Chappie 2
AN: Thanks to all those who reviewed! I am so happy to have such a positive respond from everyone. If any of you have a strong opinion on my work please, by all means tell me. Flames and normal reviews are all welcome. This chappie is a bit shorter but as I said before, school pressure isn't leaving me much room to write. Sorry this chapter kinda resembles the last one but I need to introduce and develop some characters first. :)
AN: I have have a question for everyone reading, what would you like the plot to be like? Canon events but with the monster Saitama altering it slightly, or just throw away the original plot and let me start to mess around? Any suggestions welcome. For those curious, Saitama's dog mask is basically the ANBU mask that Kakashi had in Naruto. Just google it :)
Saitama was hanging out his washing when he first heard a search party. Made up of roughly twelve heroes, they swept up and down the street, inspecting every ally and potential evidence, unaware of Saitama glaring down at them.
"You think the monster is still here?"
"I think so, where could it go anyways, we got no other reports of monster activity today, so then it must be here."
"I dunno, we still haven't found anything, if he was here we would of seen him already."
"Whatever, I'm sure he's weak, did you see how small he looked?" Saitama's eye twitched, the search group continued their careful yet misguided search. "Lightning Max,"
"What is it Stinger?"
"When we defeat the monster, how do we split the points? The hero association did offer points instead of money for those interested."
"I dunno, —" Lightning Max was cut off as a potted cactus, freshly watered, dropped and splattered onto the road. The group collectively looked up, revealing a shocked and panicked Saitama. Damn, he just bought that plant three weeks ago!
"There it is! The monster! It was above us the whole time and stalking us!"
"Hey! C'mon I was totally not stalking, just looking intently for an extended amount of time!" Saitama yelled indignantly before grabbing his mask, hoodie and manga collection before crashing out his door, Saitama knew those weirdos would soon raid his poor little apartment. He quickly descended the stairs and began to flee to the local udon shop. "Quickly! After the Monster! We can't let it get away! I need those points!"
"Be careful! Don't rush!" Lightning cried out, he needed the monster to himself, he was dropping in rank fast these days after two humiliating defeats by weak monsters. Even Snake was catching up to him! So, in desperation he decided to sneak away from the group and confront the monster one on one, that way he could get all the points and maybe even a straight Class promotion to S for killing such a famous monster! Max grinned and attached a small recording camera to his collar for evidence.
"Everyone wait! I am the fastest here, so let me scout ahead for potential ambushes before you guys proceed, ok?"
"Sure, Max you sure you can handle it? Genos said it was strong and that everyone stick together," Stinger questioned
"Nah its no problem, Genos was weakened anyway from the other monster," Without wasting another second, Max sped off after the retreating figure of Saitama, who was struggling to hold all his manga collection without dropping it.
"Halt! I order you to stop and fight me bravely! Or are you a coward?" Lightning was tired of this cat and mouse chase,
"Oh ok? But then you have to promise me that you would stay away from my hoodie and manga." Saitama turned around slowly and set his limited manga collection onto the cracked asphalt.
"What kind of condition is that? Fine whatever, all I need is one kick to defeat you anyways," Lightning tensed his legs and leapt forward, his shoes primed and ready to meet the face of the ghost monster. BOOM! Saitama, in his patented bored expression lightly punch Lightning from the air and resumed his escape, after all clouds were gathering and he didn't want his manga wet.
Meanwhile, lightning Max finally hit the ground, unfortunately he landed on top of Stinger and knocked him out as well. The now ten hero group looked at the two incapacitated A-class heroes and fled, all the while screaming.
"I didn't know it was that strong! I thought Genos was exaggerating!"
"I don't doubt it to be a high demon or low dragon class monster now!"
"Prepare to run lil bro!"
"Roger tank top black hole,"
"Shuddup! We are already running!"
—Next day—
Saitama just finished arranging his manga in order before the morning news began to roll, he had snuck into another abandoned apartment far away from his old one, with the electricity working no less!
"Breaking news! The ghost monster of city Z is back again! Attacking a group of heroes, managing to defeat both class A Lightning Max and Stinger before the other heroes managed to escape! We have a exclusive interview with defeated A-class hero with me Stinger!"
"Why am I here? Only Max actually fought the monster, and was the 'defeated' part really necessary?"
"Well anyway what can you say about the fight, with the fact that the monster was aggressive and attacked you?"
"Technically they were going to attack me first," Saitama sweat dropped,
"Well is the monster strong?"
"It probably is but not as strong as dragon for sure,"
"How do you know?"
"It only defeated lightning, so it probably isn't as strong." Grinning, Saitama placed the last comic onto the shelf before crashing onto his couch,
"But whatever its strength, tomorrow, the hero association is sending Blizzard and Genos to hunt it, plus we are raising the reward to twenty million and we are stopping all electricity and water services that are still directed to the ghost town very soon. That should be able to drive it out."
Saitama choked.
"Wow! What a deadly combo! That monster is dead for sure!" The interviewer was borderline screaming into the camera,
"Indeed the duo is powerful, I expect the monster to be a thing of the past by next week."
"On the other hand, I just remembered, the video of Lightning's camera has hit the public and has now been viewed around eighty-five million times! Visit your local convenience store to pick up a ghost monster strap, or our website to buy a ghost monster mask and hoodie!"
"Really? So that's why Lightning was demoted to B-class rank 1," Stinger rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Saitama reclined onto his couch and looked up at the ceiling, wondering about the staggering bounty on his head and his internet fame,
"Can I turn myself in for the money?"
The power went out.
