A/N: Warning. This chapter contains various elements that some readers may not like. You've been warned.
Eyesight could only stare down at Midori in surprise while she stared up at her, leaving the other three to groan at her brash words.
"I've...never had anyone say that on a first meeting." the snake monster finally said, feeling a little out of it.
"Sorry about Midori. She's a...little forward." Ki apologized.
"Oh, like you weren't thinking about wrapping your hair around those bazon-mmmphmhmpph!"
"SSSSHUT UP!" Kogane hissed desperately as she wrapped both her hands and her hair around Midori's mouth.
"Uh...sorry?" Nori weakly apologized before flinching when Eyesight merely glared down at them, a smile slowly coming back to her lips.
"Don't worry about it." she said in a silky tone. "All monsters are different one way or the other. There are even a few perverted ones like your little friend there amongst our number as well."
"Really?" Nori asked.
"Indeed. But they've all are given just one chance to learn something very important." Eyesight informed.
"What's that?" Kogane asked.
Without warning, Eyesight transformed into a more monstrous version of herself, her clothes and skin merging and bulking, muscles beginning to show, and her face and snakes all glaring down at the four of them, their eyes practically glowing with malice.
"To keep their hands, claws, and other various appendages to themselves!" she rumbled, her snakes hissing at the quartret. Ki scowled back, Kogane gulped in fear, Midori's eyes widened, and Nori simply passed out in fear.
"...We understand." Ki finally managed to get out.
"Good!" Eyesight beamed, her body back to normal before turning around. "Now, since you're here, why not come and meet the rest?"
"Y-Yeah. Sure." Ki nodded as they began to follow her, with Kogane carrying an unconscious Nori.
"So, what exactly is place?" Midori asked after finally being released.
"Right now, it's just one of many entrance tunnels." Eyesight answered.
"Entrances into what?" Kogane asked, causing Eyesight to look over her shoulder with a smile.
"You'll see~" she sang as she slithered on, with the rest of them following.
"Who else do you think is down here?" Kogane whispered.
"Don't know. You think any will look as good as her?" Midori whispered back.
"Now's not the time to be thinking that!" Ki hissed to them.
"Nngh...where am I?" Nori mumbled as she stirred awake.
"Oh good. She's awake." Eyesight said with a smile, gaining Nori's attention.
"MEEP!" Nori yelped before curling her hair around herself, turning herself into a makeshift backpack on Kogane's back.
"Sorry. She's the shy one." Ki said with a sheepish chuckle.
"Well if she wants to make it here, she needs to get over it." Eyesight chuckled before one of her snakes hissed, causing her to look forward. "Oh, hello you three." The Nori moved her kombu asisde just enough to peer out and see who the newcomers were.
"Who are they?" all but Eyesight asked in unison.
"Let me introduce three of our members." Eyesight began as she held her hand over the monster that looked like a shower head with legs. "This is Shower Head."
"Nice to meet some new blood around here." greeted the monster with a wave before Eyesight moved on to the one that had eyes all over his body and a long horn coming out of his forehead.
"This is Unihorn."
"Hmph. Looks like a bunch of weaklings." he scoffed.
"One of your more hard headed monsters?" Ki asked with a smile, earning a round of giggles from those present. After she calmed herself, Eyesight gestured to the last of the group. She was a tall and slim mouse woman with white fur, a slight bit of muscle present under her fur, and a voluptuous figure that matched Ki's.
"And last but not least, we have-"
"Let me guess?" Midori interrupted. "The Tit Mouse?"
"Midori!" the other kombu-haired monsters snapped while the monster woman growled.
"My name is not Tit Mouse!" she yelled, tick mark present on her forehead. "And not just because it feels like that name's been used before! I'm Super Mouse!"
"Sorry! She's like that around others that, uh, look like you." Kogane apologized. Super Mouse merely glared at them with her pupil-less eyes before shooting wide-open, a sheen of sweat appearing on her fur.
"I smell cat!" she suddenly whimpered while frantcially looking around. "Is Nyan around?!"
"No." Unihorn sighed. "We keep telling you, she's not gonna chase you if she sees you. Now stopping getting jumpy about her, alright?!"
"I'm telling you, I smell a cat around here!" Super Mouse argued before pointing at the cocoon of red kombu hanging off of Kogane's back. "Is it coming from there?!"
"I-I'm not a cat!" Nori yelled as she undid the ball and let herself down, showing her form to the rest of them.
"You don't look like a cat, but I smell cat on you! I smell cat on all of you!" she yelled as she frantically pointed at them all.
"Well, we do know a cat monster." said Ki.
"Yeah. She's got big tits too!" Midori grinned before her world went dark. "Wha-! HEY! LET ME OUT OF HERE, KOGANE!" she screamed from inside Kogane's new afro.
"We deeply apologize for her mouth." the other three said in unison with a bow. They waited a moment fore Super Mouse to calm down before she and the other two monsters turned to leave.
"I got enough problems with Nyan. I don't need anymore." they heard her mutter in terror before walking out of sight down another tunnel.
"She seems...scared of whoever this Nyan is." Ki mused as they continued walking.
"Scared nothing? Nyan terrifies her, and not just because she's a cat monster. Those three and I are Demon level monsters." Eyesight explained.
"So, if we're going off of what you say, Nyan is a Dragon level?" Nori asked.
"That's right. She's one of a handful of Dragon level threats. They're the officers here." Eyesight went on.
"Officers? For what?" came Midori's voice from Kogane's afro.
"Not telling~" Eyesight giggled.
The further the group walked, the more the place changed from a tunnel to corridors.
"How many others are here?" Kogane asked after walking past a few other monsters.
"I'm not exactly sure." Eyesight shrugged before suddenly stopping. "Oh. Hello, Face Ripper."
