Toriko: Namu's Buffet.
Chapter 9: "Hito."
After eating the last of the Rock Drum meat, Namu and Tsubaki made their way to their next destination.
"That was delicious." Namu said, as he rubbed his stomach.
"Glad you liked it." Tsubaki smiled.
"You're a really good chef Tsubaki, where'd you learn how to cook?" Namu asked.
"Oh, my mother is a chef, and my dad's a bishokuya, so I grew up around food."
"Really? That's sorta like my grandparents." Namu smiled.
"Yeah," Tsubaki remembered Namu mentioning his grandparents being a combo and being a couple at the same time, "about them, you never told me their names."
"Oh, well…" Namu looked for an answer but couldn't find one, "the reason I didn't tell you their names is because they're pretty well known in the Gourmet Age and I don't want to live in their shadows, especially my grandfather's."
"I thought you had a good relationship with him." Tsubaki said, concerned for her friend's personal life.
"I do. I just want to surpass him one day, not because I resent him, but because I wanna make him proud." Namu replied.
"I'm sure he's already proud of you."
"I know. I just feel I haven't done anything to deserve it. That's what my Full Course is about, I wanna make an awesome Full Course that'll surprise even him."
"Sounds like he's a pretty big deal." Tsubaki grinned.
"He is. My grandpa is 'Knocking Master' Jiro."
Namu's statement left Tsubaki in shock.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
"My grandma is Setsuno." Namu said, nonchalantly.
Tsubaki woke up in a daze.
"Where am I?" she said, slurring her words before noticing Namu looking at her.
"You passed out after I told you who my grandparents were." he said, concerned "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine." she said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Not for much longer." A sudden robotic voice spoke, causing Namu and Tsubaki to look where it came from. What they saw shocked them. It was a robot with an anteater-like head and most of it was covered in gold, feathery fur, while the metal parts were covered with scratches.
"My name is Hito. I'm a chef in the Bishokukai."
End of Chapter.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for another short chapter, I procrastinated again. Any way, Hito's name can mean "human" however, if spelled in Japanese, his name would have the kanji for fire (pronounced "hi") and "door" (pronounced "to"). I got the idea from "Shokugeki no Soma, where one of the characters' last name was "Mito" (water door).