I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE GUYS! Shit has been going on and me recovering from my first year of a 4-year university kicked my ass. So as an apology I have COMPLETED this route so you don't have to wait for the second part! And I will work on my last chapter for this story! But there may be some voting at the end of the story seeing if you guys want more or want me to write another story. I've got a few I want to write but I'll let you guys decide! So here is Zebra's route!

Zebra's Route: Part 1

Komatsu wakes up to his alarm pushing the button to silence it. He sits up and yawns stretching his arms in the air. Doing his normal morning routine Komatsu makes his meals for the day: omelet for breakfast, bento box for lunch and chicken teriyaki for dinner. The chef packs his things and heads to school. He got up early this time to not run late again but he was hoping to run into Toriko again. He remembered the day before how the bluenette jumped over the gate with him in his arms. How nice he was to the chef with a bright smile. Komatsu smiled at himself thinking about the other man not realizing he was running into someone. Komatsu bumps into the person falling back and sitting on the ground. He looks up he saw the person glaring at him. "Hey! Watch where you're going Shorty!" The guy was huge with a beard but his uniform was a bit….different. He looks like a combination of Stone Age cave man and barbarian. Two smaller men who look similar to the large man's attire stood next to him. "Ya no one messes with Zongeh unless they're asking for trouble!" Komatsu was about to apologize but Zongeh picks him up walking to the closest trash bin. Komatsu waited for the worst but he felt a pause. He looks up to see a larger shadow looming over the four. The three guys were shaking in total fear as they stared into brown eyes that could belong to a demon. "Z-Z-Z-Z-Zebra!" One of the followers screamed as Zongeh drops Komatsu on the ground. "I-I can take you! I'm Z-Zongeh and I'm the strongest-" He was cut off when Zebra got into his face growling loudly showing his teeth. Zongeh froze in place and a wet spot forms on his crotch area. All three screamed and ran away in seconds leaving the chef and the brute alone. Komatsu gathered his stuff before getting on his feet. "Thank you Z-Zebra-san." He looked up at the tall man who only looked down with a glare. There was an awkward silence before Zebra killed it with a grunt and shrugging his shoulders as he leaves the chef in the hall way. Komatsu was about to speak up but didn't as the man was already gone from his sight. "I can see why people fear him…."

School went normal with his friends Melk and Nonon but Komatsu still wanted to see Toriko again to thank him the other day. "Hey do you know where I can find Toriko-san?" He asked the girls during lunch. The two thought hard before shaking their heads. "He is either with his brothers, eating, or in the gym with his team." Melk explained as she eats her lunch, Komtatsu sighs before feeling a large hand messing with his hair. He looks up to meet up with blue hair and a bright smile, "Toriko-san!" Komtatsu got up on his feet to greet the bluenette who waved hello at him. "Thank god you're here I have a question to ask you." The taller man nodded as he sat down with the three chefs on the table they were sitting at. "Sure whats up Buddy?" Komatsu turns his head to face Toriko and clears his throat before speaking. "I was curious about Zebra-san. He saved me this morning from a group of guys but he doesn't talk much. Why?" Toriko laughs loudly at the question that he was tearing up from laughing too hard. "Oh did he now? That's a first actually; he never saves anyone except for us and Rin." Komatsu was shocked to hear about this though it didn't really surprise him either. "Is he a mute? I mean I know he grunts and growls but can he talk?" Toriko nods to the question reaching to grab a protein bar in his bag.

"He just doesn't talk to many people since everyone is scared of him. Plus he is really shy around new people." Komatsu drops his jaw not believe a single word that came out of Toriko's mouth. Zebra, the strong and scariest man in the school, is shy!? He danced around long enough for the real question he wanted to ask. "Where does Zebra-san hand out?" All three looked at the short chef with shock looks and jaws dropped. Komatsu looked between his friends giving off a nervous laugh, "Uh is that a bad thing I asked?" The three shook their heads snapping out of their shock state. "No not at all! Just shocked you wanted to go see him." Komatsu raises his brow at Toriko with slight confusion. "Why not? I mean he saved me and I wanted to thank you. So where does he hang out?"

Zebra was hanging out at one of the large cherry trees relaxing. This tree in particular was on a hill away from the campus and away from all the noises too. Zebra has sensitive hearing and could hear almost everything and certain noises gives him a migraine so he keeps his distance from everyone and stays away from noisy places. Zebra closes his eyes about to take a nap when he heard footsteps coming towards him. He opens one eye to check who was stupid enough to wake him up let alone walking up to him. As the footsteps got closer the more anxious Zebra got and more annoyed too. But he suddenly relaxes when he saw it was Komatsu. "What do you want Chef?" Zebra grunts closing his eyes as he felt no threat from the small chef that stood near him. Komatsu looked nervous and scared but he bows holding out a bento box. "T-This is for you Z-Zebra-san, for saving me t-this morning from those guys." Zebra looked down at the box then at the chef and then back to the box. He took the box without a word as he started to eat the food. Taking that as a good sign Komatsu was about to leave the man but he felt a large hand grab the back of his shirt. "You….stay here okay?" He didn't know if it was a question or a demand but he knew not to disobey the man's request. Komatsu nodded and sat down next to the brute, there was an awkward silence again between the two of them until Zebra spoke. "So….what brings you here anyway?" Komatsu looks up at Zebra with a nervous look but with a smile as well. "Well…I figured I should thank you for saving me but it's something else too." Zebra raised a brow as the chef continues to talk. "I also heard you isolate yourself from others because they are scared of you. So I thought it be lonely being by yourself so….maybe I can be your friend?" Zebra's brown eyes widen in shock; he…wanted to be his friend? Knowing how short temper he is, how brutal he can be, he still wants to be his friend? Zebra snorted and crossed his arms looking away from Komatsu. The chef sighs in defeat and was about to leave once more but the hand stopped him again. "If you're serious about being my friend….then can I try your food?" Komatsu smiles brightly and nods his head moving closer to the hunter. "Of course! You can be the first to taste all my new dishes!" Zebra turns back around to look at Komatsu with the smallest smile on his face.

"That I have no problems with~"

End of Part 1