"Hello, Eyesight." came a demented voice. "Here to escort the intruders? Are they humans?! Can I peel their faces off?!"
"I don't think I like whoever's speaking." Nori whimpered while peeking out from her cocoon. She instantly regretted it when she saw a monster with many faces all over his body holding two knives and smiling at her and the others.
"Ooooh. I especially love peeling the faces of the terrified!" he giggled before lunging at her hair cocoon. "I can't take it! GIVE ME YOUR FACE!"
She screamed as he swung his knife at her, only for it to stop inches from her terrified face.
"Huh?" he said in confusion before feeling something crushing his wrist. He dropped his knife when the pain became to great, allowing it to fall into a tendril of Ki's hair.
"Careful." Ki warned, her smile betraying the aura of malice surrouding her. "I don't take kindly to those who threaten my sisters."
"TRY IT AGAIN! WE'LL SHOW YOU WHY HEROES FEAR US!" Midori yelled as she poked her head out of Kogane's afro prison.
"Fear you? A buncha plant girls?" Face Ripper snickered through his pain. He stopped laughing when Kogane's hair suddenly shot out and held him up in the air by his arms and legs.
"Let me make this clear." Kogane began with grin that slowly grew more deranged the more she pulled on one of the faces on Face Ripper's body. "If you come near any of us ever again for any reason whatsover, then I'm going to peel all your faces off. One."
RIP!
"By."
RIIIP!
"One!"
With a final 'RIP!', she ripped one of the anguishing faces of by it's stitches, leaving a spot on his twisted body exposed and bleeding as he howled in pain.
"Understand?" Kogane whispered, her face right up in the one on his head.
"Uh...yeah. Sure!" he smiled back, sweat coating each of his remaining faces before he grabbed the one in her hand and booked it, leaving the five of them there. The silence hung around for a moment before Ki, Midori, and Eyesight all began to laugh.
"I didn't know you had that in you!" Midori chuckled while patting Kogane's head.
"Same here. Where have you been hiding that side of you?" Ki asked.
"Very impressive." Eyesight said after calming down from her laughter. "He's been going around and attacking us at random times. We push him away, sure, but we've never seen him sweat like that before!"
"Thanks Kogane." Nori whispered as she hugged her from the hair cocoon, earning a comforting pat from the tall one.
"As touching as this is, we shouldn't keep our leader waiting." Eyesight said with a cough before slithering on. "Come on."
"Right behind you." Ki answered as they followed her.
"Can I come out now?" Midori whined. Kogane looked at Ki, who merely shrugged before nodding.
"Fine. But one more comment from you and you're going back inside." Kogane warned as she released the little monster.
"Sheesh. I make a few honest comments on, and you guys freak out." she grumbled before poking Nori's hair ball. "You coming out, or what?"
"I'm fine in here, thank you." Nori answered. Midori merely rolled her eyes before quietly walking with the others, leaving Nori to peek out at the various monsters.
'That one looks like a giant hairball. Were those two separate before becoming like that? I can't tell which part is the front on that monster. And that one is...wow! Midori would have fun with that one!'
The sudden thought came from the monster woman walking towards them from behind. She had long blonde hair with a black flower on the side of her head, light eyes with black sclera, a pink heart-shaped symbol on the middle of her forehead, along with many piercings on both her ears. Her fit and voluptuous figure was clad in a tight BDSM outfit made of straps and held together by metal rings that accentuated her breasts that bounced with each step she took to the point that they almost looked bigger than hers, leaving little to the imagination. Her outfit also included high-heeled boots that were ripped by the sides, showing off legs that, while shorter than Kogane's, were still quite nice, ripped arm warmers that showed off her tone arms, a spiked choker around her neck that was giving Nori a few ideas, and a mask with an S on both filters that added a sense of mystery as to what was underneath.
Nori slowly undid her hair ball until she was standing on the ground, which earned Kogane's attention.
"Nori, what's-oh! Hello." Kogane greeted when she noticed the monster woman, which got the attention of the others.
"Ah, Do-S!" Eyesight said with a smile. "Don't usually see you around this area."
"I heard we had some intruders and wanted to see for myself." said Do-S as she looked them all over. "Very nice. Very nice indeed."
"Right back at ya!" Midori said with a grin.
"I especially like this one." she said as she looked down at Nori.
"M-Me?" she stuttered.
"Mmhmm." she nodded. "Small, timid, and eyes that look so bright and innocent, even for a monster."
"Really?" Nori smiled.
"Yep." she replied before she holding a spiked whip before her, her eyes shining with sadistic malice. "It's so much fun to break those like you!"
The moment she said that, Nori had snapped her hair back around body with a shriek while Ki, Kogane, and Midori all had their hair raised and ready to attack.
"Oh? Here to defend your sibling?" Do-S asked with a mocking chuckle before snapping her whip at the ground, cracking it on impact. "Well, I'm sure I can squeeze you three in as well."
"The only one getting squeezed around here will be you if you try anything to her!" Midori snapped. The tension was mounting as she and the other two prepared to defend Nori. It was so immense that an aura between them could be seen. Literally.
"What in the world?" Ki asked in confusion at the sight of the red mist.
"Is this a futile attempt of a defense mechanism?" Do-S laughed while Eyesight warily approached the mist. She leaned her head over the mist before taking a deep breath, sucking in as much as her lungs could before exhaling it all at a nearby monster.
"Careful, Do-S." Eyesight warned as the random monster fell over, foam coming out of it's mouth as it writhed on the ground in pain. "This 'defense mechanism' is on par with some of my deadliest venoms.
"My mask can take care of that." she deadpanned before sighing. "Oh, very well. I'll leave the redhead alone." The three of them visibly relaxed while Nori looked out of the hairball with a sigh-
"But you three are fair game!"
CRACK!
