I wanted to continue writing my original fanfic since I managed to get my hands on some free time today, but this apparently came up as a shower-thought in the middle of the week before, and it stuck. It keeps bugging me, sticking at the back of my mind. So here, hopefully this'll get rid of that idea which continuously appears annoyingly whenever I try to concentrate during the lectures.
One-shot (Hopefully)
Today was just an average day. A Wednesday, to be exact. People were working, others were shopping, it was an average Wednesday in an average week. At least, it seemed so. But then, out of nowhere-
"Agh! It's a mysterious being!" "Run!" "Even five grown men can't subdue it!" "I should've stayed in bed today!" "Help! Call a hero!"
A reptilian-like man appeared, attacking civilians. It skin color was green, had a long prehensile tongue, and eyes that were reminiscent of a chameleon, due to them bulging out.
"Hyahahahaha! I am Tongue-Stretcher! I loved reptiles so much I became one!" The mysterious being laughed maniacally. "You, bear my children!" He said, looking towards a woman, and stretching it towards her. Said woman screamed hysterically when caught, and was slowly pulled in, but at that moment, someone's cap flew off, right next to the reptilian man, attracting his attention.
Turning to look, it recoiled in shock, mostly due to the unexpected appearance of the man.
"Whoa, man, you scared me!" He said after realizing that another person was right beside him.
But that earlier shock turned into growing fear as he noticed his expression.
Three scars running down his left eye. Blond slicked-back hair. Piercing blue eyes that seemed to stare into your soul. A face of intimidation. An intense vibe.
Suddenly, a rumbling could be heard. It started slow, and was barely audible. But then it slowly grew into loud thumps, comparable to heavy machinery. It was so great, the mysterious being swore he could feel the very Earth shake beneath him.
"Hey, wait, that's King!" A civilian that noticed the man then revealed his identity.
S-Class Hero, Rank 7, World's Strongest Hero, King.
A man whose name was legend, his stature was like that of a great and large statue, bearing down on the mysterious being. Even breathing felt hard, as it was suffocated by the awesome pressure radiating off his very being.
Then it realized.
How fucked he was.
"Beat up that gross dude!" "King's here! He'll kill that mysterious being!" "Can I have your autograph?" "King! King! King! King!"
As he stood, the crowd condemned him. But then again, he was the one to attack them first. Now that an S-Class hero- no, THE S-Class hero King was here...
"P-P-P-Please accept my apologies for the trouble I have caused everyone!" It said, grovelling to King. It wasn't a decision made by his own thoughts. It was an instinct... Of self preservation.
"Look, it's grovelling!" "It's pleading to King!" "It's sobbing!" "He DISSED you, King, don't let him go!" "He's the real deal!" "The monster's weeping, bowing, and shaking!"
The woman whom he attacked earlier walked up to the mysterious being, kicked it in the head, and disdainfully spat, "The pervert said licky-licky."
And at that moment, it couldn't take the pressure anymore, and fainted.
The threat was gone, and now everyone was crowding over their savior.
"King! That was awesome!" "Did you come because you sensed a monster?" "Hey, don't be casual with King, that's rude!" "King's presence overwhelmed the monster!" "Hey, look at his face, he's angry! Move out the way!"
A person heard the rumbling, and asked his friend, "Hey, what's that rumbling sound?"
"Huh? Don't you know? That's the King Engine. It's the sound of the world's strongest man in battle mode! No monster's ever heard the rhythm of the King Engine and live to tell the tale."
As King picked up his cap that flew off, he said, "I'm busy. Would you move, please?" A simple request was all that exited his mouth. Yet, it was heard by the entire crowd as if transferred through microphone. Such was his charisma.
"D-did you just anger King?" "I-I'm terribly sorry!" "Can I shake your hand?" "Disperse, disperse!"
And as soon as the earlier fiasco with the mysterious being happened, the crowd dispersed, much to King's pleasure.
"Finally, they're gone. I can go back to shopping." King thought.
[15 minutes later, and inconspicuous game-store...}
"Thank you, the grand total is 5,800 yen. Please come again." the cashier said, being friendly.
