Growing Appetite

Story by Aren19 on SoFurry

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This is an emergency commission for my friend Tarrien over on FurAffinity

Aren calls out sick, so Ishika is left without a lab rat for his latest experiment. Who can he call on except a kangaroo with a need to get big?

Aren, Ishika, and story © Me

Aaron © Tarrien


"The machine is warmed up and the slab is prepared. The experiment is ready! I just need Aren now." Ishika rubs his hands together. The naga is ready for his latest experiment to begin. He slithers to his seat and waits, staring at the table that Aren lays on. He sits upright, his lab coat vibrates. "My phone?" The naga takes his phone out and sees Aren calling him. "Hello Aren, what's up?"

"Heyyyy, Ishi-cough cough!-ka." Aren coughs again, but it doesn't sound real.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Ishika spins in his chair. He rolls his eyes, thinking Aren wants to get out of work again.

"I think I have a-" Aren coughs three times, "A cold."

"Oh, that's too bad. You know I'm a doctor, right?"

"Oh, no, no! I'm sure," the tiger on the other end coughs again, "I'm sure I'll be in tomorrow. No worries. I just can't come in today."

"Well, I hope you feel better."

"Thanks, Ishika. I have to go, Wolfie needs to go out." Aren hangs up the call.

Ishika slumps in his chair. "Well, now what? Even if he is faking, I can't call him out on it." He ponders, scratching his chin. His eyes light up and he dials his phone. "Hello? It's Dr. Ishika Kuriame!" He waits for the receiver to respond. "Yeah, remember what we talked about before? Well, my lab rat called out today, so I was wondering if you want to fill in." Ishika smiles as he hears the excitement from the other end. "Wonderful! How long until you get here?"

The door to Ishika's lab bursts open, almost breaking the door off its hinges. "I'm on the other side!" A buff kangaroo wearing a white wife-beater that shows off his plump belly and belly button piercing strolls into the lab. He struts over to Ishika, shaking his butt adorning the blue short shorts and black boots.

Ishika stands up and wraps his arms around the big kangaroo. "Aaron! So glad you are able to come!"

"I wouldn't miss this test for the world. I need to be big, doc!"

"Excellent! Just lie on the slab over there and we can get started." Ishika slithers to the console behind him and stands in front of a big red button.

Aaron sits on the slab table and lays down, extending his arms and legs to the corners of the table. The restraints attach to each of his limbs almost instantly. "Are the restraints needed?"

"Sorry, they're used to Aren, and he'll try to escape."

"I think you need a better lab rat, but enough talk, make me HUGE!"

Ishika grins and slams his fist against the button. A laser comes out from the ceiling and blasts a white light at Aaron. The kangaroo closes his eyes, blinded by the light. He opens them after the tingling feeling throughout his body stops, but he's the same size. "Huh, maybe I did a wrong calculation?" Ishika thinks outloud.

"No sweat, doc, take your time." Aaron rests against the slab. The restraints release the kangaroo as if the experiment was a success. He rubs his forehead. "Do you have anything for my head, doc?"

"Oh, uh, one second." Ishika digs through his lab coat and pulls out a pill. "I think this is aspirin." Ishika hands over the pill to Aaron and goes back to his computer.

Aaron examines the pill. It's black and has no letters. It doesn't look like any aspirin pill Aaron has ever seen, but Ishika is a doctor. Aaron chucks the pill into his mouth and swallows it. His stomach growls and he hunches over. "Doc? I don't think that was aspirin."

Ishika turns in his chair and slithers over to Aaron. "Oh, you're probably right. Let's go see someone else who can help. Maybe a medical doctor this time."

Aaron shoves the naga back and he shouts! He arches his back and stretches his arms to either side. His body grows a foot tall! Ishika scoots back and watches as the kangaroo in front of him grows. Aaron's form bursts through the ceiling of the lab and into the second floor. People shriek as the kangaroo opens his mouth and inhales three people! He swallows them down, his wife-beater shreds as the large lump makes its way to his stomach, bulging and wiggling it out. "Bigger!" He yells.

Ishika scurries out of Noire Corp. as Aaron continues to grow The naga slithers past co-workers and friends as the building collapses around him. He makes it outside just in time for Aaron to destroy the three-story facility. "Oh holy mother of Celestia!" Ishika slithers to the ever-growing Aaron and climbs up his leg. The naga works his way past the large belly and tattered wife beater up to Aaron's shoulders. The kangaroo moves his tongue around inside his mouth, pushing people against his cheek. Ishika rubs Aaron's right cheek, full of about twenty people. Aaron tilts his head back and swallows down the contents inside his mouth, most of the scientists of Noire Corp and some equipment.

"Tasty, but I want more!" Aaron marches over to the city with Ishika in tow. The kangaroo is double the size of Noire Corp. now and continues to grow with each step. Ishika steadies himself on Aaron's shoulder as he watches the kangaroo pick up an office building. Like a can of soda, he pops open the roof and tilts the contents towards his mouth. He swallows down anything that touches his tongue. His left paw wanders to his stomach and rubs it. The massive belly gurgles, demanding more food for the growing kangaroo. "More!"

Ishika rifles through his coat and finds another of the same pill he gave to Aaron. "Oh! This is my hunger pill! It increases your appetite the more you eat. But that doesn't explain how he got this big. He was only supposed to grow an extra foot, not fifty!"

Aaron wraps his arms around a skyscraper and breaks it in half. He places the bottom of the top half in his mouth and sucks firmly on it, swallowing anything that gets caught in his gullet. He throws the empty top onto the busy street below and wraps his entire body around the bottom half of the destroyed skyscraper. Mimicking what he did before, he wraps his lips around the top and sucks in the contents. People scream as furniture and themselves get swept into the massive kangaroo, fueling his appetite for food. Aaron kicks the skyscraper over and feels a tap on his cheek. His eyes dart to Ishika. "Hey doc!"

Ishika covers the side of his head. Aaron's voice is booming into his head. "Let's whisper, okay?"

"Sure, what's up?" Aaron observes the city, walking over to a nearby NcOnalds.

"So the pill I gave you actually increases your appetite. It could also explain why you keep growing. The more you eat, the more you grow."

"And how long until it wears off?" Aaron picks up the building and opens the roof. "I want a billion fries, stat!"

Ishika shrugs. "I don't know. This kind of experiment hasn't been done before."

Aaron flips the building upside down and opens his mouth, catching and swallowing food, furniture, and people as they drop inside.

BURRRRRRAP!

The kangaroo wipes his mouth and throws the empty building to the side. "What I just heard was to keep going until I'm satisfied. Let's do it." The kangaroo marches further into the city, continuing his rampage until his hunger is satisfied.