Everyone just...stared, no sound coming out of them as they watched Midori being sent flying before slamming into a wall, sliding down, and lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
"Why'd you do that?!" Ki roared, her hair raising in preparation to strike.
"What? You said I couldn't attack the red-haired one." she said innocently, her eyes holding nothing but sadistic joy at their reactions. "You didn't say I couldn't attack the rest of you~"
"Uuuugh. I don't...feel well." Midori groaned as she sat up, her eyes glazed over and unfocused.
"Midori?" Kogane said while shaking her. "Midori! What's wrong with you?"
"My head feels...fuzzy." Midori muttered before shaking her head, her eyes focusing again. "What happened?"
"That's what I want to know!" Ki demanded.
"Oh? Did I forget to mention the powerful stimulant I've applied to my whip?" she giggled. "The one that lets me turn anyone it hits into a love slave? I will admit, it is rare to see anyone resist." Her hand tightened on the whip as she snapped it at her side. "A few more hits should take care of that!"
She threw her arm back, whip at the ready to strike, before suddenly feeling something wrap around her ankles.
"What are-WAAAH!" was all she got out before her body was hoisted into the air by her ankles. "HEY! WHAT IS-"
"So, you like causing others pain, do ya?!"
Her flailing stopped when a dangerously low voice came to her ears. She, and everyone else present, turned to see Nori standing under her, her body trembling and hair keeping Do-S suspended.
"Well then." Nori started as she brought Do-S before her face, her eyes wide with nothing but anger and madness. "LET'S SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT!"
That was all she said before using the rest of her hair to race through the area, the two lone strands keeping a firm grasp on Do-S's ankles as they dragged her along for the ride. Her body was flung about wildly as she was smashed into the walls and ceiling, her arms flailing in a futile attempt to stop herself. Other monsters jumped out of the way as Nori barreled through, an insane cackling coming from her as she occasionally looked back at her victim.
"HOW'S THE VIEW BACK THERE?!" she laughed before wrapping another strand around Do-S's waist and bring her body up until the top half was dragged through the ceiling, carving out a trench as they went along. "HOW ABOUT FROM UP THERE?!" She lowered her down from the ceiling, revealing her bleeding but conscious form, before letting her hair sway and slam her into the walls as they continued. "CAREFUL! THIS A BUMPY RIDE!"
"LET...ME...GO!" Do-S shouted before being slammed into a wall when Nori turned a corner, only to resume being dragged a moment later.
"WELL, IF YOU INSIST!" Nori cackled as she suddenly stopped, leaving Do-S to continue on and smash through a wall.
"Urrgh...little...bitch!" Do-S groaned as she struggled to stand. She may be a Demon level monster, but that didn't make her invincible. Her body was scratched up, bruised, and bleeding, her hair was disheveled, and her outfit, sturdy as it was, was torn here and there. "When I...get my hands on her..."
"I don't think so~"
She didn't have time to process who had spoken before she found herself before forcefully turned onto her back, allowing her to see a grinning Nori standing over her. She glared up at her before feeling something happening to her legs. A quick glance showed red kombu slowly sliding into her boots and wrapping around her ankles.
"H-HEY! STOP THAT!" she yelped as she felt it crawl up her legs under her clothes. She tried to tear the hair, only to find her arms pinned to the ground by more seaweed. Other monsters watched in wonder and awe as Do-S squirmed and writhed on the ground, the kombu snaking under her leather thong a few times before continuing upward. "G-GET THAT O-OUT OF THERE!" she screamed as the wet strands of hair slithered past her pussy.
"Oh? That almost sounded like you were begging." Nori snickered as she watched the poor monster squirm under her hold. The thrashing intensified when the hair reach up under her bra before wrapping around and squeezing her breasts and nipples.
"Holy crap!" one of the monsters gasped.
"This is awesome! Is she one of those intruders?!"
"What if she turns on us?!"
"I...don't think I'd mind, actually."
"WOULD YOU ASSHOLES STOP STARING AND HEALALALGHH!" Do-S screamed before the kombu finally reached under her mask, past her lips, and began sliding down her throat.
"Let me make myself perfectly clear!" Nori rumbled, her eyes still holding that deranged madness from before. "If we ever meet again, there are a number of things that I will gladly do to you! I could invite all the monsters of the world to watch as I slowly turn you from Do-S to Do-M! I could run my hair under your skin and play puppet master with your body in public! Or I could even introduce you to a being we know that's so terrifying, they'd make any monster run to the heroes for help!"
-Apartments-
"ACHOO!" Saitama suddenly sneezed, spitting toothpaste all over his mirror. "Crap."
-Underground-
Do-S was actually beginning to tremble in fear as she squirmed under the crazed monster before her. She'd seen the other monsters living here, but not even the Dragon levels scared her to the core like this one was. Her fear skyrockted to the point that she was releasing muffled screams of mercy as she felt and saw her flat stomach begin to distend from the amount of kombu being pushed down her throat.
"Or maybe I can just punish you now and fill you up until you explode?! Maybe that?!" Nori cackled as her hair poked and tickled her from the inside as the straps of her outfit started to dig into her expanding flesh.
"Wow! And I thought Royal Ripper was crazy!" a random monster whispered.
"NORI! ENOUGH!"
Everyone turned to see Ki, Kogane, and Midori running towards her, concern radiating from their expressions.
"You've made your point! Now let her go!" Ki ordered. Nori merely pouted before turning back down to Do-S, who was actually beginning to sob under her.
"Seems you're lucky today." she sighed before the hair near her mouth clamped it shut, allowing it to move her jaw in a way that it ground her teeth together until it cut through the hair, allowing Do-S to swallow the rest and stare up at her as the rest of her hair began to slide out from under her clothes. "A little present to remember me." she chuckled while poking her bloated stomach before sliding the rest of her hair out. Do-S didn't stick around after that as she grabbed her bloated belly and walk off, which quickly turned to a sprint when she felt something whip her bare ass, leaving a grinning Nori with the others before she suddenly collapsed.
