Everyone waited in the hallway for Éclair to finish making the simplified mochi. Vanilla held on to the pink Wall Penguin as she sat on the ground. She buried her face into the soft fur as she couldn't keep her eyes off of Chef Tylan. In her mind she seemed sly and inconspicuous, but in reality, it was just a dead stare. As she watched the man, she listened to the faith everyone had in her sister. In that moment, she felt more proud of Éclair than she ever had. Komatsu sat next to the green haired girl, "I still can't believe all of the chefs that are here. ~And for someone of Setsuno's caliber to compliment Éclair, wow." The green haired girl nodded, "Nee-chan has always been an excellent chef so I'm not surprised. However, I am surprised at this turnout. There are so many highly skilled chefs in here. Even when Clair simplifies it, I don't think I would be able to keep up."

Back in the kitchen Éclair was sweating bullets under the pressure. She wiped the wetness away with her sleeves, "Whew, I haven't sweated like this since I sharpened that blade with Melk. ~But this is my fight. Everyone is counting on me, and I refuse to fail." She looked at the clock, "Damn, I'm already 2 minutes deep. ~I know what I'm doing. I have this." She began to steam the mochi while keeping an eye on the timer. "No problem."

"Tray King Yuda, you haven't said anything in a while. What do you make of this." The man looked at Lulubhu and the rest of the group, "There are an estimated 500 million people who got hit by the rain. Even if we start now, all we could make is 50 million. I don't believe there's a way to simplify the medicinal mochi." Vanilla looked at the man fearfully. She stood up getting ready to say something to the man, but Livebearer spoke first. "You shouldn't doubt the skills of Chef Eclair Reinbou." Chiru nodded, "He's right Yuda. For one she learned Food Honor, and she was able to cook the Bubble Fruits without a problem. In fact, she was at the Disappearing Cuisine for quite some time learning how to simplify ingredients. She is an extraordinary chef if you ask me. The way that she looks at ingredients and sings the words they cannot speak~ It left me feeling a bit envious of her." Setsuno laughed, "Yes, we are in presence of someone really great. Wouldn't you agree? It's your sister Vanilla, how do you feel?" The girl was gone. In fact, she'd walked away a short while ago.

Behind Éclair stood Vanilla. The blond girl exhaled in relief as she held the purple mochi in her hands. She sang the words of the Medicinal Mochi and Vanilla smiled in confidence of the girl. 'I only have a few seconds left. May as well finish rolling the rest up.' She put each ball into a bowl and smiled, "I did it." She cocked her head to the side as she was finally out of her zone. She could hear footsteps walking away. As she turned around, she saw her sister smiling with prideful joy. "Get out there nee-chan. Show them what you did." The girl ran through the door, "Don't take one more step! I did it! I simplified the mochi!" Livebearer looked at Johannes, "Connect the line to everyone. We need to get cooking." The man nodded, "The preparations have already been made."

The girl stood in front of a screen before 50,000 of Chef Damala Sky's group. Her face immediately turned red, "Wait a minute, I'm gonna be teaching 50,000 people to make the Medicinal Mochi?" Lulubhu shook his head, "That's not all. You told us to call everyone we knew right?" Johannes pointed to the screen, "There are much more than that. Chef's from all over the world are going to help. You will be teaching about 5 million chefs to cook the simplified mochi."

The girl rolled up her sleeves and prepared herself to lecture. "I first would like to thank everyone for lending a hand. I appreciate every second of your time. Alright guys, there are millions of lives at stake, so let's give this all we got!" Everyone watched as she gave the simple instructions. The chef's were all lost for words as the solution to such a special preparation dish was so simple. A tear fell from Vanilla's eye, "Wow she's~" "A genius." Chef Yuda interrupted the girl's words, "Without a millimeter of doubt." Setsuno walked over to the girl "Hnh hnh, good job Éclair. You found a solution in a matter of 8 minutes flat." Vanilla laughed loudly, "Modest Éclair! That's what she wants everyone to think. She knew the steps a little after 3 minutes in. Tell them why you used an extra 5 minutes Clair." The girl blushed embarrassingly, "Well who likes medicine that tastes like medicine? I wanted it to taste good you know? So yeah, some of those ingredients I instructed was for the taste." Vanilla gave her a friendly pat on the back, "Well nee-chan, it looks like your fight is over. All we can do now is give our faith to the kings." She put an arm around her sister and squeezed tightly for a moment. "Listen Clair, I need to steal you away for a moment."

