It had been two weeks since Toriko came by and added the Rainbow Fruit to his Full Course Menu, and Kimiko and her workers were wrapping up for the day as the dinner hour was over.

In fact, she was heading out of the door when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Hm? Oh! Toriko! What brings you here?" Kimiko asked.

"Wanted to stop by and see if you wanted to tag along with me. I hear that the Puffer Whale migration is coming soon, and I want to see if you are interested." Toriko smiled.

She didn't even hesitate!

Kimiko called up her sous-chef, and they said they will handle the restaurant.

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Now they were on a train to a town near where the Puffer Whales would return.

Kimiko was enjoying a orange drikorn soda as Toriko downed various bottles of hooch.

"You plan on leaving any for the other passengers?" Kimiko asked, wearing a purple t-shirt, cargo pants and her strawhat hanging from her neck.

"Hey, I'm excited! To think, we'll be looking for that legendary whale!" Toriko smiled.

"True, called a delicacy of the deep, the Puffer Whale is said to taste like blowfish rolled in fatty tuna, and dipped into mink whale stew, and they can only show up in a place to reach once a decade." Kimiko nodded.

"But, I think you are more interested in how its cooked, right?"

"Spot on. The Puffer Whale is said to have a poison sac, and the difficulty of removing it makes it a special preparation ingredient. I hear only ten people in the world can prepare it so it won't kill you. Too bad grandma ain't coming; she would've done it within a minute." Kimiko sighed.

"Your grandma can prepare Puffer Whale? So you already had it before?" Toriko asked shocked.

"Yeah, saw her do it when I was six. Her incredible cooking, along with my mom's is what gave me the passion to be a chef." Kimiko smiled.

Toriko was about to say something, but he was interrupted. 

"Hey! You!" A man who was yelling was wearing fur clothing and had a weapon strapped to his back, he had long black hair and has really bushy eyebrows and beard.

"The bartender said some big orange guy cleared him out and I find you! Drinking up all of my stuff, just who do you think you're dealing with?! It is I, the Bishokuya Zonge-sama!" he proclaimed.

"Huh?" Toriko said as he looked at the liquor as Kimiko rolled her eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey!" a man who was dressed like Zonge, who was bald and had a yellow headband and a man right next to him who was also dressed the same but was wearing a green headband and had different colored clothing.

"Look upon it and be amazed! Zonge-sama's Lifetime Full Course Menu!" the brown haired man exclaimed as the bald man pulled out a piece of paper with the menu written on it.

But Kimiko stiffled a laugh as it was sideways but the man corrected it.

"The hors d'oeuvre is a Golden Salmon Roe. As for the soup, it's made from Snake Frog Livers. The fish course is Striped Salmon, and then the meat dish is Crab Pig." the bald man ranted.

'Those are everyday ingredients, and you can get Gararagator now that they cloned it...one of my old sempais has a more impressive Full Course than that.' Kimiko thought as she looked at the paper.

"And for the main course we have the Galala Crocodile! Look!"

"I caught one recently! What do you think about that?" the man boasted.

"It was just a small one no more than a meter long." the bald man muttered.

'Figures...' Kimiko thought.

"Hey! If you don't hand over the sake, we're going to have serious trouble!" Toriko stood up making the man stop talking for Toriko was a good seven feet tall making the man dwarf in comparison.

'He was a lot shorter sitting down!' Zonge thought then Toriko patted the man's shoulder.

"Take as much sake as you'd like. My bad, Zombie" Toriko apologized.

"Oh, ok! You're lucky I'm in a forgiving mood today! It's 'Zonge' by the way" the man said and then saw Kimiko who was just watching the situation.

"Hey!" Zonge called. Getting Kimiko's attention. "Would you like to come drink with me?" he asked all high and mighty.

But Kimiko channeled into her Conqueror's only a little bit, and looked Zonge in the eye.

"Beat it." She frowned making Zonge and his men shiver, as they took off with their bottles.

"Whoa, didn't know you can use intimidation." Toriko said.

"Not exactly, but it's just as good. Anyway, they were nuts." Kimiko said.

"They're sizing everyone up" he told her as he sat back down.

"Huh?"

"The rest of the people on the train are Bishokuya, all with their sights set on the Puffer Whale" he took a swig of sake," There's a good chance that we'll all be competing with each other once we're on site, so inquiries into the motives of the other people have started already. If a situation arises here, everyone else will be intimidated."

"Ah, he was hoping to scare some competition. Then why did you give them the drinks?"