"NORI!" the others yelled in panic as they gathered around her.
"Mmmm." Nori groaned as her eyes fluttered open, the madness no longer there. "What happened? I blacked out for a second there."
"Something that I really hope we never see again." Ki answered.
"I don't know. I think I like what I just saw!" Midori grinned.
"Um...I don't know what sounds scarier." Eyesight spoke up, sweat rollng off both her and her snakes. "Her little mood swing, or the fact that she was serious about that creature she spoke of during her rant."
The three others looked at each other for a moment before directing flat looks at her. "The creature."
"...right. Let's meet with-"
"Me?"
Eyesight stopped talking when another voice interrupted her, causing them all to part as a creature floated towards them all. It looked like a slug-like monster with one eye, eight arms growing out of it's head, stubby legs with three toed feet, four main arms, and a fat body all around. It floated towards them on an oversized chair.
"Lord Gyoro Gyoro!" Eyesight said in shock before he held up one of his hands to stop her.
"No need to explain your tardiness. It's not your fault that others stopped you while escorting the intruders to me." he said before looking down at the four of them. "So, you're the ones I sensed approaching through one of our entrances?"
"Um...yes?" Kogane answered uneasily. "We're really sorry for just barging in."
"A monster that says sorry? Quite different." Gyoro Gyoro mused. "My apologies. I've forgottent to introduce myself. My name is Gyoro Gyoro." He then threw his arms out wide. "Welcome to the Monster Association!"
"Monster Association?" the four kombu monsters repeated in confusion.
"Exactly! An organization made completely of monsters." Gyoro Gyoro explained, leaving the others monsters to growl, roar, and flail their various appendages in agreement and cheer. "And those around you are but a small handful compared to the complete majority."
"I...wow." Ki got out.
"Impressive, I know." Gyoro Gyoro chuckled before leaning his head into his hand. "Would you four be interested in joining? There's always room for more." The four of them turned to one another, hesitation clear on their faces. "I see you have doubts. No denying it. It's written all over your faces. If you feel up to it, Eyesight can give you a short tour. How about it, Eyesight?"
"O-Of course!" Eyesight said after being momentarily caught off guard. "Where should we start?"
"Just take them anywhere. If I don't want them in a certain room, I'll let you all know." Gyoro Gyoro explained as what looked like a super mini-sized Gyoro Gyoro flew towards them. "I can communicate through this tiny drones. And I can sense where you all are within these walls."
"If that's so, they why don't you give us a tour yourself?" Midori huffed before having her mouth slappe close by Nori with a "Shh!"
"I'm afraid that I'm too busy to do so myself. Ta-Ta." he said with a wave before floating away.
"Who exactly was he?" Ki asked.
"I haven't been here that long, but I've heard rumors. Like he's the leader of the Monster Association. Or that he's the advisor the real leader." Eyesight explained as she slithered onwards, the four of them following her. "He tends to keep to himself when he's not making a grand announcement, or judging our disaster levels."
"You mean he can tell the threat level of each monster here?" Kogane asked.
"That's right." Eyesight nodded. "Face Ripper, Do-S, Super Mouse, and myself are all at threat level Demon. Nyan that I mentionned earlier is threat level Dragon."
"And what about the floating rag behind us?" Midori asked suddenly.
"Rag?" Eyesight blinked in confusion before turning to see a monster floating towards them. It looked like a floating cloak with arms, both of which were covered with a multitude of eyes. "Evil Eye? What are you doing here?"
"I heard that we had intruders who were potential additions to our ranks." he said as he looked at the four of them before grunting in disgust. "These are the latest monsters to join us? Pathetic!"
"Who you calling pathetic, you flying trash bag?!" Midori snapped before suddenly finding herself being squished against the ground. "Grrkk...can't...move!"
"Silence!" Evil Eye warned, one finger pointing right at her. "I'd kill you and take your eyes, but both would be a waste of time."
"Take our eyes?!" Nori yelped before snapping into her hairball once again.
"What's your problem?!" Ki demanded.
"My problem? Simple. You four are a disgrace to all monsters!" he said.
"What do you mean 'disgrace?'" Kogane asked, raising a non-existent eyebrow.
"No anger. No rage or disgust. I sense no hatred in you. Where is your pride as a monster? Where is your hatred and rage towards humanity?! You almost seem at...peace. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were human!"
"Well, we're not." Ki scowled. "Now leave my sister alone!" Evil Eye merely stared from under his hood before releasing his hold on her. "Good! And you're right. We don't have those feelings, but only because we were robbed of them!"
"Robbed?" Evil Eye asked in confusion. He wasn't the only one, seeing as the many other monsters that were listening were now staring at Ki and the others in shock, including Kogane, Midori, and Nori.
'What's she talking about? They weren't taken from us. They were scared out of us by Sai...tama.' Kogane thought, her mind beginning to piece some things together. And judging by Midori's silent gasp, she'd caught on as well. Nori, however, was completely left in the dark.
"Robbed. Taken. Stolen. Pinched! Whatever word you want to use! Bottom line?" she ranted before releasing her tension in a heavy sigh. "We can't even force hatred to appear towards humanity. We don't like them, but we can't hate them."
Other monsters were beginning to mutter to themselves, terror present in a few of them. After all, what was a monster without a natural hatred for humanity?
"W-What kind of creature could do that?" asked one monster in an unnerved tone.
Midori's eyes lit up before she spoke. "Remember that creature Nori spoke about? The one that would cause monsters to run to heroes for protection?" An evil grin came to her lips as she turned to them all. "They're one and the same!"
