Hero X For X Fun
Prologue: Predator X and X Prey
All Characters belong to their respective franchises, One Punch Man or Hunter X Hunter.
This still trashy (but less trashy then my last version) plot belongs to me though...the parts that don't belong to OPM or HxH at least.
Author's Note: Hello! Welcome to the renewed version of Hero X For X Fun! Sadly we will be starting from the beginning to help the overall quality of the story, but we weren't that far in anyhow so it's alright.
Just a notice to anyone that doesn't know, this story has been rebooted and now the original plot is going to be quite different! Don't worry, I don't intend to redo everything AGAIN so...enjoy!
Also, the fic will take place AFTER the Monster Association Arc, almost directly, since that opens up a few extra things for me with Garou, but references to the actual Monster Association fight will be few and rare but the incidents AFTERWARD will be coming straight from the Webcomic so be warned there are spoilers ahead for those who haven't read the it yet. Also some of the Webcomic scenes I will change for my own benefit, so just keep that in mind!
Remember, Constructive Criticism and Compliments are always welcome, if you say the fic sucks just explain WHY so I can improve it!
WARNING: A few spoilers for the Monster Association Arc lay ahead, read at your own risk!
Ok, let's begin, and this time I won't get carried away with the Prologue!
Saitama – City A (Hero Association) – Shortly after Monster Association Arc
Moving was pretty difficult.
This is what Saitama thought as he carried several boxes filled with his possessions
It may not seem like it, but it was.
Perhaps fighting monsters capable of annihilating entire cities with a single blow had once been difficult to the Caped Baldy, but that had long since lost its charm.
Being a hero was more tedious than difficult per se, with all the strict regulations and rules that had not restricted the Pro-Hero before he had joined the Association.
Yet despite everything, his three years of intense training and epic (sort of?) fights included, moving was still something he found difficult, strangely enough.
Perhaps it was due to the physical constraints, but these didn't really apply to the freshly minted A Class Hero. More than likely it was the effect of change, after all, moving to a completely new city and home was change, something Saitama had noticed seemed to be rapidly occurring in his life.
The recent few months had shown a great escalation in the amount of change Saitama experienced. In the time of less than a year he had gained a disciple, become a 'Pro-Hero' (it still humiliated him that he had not known of the existence of an organization for heroes that had been around as long he himself had decided to become a hero), punched a meteor to oblivion, fought a fish monster, repelled an alien invasion, and even fought a strange man who seemed to have a Monster Hobby, yet deep down, appeared to want to be a Hero.
Saitama sighed as he pondered the difficulties of moving.
Then again, most people didn't have to move their things out of a completely decimated city moving entire buildings worth of rubble to reach the tattered remains of their manga collection.
Then again, this was how it was for Saitama all the time.
These thoughts ran through Saitama's head as he carried a box containing many of his childhood mementos he had decided to keep, namely a small action figure and an old, slimy tennis ball that had faded so much that it was quite hard to identify its original color if one had never seen a tennis ball before.
One might wonder why Saitama kept the ball. The action figure might have had some sort of sentimental value to the low ranked A Class Hero, but an old ball that stunk of dried spittle and decay? Well the answer trudged along at Saitama's heel.
Rover
Saitama wondered why the dog had been walking around the ruins of City Z and better yet, why it seemed so familiar to him. Perhaps he had seen it running down the street once? City Z was well known for strays after all.
What Saitama couldn't know was that Rover was once upon a time a member of the Monster Association's Cadre, one of the monsters who was so terrifyingly strong that even other members of the Monster Association feared it like a demon from hell. However, now one might compare it with a puppy found in a box in the rain, excited at the turn of its fortunes but scared of this strange new environment it found itself in.
The action figure too wasn't brought for a normal reason. Saitama wasn't the most sentimental person in the world and he had long since grown out of toys, but Rover's strange compatriot seemed to enjoy it.
Saitama wasn't an idiot contrary to popular belief, he knew that this strange black creature that accompanied Rover was no stray animal. However, he had no clue what to make of the creature none the less, it walked and talked like a human but behaved like a creature that had been utterly dominated by a superior foe.
Another thing Saitama couldn't have known was that Rover's companion, known as Black Sperm, had been easily destroyed by Garou even in his final form, Golden Sperm. This had been a shock to the cocky monster's previous swagger, but what had been left of the monster's pride was promptly annihilated by the sight of a bald man way-laying the being that had so easily crushed him mere moments before. This had been far more than enough to win the little monster's complete and utter devotion to avoid an untimely demise.
