Vei Rin-Chapter 10: Fry Wars!
"Master!" Genos hollered, ran into his apartment and shut the door. "Master-" Before he could continue his sentence, Saitama spoke up with annoyance lacing his voice.
'For the billionth time, no. I won't help you find out who she is!" The baldy exclaimed as he sat there eating something out of a bag, on the couch. Saitama had his eyes on the television, watching a series of his favorite show. Genos frowned then sighed right after, soon pacing over to the kitchen area.
"Master, if she's not figured out, both villain and hero alike will attack her. She will be seen as the enemy to both sides, if someone doesn't find out who she is and why she's attacking both sides. A hero some years ago was put into the hospital because of the mysterious feline. The woman that had brought down two disaster levels of demon, is quite dangerous. If anything, she'd be considered an A or S rank anti-hero! Master...we have to do something, no one else will! Heroes and Villains both will try to kill her without even understanding if she really is 'wanting' to kill us or not. No one will try and investigate her, she's been on the news for years now and no one's been able to capture her!" He rose his voice during some points and put an apron on, preparing to cook his master's food. It was breakfast time, the birds chirped outside the window and the sun's rays beamed through the panes.
"TWENTY WORDS OR LESS! DID YOU FORGET?!" Saitama hollered angrily with white angry eyes and gritted teeth. His head had looked over his shoulder at the cyborg when he yelled, only to gain a moment of silence in return. "Alright, fine. You've been on me about this ever since you met that mysterious woman during Boro's invasion." He added, faced the T.V again and took a bite of his snack once more. "I guess tonight we can head out and look for her, can't be that hard right?" Asking that, Genos put the food on a plate and stood there for a moment.
He accessed the internet to look for any info that would help them to stay clear from casualties, when it came to her. His gaze closed and came walking over with Saitama's plate, putting it next to him on the cushion. "Master, it said on the internet that we shouldn't approach her with the desire to attack... It's just like an animal, 'don't seem hostile'. No one succeeded in that, they always failed. If we can approach her without hostility, it's possible she won't flee. Mumen Rider put that information up a month ago, he ran into her and found out that way but didn't get his chance to talk to her. She fled before he could speak or act." Genos replied and watched his master eat up the food he made him, with the snack pushed aside.
"Ah, ok. That's pretty easy." Twas all Saitama answered with. Genos on the other hand started remembering the image of Rin in that crouched position under the rain. Her eyes looked so cautious, as if waiting for him to attack. No, not that...her guard was risen so high that it looked like she waited for him to attack. He pretty much guessed that and having the image of Vei come to mind when he seen her leave her home, he was able to tell something was a little off. Especially the time when she fought that odd monster during Boro's invasion.
"Master, I failed to mention that the cafe downtown put discounts on certain food items. It's a special day for them so they decided to put 30% off on certain things. Want to go there for lunch?" When he asked that, Saitama spat out his food out with huge eyes. It was almost as bad as spitting a drink out... "Master?!" He exclaimed with wide eyes and panicked a bit.
"I almost forgot! There are some discounts at the store! We can head there after we eat lunch, don't need the fridge stuff going bad." Sai exclaimed then mumbled in the end, before eating. The poor T.V was slathered in his chewed grub and the food slid down comically like tears on one's face...
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The sun in the sky was half way over the city now, indicating lunch time. Vei, who was pacing down the side walk during the nice afternoon was fiddling with her mother's hair clip by its feather; Twirling around her finger and feeling its softness. Her guns got left at home, she knew if a monster showed up around a common area where a lot of people go, it would be asking for a death wish... Heroes seem to scout the common area more than the slums or the unpopulated areas. Why? Because most villains attack places where the most people roam.
Many people passed by and laughed with each other, while children giggled with their parents. "Everything seems to be at peace now. The fight with Boros must have scared the villains shitless, heh." She smirked at her own amusing thoughts, with the image of villains in a row literally pooping their pants out of fear. "If they watched the heroes fight the aliens and their leader off, they would be traumatized not to attack others. Wouldn't want an S class hero kicking 'my' ass, when I know they can handle that giant ship and crap." she added. "This calls for a break... I can spend a bit of money right now, so going out to eat and buying something cheap would be nice." She said, thought about what she wanted and kept on walking down the sidewalk. Many thoughts of food floated around in her mind, her cringing and shaking her head at times. Finally, the right thing came up and it made her drool. "Meat...hamburgers, fries, ketchup! SCREW IT, I'M GOING TO A BURGER PLACE!" She exclaimed mentally in excitement and grinned, with a quick adjustment of her sunglasses.
