Chapter 2: More Than Meets the Eye

Opening Theme: The Beginning by Against the Current

(Cue: Peaceful Days from One Punch Man OST)

Seiya merely looked at the Bald Caped crusader as he soon grew wary of him due to how he killed the three headed monster in literally one punch.

"Such strength isn't normal for a regular human without a Cosmo." Seiya commented as he tried to process all of what just happened in the last five minutes.

"You're actually pretty strong." He told the Saint as he soon gave a thumbs up before causing the Pegasus warrior to sigh.

"Uhm, mind if i ask something?" Saitama had told him as he was looking around confused.

"Sure what is it?" Seiya said as he was unsure what he was going to ask.

"Uhh… Where exactly am I?" Saitama asked while he is busy looking around the environment.

"...Follow me, i'll explain all the details as we walk to our destination." The Bronze Saint told him in a defeated tone as Saitama grew confused now, but shrugged as he soon followed suit.

After getting back to the temple, Saori and Merium both looked confused as they saw the two.

"What happened?" The Goddess asked her best Saint in curiosity.

"Do you want to know the short or long version?" The Pegasus Saint asked her as he made a exhausted look on his face.

"Short version is fine." The purple haired vessel asked as she was very curious of what happened.

"In short. This person was the one who killed the beast attacking the barrier to your temple without a sweat. I guess I'm still a bit rusty since i was stuck in a coma for so long." Seiya made his explanation as Merium was now confused as she was now surprised to see someone else who isn't from this world.

"Wait… The Caped Baldy?" Merium asked as she never expected to see him.

"Uhh… Do I know you?" Saitama asked Merium as confusion had struck him.

"No. It's just that two heroes are already together." She commented as she soon got up, trying the grit her teeth through the pain of moving.

"Can you explain what's going on?" Seiya asked as he grew very curious and confused at the same time.

"Well. I've heard rumors of at least Thirty Champions standing up together to fight back against the evils of the Dimension." Merium began to explain as Saitama grew bored very fast.

"There's thousands of Dimensions that we know of. However, the plain we are currently residing is known as Omega Dimension." The woman continued as Seiya took mental notes as Saitama had a look that wanted to die.

"Omega huh… That's quite a name." Seiya told Merium as she soon crossed her arms and then stared at Saitama.

"Of course. Omega is the last letter of the Greek Alphabet and it has a system value of 800." Saori chimed in as she used her wisdom on Greek knowledge as being the current Athena.

"The question lies now… How did you even get here?" Merium asked as she was now very curious as Seiya nodded as well wanting to know.

(Cue: Inferiority from the One Punch Man OST)

"Hrmm. That is a good question. I remember fighting this weird four armed being before he punched me out of orbit for a day." He had blatantly explained as he was shrugging before he would soon make a smirk.

"I was about to head back home, but then I heard several loud noises from where I crashed into." He began his explanation in a bored tone.

"What happened next?" Saori asked as she was rather curious at his explanation.

"When that happened I went to see what was going on." He continued to make his commentary while growing even more bored than usual.

"I see… What happens when you got there?" The Goddess' vessel asked once more as she was now very eager to hear him tell his story.

"When I arrived to the area I saw someone in danger and managed to save him by defeating the monster." He continued his explanation as he shrugged now not really caring about it that much.

"It does match up with what happened." Seiya made his reply as he had believed the bald hero with not much hesitation.

"It did provide me with one thing that's very important." Saitama soon made his statement as it was making him grin a bit.

"...What exactly do you mean?" Merium soon spoke up as she was rather unsure how to feel about that smile.

"Simply put. I need to get stronger." Saitama made a confident smirk as he tightened his gloves.

"Is that so. Well I need to get back in shape as well. If i ever want to get my old strength back, i will need to do some training myself in order to regain them once more." Seiya made his comment with a smile as he offered his fist out before Saitama lightly bumped it as they felt the same.

"Now, Merium right? Where did you come from?" Saori asked the other purple haired woman as she was soon staring intently at her.

"Well… It's a rather long story." Merium soon sighed as she was soon beginning her explanation.

(Cue: Tension from Persona 5 OST)

"I come from the planet Medeus, a world that was filled with belief in eight Guardian Gods. There's Athena, Osiris, Rama, Odin, Nu Wa, Bellona, Chaac, and Izanagi." Merium started off as she made a small smile remembering their names.

"They are supposed to protect the Dimension from danger, however there is something wrong now. Osiris is dead…" She told them as Saori widened her eyes in shock.

"Osiris…. Dead…? It cannot be…" Athena commented in pure complete surprise as she was shaking her head trying to process the news.

"Well… it did…" Merium trembled as she had spoken the words as Seiya and Saitama both took notice as they sighed a bit.

"Who caused it to happen?" The Goddess of War and wisdom asked as she grew quite concerned about what had happened.

"I… I don't know… I am separated from my big sister though.." Merium admitted as she couldn't properly see the attacker's face and felt saddened by their separation.

(Cue: Pegasus Fantasy Instrumental)

However, hearing the story had only made Seiya even more eager to help the woman from another world.

"I understand that you have went through alot of pain and losses at this moment, but i will avenge them for you because a true hero doesn't leave the innocent to suffer." Seiya made his resolve very clear as Saitama made a small nod.

"I'll cooperate as well. Afterall, I gotta get back home to pay that guy back." Saitama made his declaration and soon was smirking at the fact that he has to get better again.

"You guys…" Merium made her reply in pure surprise as she was not expecting this as she was slowly tearing up at how swift their response was.

However, as they made their declaration, the four remaining Bronze saints soon arrived as they all rushed to Seiya and all hugged him.

"Seiya! You're alright!" The green haired Saint made his greeting as he was relieved to see Seiya not in a comatose state anymore.

"I always knew you'd pull through!" The blonde made his reply as he was grinning in a joyous manner.

"I wouldn't have expected otherwise." The black haired saint calmly made his comment as he smiled a bit while keeping his tranquil expression.

"Hmph… Don't go dying like that again." The blue haired warrior made his comment as he acted tough, but was secretly worried for his comrade.

"Shun… Hyoga… Shiryu… Ikki… I missed you guys." Seiya told them as he smiled a bit and was closing his eyes letting this moment last.

"I am glad to see you four making it on time. It seems we will be sending you to join Seiya and our new friends to travel the Dimension." The vessel of Athena made her reply as she was smirking a bit as she knew it was time to leave her Sanctuary.

Ending Theme: Chikyuugi from Saint Seiya

(A/N: I deeply apologize for how slow its been. Had some writers block here and there and it takes time to make sure the story is semi coherent to follow. I do hope you're enjoying it so far.)