But Saitama didn't know these things, how could he? So he simply assumed that Black Sperm at the very least was a lesser member of the Monster Association that had decided to stick with anyone in order to survive.
A Hero was expected to defeat Monsters though…
But these monsters weren't doing anything so it didn't really matter. What mattered was the thought that TWO more beings would now be bothering him constantly. Oh what fun that would be. That was sarcasm...in case you didn't notice
"Boss where are we going?" The small creature known as Black Sperm asked, tugging on Saitama's glove gently.
"To the Hero Association" Saitama replied, carrying boxes in his arms.
Black Sperm, understandably, began to panic.
"B-Boss, t-that might not be such a good idea y-ya known they say that City J has great fishin' this time of year" Black Sperm stuttered, attempting to subtly change his new Master's mind without being too obvious.
He failed.
"Relax, I know you're a monster" Saitama said, turning to look at the two creatures in his custody as he walked to the front gate of the Hero Association's HQ. Black Sperm gulped as he fell to his knees, holding his hands together in a most pathetic fashion.
"Oh boss, please don't kill me!" Black Sperm cried, "I will do what you want Master! Don't one punch me!"
"Chill dude, I don't go around and kill monsters for existing, only the ones that aren't behaving well-" Saitama said, his voice changing as he whispered to himself more than anyone else, "-which happens to be most monsters"
Black Sperm began to cry as the small black creature climbed onto Rover and laying down as Saitama and Rover reached the front gate.
"I KNEW IT ONCE I SAW YOU, YOU TRULY HAVE THE LOOKS OF A SAINT WITH THAT BALD HEAD!" The ex-Cadre member cried, confusing Saitama greatly.
"One question though, what are you?" Saitama asked politely,ignoring the crying with his upmost ability, his regular cartoon face plastered on Saitama's bald head. Black Sperm simply continued to cry praises and didn't hear the question. The dog monster thing simply sat down and began scratching itself.
'I think I'm making him kinda uncomfortable' Saitama thought as he saw Black Sperm now crying a literal river, perhaps a small stream.
"Anyway, I'm sure that they will let you in, I mean I know the Hero Association has a bunch of monsters stronger than you there so they should be alright with you guys, right?" Unfortunately this wasn't the case for Saitama and his two followers, truth be told, despite his overwhelming strength, the universe simply had it out for the Bald Hero.
"Monsters Detected- Threat Evaluation: Threat 1:Wolf…Threat 2:Wolf" A Robotic voice emanated from a small robotic eye like structure on the large metal door to the Hero Association HQ.
"Boss, what is that" Black Sperm asked, poking Saitama.
"I don't know" was all the Ex-Cadre member got as a reply.
Rover whimpered as a large, stereotypical robot stepped forward almost instantly locking onto the dog and the hideous sperm like creature with the intent to exterminate.
The robot was covered in a light layer of metallic armour and seemed to be equipped with multiple forms of weaponry to deal with any threat, it had high focus lenses gazing everywhere for this foe had no blind spot with its three hundred sixty degree view camera.
Saitama stared at the robot, which was ignoring him and going after the aforementioned threats. Many thoughts ran through Saitama's mind as the robot approached the now trembling monsters that followed him around. Perhaps the Hero Association's Defense System would be decently strong, they looked kinda strong anyhow.
As the robot walked in front of Saitama and asked in a robotic voice, "It is customary amongst humans to introduce themselves is it not?"
"Yeah"
"I'm known as Darwin the Evolvo-bot, for my ability to adapt to any situation be it Wolf, Tiger, Demon, or Dragon is without match"
"I'm Saitama, Pro Hero, Class A" Saitama replied, unable to understand why the robot had to monologue about its abilities. Perhaps monologing was just something everyone did? Saitama pondered the question if monologing is an inherent part of the world as he placed his items to the side, already foreseeing a troubling circumstance arising.
"I already know, I have access to the computer systems with your data" Darwin the Robot replied, "Now stand aside so I may eliminate the threats"
"Normally I would, but these guys followed me, and while I'm pretty sure the small black weird looking one is a monster but it seems kinda docile anyhow. I definitely can't let you killed the dog though." Saitama said blandly, standing on one leg and taking of his right boot so he could shake the rocks out of them.