Off she dashed, running around corners and past stores. Vei came to a slow stop once she saw the burger place in sight. Her hand dug into her pocket, pulled out her wallet and she marched right in. After she got in, countless whispers and fingers got directed towards her. Her lip curled up in annoyance, why would people gossip about her? Regardless, a line was in front of her and it was twelve in the afternoon. There wasn't a whole ton of people since it 'just' hit lunch time, so she wasn't too worried of getting over crowded. What the protagonist didn't realize, was that Saitama and Genos were both at the start of the line. It took her a good four minutes for it to finally be her turn to order. When it was, she ordered a small burger and a huge thing a fries on the side. She was thrilled, that burger and fries combo with an ice water hardly costed her anything. She had no idea it was 'discount' day. Vei paced towards a table that was away from everyone, in other words, near the window but halted in place. Upon hearing a familiar voice call out to her, her slits looked over and spotted both the guys.
"Miss!" Genos hollered again and watched her stand there hesitantly. With his hand he kept gesturing for her to come sit and with a sigh of defeat from her, she did exactly that.
"Of all people...the hot cyborg that I met a while back, is trying to get my attention. Wait..." She said in her mind, trailed off and widened her hidden eyes. "DID I JUST SAY HE WAS 'HOT'?! What the hell, I thought I wasn't into anyone! Tch-wished I never met him... I don't need distractions like-" Before she could finish her monologue, Genos spoke up with a friendly smile.
"Hey miss, I never caught your name since we last met." He said, saw her sit next to him and got nothing but silence in return. "Um..." He began, awkwardly looked at Saitama and then back to her.
With one hand, Vei picked up her burger and took a bite. Completely ignoring them both. "I would've just went ahead and sat at the table I wanted, if it wasn't for that STUPID WEIRD FEELING I GOT WHEN I FIRST MET THAT CYBORG! GAH, WHY COULDN'T I REFUSE HIM?! I'M ABLE TO DO IT WITH EVERYONE ELSE, WHAT MAKES HIM ANY DIFFERENT?!" She exclaimed in her mind and had faint flushes on her cheeks. Poor Vei had no idea what she was going through. It was her first crush. Growing up in a rain forest by white tigers, learning to cope with humans and secluding herself to search for her parents, kept her from falling for anyone.
"Miss? You alright? You're heat signatures are rising..." He expressed concern with knitted brows. Vei ate faster and faster, surprising him even more.
"Vei...Galis..." She mumbled, making both men blink in response. Looking up a bit, she saw Saitama sitting across from her and she too blinked. "You're...you're from Boro's ship." Now that surprised him, only by a fraction though.
Saitama gave a faint smile with his goofy expression and nodded. "What?! You two already met?!" Genos exclaimed with shock and looked at his master for confirmation.
"Yeah, I think so." Twas all he said and watched her sit there in boredom. She finished her burger and was eating her fries with ketchup now.
"Mhm...we met in the hallway." Vei said with boredom. Her not being very sociable with people was making it hard on her to even talk right now. She's able to reply and all that but, she certainly doesn't like to start or hold conversations.
"Hm...it makes me curious how you even managed to get into the ship." Genos stated and glanced her way, with his scans monitoring her heat signatures.
"Just found a weird tunnel underneath... I wanted to get a better look of the city." The protagonist replied and not once did she view the two. A quick sip of her water was refreshing, it helped her calm down a bit since she dislikes being around strangers. Sure she met them recently, that doesn't mean she trusts them. Though when trust came to mind, it was questioned since Genos had saved her and her hair clip from a nasty fall. She paused in her sips, put her drink down and looked up at Genos. "Thanks again, for saving me." she added.
"No problem. How is that hair clip of yours important, though?" He was curious, he eyed the cat toy dangling in her hair and had a contemplating expression. "You kept screaming, 'mom'." He added and made her widen her eyes from surprise.
"Shit, I forgot he heard that! I was too caught up in thinking I was gonna lose my clip!" She panicked in her head and froze in place. "Think Vei, think! What should I say?! Um...my dead cat was named Mom... NO, THAT SOUNDS STUPID, WHAT THE HELL!" Adding to her thoughts, Saitama waved a hand in front her face with an open mouth and a curious feature. Suddenly, with quick reflexes, she caught his wrist and rose her head up a bit. Shade veiled over her hidden slits and her grip tightened, oh boy did she hate it when people got in her face... "Don't...do that." Her voice was dark and dangerous, though her attempt at wanting to scare him didn't even faze the man.
