Follow Me
Chapter 2 : Alone
The sunset reflected over many tall buildings behind a park, making a really beautiful and wonderful scenery. The laughs of the children can be heard across the small space, many wonderful faces, crying, laughing and running around the ground. Atleast, no, they were laughing of a bald headed guy that reflects sunlight across like a laser beam, like a mirror for instance. Not until they saw a cloaked figure of what appears to be the hero Tatsumaki walking besides him. It's literally unbelievable, even for the one writing this.
"Hey, I've been meaning to ask you..." Tatsumaki spoke in a soft tone, crossing her arms.
"What is it?" Saitama asked.
"How come you're not getting affected by how the public reacts to you?" Tats asked out of curiousity.
"Well, I don't know about you, but many have been doubting my power from the start of this hero thing. It feels like this isn't really the heroic thing I wanna join from the beginning. My looks isn't entirely the problem here..." Saitama replied with a blank expression.
"This guy..." Tatsumaki thought, putting her index finger up her chin. "Is this guy really a-"
*growl*
The fumes broke down on her face, causing it to be red as an apple. Atleast, it's a good thing the guy beside her didn't hear it, or else... Especially besides a C Class hero...
"Woah dudes, look!" An echoing voice filled Tatsumaki, as she recoiled from shock.
"ARE THEY DATING!?" A tall guy, of what it seems to be Pri-Pri Prisoner with Child Emperor and Bang besides them.
"It seems they are." The statement was completed by Emperor. Making the esper turn into a much more neon color and reddened.
"WE'RE NOT DATING!" Tatsumaki's voice echoed all the way in the small space, though this was a really bad idea, seeing the public is now gathering up to their direction.
"Ahh, you guys again, sorry to disappoint you, but we're not even dating." Saitama explained.
"So what you guys doing then? It looked like you were dating... well, almost." Prisoner spoke, turning the esper into a much more flustered position.
"No, I'm just taking her to eat some udon." Saitama replied.
"Sounds fun, by the way, we were looking for the girl besides you, we're gonna have a meeting tonight, and an important one.." Emperor said with a saddened tone, obviously turning the attention into a much more detailed situation.
"Huh? Alright then, well, I guess you're too busy to eat something... but seriously, eat something before you go to your meeting" Saitama looked Tatsumaki in the eyes like a guy staring at her soul. He is really menacing.
"Since when did you care about me?" Tatsumaki replied, crossing her arms and glaring at the bald guy.
"I don't know, but it's never good not to eat something.. especially when your stomach is grumbling..." Saitama spoke, causing the other heroes to "ooooh"
"I still don't care. Well, good luck then baldy." Tats departed with the other heroes, but Pri-Pri Prisoner were seen waving a hand and a crossed finger behind his back, only leaving a curious Saitama behind.
"...okay." Saitama paused walking, realizing he's all alone again... in a park... being made fun of by children.
"Oh, Master, welcome back." Genos opened the door, welcoming a saddened Saitama.
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At this point, Genos is getting irritated by his silent attitude. He finally decided to use the opportunity to ask him.
"Master, what is wrong? Why are you silent?" Genos asked, preparing 2 bowls of udon, apparently it has gone out cold.
"I don't know Genos.. I guess I'm worrying too much of Tats. She didn't eat anything, but.. even though she's the top two in S class, she should've eaten something..."
"..." Genos quickly gambled his thoughts. "Is Master, worrying of that Brat!? No... this can't be right. This isn't him, why is he caring about the second most powerful hero in the Hero's Association?" with that, he placed his hand on Saitama's neck.
"Hmmm... 37.2 degrees..." Saitama pushed his hand aside.
"Hey! What's wrong with you! I am not sick!" Saitama spoke in a loud tone.
"He's not sick, so what could be the cause of this... horrific sentence to be produced by Master's mouth?! Or, I wonder..." Genos thought.
"Master, do you like Tatsumaki?" Genos asked in a serious manner, horrifying Saitama in an extent.
"NO! I don't like the brat, I'm just worried." said Saitama, he then proceeded to pick up the bowl of udon.
"This is getting somewhere..." Genos thought, placing a finger on his chin. "I should investigate..." with that, Saitama finished the bowl of udon then sat on his futon.
"I wonder if she's alright..." Saitama thought, covering himself in a white blanket before going to sleep.
"That wasn't funny" Tatsumaki crossed her arms, glaring at the two other heroes.
"Well, it looked weird so it's funny, hehe." Pri-Pri Prisoner spoke, but nonetheless...
Tatsumaki grabbed Prisoner up his neck, levitating multiple rocks across her vicinity, a straight glare at her face.
"Do that again, and I will end your worthless life." Tatsumaki threw Prisoner on the ground, desperately cringing for air. Meanwhile, Emperor and Bang paused walking to stay in the same area.
"Do not follow me." Tatsumaki said with a horrifying tone, going straight into the tall building.
"Alright, now we've learned a lesson." Emperor said while chewing his lollipop.
"*koff*, What is that exactly!?" Prisoner asked, still grabbing for air.
"To never mess with her while she's doing something." Emperor finished the sentence.
