. It was still one of the scariest things the girl had witnessed. Thinking about how the good of humanity rested on Toriko's shoulders ran chills up her spine. It was one of the many things she had to block out of her mind at the moment. With every attack that Gaoh threw, the girl jumped out of fear. The fight was lasting far longer than she could even take, but finally it seemed like things were coming to a close ~for now, anyway. Éclair watched as her partner finished up the match and gave everything he had. After that, time seemed run be triple its speed.
Toriko ran over to the two atop Terry. He reached a hand out, "Grab on!" The two climbed aboard and Éclair lay back in the soft fur, "What even just happened out there?" The blue haired man looked back at the girl, "Glad to see you're talking again. ~I'm on its track right now." Rin looked at the road ahead, "Toriko, we need to tell you something. There aren't four beasts, there's only one. The main body is most likely in Human World." Éclair's eyes amplified, "You don't think it could be in the center of Human World right? Where everyone is?" Toriko nodded, "That's what I'm guessing. We don't have time to waste."
They rode Terry until they finally reach the center of Human World. Just as they suspected, the city was wrecked. Éclair's heart raced as she saw the giant plant wreaking havoc on everything. Things seemed like they couldn't get worse, but it did, right before their eyes. The Four Beast consumed the smaller beasts and turned from a shriveled dying plant to a gargantuan destructive mass. It released from its mouth what seemed to be a green mist. The mist overshadowed everything and began to rain green rain. Coco looked up at the sky, "This isn't good. This is Green Rain, also known as Illness Rain. If humans get poisoned by it, they'll have less than an hour to live. Éclair looked at her drenched self, "Well considering everyone's already soaked, I guess we're all going down in a blaze of glory huh?" Coco looked at the girl, "Éclair, go to Tray King Yuda's shop on Gourmet Tower right now." "Why? If we're all gonna die we may as well do it together." The man shook his head, "No, listen. He should be able to make a food that can cure the poison. It's called Antidote Cuisine. He'll most likely need other hands to help. Hurry." "How am I supposed to get there?" Coco looked at Zebra, "Let her use the horse!" The man didn't really respond, but more so let things happen. Kiss gave her a quick lift onto the horse and she looked back at everyone, "I won't fail guys." Toriko smiled, "I'm counting on you."
She rode away on the Daruma Horse and held on for her life. It was so enormous and fast. If she wasn't in danger of dying, this would truly be the most fun she had in a while. It would definitely be the most fun she ever had going horse back riding. She held on with one hand and dug into her bag with the other. She grabbed her phone and her shaky voice spoke. "Vanilla! Are you alright?" "Clair, I'm okay. This green rain just came out of nowhere. Besides being a bit soaked, I'd say I'm fine." She put the phone down for a minute and screamed out, "Dammit! Not you too! Dammit Vanilla!" She picked the phone back up, "Vanilla, that rain is poisonous! Get out of it now! Is Komatsu still with you?" "Yeah, he's here. What do you mean poisonous?" Éclair sighed, "Listen, I'm on my way to Chef Yuda's shop on Gourmet Tower right now. He's gonna make some antidote for everyone. I need you to get out of this rain right now! I don't care where you go, just stay indoors. I love you Vanilla."
Finally after what could have been a long ride without the Daruma Horse, she was in Chef Yuda's shop. "Yuda! Chef Yuda! We need help! We need Green Cooking for the Antidote Rain. ~Wait a second ~You know what I mean." The man nodded, "I can make it without a millimeter of disorder." "Okay good, well let's roll up our sleeves and hop to it! There's no time to waste." The old man shook his head, "I'm afraid it is impossible." The girl frowned, "It's gonna be impossible if we stand here and don't do anything. Sir, having this chance to be graced by your presence again is quite an honor, but with all do respect, you aren't the last person I want to see when I die." "I understand, but to make it for hundreds of millions of people in under an hour? That isn't a millimeter enough time. The most I could make it for is 100,000 people." "Come on Yuda! I am offering my services to you. Please, we can both make it!" The man looked down with doubt in his mind, "Two people aren't enough. We would need quite a few skilled hands."