He just sat there, then formed that faint smile and continued waving, with her hand still gripped on his wrist.. Genos watched her and saw her anger building. She was starting to shake from fury now, gritted teeth and narrowed hidden slits. She knew he was doing it on purpose... "WILL YOU STOP THAT, YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF!" She hollered, rose from her seat and leaned over to get in his face. He stopped, let go and looked in the corners of his eyes. Everyone was staring, so he just continued eating the last bit of his food.
"Sorry." Twas all he said then slurped his drink. He looked down at his fries and noticed something...one of his largest fries went missing. Eyes widened and face darkened, no one other than Vei could've stolen it. Slowly he looked up, saw the fry in her hand and watched her mercilessly rip it apart. It was like a horror movie, watching his favorite fry's potato from the inside drop on to her own stack of fries and into a bit of ketchup.
"Mm...~" Vei sounded, wanting to get back at him for doing that to her so she picked a random fry out of his bundle when he wasn't looking and ravaged it. She dipped it in ketchup after it got bit off and dramatically ripped it in half with her teeth, making the scene look like a comical and dramatic moment. It looked like the poor french fry had blood dripping down it.
"You'll pay for that..." Saitama became serious, his eyes narrowed and shade remained over his face. He grabbed her biggest fry and tore it to shreds too. Genos on the other hand just kept darting his head between the two with wide eyes. Ketchup flew everywhere like blood, snarling, grumbling and loud ripping sounds occurred in the background as it showed only Genos in the scene. He had no idea why those two were eating in such a way but to them two, it was a fight without violence.
With ten minutes passing, both Vei and Saitama were leaned back into their seats and groaning for over eating. The table was lathered in ketchup with bits and pieces of fries in some spots. "Oi, Genos... How long have we been here again?" Sai questioned as he perked his head up. His one hand laid over his stomach and his head looked over at the cyborg.
Vei however, was cleaning her teeth out with a toothpick she got from the dispenser in the middle of the table. "It's been ten minutes, master. We still have some time to get down to the store, if we hurry." When Genos replied, Sai's eyes widened and Vei rose a brow at his reaction.
"Let's go!" Saitama had enthusiasm, he bolted out of his seat and Genos was right behind him after Vei got out of the way. Now the protagonist was left there awkwardly alone.
The protagonist sighed and adjusted her sunglasses, she was about to leave when she spotted something in the corner of her eye. Outside the window where she wanted to sit beforehand, was a tall man with short silver hair and two different eyes. They were different colored, one was silver and the other was brown much like Saitama's. His hair looked like a shiny silver and his jaw was strong. It looked like he was fascinated by her, eyes were slightly wide and mouth agape. To be frank, the man looked ripped underneath that casual looking flannel white shirt. He wore black jeans with a silver belt and dark brown shoes. Suddenly, she saw him shake his head as if to snap himself out of it, then formed a serious expression. She couldn't make out if he was studying her or gawking at her with awe. Though all of that was short lived, because he walked away as if nothing had happened. "Eh...?" Vei mumbled in question and stood there pondering. Regardless she went home, thinking about when Rin was going to go hunting for info again.
Finally it was night time, Vei had already gone to bed and was sound asleep for a good seventeen minutes. Like usual her eyes snapped open and her slits were thinner, it was Rin's turn to have freedom.
As Rin paced out of the bed and got dressed in her costume, she was about to leave until a piece of paper came into view. It was sitting on the kitchen counter, apparently Vei wrote it out for her. Picking it up and reading its contents, she hummed in thought before putting it back down. It said, 'Rin, be careful. I fear someone is watching us from the sidelines, let alone following. Some man at the cafe that I went to earlier was spying on me from the window outside. Short silver hair, one brown eye and one silver eye. Any other details would be stupid to tell you about, because anyone could change out of clothes... Keep in mind of those small details and keep an' eye' out!'. Rin was also informed about the Zoo and how she should check every one of them in City Z for some kind of clue.
Now that she was prepared, she exited the house through the bedroom window and sat on top of the roof. "Don't worry, I plan on avoiding everyone I can tonight. If it's the Zoos we need to check out, then I really can't let anyone get in my way." Her mental thoughts echoed as she sat there squatting like a feline. The night sky loomed over the city, stars twinkled and the moon glistened above. The city looked bright with all of its lights, at even night time people roamed the streets. Vehicles drove down the road and sirens went off in the distance. "If they see me by any chance, I'll have to ignore them..." She added with her nearly monotonous, quiet voice.