Toriko (c) Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Author's Note – This story takes place in no time. By no time, I mean it doesn't have a specific time that it happens in within the storyline of Toriko.
Coco X Himeko(OC)
Summary: Coco smiled as he ran his hand through her hair. He had never thought that this girl would be so much more to him. His premonitions showed their frequent future meets, but never had it shown that things would go this far. Although he wasn't fully happy, because he had just realized his own feelings, possibly a bit too late.
Our Fates Are Already Entwined
Chapter 1
"Hmm...Komatsu?" A girl's voice resonated through a hall.
She had long black hair that reached the middle of her back. She wore a short sleeved, white blouse fit with dark blue jeans.
"Why...isn't there anyone to greet me?" The girl continued to walk through the hall. There, she saw a large man with blue hair standing in front of a door, his pose looking as though he were thinking. "Excuse me..." The girl said, getting his attention.
The blue haired man turned around. "Hmm? What?"
"Do you know if a boy named Komatsu is around the area or in this building?" The girl asked.
"Komatsu? Yeah, he's in there cooking something up right now. Why?" The blue haired man was inspecting the girl.
"Oh, so you know Komatsu? That's great. I'm Komatsu's cousin, Himeko. Nice to meet you." Himeko bowed down in politeness to the stranger in front of her.
"Hah!? Komatsu had a cousin!?" The blue haired man was stunned. He then coughed and composed himself slightly, just slightly. "I'm Toriko. Komatsu is my chef."
Himeko looked at him, "Toriko? Bishokuya Toriko? One of the Four Heveanly Kings Toriko? Ah, you must be that Toriko." Himeko pointed a finger at him.
"What do you mean by 'that Toriko'?" Toriko asked, as though it was an insult.
"Hmm...in my letters that Komatsu writes to me, he talked about you a lot. I'd never really expect to meet you in person though." Himeko said blandly.
"Well, there's always a first for everything." Toriko said, looking back at the door. "Komatsu's going to take some time to finish cooking. Hmm...why don't I bring you to the table then? Oh yeah, why are you here then, Himeko?" Toriko asked as if he knew her for quite some time as he lead her through the long hallway.
"I'm here to stay with Komatsu from now on." Himeko said.
Toriko raised an eyebrow as he looked at her. "From now on? But Komatsu is going to be with me on trips. Well, somtimes."
Himeko looked at him curiously. "But I sent a letter to Komatsu saying that I was going to stay with him. He said that it was okay."
"Hah!? What's Komatsu thinkin'?" Toriko said as he opened the double doors.
"Ah, Toriko's back." A man wearing a green hat of some sort said.
"Hmph. How unbeaut'ful." A man with colorful hair said.
"Toriko~!" A girl said, running up and hugging Toriko.
"R-Rin? When did you get here?" Toriko asked surprised.
"Hm-Hm, just a minute ago." Rin answered. "Oh, who is this?" Rin eyed Himeko.
Himeko looked at Rin. "I'm Himeko, Komatsu's cousin." Himeko said, bowing respectfully. "I apologize to barge in on this uhmm..."
Rina continued to eye her up and down. Himeko started to fidget a bit uncontrollably. Rin got closer to her and Himeko turned her head to the side in nervousness.
"Uh-uhmm...can you please not uhh...stare so hard at me like that?" Himeko managed to say from Rin's unnerving stare that she only gave to girls with Toriko.
"Hmm...as long as you're not after Toriko then it's good." Rin said as she spun around to sit at the table.
"Matsu's cousin huh? Hm, you're hair feels good, but not good enough. But your skin...it feels softer than the average. And your name is Himeko? A beaut'ful name yes, but it doesn't fit someone like you...I'm Sani. What do you use on your skin?" Sani asked Himeko.
Himeko took a deep breath after Rin was out of her bubble. She looked at Sani. "Sani? Then you must be one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Sani. Komatsu always talks about how you are actually nice under some act..." Himeko said.
"Matsu does? Hmph, all of that is a lie. How unbeaut'ful." Sani said as he turned his head away.
"Oi, oi, looks like that is true though Sani!" Toriko said as he laughed.
"That's true, Onii-chan." Rin said.
"Really." The man wearing the green on his head said. "Ah, I'm Coco." Coco said as he looked at Himeko. "I've never heard of Komatsu-kun having a cousin though."
"Coco of the Four Heavenly Kings...Komatsu sure has some great friends." Himeko said.