"Due to your lack of cooperation, I will now incapacitate you" The robot informed, its arm transforming into what appeared to be a super advanced look taser, as Saitama put his foot down and held a small pebble in his hand "You will face punishment for your actions later on once the threat has been dealt with"
Saitama didn't seem to be paying attention, instead he gazed intently at the pebble, his eyes squinting at the small rock.
The robot, given advanced enough AI for basic thought processes, was quite confused. Was the rock some sort of secret weapon or a part of his ability? The robot dismissed the theory, all records on this "Bald Cape" seemed to indicate he was simply a human with heightened physical abilities. Perhaps this bald man was an idiot? The robot began leaning towards the idiot end of the spectrum once he saw the bald man used his free hand (the one not holding the pebble) to pick his nose.
The robot decided to stun the man and leave this strange psychologic reaction to a professional, what did AI know about weird human emotions anyway, they made the mechanical being want to short circuit. For some reason or the other, the Bald Cape began to talk to the robot as it lifted it arm up to stun him.
"I'm trying to see if this is a moon rock"
The robot stopped, quite surprised this random statement, and then utterly stumped at what it thought to be the man's stupidity.
Saitama realizing what someone who didn't know he had been dropped kicked to the moon would think hastily corrected the mistake, "W-what I mean was that I got drop kicked to the moon and I heard moon rocks were valuable!"
Darwin, at this point, grew disinterested as its temporary blip in interest went away as it launched its taser cables directly over the man's chest, with enough electricity to put a small rhinoceros to sleep. A bit excessive, but the robot reasoned that with his 'superhuman' strength the bald man would have some resistance to it.
The robot began to step forward to deal with the Wolf Level threats when it felt that its arm wouldn't move with it, curiously enough. Darwin looked to see the dust cloud from its attack blow away, only to see a bald man with cables attached to his skin.
The bald man stared at the robot, his eyes already glazing over from boredom.
"Can I go inside now?"
Darwin the Evolvo-bot's circuits worked on overdrive as it attempted to pick apart what was happening before it. A strange bald man had withstander a taser with the ability to put down a small elephant? Ridiculous! Yet that is exactly what had happened. The robot decided after a moment of thought to try and test the man again since any good scientist knows to repeat their experiments for maximum accuracy.
Darwin raised its taser hand and jabbed it into Saitama's skull, fully expecting whatever miracle that had save the Caped Baldy earlier to have lost its affect. The impact itself split the ground beneath Saitama and released a shockwave.
The robot would have sighed if possible, instead it just gloated as it figured the man must be near unconscious.
As Darwin thought that, its right arm began sending sensory warning before suddenly becoming dead silent, sending no signals whatsoever.
The robot accessed the recording on one of the camera's that covered its body for optimal fighting ability and almost gagged at the sight of the bald man lightly slapping the machines arm into oblivion.
'Am in combat with a Hero or a monster of a different sorts?' The robot shivered, a process thought once to be impossible for a machine programmed not to feel fear.
"Damn that look expensive" Saitama muttered as he stared at the robot who was now regrowing its arm through the use of nanites. Black Sperm and Rover had taken that time span to hide under a nearby rock, cowering for their lives.
The robot decided to simply jump after the two lesser monsters that it had seen sneak behind a large rock and be done with only to prevented when a message appear in its main screen with the simply instructions
KEEP FIGHTING
emblazoned on the notification.
Darwin brought its robotic head up and prepared to bring this bald…creature down no matter the cost.
Damn it, I feel like if I punch this guy and break him I am going to end up paying a lot in restoration fees was what Saitama was thinking as the robot began to unsheathe its massive arsenal of attacks.
Darwin calmly watched as missiles, poison gas, flaming arrows, bullets, and all other imaginable forms of attack there were cascaded onto Saitama.
'He may have been strong enough to remain conscious after being struck by my taser arm, but a combination of knock out missiles, specially designed tranquilizer bullets, and knock out gas should be enough' The robot thought to itself. No human could walk away from an attack that powerful unscathed.
Darwin was surprised for the last time when Saitama stepped out of the small cloud of smoke that had engulfed him, his clothes ripped and smeared but otherwise unharmed.
How unfair, despite everything Darwin did it appear this man would not be taken down.
