Here it is! The result of much procrastination and not so hard work.


First up suggested by Sillvog!

Zebra didn't wait for Komatsu to answer Sunny before marching into the room; grabbing Sunny by his hair and dragging him out of the room, leaving a surprised Komatsu staring at their retreating backs.

'You sure are Cocky Brat!' Zebra growled at his prey. He forcefully pinned Sunny on the wall, ignoring the pain from Sunny's feelers attacking him. Sunny headbutted Zebra out of spite and pushed the bigger man off.

'What do you mean cocky? Matsu should be my partner not that idiotic Toriko's! Whats cocky about asking Matsu to join the beautiful me?' Sunny demanded angrily as he straightened his shirt as much as he could.

Zebra glared at the self-dubbed gift to human kind before announcing with a deceptively calm voice ' Komatsu already has a deal with me you cocky bastard. He's just on a loan to Toriko until I finish my Full Course so keep your filthy hand off him because he is MINE!'

Sunny gasped and shot back ' My hands are not filthy you ingrate! Matsu isn't yours, he is destined to be with the beautiful me!' 'Um you are both mistaken.' a calm voice interrupted the shouting match.

Both Heavenly Kings turned toward the owner of the voice only to see an somewhat amused Toriko standing beside the now angry Coco. Toriko grinned 'Komatsu is my Partner and that's final.'


And now unto the second suggestion by Animegirl426.

Komatsu had become used to being invited to high class restaurants by his partner in order to try out new foods and often found himself looking forward to such occasions. At the moment the young chef was heading toward to restaurant 'Calm Belt' renown for its calming atmosphere.

It had struck him as odd for Toriko to bring him to a restaurant which was used as a meeting place for peaceful resolution of problems but figured that some new ingredient had made its way unto the menu and Toriko had not been able to get any for Komatsu to cook.

He certainly didn't expect to see a very serious Toriko waiting at the table for him nor for his Partner to play with his food without actually eating anything. After waiting for a few minutes of unusually silence Komatsu decided that he had to figure out what was going on.

'Toriko-san? IS everything alright?' Komatsu asked carefully. Toriko looking up in shock before putting on a fake smile ' Of course everything fine. Why do you ask?' Komatsu looked away while muttering under his breath ' Because you aren't acting like yourself at all Toriko-san. Clearly something is wrong.'

The Heavenly King sighed and pushed away his plate. ' I should have known I wouldn't be able to hide anything from you Komatsu. Can I ask you a question? I want you to be absolutely honest with me.' Komatsu stared at his partner before nodding, ' Of course Toriko-san. I'm always honest with you.'

Toriko smiled sadly, looked away; looked back at Komatsu and opened his mouth but no sound came. Embarrassed, Toriko looked away, closing his mouth with a snap and the silence continued for a several minutes while Komatsu looked in confusion and worry at the gigantic man acting like a love struck person.

Toriko tried twice more before he finally seemed to say what he wanted. 'Areyouscareofme?' The words came out in a rush of panic and dread. Komatsu blinked and replied, 'What?'in absolute shock at the question. Toriko blushed even more, cleared his throat and asked again, this time slower but more panicked voice.

'I was... Well you see... I wanted to know if you were scared of me. I'm much bigger and stronger then you are. I'm constantly putting you in dangerous situations and...' his voice becoming softer and softer before trailing off all together. Toriko wasn't even looking at his partner by the end, his eyes lowering to face the plate of uneaten food.

His answer came in the form of laughter, the question had been so ridiculous to Komatsu that he simply couldn't help himself. 'Toriko..san.. You... could never... never... scare me.' He exclaimed between laughs. He wiped away the tears from his face. ' You could never hurt me and would never force me to do anything I didn't want to. Not to mention you seem to be forgetting about my abilities.'

Toriko stared at his still giggling partner, disbelief and confusion clearly written on his face. Komatsu noticed the way Toriko was acting and forced himself to stop laughing. 'Toriko-san, why would you believe that I was scared of you?' Toriko muttered, barely loud enough for Komatsu to hear, 'A journalist wrote that you seemed scared of me when he interviewed you last week.'

Komatsu frowned and thought back at the interview about the Century Soup he had given last week. There had been a question about his relation with Toriko and how well they worked together but nothing about being scared of the Heavenly King... Unless...

Komatsu smiled gently at Toriko, 'The question he had asked me was whether or not I was worried about being able to satisfy your appetite while traveling with you. I'm quite sure I said that sometimes I was worried that I couldn't always provide you with the best quality of food because we might not find any outstanding ingredients but that I wasn't worried about satisfying you in any other way.'