"Even if people will be competing with one another, it is good to let them become acquainted and stir up some common-empathy. We need to look out for each other. There are some things that we just can't do by ourselves." Toriko explained.

"Umm" an old man with pompadour hairstyle said getting their attention.

"Could I have some sake?" he asked.

"Sure" Toriko gestured to all of the bottles on the table " take as much as you like."

"Here you go, I recommend these. Oh, and here's something to complement the sake." Kimiko handed the old man some sake bottles and a sandwich box.

"Thank you very much. I will pay back the debt someday." the man hiccupped grabbing a hold of the bottles and offered food and hiccupped again.

'Wonder what would happen if he and Zoro had a drink-off?' Kimiko thought as she knew the man was Knocking Master Jiro.

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Once the train stopped, Toriko got off with Kimiko following right behind him. She brought Empoleon out and raised an eyebrow as the train station and town looked deserted.

"There's someone who can prepare the Puffer Whale in this city, right? But, where is everyone?" Kimiko asked.

"There should be beasts roaming around freely at the moment" Toriko said "The Fortune tellers have predicted that the city will be overrun with wild beasts. While that's happening, all the people barricade themselves in their homes."

"Come to think of it, the prophecies about the appearance of the Puffer Whale also came from this village. So the fortune tellers here are the real deal, huh?" Kimiko said while looking around.

Suddenly loud footsteps were heard.

STOMP! STOMP!

Toriko smirked. A gigantic dragon-like beast that was the size of one of the three story buildings roared as it walked into the open street.

"Whoa, a Kuendon!" Kimiko said.

"You can eat it neither boiled nor cooked." Toriko said as they saw a lone figure casually strolling in the street.

The man walking down the street was wearing an all-black suit with green bands wrapping around it at the wrists, elbows, waist, neck and an additional one on top of his head, with a beige cloak. The Kuendon took notice of the man that was heading towards them and reared itself back to charge at the figure.

"Watch out!" Kimiko yelled as Empoleon looked ready to intervene but then.......

The beast stopped right before the man, pausing as the man continued to walk by the Kuendon. The Kuendon then turned and went the other direction. The man in turn stopped his stroll in order to look up at Toriko, Empoleon and Kimiko.

"Just as I predicted, an unpleasant guest has arrived." he smiled which had a more serene feel to it, compared to Toriko's wild aura.

"I'm glad that we ran into you here. Nothing less could be expected from the gentleman of the Four Heavenly Kings, Coco!" Toriko said.

"The Heavenly Gluttonous King, Toriko!" Coco said, "It's been a while, Toriko."

"So this the person you wanted to meet, Toriko-san?" Kimiko asked.

Coco took notice of Kimiko and her companion, a bit surprised, but Kimiko wasn't fawning over him like his fans.

"And I see you brought a friend as well." He nodded to Kimiko.

"Hello, I'm Kimiko, and this is my partner Empoleon."

"Empoleon." The penguin creature said.

"Nice to meet you."
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"We've just about reached my home." Coco informed the trio as they were walking in a valley. Kimiko following the two Heavenly Kings.

"Coco, I was wondering. Why are you living in the town of divination, telling gourmet fortunes?" Kimiko asked

"Well, I'm a fortuneteller by trade." He answered

"A Heavenly King as a fortuneteller?"

"Yeah." Toriko said, " How is Zebra doing?"

"He got caught. He's in the Gourmet Prison." Coco answered.

"So they finally caught the problem child" Toriko laughed, "That sure brings back memories. Learning together in the garden, the four of us enveloped in a deadly struggle."

"Stories of days gone by" Coco said.

"Yeah" Toriko said. Kimiko then saw a shadow overtaking her, she looked towards to sky only to give a shout as she saw a gigantic bird flying towards them.

"A giant crow?!" Kimiko gasped as she looked at the large crow that could easily be the size of a house.

"So you came to greet us, did you, Kiss?" Coco said.

"Oh, it's the ruler of the skies, the Emperor Crow. I thought it was extinct" Toriko said.
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Emperor Crow "Kiss" (Bird Beast) – Capture Level Unknown
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"His name is Kiss, and he's part of my family" Coco said.

"Amazing." Kimiko said as she looked at the gigantic black-feathered creature.

"Can you carry 3 people?" Coco asked. Kiss cawed saying it was okay.

"Oh, I can manage." Kimiko said as she took out a Pokeball.