You may wonder why it was said that Darwin was "surprised for the last time" well…
Saitama approached the robot, a slightly ticked of expression on his face.
"Don't go around and rip people's clothes"
Saitama swung back his right arm and punched. The robot known as Darwin simply raised its shield, for some reason fully expecting its shield to stop the blow. The robot almost chuckled when it saw that Saitama's fist didn't even make contact with its shield. The fist of Saitama fell lamely to the side as within the short timeframe the punch had went to the side, a massive ripple of air pressure blasted through Darwin's shield. The robot defender stared dumbfounded as it could do absolutely nothing as the mere air pressure from Saitama's punch tore through it faster than its nanites regeneration could counter.
'Is this death?' Darwin wondered as its now decapitated head flew through the air, slowly disintegrating as the air pressure from Saitama's punch continued to go upwards along with the robot's head.
'I'm sorry for…failing…you…Dr…Bofoi' The robot thought as the last of its mental process disappeared along with the remains of its head.
Darwin's chassis fell apart from the awe inspiring amount of damage it had taken, the arms and legs fell off like a Playdough doll had been brutally ripped asunder.
Saitama stared at the scene.
The bald hero sighed as another failed opponent lay slain at his red boots. Saitama shrugged and picked up his bags and began to move to enter the Hero Association when a couple of voices called out to him.
"YOU THERE, STOP!" A short stubby man yelled, he wore a suit that barely contained his belly, one could easily mistake this 'Hero' for a large model globe.
Saitama stopped, panicking at whether this was about the very expensive robot that he had just destroyed mere moments ago.
"We lost communication with a Robotic HQ Defender just about one minute ago" a taller man in a suit said as he caught his breath from running to Saitama, "Did you see what happened?"
Saitama was now caught in a moral dilemma. He could be a real Hero and tell the truth and get into severe, unrecoverable debt or he could take a page from King's book and just simply bullshit his way out of the whole situation.
Without glancing back at the robot's remains Saitama quickly replied,
"NOPE! Nothing in this area! Maybe something happened WAY OVER THERE!" Saitama explained to the two Hero Association members who seemed rather skeptical at the bald hero's strange way of talking and not so subtle attempts to convince them to go away.
"Wait what is THAT" the short stubby man with the name tag that read, "Hi, My Name is GROUCHY"
Saitama gulped as it was apparent that the two men had discovered the now decimated 'corpse' of the robot evolution thingy.
"What happened here" The taller suit wearer asked, gazing with accusation towards Saitama who had begun to sweat severely at the prospect of his misdeeds costing him an insane amount of money.
"Oh that…well…it spontaneously exploded" Saitama bullshitted, pulling his collar as the weight of his sins crushed him.
"I find that rather hard to believe" The taller man replied, preparing to call his superiors.
"It is true, I saw it happen"
Saitama and the two Hero Association Members turned to see a large man with a claw slash down his eye and an aura that radiated power stalk towards them slowly.
" !" the two Hero Association members exclaimed, hopping about like little school girls at the sight of the legendary S Class Hero who was now talking to two meager Hero Association workers and an unknown A Class Hero.
Black Sperm began to sweat once more at the mention of King's name.
'First the bald guy, then the robot, and now King too?' Black Sperm thought to himself.
"The robot appeared once the door began to detect Saitama's pets as a threat" King calmly explained, "It suddenly blew up after attempting to eliminate the threat"
"O-oh we are s-so sorry for the inconvenience sir!" the tall suit wearer apologized fervently, the smaller man was now speechless at the sight of the dreadfully strong S Class Hero KING, "P-perhaps we could see the animal to make sure it isn't-"
King picked up the now tiny Rover to show the two Hero Association officials, both of which had no clue that Black Sperm held onto Rover's underbelly with the raw will to survive.
"Does this look like a monster to you" King asked.
The two officials nodded no, but wisely kept their mouth shut about the horribly ugly dog which completely repulsed them.
"Do not make this mistake again" King stated, the two Hero Association members bowed to King and ran off to their respective posts.
"Thanks for covering me King" Saitama sighed, releasing a breath of air he hadn't know he'd been holding in, "This whole lying things is super hard, I don't know how you do it so often!"
King, strangely did not seem affected by this rather insulting statement.