"Hmph. Even if that were true, it doesn't change anything. A monster without hatred for humanity doesn't belong here." Evil Eye scoffed before flying off.
"Did you see the eyes on his arms?" Ki asked with a smile.
"They were wide and full of terror." Midori chuckled before turning to Eyesight. "Shall we continue the tour?"
"Uh...yeah." she squeaked before slithering on, leaving the rest of the monsters to sweat in fear.
"That, uh, creature you spoke of." Eyesight said as they continued onward. "Do they...know about this place?"
"If they did, they'd have stormed the place and beat everyone here to paste for kicks." Midori answered. "As it stands, they simply keep to themselves most of the time."
"That's weird. I thought that Sai-mmph!" Nori began before having her mouth slapped shut by Kogane.
"Shh!" she hissed with her finger pressed to her lips. "If we speak their name, then it'll only lead to trouble for everyone!"
"So, where are we going?" Ki hurriedly asked.
"I'm thinking of having you three meet a few of the other monsters around." Eyesight answered before coming to a room full of glowing spheres of light. "Here's one."
"This guy?" Midori asked as she looked at the bearded man wearing a crown, surrounded by the spheres of energy. "He looks more human than that Do-S chick."
"Indeed. But he's a monster, I assure you." Eyesight confirmed before turning to the man. "Hello, Homeless Emperor.
"Greetings Eyesight." the man responded with a small wave. "I've heard that you've been tasked with showing some potential members around." He lazily eyed the four monsters before closing his eyes again. "Hello. Forgive my rudeness, but I wish to meditate in solitude. Please leave me."
"We'd best leave. Dragon level monsters aren't the nicest when you irritate them." Eyesight whispered before leading them away, but not before Nori waved and spoke.
"I like your crown." she said before leaving, missing the tiny smile on his lips.
"How many other Dragon levels are there?" Kogane asked.
"Hmm. There's Gyoro Gyoro, Homeless Emperor, Fuhrer Ugly, Elder Centipeede, Black Sperm-"
"PPBBT!" Midori snorted, her hands and hair wrapped around her bulging cheeks while the other three snickered at the name.
"Don't laugh. He'll kill you if he thinks you're looking down on him." Eyesight warned. "Now, where were-"
"NO! NO WAIT! WAI-"
GULP!
What sounded like shouting and something being swallowed could be heard coming from a corridor coming up, followed by a massive belch shortly after.
"Oh. Guess she had another eating fit." Eyesight mused.
"She who?" Midori asked as they walked towards the source of the sound.
"Her." Eyesight answered as they came upon...
"Holy crap..." Nori breathed as they stared at the monster before them.
Lying on her side was what looked to be a half-human, half-lizard monster woman. She was a head shorted than Kogane, had goldish-orange hair, lizard like arms, legs, and tail right above her butt, and scales covering the sides of her face, along with her arms, legs, and tail with a few covering her tits and crotch.
But all of that paled in comparison the massively large girth she was sporting. It was roughly 1.5 times her size and slightly jiggled as she rubbed it, giggling as she felt something inside kick and scramble to get out.
"Well, that should tied me over for awhile." she said with a smile while licking her lips, showing her sharp teeth and long tongue.
"Your hunger get the better of you again, Great Food Tub?" Eyesight chuckled, catching the bloated monster's attention.
"Ah, Eyesight! Good to see you...hmm?" GFT began before noticing the four new monsters with her. "These must be those intruders I heard about."
"Yes. Everyone, meet the Great Food Tub." Eyesight introduced.
"You look more like the monster that ate the Great Food Tub." Midori blurted out, earning a defeated sigh from Ki.
"She looks like Vaccine Woman from that video." Nori whispered.
"You say something?" GFT asked.
"She said you look like Vaccine Woman. She's got an appetite like yours." said Kogane.
"Is that so?" she asked. "Probably hard to be around her when she gets hungry, huh?"
"Not really. She only looks that way when she eats pollution, or pollution based monsters." Ki explained.
"Oh." GFT muttered while flashing a sad smile. "Must be nice."
"Don't worry. When the time comes, you won't have to worry about your condition anymore. You can eat to your heart's content." Eyesight told her.
"Yeah...yeah." she sighed while rubbing her belly.
"You okay?" Nori asked.
"Long story short, I went crazy and ate some of the monsters when I first came here shortly after befriending them." GFT explained. "Now no one sticks around unless I'm full, if I'm lucky." She then sighed and rolled over, causing her stomach to slosh as she did so while showing her naked ass to them. "If you don't mind, I'd like to digest in peace."
"Sssure." Midori said before they all left. "She okay?"
"Even a monster can get lonely." was all Eyesight said as they continued, with Eyesight giving introductions and explaining where they were and such.
"I didn't like that Rhino Wrestler back there." Kogane said as they continued onward.
"He values strength. I think he might be a little pissed since Gyoro Gyoro ranked his threat level as Tiger." Eyesight explained before looking at Kogane and Nori. "I think he was a little envious since he heard that two of you took out a Demon level monster on your own."
"I don't remember doing anything like that." Nori replied, her head tilting in confusion before noticing a few monsters leaning around a doorway and giggling like lunatics.
"What's going on?" Eyesight asked, causing them to turn at her with big smiles.
"Nyan's trying to a get snack from Evil Natural Water again." one of them snickered, causing Eyesight to grin impishly.
"Oh, this I gotta see!" she chuckled as she leaned to peek as well, with Ki and the others following her lead.
"MMROEWWW! QUIT SPLASHING ME AND GIVE ME A FISH ALREADY!" demanded an anthropomorphic cat like monster. She had light colored fur, a choker with a bell attached to it, horizontal stripes all over her back and tail, and three black vertical stripes that started on her forehead to the back of her head. As for her body, she was a little bit bigger than Ki with her breasts, height, and butt, but smaller than Kogane, Midori, and Nori. And, at the moment, she was soaking wet from head to toe, her wet fur clinging to her body. "It's gonna take me forever to get dry!"
