Toriko: Namu's Buffet.
Chapter 4: "Teamwork!"
The Devil Serpent screeched as loud as it could as it rushed toward Namu. Namu jumped out of the way just in time to see the beast smash into the cave wall.
"This guy won't let up!" Namu said, "All right, take THIS! TENDERIZER PUNCH!" he yelled as he ran toward the beast, punching the side of it. The monster screamed in pain as it turned around to attack.
"Hold on, I'm coming!" Tsubaki yelled, as she ran to Namu's side, just then she noticed indentations on the Devil Serpent's side.
"I get it," she thought, "Namu's attack left dents in it like it got hit with a giant meat tenderizer. All right, time to show what I can do!" Tsubaki unsheathed her kitchen knife. Her knife was about the size of a machete, with a capitol 'C' shaped blade with a hook on the top, it also had a brown leather grip with a sharp point at the bottom.
"Here we go. One-Sword Style: JULLIENNE SLICE!" Tsubaki yelled as she swung her knife, sending multiple vertical blades made of Appetite Energy at the Devil Serpent, cutting off it's arms as it screeched in pain.
"Impressive." Namu thought. "Okay, now for my next mo-" suddenly the beast regrew it's arms and shot them towards Tsubaki who closed her eyes, as she had no time to do anything else. As she waited for death, she opened her eyes to see Namu in front of her.
"PLATE SHIELD!" Namu said. It was then that Tsubaki noticed Namu had a plate shaped shield growing from his left arm.
"CLEAVER!" Namu yelled as he secreted more bio-steel to cover his right hand and shape it into a meat cleaver like blade, "HRAAAAGH!" Namu screamed as he sliced the beast's flesh, causing it to scream in pain once again.
"Hey Tsubaki," Namu said, looking to his teammate.
"Yeah?" she replied.
"How 'bout we finish this?"
"Good idea." she said as she nodded.
The two hunters began charging their power, and using Intimidation. Namu was once again surrounded by orange energy with his Appetite Demon behind him. Tsubaki's energy was mint green and her Appetite Demon took the form of a mint green, anthropomorphic kyuubi with four arms and three red eyes with the third one in the middle of it's forehead.
The two gourmands rushed toward the cornered Devil Serpent and attacked.
"TENDERIZER PUNCH!" Namu yelled as he punched the beast in the side of the head.
"One-Sword Style: CROSSBUN CUT!" she yelled, swinging her kitchen knife in a plus shaped pattern sending Appetite Energy at the beast's face. Between the punch to the head and having it's face slashed, the Devil Serpent couldn't take any more and fell over, dead.
A while later, after Tsubaki and Namu cut the Devil Serpent into large pieces, Tsubaki made a small grill and placed two pieces of the beast on it. As the food cooked, Namu began speaking.
"So, One-Sword Style, huh?"
"Yeah, so?" Tsubaki replied, annoyed.
"No, no. I'm just sayin' you're good at it. I don't think I've seen anyone use a knife so well."
"Thanks. It's a Melk kitchen knife."
"Woah, really?! Those are expensive."
"I've cooked for some wealthy people before."
"Really?"
"Well, it's more like they liked my cooking so well they paid me a lot."
"So, you're like a freelance chef?"
"I wouldn't say that. Oh, food's ready."
With that, the two sat opposite one another, closed their eyes, and clapped their hands together.
"ITADAKIMASU!" they said in unison, after that, they began eating.
"Wow!" Namu thought, amazed. "This is amazing. Not enough to put on my Full Course, though. I wonder how she's gonna cook the Puffer Whale. I can't wait to find out! Maybe she is the one Gramps talked about."
End of Chapter.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Namu's Appetite Demon was based on Cthulu from the H. P. Lovecraft novels, while Tsubaki's was based on the creature from Japanese folklore.