"Well, that's Tatsumaki for you. She's a cold blooded beast, only to be tamed by something so worthy, it reaches her will." Bang said, mimicking the other 2 to follow him.
"This isn't seriously a good idea..." Prisoner spoke. Following the trail of the esper.
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"WHAT DO YOU EXACTLY NEED AT THIS TIME!?" Tatsumaki shouted atop Shicchi, who nearly died because of the surprise.
"Uhmm, well, Miss Tatsumaki, since you're the only one who showed up, I would like to give y-" Shicchi's phrase was cut by the pouting midget.
"WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SHOWED UP FOR THIS MEETING!? I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT!?" Tatsumaki crossed her arms, releasing a great amount of energy.
"Well, this is about a campaign that the Hero's Association will be starting, apparently, we are now producing highly advanced technology from Dr. Bofoy's suggestion and that we would like to advertise our new high-tech weapons, built for other countries..." Shicchi explained, giving Tatsumaki a confused look.
"And what would that need me exactly?" Tatsumaki asked, glaring the heck out of Shicchi.
"We would want a volunteer to advertise the products as a way to make it mainstream and be supported by one of our powerful heroes, such as you, Miss Tatsumaki, though this would take a couple of days, even months to attend." Shicchi finished his sentence with a sigh, expecting a NO from the esper.
Apparently, his luck is on his favor.
"Just get on with it." Tatsumaki spoke in a serious manner, hovering down below him. "But first, I have one favor to ask you." Tatsumaki crossed her arms.
"And what would that be Miss Tatsumaki?" Shicchi asked, apparently not expecting this from the esper, but it's the first time she did a favor on him.
"Give me a MONTH day off from the meetings." The esper declared, making Shicchi only to ask more.
"Why do you want a 30 day off?"
"Because I want to." Tatsumaki ended the statement in a high-pitched tone, obviously not wanting Shicchi to get on her business.
"Fine then, I will however, tell this to the other staffs of the Hero's Association and hope that they would approve of your request. In the meantime, you should get working with that advertisement, we would wanna put our schedule to double time here... Your flight is tomorrow." Shicchi spoke in a careful slow manner, he surely don't want to get this incorrect.
"Fine." Tatsumaki said, crossing her arms.
"Now this is my chance to study that baldy more, but I gotta wait some time." The esper thought, glaring at one of her reflections in the building's mirror. "This will be worth it alright... it will be." With that said, the esper flew around the building and proceeded to go inside a room that has the title of "Tatsumaki" atop the door. She then flopped onto a large white futon with a table besides it.
"I wonder..." The esper slowly closed her eyes, drifting into a cloud of dreams, while getting interrupted by the growling of her stomach. It seems she didn't really eat anything.
"Huh? Where am I?" said Saitama, curiously looking around his area to see nothing but white. "Guess I'm dreaming again..." The bald guy then tried to pinch his face, but the trick didn't do anything. He punched his stomach to only feel nothing. He tried jumping, but even with no floor, nothing. Is he floating? Nah, atleast that's what he thought until he fell on a dark abyss below him.
"What a weird dream..." Saitama continued to fall into the dark abyss, only to see the exit below him, getting closer and closer as he fell for thousands of feet.
"Oh, cool. I'm getting closer." Atleast he thought he was, except everything changed into the park again he was this morning. He could remember it clearly.
"Wait, I'm back here again..." He saw himself talking to the children, he took notice on how the children reacted to his story, trying to see if they actually believed in his story on the first part.
No, it didn't look like the kids were actually believing him, rather, hiding the fact that they are all lying that they're believing him just to make fun of him some more. But what about those other children who looked like they're in a gang, who took the first stance to doubt him in public. Is it really the real plan of those kids, lying to him? What about the little girl who asked if it's true? Is she also lying to him? He wonders as he ponder over to the area. He noticed a little teenager behind the children, who seems has a big chin... and it looked like a... butt? That seemed really familiar... atleast to the bald guy.
"Wait, I remember that kid, I saved him three years ago from that crab lunatic. I wonder who he is really." Saitama asked as he observed the teenager, well, the least change is his butt chin turned smaller, however the teenager really turned taller. "Wow, three years is really fast, huh?" Saitama thought. "It's just like how I managed to train that long just to get the power I wanted for so long..." His thoughts were interrupted when he saw a "thing" moving on top of a tree.
"Someone here is stalking me." Saitama flew over to the tree, only to find nothing. He then thought,
"Maybe just an imagination..." until,
*toss*
"..." Saitama levitated backwards as he was hit by a small rock.
"So there's clearly someone here, but it can affect me? In this dream?" Saitama flew over to the direction the rock was thrown. There he saw something familiar... Something black.
"Wait, what?!" Saitama spoke out loud, as the scenery around him changed into... Space!?
"Crap! Even here I can't breathe!" Saitama gouged as much oxygen as he can to survive the weird dream he's having.
"Why here!?" He thought, as he was floating above the Earth.
"Wait, why am I getting affected in real life, if this is a dream!?" Saitama recoiled as he was about to run out of air.
Suddenly, something pushed him aside, as he was floating in Space with no gravity.