"Well that's why we came." The girl turned around to see Setsuno and her tiny companion ready to help. "Thank you Granny Setsu!" She heard a familiar high pitched voice that could always get her out of any funk. The girl smiled, "You brought my baby too!?" She ran over and squeezed the fluffy Wall Penguin. "Poof Ball! I have missed you so much! You here to help mama out?" Yuda looked at the National Treasure, "Setsuno. It is an honor to have you here to help. In all honest though, this still isn't even a millimeter enough chefs." "That's why I came along. I thought you might need some help." Éclair's eyes watered as Chef Chiru walked in. Next in was Livebearer, and many more chefs. The girl was starstruck as she stood in the same room with the finest chefs in the world. "H-how did you guys know?" "I told them." Johannes walked toward the girl. "I wanted to get more, but these were the only high skilled chefs nearby." The blond girl looked around the room, "Thank you guys so much for your help. Now then, let's cook!" Chef Yuda nodded, "Alright, let me show you my secret antidote dish."
Everyone walked into the kitchen to watch the dish being prepared. Chef Yuda was very precise without a millimeter of disorder. Yes she was learning, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel honored to watch him prepare a dish in front of her. Finally Chef Yuda opened his hands and there was the beautiful medicinal food. "Purple Mochi?" The girl said confusingly. "Yes, purple is the opposite of green if you look at them on a color scale. If you put them together, it eliminates itself." Éclair smiled, "Alright, let's save the world!" "It is not possible.." The girl looked back at the doubtful Chef Lulubhu. "Excuse me?" "Even with all of these chefs. In the small time frame we have, we won't be able to make enough for hundreds of millions of people." Chef Sumire agreed, "He's right. We'd need to make 500 million. We only have enough people to make about 50 million." The blond shook her head, "No! There are still things we can do. Call every chef you know, all of you. I'll get my people too. We can't give up that easily!" "We cannot. It is a special preparation ingredient. You saw how I made it. Unless the mochi is made without a millimeter of disorder, it cannot be made."
Johannes looked at the girl, "We need to decide who the 50 million mochi go to." Éclair exhaled forcefully, "I won't! That's not fair that we get to decide who lives and who dies! You may think I am being unrealistic, but I want everyone to survive! If we truly have to choose who the Medicinal Mochi goes to, then I won't have one. Give it to someone else who deserves a chance at life. I was hit by the Green Rain too! Who's to say one of their lives isn't worth more than mine!? ~I don't agree with that plan! I think it sucks!" Everyone looked at the girl as she yelled at them. "If the Purple Mochi is a special preparation ingredient, than we need to find a way to make it more simple so other chefs can cook it too! ~Take out your phones, computers, whatever! Call every chef that you know right now! All I need is 8 minutes! I'll find a way to make this dish simplified! ~Go! By the time I'm done, I want them either here or on their way!" Setsuno smiled at the girl, "That's some fight you have in you. I've contacted everyone from my company." Livebearer looked at the girl, "It's a good thing I contacted him then huh?" She watched as chef Tylan entered the kitchen."Green Rain? I can't stop that poison completely, but I can slow down the circulation and extend their time to about 3 hours." Eclair chuckled, "Chef Tylan? Whoa! Vanilla would flip if she knew you were here." "Vanilla would what? Oh nee-chan. It's a shame that I still don't get invited to any of your get togethers." The green haired girl walked in alongside Komatsu.
Éclair sighed, "Thank you all for your kindness and faith. All I ask is for 8 minutes. Please, give me that and I promise I won't disappoint." Vanilla walked over to her sister and kissed her forehead, "Hey little big sis, I believe in you. We all do. Go in there and prove us right. We're counting on you."