"It's the constant pressure and stress of being found out and the fear of your own failure that drives one to lie like me, it will be many moons before you are ready to lie like me young Padawan" King calmly said as he helped Saitama carry the boxes in to his new apartment. Rover and Black Sperm following closely at their heels.
"Meh, lying is the only thing you are better at then me" Saitama shrugged.
"And video games"
"WHAT?"
"Remember that time that I defeated you one hundred and forty seven times in a row?"
'Wow, the Boss must really SUCK at video games' Black Sperm though as he held onto Rover's underbelly.
"I've been practicing since that last 'infinite' combo thing you did, I can defeat you now!" Saitama boiled, his bald head turning red.
"You want to try me?" King asked, flashing Saitama a cocky grin.
"YES, YOU ARE GOING DOWN THIS TIME KING!"
With that Saitama placed his stuff in his new apartment and took out his Nintendo Switch and did battle with King.
It does not take a genius to guess that shortly afterwards King set a new record of defeating Saitama two hundred thirty two times before Saitama rage quit.
Somehow, he had gotten worse at video games since his last match.
The Caped Baldy was truly capable of inhuman feats after all
Netero – Hunter Association Hostile Nen User Containment Facility (Bastion of Hell) – A little while before the Hunter Test Arc begins.
The chairman sighed as he walked down the pale white hallway with flickering lights.
Was it so much to ask for someone to fix that thrice damned bulb, all that flashing was going to give Netero a seizure at this rate!
The chairman of the Hunter Association shook of those thoughts as he sauntered through the hallways of the Hostile Nen User Containment Facility, more commonly known as the Bastion of Hell. An unfortunate nickname, but an accurate one to describe the power and viciousness of its inmates. Psychotic individuals who needed to be separated from the regular criminals and for the mass safety of the civilian population.
Netero finally reached the door he was searching for and opened it to see the head of the Facility, Jaegar Malcoz, who had been mockingly referred to as 'Warden Lucifer', and the nickname described the Warden perfectly so even Netero began calling him by that name. Only difference was, Netero called him that to his face.
"Warden Lucifer, what is so urgent you interrupt me as I begin to initiate the first part of the Hunter Association Test?"
If the nickname bothered 'Warden Lucifer', he did not let it appear on his face.
"Follow me Chairman"
With that the Warden began to walk forward towards the basement level of the facility.
Netero sighed. More walking, just what his poor old body needed right? None the less, Netero quietly followed the Warden to the Solitary Confinement Section and walked down the passageway past all sorts of interesting characters from Netero's own youth such as 'Jack the Ripper', 'Balzogar the Demon of the Frost', and so on. Finally the Warden reached the last cell at the end of the hallway. As Netero approached the vaguely familiar door, realization flashed as Netero realized what had happened.
"You don't mean to say that he…"
"Yes" Jaegar responded, opening the door to reveal the destroyed cell and massive hole through the ground out into the open ocean that surrounded the solitary Isle which the Bastion of Hell had been built on.
"Your worst fear came true after all Chairman" Warden Lucifer smiled, "Zero has escaped"
"Assemble a strike team of the best Nen Users available to hunt him down" Netero ordered, "I fear if we do not strike fast, a horrific catastrophe of unparalleled might will come upon all of us"
The two men stared into the lonely see, and in the distance they saw a storm cloud slowly approaching.
Zero – ? – After Prison Break
A strange man in a cloak stood upon the tallest building in the city, Heaven's Arena. While most people would ignore men like this, those that stood on buildings at such high places often had death wishes after all. This was not one man to overlook though. The man was Zero.
"This world appears to have forgotten my name" Zero muttered under his breath, " Allow me to show them my might once more"
Zero's aura glowed a dazzling cyan blue as it arched through the sky like a reverse lightning bolt, slipping through the binds of Space and Time and reaching for something that did not belong.
Tatsumaki - The Sky - Post Monster Association Arc
The green haired brat flew through the sky, just having been dismissed from the hospital, the small twenty eight year old huffed as she thought of her failure at the Monster Association and also that infuriating Baldy.
'How could I lose?' She questioned, 'I NEVER LOSE!'
Yet she had.
She simply couldn't understand how, a single cheap trick had been enough to bring low the raging storm known as the Terrible Tornado?
CRACKLE
Tatsumaki stared up at the sudden sound of lightening, yet the skies she was flying through were perfectly clear. As the S Class Psychic pondered this, the lightning bolt from the beyond hit her and with a startling, almost BLINDING bright light the Terrible Tornado was gone, leaving no signs of the Human Storm.
