Chapter 21: New home

Thanks to Sam's help yesterday, Fubuki was able to dramatically increase her powers. Fubuki was supposed to be resting but she couldn't stay still, she just had to try using her powers at full. Because of that Fubuki didn't got much sleep last night and she was tired, still even in this state she was stronger than before. And according to Sam she can get even stronger if she trains properly. Fubuki was planning to meet up with Sam but suddenly monsters attacked everywhere at once, which was unusual.

"(Fubuki? Will you be OK? You didn't sleep much did you?)" -Sam-

"(Don't worry Sam. I may be tired but I still stronger then I was two days ago.)" -Fubuki-

"(OK. Call me if you need help. Bye.)" -Copycat-

"(Bye.)" -Fubuki-

After saying goodbye to Sam, Fubuki concentrated on finding and defeating monsters. It wasn't that hard to find them since they were everywhere but some of them were pretty strong. Like the skeleton monster Fubuki just defeated, it was a hard fight but not an impossible one. She already sent a large group of civilians to her Blizzard group, not far away before finishing it off. After Fubuki defeated the monster she decided check on her Blizzard group to make sure they are fine.

When Fubuki returned to her Blizzard group she was attacked, by a monster called Do-S and her own subordinates. It didn't take Fubki long to figure out what happened, the Blizzard group was mind controlled by the monster. Do-S was kind enough to reveal how she got she managed to accomplish that so Fubuki knew how to protect herself. It was not easy though, Fubuki had to evade Do-S' whip and stop the Blizzard group, without hurting her friends as well. "Sam." a whelp escaped Fubuki's lips but she stopped, she can't let Sam come here to help her. If Sam would get controlled by Do-S Fubuki wouldn't be able to take it. She already tried to reason with her Blizzard group but it had no effect. The only hope was to avoid the whip and defeat Do-S, that should release the Blizzard group.

Fubuki's hands were full, she was tired and then the civilians attacked her too, they were evidently under Do-S' control as well. It was only a mater of time before Fubuki would be overwhelmed and then the whip came at Fubuki and she was not able to stop it. But the whip stopped before reaching Fubuki or rather was caught by someone.

"No!" screamed Fubuki realizing who was holding the whip.

"Ha Ha. You fool! Now you are under my control as well." laughed Do-S. She was trying to capture Fubuki to use her as a bait, but capturing another hero was not the bad either.

"Who do you think I am? I'm Copycat, this will not work on me." -Copycat-

Fubuki was relieved, it seems Sam is fine. Of course, Copycat was wearing her battle suit and her hands were protected by gloves, Fubuki should have realized this from the start.

"Scanalyze: focus counter" said Copycat, He couldn't let the Blizzard group to be controlled so making a counter to the mind control was a priority.

Copycat has yanked the whip towards him trying to get Do-S close enough to reach. The Blizzad group and some civilians were in the way so he didn't have a clear shot at Do-S. It didn't work as Do-S let of her whip before Copycat could drag her away from innocent bystanders.

"Everyone. Attack those two and kill them!" Do-S commanded, enraged that her powers don't work on Copycat and by the rough hanling she just received.

"Sigh. I guess this is the only option left." Copycat said clearly depressed. Fubuki understood, Copycat didn't want to hurt the Blizzard group she had no choice. What happened next surprised Fubuki greatly, she didn't expect Copycat to do that.

"Could you please stop? Pretty please." Copycat made a sexy pose and asked in a cute pleading voice while giving Blizard group a wink. Which made no sense at all since Copycat still had her helm on and her eyes were hidden behind the black visor.

"That will never work on my love ... slaves ..." Started Do-S confidently, but ended in horror as she witnessed what happened next.

"Of Course!", "Anything for you!", "As you wish!" -Blizzard group, random members-

Everyone stopped as Copycat wished, and they were looking at Copycat with dreamy looks. (Wow. I didn't expect this to happen") thought Fubuki as she stared at Copycat lost for words.

"That ugly hag, hurt my friend Fubuki. I hate her!" Said Copycat in tears this time, again an impossible feat to do, as she pointed at Do-S.

Everyone turned at Do-S and attacked at once, even Fubki felt her blood boil in rage and she wasn't even affected by Copycat's ability.

"(I better go. I don't want to meet your subordinates in this state.)" -Copycat-

"(How long will this state last?)" -Fubuki-

"Blend in" Copycat disapeared

"(If I'm lucky few hours, if I'm not few days. And you should take some rest.)" -Copycat-

"(Yeah. I probably should. See you tomorrow.)" -Fubuki-

Do-S managed to somehow escape, most likely because everyone got in each others way when they tried attacking. The firs question everyone had was "Where is Copycat?" Fubuki informed them that she already left, everyone was disappointed and tried to search for her. Fubuki decided to go home and have a little rest, she will give Sam a surprise visit later.

