Redsnidget: Chapter 20 at last! And Zebra has arrive! HOORAY! Now my hands hurting from typing all of these chapters from 18 to 20! Hope you enjoy those three new long chapters!
"I know..." Love sighed as she guide them down to Zebra's, "It's a order from the President, so I have no choice...The crime Zebra-chan committed are heavy ones, but more importantly, He has discovered a number ood ingredients as a epicurean that could rival even your count, Toriko-chan. Well, most of his are unreleased to the public, however..."
As Love continues to talking, Komatsu blink and glance over to his right side to see a Ore-Armored Gibabuta squealed angrily toward the chef cause him to screams,
"A PIG MONSTERRRR!"
"Oooo~ A Ore-Armored Gibabuta!" Kai's eye sparkle at it then look at the other Execution beasts who seem to huddle around in one place cause Toriko to blinks.
"This place..."
"This is the 'Execution Chamber.' The floor that contains the 'Main Dish' of the 'Punishment Full course.' Love explained, "Prisoners who have taken 'Extreme' punishments are taken directly to this floor separate from all the punishment full courses. In other words, all the prisoners in the chambers are to receive the 'Death Penalty.' There are also dangerous monsters and quarantined creatures that we have temporarily locked up here. There was some weird little bird-man thing thrown in here just a few day ago." Love glance over to Oban who nod.
"He was violent...I think he was still a child, though..."
"By the way.." Love smirks, "Zebra-chan is also on this floor..."
"Whoa..What did he just did to earn that?" Kai blinked in surprise as Komatsu nods along with her, wondering why.
Toriko, Oban and Love blinks at them two before Love sighed, "He ate too much prey."
"Eh...? Ate too much...? So he's...going to be executed?" The chef blink in surprise.
"Yeah. Now, this way." Love nod before waddle away cause Komatsu and Kai to stares at her back, then glanced at each other in silently before follow the group in wondering why Zebra, the problem child going to be executed for being glutton.
"Is Zebra in a special isolation Chamber?" Toriko asked Oban who shook his head.
"No..He's in the 'Execution Chamber.'"
"WHAT!? HE'S BEING EXECUTED?!" The Glutton King gasped.
"Yes. Zebra has been continually executed ever since he first came to Honey Prison..."
"SERIOUSLY? Could that possibly be out of his own request?" Toriko start to panic about his adopted brother.
"You certainly know him well, Mr. Toriko..That's exactly the case." Oban sighed, seem to be tired about this.
"Fufu~ Being executed is perfect for him." Love giggled before point at the window, "Here, his room is this way."
Toriko, Komatsu and Kai walks over to the window to peer in to see many massive chains all over the room till they laid their eyes on one man in there who sitting silently.
"Zebraaaaa!" Toriko exclaimed, seem to be happy to see him.
'So this is Zebra...' Kai blinked as she study the male before her to notice that he is an incredibly large and muscular man. Possible be largest of the four heavenly kings, towering over Toriko if she assume his height. He has slicked back dark purple hair and eyebrow and a large number of vertical wrinkles on his forehead, due in large part to his almost constant scowl. Zebra's most distinct feature is his half 'glasgow smile', forming a large ragged tear from his lips all the way to his ear on the left side of his face, exposing all the teeth on that side.
"...Ahh..." Love start to cry once again, "Zebra-chan...It's finally goodbye."
"W-warden.." Oban tried to assure his Boss while Toriko grins down at the problem-child.
"We came to pick you up!"
Komatsu stood there in silence, eye widen at the giant male before him, 'Ahh...It's him...'
"Hey, Zeb...Hm...?" Toriko start to noticed something is very wrong here as he look at Zebra who sitting there in silence cause him to gasped, ' He...Oh yeah, He's been silent ever since I arrived at Honey Prison..Don't tell me..He's 'Charging'! Oh no!'
"BUUUGAAAAAHHHH!"
"An Execution beast just started moving!" Oban shout, "The chains will get pulled off! Get away!" He warned them all. Soon all four beasts pull the chain at once as if they tried to run away from Zebra.
"ZEBRAAA!" Toriko screams, worried.
All the chains on each beast seem to paused cause them to blink in surprise cause other people to gasped at what Zebra have done expect for Love who seem to swoon at Zebra's monstrous strength.
'Looks like today's going to be the last time I get to play with you four...' Zebra thinks to himself before inhale air inside of his mouth as Toriko noticed it cause him to turn around to warn Komatsu and Kai.
