Toriko: Namu's Buffet.
Chapter 8: "Vs. Rock Drum!"
After Namu, Tsubaki and the others left the 1st Biotope, they eventually made it to a large patch of black grass.
"It's the Black Carpet!" Toriko exclaimed, as he began to eat the grass.
"Hey," Namu shouted, "save some for me!"
Tsubaki sighed and placed her palm over her face, "Ugh, boys." she groaned, "They have no class."
"Oh, come on Tsubaki," Namu said, "it's really good. There's even some cocomayo fruit over there." he said, as he pointed to a tree.
"Fine." Tsubaki said, as she went to get some fruit and then came back.
Tsubaki ripped some black grass from the ground and then squeezed out the mayonnaise from the fruit on it.
"Itadakimasu." she said, before eating. As she began chewing, there was a sudden jolt to her taste buds. The chocolatyness of the black grass and the creaminess of the mayonnaise blended together perfectly.
"Wow, that's really good." she said, surprised.
"Told ya." Namu grinned.
A few minutes later, a group of Rock Drum appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, and began eating all the nearby animals.
"Holy crap!" Namu shouted, as he narrowly missed getting hit by one.
"All right, take THIS! TENDERIZER PUNCH!" he yelled, as he jumped up and punched the beast in the face.
The Rock Drum roared in anger.
"My turn." Tsubaki thought to herself. "One Sword Style: CROSS-BUN CUT!" she shouted, swinging her knife in plus shaped pattern, sending a wave of Appetite Energy at the beast, hitting it right in the center of the torso.
"CLEAVER!" Namu yelled, swinging his metal covered hand across the Rock Drum's neck, taking a piece off.
"Dang it! My 'Cleaver's not enough!"
Just then, the Rock Drum ripped a chunk of itself from it's shoulder and threw it at Namu.
"TENDERIZER PUNCH!" he said, punching the boulder with his metal covered arm, breaking it.
"That's odd." he thought, "My punch broke it, but my 'Cleaver' barely did anything to it's shell."
Just then, Tsubaki jumped in the air above Namu.
"One Sword Style: JULIENNE SLICE!" she yelled, sending blades of Appetite Energy at the Rock Drum.
"No more messin' around!" Namu thought, "STEEL CHOPSTICKS!" he said, covering his arms completely in bio-steel. Namu jumped on the Rock Drum's shoulder, "ARM KNOCKING!" he said, as he jabbed his arms into the beast's neck, paralyzing it.
Namu and Tsubaki breathed heavily before looking at the others.
"Good," Namu said, "they're okay."
Just then, another Rock Drum appeared knocking Toriko, Rin, Komatsu and Sunny high into the air, before looking at them.
"AAAHH!" Namu and Tsubaki yelled in unison, running back and forth, trying to avoid the angry beast.
Suddenly, Namu once again covered his arms in bio-steel, jumped up to the beast's face and used Knocking.
"Phew. That was close." Namu said.
"What about the others?" Tsubaki asked, nervously.
"Don't worry 'bout them, they'll be fine. Now help me carry this Rock Drum." Namu said, as he tried to lift the first Rock Drum they fought, "I heard Rock Drum meat is a popular snack for gourmet nobles."
"What about the Jewel Meat?" Tsubaki asked, annoyed.
"We'll eat the Rock Drum now, and eat the Jewel Meat later." Namu said, simply.
"Fine." Tsubaki replied.
After getting a good distance away from the Black Carpet, Tsubaki made a makeshift grill out of some nearby sticks and Namu's bio-steel so she could cook the Rock Drum meat.
After it was finished, Namu and Tsubaki sat across from each other and clapped their hands together.
"Itadakimasu." they said in unison, before eating.
The rich fat content made the meat chewy. It was also a little sweet, but not very. All in all, it was delicious, but not good enough for either of them to put on their Full Courses.
End of Chapter.