"Right?" Rin said. "He has a knack for cooking though!" Rin complimented.
The doors opened again.
"It's ready!" Komatsu said as he entered with mutiple carts of food. "Today's men- what!?" Komatsu's eyes looked directly at Himeko. "Hi-Hi-Himeko-nee!?"
Everyone looked at Himeko.
"Wait..."
"-nee?"
"Oi Matsu, what's all this 'bout?"
"Eh? Ah, sorry, everyone. This is Himeko, my cousin."
"But you just called her your sister." Toriko said.
Komatsu laughed. "Well, she practically raised me. But, Himeko-nee, why are you here so early?" Komatsu asked her.
"Y'know, Hime's reaction to us is different from usual people." Sani said.
"Well...Himeko-nee is always like that. She treats everyone the same...even criminals that I feared for her life when I became head chef of Hotel Gourmet. Maybe even more so than mines..." Komatsu said.
"Komatsu..." Himeko was tugging on his chef hat.
Komatsu looked up at Himeko. "What?"
"Sorry."
"Eh? No, you don't have to apologize. Don't worry about it. Well, since your here, tha-"
"We already introduced each other, so let's eat, Komatsu!" Toriko said.
"Eh? Really?" Komatsu looked at Himeko for confirmation.
"Yeah."
Everyone was eating around the table now. Himeko took a seat between Komatsu and Coco. She ate specific items. Coco noticed this and questioned her out of curiousity.
"Himeko-san, I've noticed that you're not eating the appig and you seem to be avoiding the pineapple pudding...are you possibly allergic to apple?" Coco asked. "Oh, you don't have to answer. I just asked out of thoughtlessness, I'm sorry."
Komatsu stopped eating and looked over at Himeko. Himeko looked at Coco.
"Yes...I am allergic to apple." Himeko answered.
Toriko looked up. "Allergy huh? That's a rare condition nowadays. Well, you're only allergic to apples, there are still plenty of other fruits out there." Toriko said as he continued to fill his stomach.
"Allergic to apples? I've never met anyone with allergies before. How is it like? Is it ugly?" Sani questioned.
"Onii-chan, that's insensitive!" Rin scolded. "Geez, your a Heavenly King yet you act like that."
Komatsu noticed Himeko's tenseness. "Ah, now, now, we should just eat. I did cook all of this." Komatsu said, looking back at his cousin. "Himeko-nee..."
"That's right! We should all enjoy this food that Komatsu made!" Toriko said.
Coco noticed Himeko's slight tenseness as well. "I apologize, maybe I shouldn't have asked." Coco said to Himeko.
Himeko looked at him. "Eh? No, that's no problem at all. It's just that..." Himeko trailed off.
"Oh yeah, Himeko-nee, where is Ray?" Komatsu asked.
"Ray? Who is that, Komatsu?" Toriko asked.
"Ah, I made Ray wait outside. That's what I was troubled about...where will Ray stay?" Himeko asked Komatsu.
"Oh...I never thought about that..." Komatsu said. "Wait...you left Ray at the front of Hotel Gourmet!?" Komatsu immediately left his seat and checked out the window. "Eh!? What's with all the cameras!?" Komatsu exclaimed. "At this rate, Ray will go out of control! We got to stop their flashes!" Komatsu screamed in panic.
Himeko got up and left her seat to see outside. There were multiple flashes. She could see Ray from the floor she was on.
"Ray...they need to stop." Himeko said.
Everyone else walked over.
"What's wrong with a few flashes of the hotel?" Toriko asked.
Rin looked down to see the pet named Ray. Shock filled her face. "O-oi, is your pet that sand-colored animal?" Rin asked.
Himeko looked at her and nodded her head. "That's Ray."
"No way!" Rin yelled.
"Why are you yelling Rin? That's so unbeaut'ful." Sani said.
Coco's eyes narrowed at the scene below.
"Onii-chan! That's a Carmdillo! A Carmadillo!" Rin said, pointing out at the window.
"A Carmadillo? What is that?" Sani asked.
"Carmadillos were said to be extinct..." Rin said. "They hold caramel within their shell that they will secrete whenever they want. I didn't know it was still alive."
"If we don't stop the flashes from the cameras, that Carmadillo will go on a rampage." Coco said.
Himeko looked at him. "Yeah. Ray always hated unnatural flashes." Himeko walked out to the balcony.
"Eh? Himeko-nee, what are you doing?" Komatsu said.