"Cover your ears, Komatsu, Kai! RIGHT NOW!"
"Eh!?" Komatsu blinked.
"Just do it!" Kai barked out, covered her eyes tightly as possible as she notice something is very wrong here as Komatsu blink before do what Toriko has say to covered his ears.
"SOUND BAZOOKA!" Zebra shout, release his voice that booming through the box cause other to take covered as Toriko protect Komatsu's tiny form as the room rumbling, The screaming voice continues to rang through the room as he shattered the chain around his hands and took the four beasts down.
Slowly as the voice reduce lower and lower till it stop. Kai swear her ears is still ringing due to her sensitive ears, swear that she's going to deaf for a while.
"Kuhhh...Ah...What is this idiot doing?" Toriko growls, is effective by the attack cause him to stand up and shout through the window, "Hey, Zebra! Are you trying to kill us?!"
"Ka Ka Ka! How was that Toriko? Did my voice wake you up? Look at you, making such a stupid peaceful face like that..." Zebra grins wider, "Looks like the world without me in it was rather boring..!"
"THAT IS NOT TRUE!"
"The news about Zebra has already been leaked! Society is in an uproar!" One guard shout, warning Love who scoffed.
"Just as I feared...See, that's as far as even being 'Top Secret' can get you. I won't let his Discharge from 'Honey Prison' End as just a special Exception. I'm going to have Zebra accept some appropriate conditions."
"C..Could you possible mean..Conditions that reflect your personal emotions toward Zebra...?"
"NO, you vulgar man! Stop saying perverted things!"
"Sorry to keep you waiting~!" Komatsu said as he pushing the plates toward the table to create a giant buffet with Kai who seem to set everything down. "This is everything!"
"Oh, you finally finished?!" Toriko smiled at his partner.
"Hmph! A Celebration within the prison for a discharge is something utterly unheard of! I'm going to make sure to bill you for all these expenses, Toriko-chan." Love huffed.
"Just bill that man himself, would you?" Toriko smirked, "Although, knowing him, he'd probably make some kind of complaint like, "You call this shabby thing a celebration?" He chuckled, held up a bottle of alcohol.
Kai eyes the giant long table with many of buffet foods that Komatsu and she cooked out for a hours, raise a eyebrow at how much it is.
"This much should be enough, right?" Love asked.
"I'm not sure..." Toriko eyed them too unsure.
"Uh...um...Where is...the man in question...?" The Chef asked, nervously.
"He's with the prisoners." The Glutton shrugs, chug down the bottle of alcohol.
"Eh? Ahhh You mean he's going to said farewell?! To all the people who took care of him..?!" Komatsu smiles, seem to be relief by this, 'Oh, phew...Zebra-san must be a very courteous man with a sense of duty...'
"No." Toriko replied cause Komatsu to blink in surprise as Kai glanced up from her food that she set down. "He went to murder them. All the guys that whispered bad things about him behind his back.."
'EH?' Komatsu make a strangest face by this. The glutton noticed it and start to explained.
"Zebra has 'Hell Ears' like you wouldn't believe...He also has the shortest temper out of the Four Heavenly Emperors, and is quick to fight. I've never met a creature that loves to fighting more than him..."
Kai blinks in surprise by Zebra's entrance as he was soaked in blood, step behind Komatsu who seem not to notice him for a moments, eye widen at Toriko. She bet that those bloods all over his body was not his.
"Ka Ka ka! That's because there isn't anything more stimulation in this world than fighting..."
"GYAAAAAA, He's covered in blood!" the small chef screamed as he finally noticed Zebra, eye pop out from his eyes as Zebra continues to scare Komatsu even further.
"It just splashed off my victims, there no need to get scared, Kid. I'm gonna eat ya!"
"HIIIEEEE!"
"Hey!" Toriko slam his hand over Zebra's red-hair to glares down at him, "Get your hands off my partner, Punk!"
"Nnnn...?" Zebra's eyes narrows toward the blue-haired glutton. "Whose head do you think you're grabbing now?"
"Huh? Yours. You've really grown your hair out." Toriko blinked.
"Hey hey hey...you'd better not fuck around too much with me, Toriko." Zebra snarled as he move around to face Toriko to get closer to him as if he's ready to fight him.
"You're the one fucking around here, going all wild in the prison! I came all the way here just to get you, so be nice!"