Copycat spent most of the day going from one city to next. The monsters disappeared as suddenly as they appeared and Copycat was trying to find a lead. Copycat finally returned back to city Z where he noticed something was wrong. Copycat was aware of monster living below abandoned part of city Z. He was not entirely sure if they were monsters or heroes since some heroes look like monsters and some monsters look like heroes. Copycat didn't really care if they were monsters as long as they didn't cause any trouble. But this time there was another signature among them a human child.

There could be many reasons why a human child was in there and not all were bad. Copycat decided to investigate unnoticed before taking any actions, he didn't want to hurt an innocent monster. Copycat finally made it to the kid when thing went bad, he noticed new signatures aproacing. Copycatcould tell they belong to S class heroes and King (Now I have two civilians to protect. Why is King even here?) Thought Copycat well aware of the fact that King was a coward. Copycat never followed the first impression since all first impressions regarding him himself were usually wrong. Copycat asumend that King was too scared to tell anyone that he is not a hero, people probably assumed he is one due to his intimidating look. If he happened to be around when a powerful monster was defeated and no one claimed defeating it, King would be credited for sure.

"Blend out. Kid I'm-" started Copycat but didn't finish since the kid fainted. Suddenly appearing in front of him, out of nowhere in a monsters nest was probably not the best idea. Copycat picked up the kid and made his way back outside "Techno shield" Copycat decided to keep the kid protect while carrying it in case of a sneak attack. That was a good idea as the monster's hideout started suddenly shaking (That idiot! Can't Tatsumaki hold back at least for once.) thought Copycat, recognizing the psychic power. (And what is Fubuki doing here?) Copycat noticed another signature in the area.

"(Fubuki. It's dangerous around here and your sister is not holding back either.)" hearing Sam say this, Fubuki decided it would be a good idea to postpone the visit a little.

"(I'll wait for things to calm down a little. Sis will probably finish soon if she is not holding back)" -Fubuki-

(I better go to Fubuki before she gets in trouble again) Copycat decided and brought the kid to the closest hero and it had to be King. "Here King. I know you are not a real hero but even you should be take care of a kid. you can even use it as a reason to leave this area." whispered Copycat as he put the still unconscious kid next to King. "Blend in." Copycat disappeared before King could respond.

Copycat was in a hurry, there was a strong signature next to Fubuki and he didn't like that. When Copycat arrived he spoted a monster holding Fubuki by the neck. He dashed to Fubuki and attempted to cut the hand holding her neck, but the hand let go and monster evaded his attack. Since Copycat attacked while still invisible it was certain the monster was strong. "Blend out. Scanalyze." Copycat reveled himself and tried to find more about the monster.

"That was pretty good sneak attack. too bad I noticed" - humanoid monster-

"I'm Copycat. Who are you?" -Copycat-

"I'm human monster Garou" -Garou-

This made sense to Copycat, his scan revealed that the monster before him was actually a human and he heard about the hero hunter Garou. Garou's appearance was unusual but that didn't bother Copycat since it could be explained easily. What bothered Copycat was Garou's strength.

"(Fubuki. Stand down and keep away.)" -Copycat-

Copycat attacked Garou but he evaded easily, then he punched Copycat and sent him flying. Fubuki was worried about Copycat but stayed put as she was asked to. Garou resumed his attack on Copycat. "Scanalyze: focus copycat" Copycat countered Garou's attack effortlessly, Garou was surprised by this but didn't even pause and continued attacking.

The battle between Garou and Copycat was going on for a while and no one had an upper hand.

"Are you going to attack or just keep defending?" -Garou-

Unfortunately Copycat couldn't attack, he has created a Garou copy allowing Copycat to keep up, but he was still 1/10 of a step behind. There was another problem Copycat noticed while fighting Garou. Garou was getting stronger.

"(Fubuki. No matter what happens next don't move and stay quiet.)" -Copycat-

Copycat got distracted and looked away where the S class heroes were fighting, Garou used this opportunity and hit Copycat in the gut. Garou followed with a flurry of punches before Copycat could recover and finished by hitting him into face, punching through his helm. Fubuki was shocked "(Keep calm Fubuki. Keep calm. I'm fine.)" if it wasn't for Sam calming voice Fubuki would probably screamed and ran towards Copycat.