Setsuno looked at the girls, "Leaving so fast?" Vanilla bowed, "Excuse us please. I have to steal the hero away for a bit. We'll only be in the next room, but I do need a moment with her." Éclair looked at her sister, "What is it? Why do you want to be in private so suddenly?" The tall girl faced her sister toward the window. "Look out there nee-chan. Beautiful isn't it." She turned the smaller girl in a different direction so the green clouds were in her vision. "Toriko and the others are fighting in that over there. You believe in him right?" "What is this about Vanilla?" The girl took a seat in one of the chairs, "This resentment that you carry, it's burdening you and all of your relationships. At times you are better, but it still affects you. Answer my question. Do you believe in him?" The girl nodded, "Of course I do. He's my partner." Vanilla nodded, "I know you do. ~Your problem is that you keep thinking the world is going to get taken away from you. Mom and Papa died Éclair, they didn't walk out on us. Until you realize the difference you'll never allow yourself to be happy. They weren't mean people. They loved you, and they loved me. You can't just hate someone for dying. If anyone walked out on anyone, you walked out on me. Remember? I was only 13 when they died. I needed you, but you didn't know what to do so you bailed out of Gourmet Town and left me in it. I resented you too until I came to understand your reasoning. If I was able to forgive you for leaving me intentionally, you should be able to forgive our parents for leaving involuntarily."

Éclair was fully taking in the words of her sister. She thought this would be the last thing they talked about when entering the room. She looked away from her sister and let the tears run down her cheeks. "You know, you're right Vanilla. I was a horrible sister for a very long time, and you forgave me in the drop of a hat. These thoughts always seem to resurface after I thought I buried them. ~But maybe that's not what I need to do. Maybe I need to accept them and then let it go." Vanilla smiled, "You know, I don't expect you to get over it quickly, but in due time I have high hopes." Éclair wiped the tears from her eyes, "Hey, how did you know this was on my mind anyway?" "Sister intuition of course. ~And I had a chat with Rin." The blond twiddled her thumbs, "Oh~" "You don't really like Coco do you Clair?" The shorter girl smiled guilty-like, "Not exactly." "You love him, Toriko?" Éclair's face turned bright red from her words, "Huh? What? How did~" "I swear, I can never get credit from you about anything. Not about my cooking, my food honor, my intuition~" "Fine! I'll tell you the truth. But don't tell your little BFF Rin. I have enough problems as it is, I don't want her to rip my head off. ~Hmm, how do I put this? A while ago when I was at the Shokurin Temple with Toriko I told him I loved him, but he didn't say anything and I'm pretty sure he heard me. Now I've just been acting like it never happened because that was the most mortifying moment of my life, EVER!"

Vanilla grinned a cat-like grin. "I knew it! When did you start feeling these emotions huh? ~Ooh, wait! I know!" Éclair glared at her sister, "Enough about this damn subject! I'm still hurting from getting rejected. ~You know, Chef Tylan is still in this building. I could ruin your life right now if I wanted to. ~You know what? I think I'll do that." The girl pranced out of the room with the full intention of embarrassing Vanilla. Setsuno smiled, "Éclair your demeanor is completely different now." Yuda nodded, "Something really has changed. Your not in even a millimeter of disarray." The girl smiled, "Wow, guess a talk with my sister was all I needed. Who would have thought?" Vanilla came out behind the girl and looked at the monitor showing the kings battling the Four Beast. "Clair look." The girl shook her head, "I know what it may look like, but the kings will win. The faith that I have in my partner is strong and true. Trust me, I don't need to look at the screen to know the outcome." Vanilla turned her head, "You're not looking Clair! Look at the screen!"