Genos - The Empty Canyon - Poster Monster Association Arc
The blonde cyborg stared at the flier for the Neo-Heroes as he sat on the canyon carved out by Saitama Sensei when they had first duel that one day oh so long ago.
Had he made the right choice sticking with Master rather than joining this new organization?
Yes he had!
He could not afford doubting Saitama Sensei right now…his Sensei was the greatest there was, no doubt about it.
Yet Genos knew nothing that he could do to bridge the massive gap in their respective powers, for Saitama stood on a lonely isle of strength far beyond the limit of such things as humanity.
Genos could not see himself ever reaching that epitome of strength that Saitama Sensei seemed to have achieved.
CRACKLE
Genos was confused, the reports on the forecast had called for clear skies and a sunny day, he needed to warn Sensei about making sure he brought an umbrella so that the hair growth shampoo they had applied would take effect would be preserved.
Spontaneously, and seemingly out of nowhere a bolt of pale cyan blue lightning struck the Cyborg, and within seconds the Blonde Cyborg disappeared.
Saitama and King - Saitama's new Apartment in City A - Post Monster Association Arc
1 Hour of Video Games…
King: 195 – Saitama: 0
"I WILL DEFEAT YOU, EVEN IF IT KILLS ME" Saitama screamed as he moved his character by simply spamming the kick button. Saitama's new room had almost instantly been turned into a mess during Saitama and King's video game marathon as drinks and snacks covered the floor.
Black Sperm watched with awe as it appeared King was a Master at video games as well as Physical Strength.
King sighed at Saitama's inability to change his awful and predictable strategy while gently petting Rover who had fallen asleep in the S Class Hero's lap.
2 hours later
King: 356 – Saitama:0
"Damn…you" Saitama breathed as he lay still, the last bit of his energy spent as King once again easily crushed him
"You really should do something other than spam low kicks Saitama" King said, staring at the now laying down form of Saitama.
"Yeah…"
CRACKLE
"Huh?"
"Hmm?"
"Did you hear that King?"
"Hear what?"
"It sounded like lightning" Saitama said, confused at the turn of events, "But Genos said that it was supposed to be a clear day today"
"It is actually" King commented, as he moved the blinds to look outside only to see perfectly sunny weather.
Saitama opened his mouth to comment on the weirdness of this strange lightning sound that may or may not exist when the two 'Heroes' were engulfed by said lightning and disappeared. Black Sperm and Rover too were hit by this strange spectral lightning. The only trace that anyone had been there was a open video game that still retained the final score.
King: 356 – Saitama: 0
No one would enter the apartment for some time, least of all the health inspector who had decided something were better just left alone once she saw a rat enter the apartment through the door only to come back out and die.
Metal Bat and Amai Mask – City B – Post Monster Association Arc
A crowd had gathered to watch the two heroes duke it out.
Amai Mask raised his arms, ready to pummel Metal Bat into the ground.
"Try and hit me you S-Class wannabe" Amai Mask teased, his face curling into a cruel sneer. Metal Bat gave a test swing of his bat, the backhanded force was strong enough to cause the crowd to move back and crack the pavement underneath him
"Try it pretty boy, if ya do I'll hit you with a blow so strong that no plastic surgeon will even be able to repair your face!"
Almost everyone in the crowd had their phones out, recording this clash of Heroes. With tensions high Amai Mask struck like a cobra, his arms a blur as his strange level of strength and speed came towards Metal Bat. Bat responded by swinging his bat like a whirlwind, deciding to simply overwhelm Amai Mask rather than face an opponent with superior fighting skills one hit at a time.
Right before their blows clashed into one another a deafening CRACKLE was heard, confusing the crowd as they looked up that clear skies, though the two heroes were two distracted with their fight to bother with such noises.
Just as the two heroes attacks were about to clash a mysterious a flash of blue lightning engulfed the two fighters and with a POP the two heroes were gone, leaving behind a mystified crowd.
One man snorted, "Heroes and their fancy schmancy lightning teleportation", and with that the crowd dispersed, not truly caring for what had happened since odd incidents involving heroes were rather common and chances were that the two heroes were perfectly fine.
(The people of the OPM world are pretty weird, so this doesn't seem like too much of a stretch)
Garou – Unknown Location in the Wilderness – Post Monster Association Arc
Garou sat under the waterfall.
