A/N: Thank you Havarti for the word prompt :)
Komatsu blinked several times, his head hurt and the world kept spinning around and around. He brought trembling hands up to the side of his head, wincing in pain as his fingers touched the raked edge of a deep cut spanning the side of his skull. When he brought them back towards his eyes, he saw them stained with bright red blood.
'' Thats not good...'' The chef muttered, feeling exhausted. He had simply wanted to go visit Nono alone to spend some time with Setsuna's apprentice. He hadnt packed anything other then clothes and basic necessity for a 2 days trip but he was now regretting now bringing his usual bag of things he took when traveling with Toriko. That bag had a basic first aid kit and some enhanced medicine from Life.
Every movement seemed slow and awkward as Komatsu tried to move away from the train wreck, he stumbled more often then not and his thoughts seemed slow and thick. He could barely string 2 thoughts together before losing track of it. A roar sounded behind him, a beast moved closer and Komatsu fell down to the dry ground. The chef could barely see the outline of the ginormous beast through blurred eyes and drowsy mind but he did hear the ringing in his ears followed shortly by sharp words, '' Dont fall asleep Kid. I'll be there shortly.''
Komatsu blinked, '' Zebra?'' he pushed himself unto his back. It couldnt be, it was just his mind playing tricks on him. The beast and the death it bore never came, instead the voice continued, '' Dont get cocky, Brat. Its me! Now stop screwing around and stay awake!'' Had Komatsu spoken out loud? He didnt know.
The chef smiled in amusement, his dis-organised thoughts reminding him of the time Zebra, Toriko, Coco and Sunny had gotten drunk and spend the good part of 3 hours bragging about who had the best relationship with Komatsu and how much they had wanted to sleep with the chef. Said man was now giggling as he remembered being so angry that he walked away from the four Kings to go enjoy some time alone and left them floundering, looking for him in a panic once the alcohol had worn off.
'' You heard us?'' Zebra's voice growled in his ears, tinted by embarrassment. That only served to prove that the voice wasnt real, Zebra didnt get embarrassed. ''I do just not often, brat. We'll be there in about 5 minutes, just stay awake a bit longer got it?'' Komatsu grinned even more, blinking more blood from his eyes, '' What ever you say fake-Zebra...'' his voice peppered out at the end. A loud growl jerked the chef back to a more awakened state.
'' I SAID STAY AWAKE!'' The voice echoed painfully in his mind and there seemed to be an echo of to the side of him. Komatsu slowly shifted his head towards the second echo. In the distance, Komatsu could barely make out several figures approaching rapidly. It was the last thing he saw, despite the fake Zebra and maybe the real one? shouting at him to stay awake.