"Better start licking yourself dry then!" Midori chuckled, causing Nyan to glare at them.
"What are you lot looking at?!" she demanded, scaring the random monsters off, leaving Eyesight and the others behind. "These the intruders, Eyesight?"
"That's right." Eyesight comfirmed as they approached her. "Meet Ki, Kogane, Midori, and Nori."
"Hello." they greeted with a wave, earning an irritated hiss from her.
"Hi. Now leave me in peace!" she ordered before turning back to the fish tank. "AND YOU! GIVE ME A FISH!"
"Why are you yelling at a fish tank?" Nori asked.
"Why not just get the fish yourself?" Ki asked while having a few strands of her hair dip into the water towards the fish swimming inside.
"Wait! Get your hair out of-"
SPLOOSH!
"BLLBLBLBLBLGGG!" Ki screamed as she suddenly found herself head first in the giant fish tank.
"KI!" screamed the other three before using their own hair to pull her back. They managed to get her head out to breathe and cough out some water.
"What's going on?!" Kogane shouted as they found themselves in a tug of war with the fish tank, which now had two large eyes floating around and looking at nothing.
"That's Evil Natural Water, another Dragon level monster." Eyesight explained from a good distance away. "It's water with a consciousness of it's own that's rumored to react to negative emotions."
"SHUT UP AND HELP! IT'S TRYING TO EAT KI!" Midori snapped as the pulled, with Ki extended her hair to get away. That only helped in filling the fish tank with her hair before they found themselves being dragged towards the fish tank. "Shit! It's too strong!"
"I'll help~."
SLASH!
The three of them finally got Ki away from Evil Natural Water, allowing her to scoot away from the their fish tank.
"Never seen them act like that before." Eyesight mused.
"Ki! Are you alri...snrk!" Nori began, her worried tone shifting to a stiffled snicker.
"What?" Ki asked as the other two joined in. "What? Is there something left in my-"
Her words died on her tongue as she brought her hand up to feel her hair. Or she would, if there was any left. With horror filled eyes, she directed her attention back towards Evil Natural Water...
...and her hair floating inside.
"It...It...It..." she repeated like a broken record, her shaky hand pointing back and forth between the fish tank and her suddenly hairless head. That seemed to be too much as the others, Nyan and Eyesight included, began to cackle at her shiny bald head.
"Well, at least you and you-know-who have more in common now!" Kogane laughed.
"You can take turns shining each other's heads!" Midori cackled while Nori pounded the ground with her fists.
"If not for your skin tone, I'd probably see my reflection!" laughed the monster standing behind the four of them. All of them turned to see a man covered in bandages, a mop of messy black hair, one eye exposed, and two long blades in place of his hands.
"R-Royal Ripper?!" Eyesight yelped in shock. "What are you doing here?"
"What do you mean, Eyesight-chan? I came to see the newbies~" he said before looking at the four of them. "Good thing I came. Otherwise, Evil Natural Water may have drowned you." he chuckled as he looked at a bald Ki, his left hand blade raised before him. "And I must say, that's some very durable hair you have. Or had, in this case."
"Uh...thanks?" Ki answered uneasily. Something inside her was just screaming at her to get away from the monster. And by the looks on the others, they were thinking the same thing.
"Oh?" he suddenly blinked when he saw Midori. "Well, aren't you a cute little one? Kind of like...an large child!" A gleam appeared in his visible eye. "Say, why not come with me to my room to play~?"
"Umm...I'm good! Thanks!" Midori answered, sweat appearing on her forehead.
"Royal Ripper." Nyan glowered at him as she wrung the water from her tail. "Knock it off. Lord Gyoro Gyoro's already warned you about mutilating new members. Don't make me remind you of the consequences." she finished while brandishing the claws on one of her hands.
"Oh, relax. Can't a guy have a little fun~" he asked before walking off. "Buh-Bye~"
"He scares me!" Nori whimpered.
"You're not alone." Eyesight answered, her cool composure betrayed by the bead of sweat on her forehead.
"Relax. He may be that way, but even he knows when to curb his impulses." Nyan spoke up. "Anyway, thanks for trying to get the fish. Sorry about your hair though."
"It's...fine." Ki sighed miserably. "At least it's not permanent. Let's continue, shall we?"
"Alright." Eyesight nodded before they continued onwards, leaivng Nyan to try and dry herself off. All of which caused them to miss Evil Natural Water's eyes to dialate and twitch inside the tank. They continued onward and explored a bit more, with Gyoro Gyoro's drone stopping them from encountering a monster called Overgrown Rover, before Nori yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Getting sleepy, huh?" Ki asked, earning a slow nod from Nori.
"In that case, we can call it on the tour." Eyesight suggested.
"If you're doing that, then I'd like to hear your final decision in person." spoke a floating drone of Gyoro Gyoro's. "Follow my drone." it said before flying off, with the rest of them following behind before coming to a room that had eyes all over the room, as if they were staring at you, with Gyoro Gyoro himself sitting and gesturing them in. "So, what do you four little Demons think? Are you in, or out?"
"We-wait? Demons?" Midori asked.
"Indeed. There's nothing that goes on inside the Monster Association without me knowing of it. And your encounters with Face Ripper and Do-S have only confirmed the strength I felt from you four to be of Threat Level Demon each." Gyoro Gyoro explained. "As for my earlier question. What is your choice?"
"Umm...we need a moment." Ki spoke up before the other three used their hair to form a giant ball, blocking the rest of the world out from them.
"What do we do?" Kogane asked. "I mean, it doesn't sound bad, but..."
"Some of these monsters are too creepy for my liking." Midori huffed.
"And scary." Nori muttered while hugging herself.
