Toriko: Namu's Buffet.
Chapter 16: "A New Friend? The Spice of Battle!"
Namu and Tsubaki walked through the jungle of the Wul Continent.
"Oh man, I can't wait to eat the Inferno Pepper!" Namu said, as he drooled.
"Me neither." Tsubaki replied.
"How much longer 'til we get there? It feels like it's been months since we started walking." Namu groaned, as Tsubaki wiped sweat from her brow, "Shouldn't be too much longer." she said, with a heavy sigh.
The heat and exercise were starting to get to them.
A while later, Namu began hearing a strange noise.
"Rawr."
"What was that?" he asked.
"I hear it too. Sounds like a tiger or something." Tsubaki replied.
"I'm gonna go look."
"I'll go with you."
Namu and Tsubaki followed the roaring until they found a small beast cub. It had stripes like a tiger, spots like a leopard, a lion's mane and the teeth of a saber tooth tiger.
"What is it?" Tsubaki asked.
"Don't know," Namu said, before swiftly picking up the creature and hugging it, "but whatever it is, it's mine!"
"Are you insane?! You don't know what that thing is and you're just gonna keep it as a pet?! It could bite your ears off!" Tsubaki screamed, annoyed at Namu's tomfoolery.
"But it's so cute." Namu said, rubbing his cheeks against the small feline's face.
"Fine." Tsubaki said, folding her arms, "But don't come cryin' to me when it tries to eat you. What are you gonna call it anyway?"
Namu thought for a moment, before snapping his fingers. "Got it! Jujube (pronounced "joo-joo-bee")!"
A few hours later, Namu, Tsubaki and Jujube finally made it to the Wul Volcano, only to find a tall, muscular, green-haired man with a large nodachi-style kitchen knife waiting for them.
"Namu." the mansaid, in an aggravated tone.
End of Chapter.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am SO sorry for the long break! What happened was, I was reading the manga, but I was at the "Ehou Maki" arc, but this takes place during the "BB Corn" arc, plus the "Ehou Maki" arc wasn't very interesting so I lost interest in "Toriko" and then I stopped writing, but I wanted to get back at it sooner, but I got into a new routine that didn't allow me enough time to write plus I'm a huge procrastinator, but I've been watching people review the newer chapters of the manga and that re-interested me in "Toriko" so I'm gonna re-read the manga , but read it from the "BB Corn" arc so I won't be behind.
You can expect semi-regular updates for a while :D I'm also gonna write a "Boku no Hero Academia" story when the anime starts (I recommend the manga, immensely) so if you have suggestions for that or for "Namu's Buffet" please PM me or leave it in the review section. Again, sorry for the long wait.
"Toriko" is owned by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. I own my OC's. The "Inferno Pepper" was suggested to me by "pokemonking0924".
Until next time. JA NE!