"Come out, Noivern!" And her bat dragon Pokemon came out and unlike most Noivern she was easily Toriko's size.

"Whoa, what is that?" Torko exclaimed.

"This is Noivern, another member of my family." Kimiko said as she tossed something to Toriko.

It was a Pokedex.

"Consider it a thanks for the Rainbow Fruit. It can explain more than me. Just point it at Noivern and it'll do the rest."

Toriko did so and....

'Noivern, the Sonic Wave Beast and the Evolved form of Noibat. A Dragon/Flying type, Capture Level, unknown.

They fly around on moonless nights and attack careless prey. Nothing can beat them in a battle in the dark. The ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears can reduce a large boulder to pebbles. It swoops out of the dark to attack. Although it has a violent disposition, if you give it a nice ripe fruit that it loves, Noivern will become tame.'

"That's pretty impressive, you did that to tame her?" Toriko asked.

"No, I raised her from a Noibat."

Then Toriko turned to Empoleon and used it on him.

'Empoleon the Emperor Beast.
The final evolved form of Piplup. A Water/Steel type. Capture Level, unknown.
Since ancient times, it has been revered by the people of Hisui, who call it the Master of the Waves. Its wings are a match for even master-crafted blades. It swims as fast as a jet boat and the edges of its wings are sharp enough to slice apart drifting ice. The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. In the wild, The leader has the biggest horns.'

Kimiko and Empoleon got on Noivern's back as she turned to Coco. "Just lead the way."

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"I think the Rainbow Fruit is a good choice for the dessert. It's just as I saw it in my premonition" Coco said as he prepared the tea while Toriko was pigging out on the food, "Hey do you think you could be a little more refined? There is a lady present" the comment made Toriko stop stuffing his face as Kimiko giggled as she fed Empoleon and Noivern. Toriko blushed and looked at Coco.

"How are things going with you? Did you finish your Lifetime Full Course Menu?" Toriko asked before gulping down his drink.

"Ah, my menu. The soup is made from the tears of a Lee Dragon. Then there is Breo Swordfish Steak, and so on. I want to put together a menu with a fine balance of nutrition. I haven't yet decided upon the hors d'oeuvre, the main course, or the drinks." Coco said as he took a sip of his tea.

"Every ingredient has a high capture level. You can't even put a price on them." Kimiko said in amazement.

"Empoleon." The Starter agreed.

"But that's now what you came here to discuss with me, is it?" the statement got Kimiko's attention, "Actually you came here with a request, for me to help you capture the Puffer Whale" he took another sip of tea, "right?"

"Getting right down to business, huh?" Toriko said.

"It's not easy. The Puffer Whale's poison is so deadly that if you took in as little as .2 milligrams, you would die." Coco explained.

"I know of that. Grandma told me If you puncture a poison gland the meat will be exposed to the toxins, and you won't be able to eat any of it. That's why it's so difficult to prepare. The meat has become poisoned often in the past and been reappearing on the black market." Kimiko said.

"Anyway, the fact that people eat it despite knowing that it might kill them means that it must be good!" Toriko exclaimed.

"My chances of successfully capturing one and then being able to remove the poison glands are only 10%. Basically it's a 1 in a 10 chance." Coco stated

"Those odds are good enough for me, if I were the one doing it, we wouldn't succeed even once." Toriko said before stuffing his face with food.

"And there's some bad news. The Puffer Whale lays its eggs at a depth of 800 meters; they are concealed deep within a labyrinthine, beast-filled cave. But the most dangerous beast is that demonic beast, straight out of hell, the Devil Snake."

"A Devil Snake?" Kimiko asked curious.

"Empole?"

"Noi?"

"Yes. Its said that The Battle Wolf, praised as the strongest creature since ancient times, is on par with its ferocity" Toriko laughed at Coco's statement.

"Yeah, I can see why it might be dangerous, have you had any premonitions about us? Have you seen out imminent deaths? Can you really see the shadow of death?" Coco stared at the two and smiled.

"How long has it been since I have been on a hunt?" Coco said.

"Does that mean?" Kimiko said.

"I guess I'll join you." Coco answered.

"I expected no less, Coco!" Toriko exclaimed.

"This is great Toriko" Kimiko said as Coco got out of his seat.

"As a reward, how about a lifetime of free food at your restaurant?" Toriko asked.

"No way! Especially with all the food you eat! I have my creatures to feed and you'll make me go bankrupt!" Kimiko scolded

Coco looked at Kimiko, 'The shadow of death, this could be bad.'

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