"And let's not forget about the others back home." Ki added. "We can't just up and abandon them after what they've done for us." With that, the four nodded before the ball disappeared.
"Your final answer?" Gyoro Gyoro asked.
"It's a tempting offer, but we'll have to decline." Ki answered. "There's a little too much here that rubs us all the wrong way."
"Say no more." Gyoro Gyoro responded while waving his hand. "Some monsters just don't get along with others. I understand. The offer will still be open if you ever change your minds."
"Thank you for understanding." Ki said with a smile before the four of them turned to leave, none of them noticing Gyoro Gyoro's drone still following and listening.
"Kind of sad. Some of these monsters are actually cool." said Kogane.
"Still, with monsters like that Royal Ripper guy around, I don't think I could feel safe, even with Dragon levels like Nyan around." Midori grumbled.
"I liked Nyan. Her bell was cute." Nori giggled. "You think she and Beast Queen would get along?"
"I don't know about them, but Great Food Tub and Vaccine Woman would have a few things to about." Ki laughed.
'Vaccine Woman and Beast Queen.' Gyoro Gyoro thought. 'Why do those two sound familiar?' They decided to look into that later and called off his drone, leaving the four monster women to head for the exit in peace.
"Think we should tell the others about this place?" Midori asked.
"Hmm not yet. Let's wait a bit." Ki denied. "It may end in a disaster." The others were about to speak up about her decision before they heard mocking laughter up ahead.
"Well well well. If it isn't our favorite little doll!" laughed a humanoid bug creature.
"Oooh, she looks angry!" snickered a sludge monster next to him. "What are you gonna do? Zap us?"
"Maybe I will!" growled a woman in a geisha outfit with eight Tomoe drums sticking out of her back.
"Good luck with that!" laughed the bug monster before they walked off, leaving the woman to sigh in resignation.
"Just because I'm a Tiger level doesn't give you the right to push me around." she said, sadness flowing from her tone.
"You okay?" She looked up to see the four of them looking at her, with Nori waving her hand.
"Oh, hello." she said. "You must be the monsters everyone's been talking about. I'm Maiko Plasma."
"I'm Ki. This is Kogane, Midori, and Nori." Ki introduced for the others.
"Why were those other monsters laughing?" Nori asked.
"They laugh because I'm only a Tiger level threat." Maiko sighed. "I have electric powers, but they don't seem to care."
"You have electric powers?" Kogane asked, which led to Maiko Plasma producing an electric aura around her body in response. "Wow!"
"If you have that kind of power, why only a Tiger level?" Midori asked.
"Because it's not enough. If I had the power to call forth lightning that could destroy buildings, that'd be different." she explained. "And monsters around here of that level aren't well respected unless they've defeated a Class-A Hero."
"Really?" Midori asked with a raised eyebrow. "That's dumb."
"How is it dumb?" Maiko Plasma asked. "Weaklings are nobodies in both human society and monster society."
"Tell that to the Class-C hero that kicked our ass just after we wiped the floor with two Class-A heroes." Ki grumbled, catching the monster woman off-guard.
"W-What?! B-But that impossible!" she spluttered. "If you can take out two Class-A Heroes, then how did a Class-C Hero-"
"They found a way." Ki interrupted. "Whether they were Class-C or not doesn't matter. They found a way to use what they had and made it work to defeat us."
"The same can be said about you." Midori added. "If you find a way to use what you got, you could even get strong enough to be Class-A Heroes too!"
"Try thinking outside the box. Use your powers in different ways." Kogane spoke up. "Maybe you'll even become a higher level threat."
"Ha! Don't make me laugh!" Maiko Plasma scoffed. "I bet all you're doing is telling me lies to build me up, only to watch me get killed from the shadows and laugh at my misfortune! You all think I'm weak, just like all the others! Next you're going to tell me that I can cause thunderstorms! Or that I can do other things with these drums other than conduct electrici-"
DUN!
KRABOOM!
All of them stared in wide-eyed shock, which was really something for Maiko Plasma, as they stared at the sudden crater on the wall. The stupidly huge crater. The five of them stared at the drum she'd struck, which was still glowing before fading.
"...That was cool." Midori finally said.
"Did...I do that?" Maiko Plasma asked as she looked at the folding fan in her hand.
"You mean you didn't know you could do that?" Nori asked innocently.
"I...may have judged your words too harshly." she mumbled before standing and walking off. "I'm going to...think on this."
"Should we leave now?" Nori asked.
"Yes." the other three answered in sync. A short walk later found them climbing out of the manhole and back onto the streets of the abandoned district.
"What do we do now?" Kogane asked.
"What do you mean?" Nori asked.
"You're wondering if we should tell the others about the Monster Association, right?" Ki said, earning a nod from Kogane. "That's both a good and bad idea."
"Why?" Midori asked.
"What do you think the others will do if they hear about an organization of monsters?" Ki began with a stern look.
"Well...Beast Queen, Vaccine Woman, and Sub Queen might want to visit and see?" Nori answered.
"True, and I doubt they'll spill about the place if we ask them to keep it a secret." Ki nodded before stopping them with a raised finger. "But what about a certain trio of heroes."
The three of them blinked as they thought of what would happen if a certain cyborg, former athlete, and baldy were to learn about the Monster Association. The scenarios they imagined did not exactly bode well.
"If Mizuki finds out, she'll call the Hero Association, which would launch a full scale invasion of heroes to come and wipe out all the monsters here." Nori began in a trembling voice. "Including us!"
"The same with Genos if he doesn't try to take them all on himself." Midori added.
"And Saitama..." Kogane trailed off, an image of Saitama's fist entering her mind. "Well, there's no way any of them would survive."
"Exactly. And that may be a bad thing." Ki finished, causing the others to blink at her.
"Well, that's normally the case, right?" Kogane asked.