With Copycat lying on the ground motionless, Garou shifted his attention to the heroes in the distance, and left. Once Garou was far enough and dealing with a monster, Copycat turned into Sam and got up. "All according to plan." he mumbled "Slap" Fubuki slapped him and then hugged him tight.

"Don't you ever worry me like that! Now explain what happened." -Fubuki-

"Garou was getting stronger as we fought and I was barely able to keep up." -Sam-

"So he would be too powerful in the end to be defeated?" -Fubuki-

"No, Saitama could handle him. But there was an issue with his increasing power, Garou was going to break his limit." -Sam-

"What do you mean?" -Fubuki-

"Everyone has a limit. A wall they can't climb over. But if enough pressure is applied this wall will break. This would increase Garou's power too much and I wouldn't be able to keep up. He could attack you next so I needed to re-direct his attention." -Sam-

"If the limit is broken, does that mean he would keep becoming stronger infinitely?" -Fubuki-

"No. The limit will be rebuild, just a little higher. You can't remove the limit entirely. That's impossible." -Sam-

"Will Saitam be able to handle Garou if he breaks his limit?" -Fubuki-

"Yes. Saitama is unbelievably strong. No matter how much I improve my senses and how much I scale my readings, Saitama is always 'Out of range'." -Sam-

"If it wasn't impossible, I would say that Saitama has removed his limit entirely." -Sam-

"Oh, it looks like Saitam has made it to the topside. Hmm, but he is not attacking Garou." -Sam-

"He isn't?" -Fubuki-

"Ah, I always forget that Saitama is just a B class hero." -Sam-

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean! I'm a B class as well!" -Fubuki-

"Just think about it. If a S class hero has trouble with a monster and a B class hero arrives. What will the S class do?" -Sam-

"Of course! He will send the B class away." -Fubuki-

"Exactly. But once all the other heroes are defeated it will be Saitama's turn." -Sam-

"Won't it be already too late?" -Fubuki-

"Don't worry. Garou haven't killed a single person so far. I'm sure he wouldn't have killed you either, but I didn't want you to get hurt at all." -Sam-

"Well it looks like Saitama will get his turn now. Let's go watch and check on your sister. I'm sure you are worried." -Sam-

"Yes. Let's go." -Fubuki-

Fubuki and Sam made it just in time to see Saitama scolding Garou. Other heroes tried to kill garou but that kid from monster nest interfered and Garou escaped. Sam was able see Garou leave but he wouldn't been able to stop him even if he wanted too. Sam heard Saitama's scolding and seen no reason to kill Garou, though Sam wouldn't let him go so lightly since Garou hurt Fubuki.

"No! My apartment!" Saitama screamed, and this made Sam go pale. Fubuki notice this and realized the issue at once since she knew that Sam was Saitama's neighbor.

"You can stay at my place." -Fubuki-

"No. I can't do that." -Sam-

"Come on. It was a long day and you have nowhere else to go. And don't even try suggesting apartments in the city A, you know very well you can't do that." -Fubuki-

"Fubuki. I like you very much. That's why I can't do that to you. It wouldn't be fair." -Sam-

"Why? Why do you worry so much about me? And how can you be so sure it wouldn't be fair? Can you at least tell me the reason?" -Fubuki-

"Fine. I really should have told you this from the very start, but most people wouldn't believe me so I don't bother telling anyone." -Sam-

"Let's go." Fubuki grabs Sam's arm and starts walking somewhere.

"Wait. Where are we going?" -Sam-

"To my room. You are going to tell me everything in private. And then I'll let you stay the night." -Fubuki-

"But-" -Sam-

"Hush. I'm not sure what you are thinking I'll do once I hear you out, but I'm pretty sure I will let you stay no mater what you say." -Fubuki-

Sam decided to go along, he was pretty sure Fubuki will change her mind once she finds out that he is a man. Once they were in Fubuki's room Sam simply stated.

"I'm a man." -Sam-

"What?" Fubuki blinked in surprise.

"I said that I'm a male." -Sam-

"Are you serious?" -Fubuki-

"Sigh. I know how I look, but believe me I'm really a male." -Sam-

"Wait. Is this the secret you mentioned before?" -Fubuki-

"Yes." -Sam-

"And you are not looking for a girlfriend because you are a male but look like a female?" Fubuki asks, piecing all the pieces together.

Fubuki knows Sam well enough to deduce his reasoning. Sam probably thought that only women who like women would be interested in him and he wouldn't want to disappointing them since he was in fact a man and not a woman. Then Fubuki locks the door, confirms the window locked already and closes the curtains.