As she turned her head, she saw what her words had already spoke. The kings were bloody, battered, and exhausted, but things were looking on the ups. The Four Beast was getting destroyed right before their very eyes. The girl looked out the window, "Now isn't that the most beautiful beam of sunshine you ever seen?" She packed up the Medicinal Mochi and made her way out of the Gourmet Towers without a word. She got back on the Daruma Horse and rode back to the kings. This time it was a ride she could enjoy. The breeze in her hair and the smell of a saved existence. Even in 1000 lifetimes, they would never feel as good as they did in this moment. She inhaled the air as she rode. A weight had not only been lifted from her shoulders, it had been lifted from her heart as well.

Finally she saw the kings and Rin tired and lying down. The girl shouted, "Hey guys! After a fight like that, let's not have you die over something menial like Green Rain yeah?" She slid off of the Daruma Horse and opened her bag, "Alright guys, say ahhh." Each king took one and down the hatch it went. Toriko smiled, "Yummy! This Medicinal Mochi is good." Coco looked at the girl, "Thank you Éclair. We may have just defeated the Four Beast, but we still nearly died from the Green Rain." The girl waved her hand nonchalantly, "Aww shucks! I did what I could." The girl pointed, "Hey, um, at the risk of sounding foolish, what is that up there?" Coco stared intensely at the yellow mass. "Wait a second, I see electromagnetic waves coming off of it." The ball broke open and out fell thousands of people from the sky. Éclair put a hand over her mouth, "No way!" "Hair net!" Sunny caught all of the falling people and set them safely on the ground. Toriko pointed, "Look! The Four Beast meat is coming down too." The blond girl looked in curiosity and terror, "The what you say!?" The even larger ball came to the ground and Toriko yelled out, "Let's get this thing distributed!"

After such a huge crisis like the Four Beast, it was nice to actually relax in peace and harmony again. The buildings were smashed, and the city was a wreck, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that there were empty stomachs that needed to be filled. Like one great nation, everyone got together to cook the Four Beast in their own special way. Éclair looked down at the many dishes she was preparing. "Four Beast, I want to thank you. Not for your destructiveness, and attempt to end civilization as we knew it, but for something greater. You have forced me to play my hand in a way I never have before. My strength was once again tested, but this time in a way that I never knew existed. Along the way old wounds were opened, but with the power of love and forgiveness, they have been sealed up for good." The girl began to get emotional, "From this day forward, I bear no grudges from my past. I only look forward to the future and wherever that may lead me. ~For allowing me to realize and acknowledge all of this with an open heart, I give humble thanks."

The girl brought the food out and served it to the kings. "Eat up guys, there's plenty to go around." Toriko looked at the girl, "Have you been crying Éclair?" She rolled her eyes, "~I cut up some onion for the hamburgers so, you know. ~Hey, I'm gonna go try some food at the other trucks, I'll be back." The girl made her way to her sister eating skewed Four Beast. Éclair grabbed her wrist and took her along. "Where ya taking me nee-chan?" The smaller girl didn't say a word but continued walking. "Um, my wrist is going to bruise. Why are you holding on so tightly?" She made her way to the line and cut all the way to the front. "Wow that's some interesting rice you got there. Funny, my sister here is a master at prepping and cooking rice. You two together would make wonderful food. Why don't you guys give it a shot." She pushed the tall girl into the arms Chef Tylan. She only looked back to see the blushing face of her sister. She mouthed to the green haired girl, 'Told you I'd embarrass you.'

Éclair sighed as she walked back to where the kings were. 'A world where everyone can eat delicious food at the same table. Yeah, that's the kind of would I want to live in.'