Himeko started to get on the railing.
"Hi-Himeko-nee! What are you doing!? Stop! That's suicide!" Komatsu said as he ran out to the balcony.
"I'll be fine...I think...Ray is down there to catch me." Himeko said unwavering.
"Oi, oi! Is it really safe for you to fall down from that height!?" Toriko said.
"Yeah! That's totally unsafe!" Rin said.
"Falling from such a height is just unbeaut'ful." Sani said.
"Now, now, we still have time before Ray goes out of control." Coco said.
"No, this is the fastest way." Himeko said as she jumped.
Komatsu's eyes shot wide open, as with everyone else's.
"Himeko-nee!" Komatsu screamed as she fell.
"Sani! Use your hair to catch her!" Toriko yelled.
"I can't. She's falling down at too fast of a rate that my hair can't catch her." Sani said as if it was something he met with everyday.
"Eh!?" Rin exclaimed.
Toriko rolled up his sleeves. "I guess there's no choice then."
"Kiss." Coco said as he jumped down. Kiss, the Emperor Crow came swooping down under Coco's call.
"Oi! Wait, Coco! Seems like there's no choice, huh? Alright then. Let's get down there quick. C'mon Komatsu!" Toriko said as he ran to the elevator.
"Eh!? Bu-bu-"
"It's okay. Coco has Kiss." Toriko assured Komatsu.
"And if she does fall on that Carmadillo, she should be fine. The shell of a Carmadillo is said to be as soft as a pillow from all the caramel stored in their bodies." Rin said with a smile.
"We-well, that's true...and I never would have guess Ray was an extinct specie either." Komatsu said as he quickly followed Toriko. "Then...I'll leave Himeko-nee's life to Coco-san."
Toriko smiled. "That's right."
Himeko fell down the at a fast rate, but even in the fast rate, she controlled her body.
"Ray is near the entrance...I need to move forward slightly..." Himeko thought as she shifted her body slightly to moved forward. Himeko took her current situation rather calmly.
She then heard a bird's call, but she could't turn her head to see what it was. A second later, she saw a large black bird that was beside her from the corner of her eyes. She saw Coco on it. As quickly as she saw them, she was swooped onto the bird by Coco. Kiss was still diving down at a rapid rate but smoothly flew upward slightly so that he was flying forward again. Himeko looked up to see Coco's smile.
"That was a bit reckless, don't you think?"
Himeko didn't say a word as Kiss flew down slowly. The cameras weren't faced to the Carmadillo at all anymore. They were all facing Coco.
"Did that girl try to commit suicide?"
"It's Coco of the Four Heavenly Kings!"
"Isn't that an Emperor Crow!?"
"Who is that girl?"
"Bishokuya Coco just saved a person from a fall!"
Himeko jumped off of the Emperor Crow and ran over to the Carmadillo. She ran over and hugged it.
"Sorry Ray." Himeko said as Komatsu came running out with tears.
"Himeko! You're safe!" Komatsu came in to hug both Himeko and Ray. "And it's Ray!"
Toriko and the rest came out.
"It's Toriko and Sani of the Four Heavenly Kings!"
"Oh, so this is the supposed extinct Carmadillo!" Toriko looked at it. "I want a taste of the caramel!"
"Uwah~! It's a real Carmadillo!" Rin said with stars in her eyes.
"Hmm...such a majestic animal really. Why didn't I know about this?" Sani asked.
Coco walked over.
"Sorry, Komatsu." Himeko turned around to face Coco. "Thank you very much, Coco-san. And to your Emperor Crow."
"His name is Kiss. And it wasn't a big deal." Coco said. "Although, we should get out of this area soon." Coco suggested.
"That's probably a good idea, Coco-san." Komatsu said.
"Oh! We can go to my house! I'm sure Obsauras and Terry wouldn't mind Ray! You too, Coco, with Kiss." Toriko suggested.
"Yes, yes! I agree! Let's go to Toriko's home!" Rin said cheerfully.
Himeko looked at Komatsu. "Is that okay Komatsu?"
Komatsu looked back at Himeko. "Of course! Let's go, let's go! We can also figure out what will happen with Ray as well."
"That's fine with me." Coco said. "And Kiss as well."
"Hmph, I have nothing else to do." Sani said.
"Yosh, let's go!" Toriko said.
End of Chapter
AN – Coco needs more love. First insert of this story. Thank you for reading.