"What are you doing?" ask Sam confused, he was expected disbelief or anger but not this. Sam wasn't even sure what was Fubuki trying to do.

"I'm going to make you prove that you are a man." -Fubuki-

"What?"Sam blinked in surprise, this time. Then Fubuki started taking off her clothes.

"Wait. This is too fast. I just told you that I'm a man. Shouldn't you think about this a bit longer." -Sam-

"I like you and I was planning to do something like this with you even before I knew you were a man. I'm also curious, it's my first time." Fubuki blushed as she explained while continuing to remove her clothes.

"Are you really sure you want to do it with me?" -Sam-

"Yes. I'm sure." -Fubuki-

"If we do it I won't let you ever go. it's your last chance to change your mind." -Sam-

"I won't. Beside it's me who will not let you go." Fubuki proclaimed, removing the final piece of clothing she wore. Sam's clothes just melted and so both of them were standing there completely naked. It was pretty obvious Sam was a man, if you looked at the right part, but Fubuki was looking for more 'physical' proof.

That night Sam proved two things to Fubuki, Sam was a man for sure and his stamina was amazing. By the time they ended and finally went to sleep it was already morning and most people were already awake or waking up. Around noon the BlizZard group was too worried and decided to do something. They were pretty sure Fubuki returned back to her room, the fact that her room was locked proved this, but there was no response no matter how many times they knocked. After they picked the room's lock they send Lily inside to investigate, the men knew better than to enter Fubuki's room themselves. Upon entering Lily found a sleeping Fubuki hugging a sleeping Sam and they were both naked. Lily turned red, left the room and closed the door behind her. It took Lily about an hour to calm down enough to properly explain what was going on.

Blizzard group decided to make a celebration party for Sam and Fubuki. They liked Sam and suspected Fubuki had feelings for her for a while now. And once Tatsumaki leaves the hospital she will congratulate them as well. Sam and Fubuki will have some more explaining to do in a few months, and convincing everyone that Sam is a man will not be easy. But once people accept the fact that Sam is a man they will be sure that he is the baby's father.

But that's an another story.

AN: I'm pretty sure the rating should still be T, lent me know if you thing it should be changed to M

this is the last episode since there is only a little more to original web comic, and I already stretched the timeline and can't really think what else to do

according to OPM Fubuki was able to resist Do-S mind control, Copycat is stronger than Fubuki so he can as well, not to mention Copycat is protected by battle suit and thus wasn't injured at all, it only looks like he is holding the whip in his bare hands due to glove color

Copycat used Do-S power combined with Sam's hyper charm to take over the control, she didn't have time to properly integrate Do-S power to make a better counter, Copycat should be able to simply remove control if she had enough time

I assume Do-S fight and raid on monster association HQ happened in the same day

at this point Copycat should be stronger than all S class heroes but still weaker than Boros/Garou

Afterword

If you are wondering why I decided to portray Sam this way read further, if not just ignore this.

Story: OPM is an action story so naturally I wanted to change that a bit in fanfic and since romance works well for stories like this I decided to have a romance side story (I suck at this but whatever)

Character: - main mold- I wanted something different than Saitama and a weak but popular character would work but there is King already. Strong and popular characters are already there, so maybe being unhappy despite being popular would work. The character would be popular because looks and not for hero work

- gender- female I thought, there aren't many female heroes and this could be used for popularity spike as well, but I still needed a good reason for not liking popularity and i felt 'I'm only popular because I'm a sexy woman' was not quite enough, I would end up with a female OC at this point

-love interest- this gave me headaches, Saitama was to 'blank' and hard to work with, I was not sure how cyborg love would even work properly and other heroes didn't seem that good, Fubuki looked as the best choice, so I decide to make it a Yuri and move on

- powers - I wanted all the powers but didn't want an OP character from the start, so I was thinking maybe getting new powers in steps, getting them from monsters and so on and then it hit me, the idea

-the idea- if I could change character abilities at whim or even change her appearance then why not swap the gender, this would mean being popular woman would be even less appealing and if OC stayed as a man while looking like a woman I could even get rid of Yuri (I have nothing against Yuri, I just prefer straight love) and then poof the OC is born, story follows nicely

Result: Sam is a male who is interested in women(Fubuki), he looks like a sexy woman and is popular because of looks, most people don't care how strong he is, he can practically get any power in OPM but it needs some work to acquire so is not entirely OP, story starts as OPM then diverges using all OPM sources as a guideline