"Huh-Mmmmmmmmmph!" Saitama spoke, as his hands was flicked aside by something... and now that something is KISSING HIM!?
No, it couldn't be, it couldn't be the same green-haired girl he was with this afternoon, it just can't be. Never mind, he saw her face on top of his, with a few exceptions.
She wasn't kissing him.
She's literally giving him CPR.
With that aside, Tatsumaki recoiled from the CPR and punched Saitama on the face, causing him to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, as he was burning up.
"..." aside from his costume being burnt up, travelling around a thousand kilometers per second, Saitama gave the least serious face he has as he was about to crash on his apartment.
*pant*
"WOAH!" Saitama exclaimed, having to be waking up from a weird nightmare. Panting, he quickly paced through his window to see sunlight hitting his face. Now that his dream has reminded him of something, he quickly changed clothes to a formal one with a jacket, not the OPPAI one.
His fast pace were interrupted by Genos, who had just woken up.
"Master, what are you doing?" The cyborg asked out of curiousity.
"Going somewhere, by the way, the left over udon noodles, can you reheat them?" Saitama asked, wearing his jacket.
"Sure Master, it wouldn't take long, but let me guess, you're gonna go to Tatsumaki, aren't you?" Genos asked, preparing his chef hat.
"..." Saitama had a stoic look on his face. "Yeah, why?" He asked.
"When you slept last night, I still remember how you shouted her name more than three times." Genos replied, putting the bowls unto the microwave.
Saitama had his eyeballs bulging from shock. "Did I really do that?" he asked himself.
"Well, I can't recall that happened, besides, I'm just going there to give her the udon she was supposed to eat yesterday..." Saitama fastened his pace, quickly packing a small bag.
"Alright Master, I'll be waiting for your arrival." Genos handed a plastic bowl in a plastic microwave container to the bald guy, and carried it with his hands.
"Okay Genos, and don't forget to clean the C.R!" Saitama said as he departed from his house.
"UGH, WHY THAT BRAT AGAIN!?" Genos thought, glaring. "I'LL MAKE SURE THAT BRAT GETS IT IF SHE DOESN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT MASTER'S WORRYING." Genos quickly paced out, cleaning the toilet seat...
*Huff-puff*
Saitama panted as he was running too quickly, it seems it's a bad idea doing that, but though he wants it to be quick. Meanwhile, the guards of the building blocked him from going in.
"Sorry sir, but unless you give us information of what is your business here, we will not let you go in." Two tall armored person blocked his path... angering Saitama.
"Dudes, come on, I don't have time for this. I need to give this to Tatsumaki before she implodes of hunger!" Saitama exclaimed, giving the guards an understanding look.
"Woah, giving that to the S Class Top 2?! Ha! Good luck, but anyways, you should be fast, because she is gonna go somewhere far from here to make a new ad." The guard explained, giving Saitama that horrifying face.
"Really!? Where is she going?!" Saitama asked, a horrific face still marks him.
"In another country to work for the ad in a couple days, nothing special." With that said, Saitama quickly gave the guard a scare of his face.
"Argghh! I gotta get this to her fast!" Saitama ran inside, going 3 floors up only to see Shicchi.
"Ahh, Saitama, we meet again..." Shicchi welcomed the impatient fellow, only to be shouted at.
"Where's Tatsumaki?!" Saitama asked, panting.
"Oh, she already went to the other side for the advertisement work. Besides, what do you want from her?" Shicchi asked, grabbing a plastic cup of tea from a dispenser.
It seemed like a lightning crackled Saitama, prompting him to lower his head down.
"...Oh, well, I should go then..." The bald guy spoke in a saddened tone, quickly getting the attention of Shicchi.
"Hey, what's that for?" Shicchi asked.
"It's supposed to be for Tatsumaki, she didn't eat anything yesterday so..." Saitama answered.
"Well, you could leave it back here and I too will go in the place she is going, so I can send it to her." Shicchi offered the suggestion, causing Saitama to be confident again.
"Oh, thanks! I hope it doesn't get cold yet." Saitama gave the plastic container to Shicchi, as he placed it on his table.
"Hey, don't mention it, also when did you guys get along if I may ask?" Shicchi said, drinking coffee from his plastic cup.
"Well, only yesterday, we had a challenge so I guess that distracted her from eating." Saitama answered.
"I see, well, no worries! I will send this to her asap!" Shicchi declared, giving Saitama a smile.
"Thanks!" with that said, Saitama left the building.
"I just hope it doesn't get cold yet." The bald headed guy thought, walking towards his home.
Sorry for the long wait! Tomorrow, I will try to update a chapter, but though I have to attend a service party :(
I will try to update more faster! Also about the challenge part, yeah I have to agree it's getting boring, but I will make this story long!
~ Cry
Rexfan1333: Awesome chapter and can't wait for the next one.
themisticmist2000: Nice continue.
bradwaj: whoah! Nice Story! I like the way, you've portrayed Saitama, and I couldn't stop laughing at the part where Genos yells at Tatsumaki. Try to update as soon as possible!
AnimeWatcher: So Saitama defeating Tatsumaki in a bet is kinda of getting old... but we'll just have to see what you'll put out next in the next chapter