The Problem child grab the Glutton's arm in a tight grips as he grins down at him, "I don't think so. But while we're at it, How about you help me relieve a little stress, Toriko? C'mon...Let's fight."
They looks like they're prepare to fight, Kai could swear she see a Blue and red flame rise around their body in that moments as Komatsu stammered, "E...Eh..H-hold on..."
"I'm so jealous...You're so close enough to fight~" Love cooed as she turn on her pheromones, result herself back into tall version of herself as she cast Tranquilizing pheromones toward the two Heavenly kings. "Now, Let's dine~"
"Ok...~" Toriko seem to be the only one who fell for it as Zebra glares down at Love.
"HUH?"
"Awwww, why doesn't it even work on you, Zebra-chan~"
"Why doesn't what work?"
"My Pheromones!"
"What's that? Is it edible?"
"Hey, Zebra, We're gonna celebrate your discharge! C'mon hurry up and get over here~!" Toriko said while still under Love's control cause Zebra to become unsure if he want to eat or want to fight more but his answer soon came thanks to Kai who use her hand to smack on his bloody shoulder give him a glare.
"Sit down and eat dammit! We didn't cook for two hours to get everything ready just for you."
"Hm..." Zebra blinks as if he noticed her for the first time, paused before scoffed, "Alright. We'll fight later on then!"
"YEAH RIGHT!" Toriko laughs.
"Got it? Zebra-chan...you must capture 500 wanted criminals and discover 100 new types of food! Those are the conditions for your discharge! They're the orders of the president, too, so the inspectors won't be satisfied either unless you agree." Love explain the discharge to noticed that Zebra ignored her as he lean over to Toriko.
"By the way, Toriko."
"Hm?"
"LISTEN TO ME, ZEBRA-CHAN!"
"I don't think he's listen..." Kai muttered as she held a blank look at the table along with Komatsu to realized something terrible about Four Heavenly King's glutton belly.
"What is that 'Mellow Cola' stuff, Anyway?" Zebra asked, chew on the small piece of the meat.
"Dad said it's the most delicious cola in the world. You like Cola, right? Then it'll be worth giving it a sip."
"Hmph! Cola...? What do yout hink I am, some snot-nosed kid?" Zebra growled, ignored the drooling all over his mouth.
"You're drooling all over the place, man." Kai said, noticed it along with Toriko who agreed with her.
'All...all that food I prepared with Kai...disappeared in an instant...he's got a 'appetite' that isn't even inferior to Toriko-san's...so this is Zebra-san...' Komatsu continues to stare at the empty table with a few dishes scattered nearby them.
"Hey, Kid." Zebra said as he lean closer to Komatsu who yelped by how close he is to him. "The food I ate just now...is it true that you made it?"
"A-ah..Y-yes...with Kai-chan's help of course! I know it may have seemed insolent of me, but I took the liberty of preparing it all...W-was it worthy...of your mouth...?" Komatsu muttered, still afraid of Zebra.
The scarred man stares down at Komatsu then Kai before thinks deeply what to say...or judging them both, remember what Toriko has asked the small chef first but remember that the red-haired woman who got asked by Komatsu to help prepare the food in hoping to make Zebra enjoy them all.
"Kid. Girly."
"Y-Yes!"
"Girly...really?" Kai huffed, narrow her eyes at him in wonder what he want to said.
"Don't be getting' cocky!"
"EEH!? Ah..no...yes...wha..."
"You know, I...hate cocky bastards more than anything else! Just looking at them makes me wanna gnash 'em to pieces!" Zebra have a wild look in his eyes, "Every last one of 'em!"
"I..I see...I'm.. um...I'm sorry...I guess...for being cocky.." Komatsu muttered, scratch back of his head cause Zebra to pause then narrow his eyes at him.
"So you WERE getting' cocky, after all!"
"Ehh! No I wasn't..Not one bit..!"
"Oi, Just leave him alone.." Kai sighed and shake her head.
Soon as the Second in Command Warden came in with a bad new, "Warden, I have news..."
"What's wrong Oban?"
"The "Monster in the Woods" Has appeared..."
"!" The rest of the group looks in surprise by this. Love sighed, "Oh...That's a problem..."
"Monster in the wood? I think he mentioned that at the entrance...What is it?" Kai asked, blinks in confused.
"It's a turtle...that awakens once a year in the 'Monster season!' " Love looks grim by this.
"A Turtle...? Monster Season...?!" The chef blinks in confuse yet looks afraid by this grim news.