As King walked out with the item he bought, he said to himself quietly, "I've finally bought it. The new limited-edition release of the dating simulator Doki-Doki Sisters. The tension is building. Until I get home, the anticipation is unbearable." And like earlier, a faint rumbling sound could be heard, but unlike before, it was only faint and nearly indiscernible to those not listening carefully.
"I'll go straight home and play... heh heh." King said to himself, as the last 'thump' died down.
Further down the street, two people noticed his true identity.
"Master, I think that is King." A blonde cyborg reported to his master.
"Who?" His master, a certain bald hero-for-fun asked.
"He was at the Class-S meeting during the alien invasion. He claims your place as the strongest man on Earth." Genos answered. "What is he doing here?" Genos asked himself.
And at that moment, the ground shook as someone screamed in fear.
"AHHHH!" "A monster!" "GYAHHH!" "My children's in danger!"
"A monster?" Genos said. "Master, we should-" Genos was about to suggest fighting it, but then a thought came up. "No. This is a good opportunity to see King's ability. Let us watch!"
Slowly, a humongous figure approached King, and it was revealed to be a massive robot, nearly 4 meters in height, and covered in armor-plating that made it look like a knight, yet it had a crown on it's head, and had a flowing cape on its back. It also had gilds on it's armor, making it look more like a king than a knight. It also had a large circular wheel on it's back, and a single eye in its face.
"I am G4. A Machine-God created by The Organization. You, King, are the strongest hero. I will obliterate you!" The robot said arrogantly.
"Organization? Never heard of it. Must we do this now, though?" King sighed.
The wheel on the machine's back suddenly rotated, and morphed into a sword, which was grabbed by G4.
"I said I came here to kill you!" The sword was then swung down to meet King's face, blowing away the cap. Again.
"This is a test of my combat A.I, I cannot gather information if I catch you off guard! So fight me at full strength!" It declared.
"...Fine." King said, agreeing to the robot's declaration.
"Then here I come!" The robot then swung it's sword towards King, but suddenly-
"KNEEL."
As soon as King voiced that sentence, as if by magic, a great pressure bore down upon the robot, forcing it to bend down and kneel as it missed its swing, crushing the pavement beside it.
"I was really excited for something, but then you came along and ruined my mood. And for that..."
The pressure greatly increased, causing a huge crater beneath the robot, and it's hull was damaged from the sheer pressure on it. It was as if it was over 10,000 meters under-sea level, being crushed by thousands upon thousands of tons of water. But it was above-ground, and yet the pressure came from a single order.
King's order.
"So that is how King fights? He seems to be utilizing pressure to destroy the robot, but does he have any other attacks?" Genos said, hiding behind a pole while watching King crush the robot with pressure alone.
"That's cool. If I could do that, I won't need my punches, and I could just stare monsters into oblivion." Saitama joked. But on the other hand, he'd rather not. After all, if he didn't even need to punch to defeat something, he really wouldn't be finding a challenge anytime soon. And even that 'Boros' guy wasn't much of a challenge- if a challenge at all, really. And he was the 'strongest in the universe'!
"It is said that robots don't feel fear unless it was programmed into themselves. I doubt you were." King said, getting ever so much closer to the robot, until it was face-to-face with it. Looking down upon the kneeling robot, King said the last sentence that G4 will ever hear in his mechanical life.
"Let us see if you fear me now."
And at that moment, G4 felt a sensation it didn't know it was programmed to have.
Dread.
The pressure grew by tens-upon-thousands of times, and G4 was visibly being compressed, smaller and smaller and smaller, until it was the size of a fridge.
King then turned away from the crater, as if he didn't just destroy a Demon-level threat by basically ordering it to kneel.
And as he picked up his cap and his game, he said something to himself, unheard by anyone else but Saitama.
"You simply don't challenge the might of a King."
There! I'm done. Let's hope this shower-thought stays away whenever I need to pay attention. I finally made the damn thing.
Oh, and if you're wondering, King's power is basically just manipulation of reality through spoken commands, like that one character from Code Geass but I can't remember his name for the life of me.