The pressure of the water flowed through his body, surround every curve of his well-honed fighting machine of a body. The man in the village said that those who had transcended every faucet of power often came to this very place to meditate until they found the answer to the question they were searching for, some meditated until they wasted away into nothing while those that succeeded became more powerful than ever imagined.
Garou hoped to achieve this strength as his inner monster slowly began to recover after the…incident.
A scene that Garou still looked back on, meticulously analyzing every single detail of what went wrong.
He had done it.
Garou the Human Monster had defeated the entire S-Class, he had become a true God Level Threat. Despite this, he had still be easily overcome by that infuriating man whose power far dwarfed his own.
'How could I have lost to him?' Garou thought, 'He was only a Hero for Hobby!'
Yet the bald man's almost nonsensical words stuck with Garou.
'You wanted to be a Hero didn't you?'
'But you compromised and decided to be a monster'
'A monster's job is easy, all they have to do is defeat the Hero right?'
'Even if I had nothing else, my serious Hero hobby would defeat your half-hearted Monster Hobby!'
The Garou of two months ago would have scoffed at the words.
Yet the man who sat in the waterfall meditating couldn't help but wonder if what that baldy had said was true. Was he just compromising by becoming a monster? Did he want to be…a Hero?
CRACKLE
Garou opened one eye.
He hadn't reached enlightenment just yet so what was with the sound effects. The Human Monster looked up at the clear sky in confusion when a bolt of blue lightning appeared and with another POP, the former God Level threat disappeared without a trace.
Bang – Dojo in City Z – Retirement!
Bang demonstrated the Water Lotus form to young Charanko, correcting his stance whenever he made a mistake and gently teaching the young boy to help his fragile ego.
The young disciple threw himself at the metal reinforced dummies but failed to hit any of them and simply tripped and fell on his face.
"It's no use Master Bang, I'm utterly useless, I won't learn anything" Charanko despaired, his false bravado now gone.
"Now, now Charanko, giving up is the only real failure in the world" Bang chastised gently, "Let me demonstrate what true martial arts can do if used properly, with the right technique one can control the very elements themselves"
The old martial artist stretched his arms with a subtle CRACK which happened to be loud enough to cover up a certain CRACKLE sound.
Bang's arms moved in a blur and with astounding speed he shot threw the dummies. For a second it seemed as if nothing at all had happened, only for Charanko to gag at the sight of the training dummies be ripped apart at their joints in every possible way.
Bang landed with the grace of the Swan as he finished with his signature demonstration only to be engulfed by the pale blue lightning that had claimed so many other heroes.
POP
And without so much as a Bang…there was no Bang.
Charanko applauded his master, so martial arts truly COULD control the elements!
"Master Bang, you can come back now" Charanko called.
"Master Bang?"
Gon Freecss – Whale Island – Beginning of Hunter X Hunter
Gon Freecss gazed at the brilliant stars in the night sky.
Numerous and neigh infinite.
Just like the possibilities of what his father was now.
The twelve year old sighed as he lay in the grass and gazed at the spectacular sight only to be greeted with one greater. The heavens flashed a brilliant blue and massive eruption split the heavens themselves as several flashes lit the sky and what appeared to be meteorites descended on the land.
Gon couldn't believe he had been lucky enough to see such a sight.
Soon, the boy would learn that what he had seen were not meteorites at all.
They were Heroes
End of Prologue!
Author's Note: Just wanted to repeat the fact that I am now redoing this whole story, now it won't be a rushed halfhearted job like it was before, but actual SERIOUS work that has time and effort put into along with an actual PLOT! I know OC villains can be kinda annoying, but Zero won't be a main bad guy, he will simply show up and change up some of Hunter X Hunter's plot so that the Heroes can fit into the world better.
Disclaimer: Some other heroes were brought to HxH as well and for the sake of not having my chapter ramble on I decided to stop there and explain how the other heroes arrived when they are introduced!
Hopefully this more to everyone's liking, but if there are any problems please send me a PM or Review (preferably Review) so that I can update and improve this! Also I tried making the humor a bit on the sidelines and subtle compared to what I did previously, hopefully everyone is pleased!
(Something interesting I didn't mean to do with the lightning, the thunder is heard first, then the lightning! Enough to show you something is odd right?)