Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

Neo

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Gourmet 20: Neo

Boss fight: Acacia

"Alright, Gourmerry!" Yuzu popped the Spirit Ball open. "You ready to get back at this creep?!"

"Gourmerry!" She nodded seriously- "MERRY!" but cried when Acacia cast Forks, which Augustus quickly punched away. Yuzu pulled Gourmerry back as Augustus confronted the hunter. He brought up his hardened hands to hold back the War Fork, but had to channel Haki to the waist when the Zilly Knife tried to stab him. "Uh, seriously, I could really use some—OOG!" Acacia socked him in the stomach.

"Merry! Gour!" Gourmerry gestured Yuzu to carry him closer. A stream of soft yellow chi linked Yuzu with Augustus.

"Agh...hey!" Augustus hardened his whole body, but a yellow sheen glinted off the black iron. "HYAH!" He swung the War Fork to bat Acacia away. The hunter recovered, growling as he flew to trade fists with the boy. Augustus's fists didn't rescind when meeting Acacia's, the younger hunter standing strong and fighting ceaselessly. Acacia willed his weapons to fly behind to stab his back, but Augustus swiftly ducked, grabbed, and threw them into their master. They barely punctured Acacia as he took to the air to cast a Fork Storm, but Augustus formed a Fork Shield in defense. Acacia shot down with a Knife Kick, but Augustus dodged and dealt a Knife cut to Acacia's neck.

"Yuzu's the Guardian, but Augustus is borrowing the power, too?" Karin questioned.

"A chef is only complete with a hunter partner." Zebra answered. Haruka was currently bandaging his arm. "Of course he would share part of the power!"

"Ha hah!" Acacia laughed jovially, his neck healing. "And I thought Toriko and Komatsu were the second-best Combo! 'Guess I better get serious." Acacia's body shone green as he molded poisons up from his stomach and spewed them at Augustus. Yuzu took the lead and had Gourmerry swallow the poisons, but Acacia coated his weapons with ooze and swung them at the Combo. As they dodged the weapons, Gourmerry slurped the poison off them.

"Hang on, I'm sensing something." Yuzu said. "The voice of... ingredients? Gourmerry, it's our turn now!" She drew a kitchen knife, which was glowing with a gold aura. Augustus questioned her motives as she dodged her way up to Acacia. She closed her eyes, and her aura flared up as she impaled him.

Yuzu wound up in a light-red dimension with a sea of bubbles, containing countless ingredients. Yuzu was on a river of poison, having to jump over giant beans. The river was flowing into a giant straw, and Yuzu had to jump away as it inched closer. Blarrgs emerged and tried to spit her off, but Yuzu kept evading and made her way to an island. It seemed Grinpatch was trapped in a bubble, and three solid strikes from her knife were able to cut him free.

Everyone would watch as Grinpatch's spirit flew from Acacia's body and into the heavens. "Hey, that's the poisonbender we fought!" Mason recognized. "He was eaten by the Boss!"

"So, that poison you were using belonged to that guy!" Augustus realized. "You ate your own crewmen?!"

"I was planning to eat the KND, but I had to improvise. So, I see you have the ability to cut into my Gourmet Memory. As expected of the Firstborn!" Acacia extended his fingers to claws, with additional fingers on his head. His swipes cut the air, sending numerous waves at the Combo. Augustus countered the swift attacks with Knife techniques, but the captain couldn't block them all and suffered cuts. Augustus decided to employ a new strategy and shaped his Haki like a cutting board. It was much more durable and he was able to stomp closer, though he could feel his chi weakening against the cuts. However, once he was close, Yuzu dodged around and cut Acacia once more.