"Yeah. I mean, Saitama's a Hero. Shouldn't Heroes destroy monsters?" said Nori.
"Maybe her lack of hair's gotten to her so bad, she's mixed up in the brain." Midori smirked.
BONK!
"As I way saying." Ki continued, her fist smoking as much as Midori's new lump on her head. "It would be bad if they found out at this point."
"But why?" Kogane asked for the other two.
"If Saitama, or any other hero, goes in there, then a lot of monsters will get killed." Ki began. "And that could include monsters like us."
"Monsters like...us?" Nori asked in confusion.
"I wasn't lying when I said we were robbed of our hatred of humans." she said with a smirk. "I just didn't say that it was replaced with fear. You all know what I'm talking about, right?" The other three only took a second to understand what she meant, which was reflected in the sudden terror showing up in their eyes. "Exactly. We all know that we can't attack humans anymore when we were one being, or even now as four separate beings. And it's all because we know that Saitama would kill us. Thus, we gave up and tried to do something else. Plus, that little stint with the fertilizer messing with our heads may have had a hand in it." she added at the end in a mumble.
"Where are you going with this? Midori interrupted, her foot tapping the ground impatiently.
"What I mean is this. What if there are other monsters like us within the Monster Association? Like Beast Queen, Subterranean Queen, and even Mosquito Girl?"
Kogane and Midori gaped in shock at what Ki was suggesting, which was blurted out by an ecstatic Nori.
"You wanna give those monsters a second chance like we got!" she squealed.
"Exactly!" Ki nodded before an image of a rhino, a bladed nutcase, and a fish tank came to her mind. "...Mostly." She shook her head to dispel the thought of ENW before continuing. "Anyway, if we're careless, those monsters, and us, could all get killed. So for the time being, we only tell Vaccine Woman, Beast Queen, and the Subterranean Queen."
"Tell us what?"
All four of them jumped and spun on their heels to see the three mentioned monster women walking towards them.
"Where have you guys been and-pfft!" Vaccine Woman cut herself off as she noticed Ki's new look. "And why are you imitating Saitama?" she finished while Beast Queen and Sub Queen fought hard to not outright laugh.
And boy were they losing.
"We've got a lot to talk about." said Ki.
-The next day-
Mizuki's eyes fluttered open before she sat up on her bed, yawned, and stretched before going through her morning routine. A quick shower, a high protein breakfast, which included some of Nori's red kombu, to keep up with her metabolism, and a quick check through her sports bag to make sure she had everything for her daily visit to Saitama's place. She walked over to her dresser and got her usual top and shorts on before stopping and looking down at them.
"Did these shrink?" she asked herself as she pulled on the spandex clothing for a moment. "Hmm. Maybe I bought some that are a size too small?" She pondered over it for a moment before shrugging it off and getting back to packing her sports bag.
"Let's see. Spare jogging clothes?" she began before looking down at her usual attire. "Check. Extra spare incase anything unfortunate befalls the spare and the set I'm wearing? Check. Spare running shoes? Check. Towels for after the run? Check." With a nod, she placed the clothes into her bag and began to close the drawers before stopping at the last one just before it closed. She remained frozen before slowly opening it back up and taking out a certain garment inside. Her face was neutral as she held it between her hands before her grip tightened, followed by her placing it in the bag, closing the drawer, and dialing on her phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Genos-Senpai? Is Master Saitama awake?"
"He is. We are making breakfast."
"Can I talk to him? It's kind of important."
"Yes. One moment."
Mizuki waited for a moment or two before another voice came over the line.
"Hey Mizuki. Something up?" Saitama asked.
"Would it be bad if I delayed my training for an hour or so? There's something I need to do." she said.
"Sure. I had to stop a few times when I was training to beat monsters. Just make sure to do your daily training when it's over. Okay?" Saitama responded.
"Thank you, Master." she said with a sigh before blinking. "And, can you let Beast Queen know I'll be a little late?"
"Sure." Saying her goodbyes, she hung up and walked out the door before heading for the train station, her usual cheer nowhere to be found on her face. She was silent the entire train ride before she got off and headed for her destination. She stood outside the building for at least five minutes, her mind a whirl with thoughts.
"Alright." she whispered, her eyes full of steel as she walked inside the gym, where she was immediately greeted by a certain group of heroes.
"Hey, it's Captain Mizuki!" Tank-Top Rockabilly greeted.
"Nice to see you. Have you come to train?" Tank-Top Hatter asked while tipping his hat to her.
"Actually, I have business with Tank-Top Master." she said. "Is he here?"
"Right over here." Tank-Top Girl answered with a smile before leading Mizuki deeper inside. They stopped when they came upon the Class-S Hero, Tank-Top Master, who was wiping away the sweat from his neck with a towel. "Tank-Top Master? Captain Mizuki is here to see you."
"Captain Mizuki." Tank-Top Master greeted with a smile. "Have you made your decision?"
"I have." she said as she reached into her sports bag, memories of their first encounter coming to mind.
-Flashback: 10 days before meeting Saitama-
Captain Mizuki was running laps around the old track she used while growing up as a part of her exercise regime. She may have retired from being an athlete to become a hero, but that didn't mean she could slack off. She'd just finished her last set of laps and was toweling the sweat from her body before she noticed somebody approaching her.
"Hi. I'm Tank-Top Girl." greeted the young woman. "You're Captain Mizuki, Class-B Rank 74."
"That's me!" Mizuki nodded with a smile. "Here to exercise?"
"No." said Tank-Top Girl before she brought a tank-top out of a bag and presented it to her. "I'm here on behalf of the Tank-Top Army to invite you to join us!"
Mizuki blinked as she took the tank-top from her fellow hero and looked at it. It had the same color scheme as her top, but was missing her initials.
"The Tank-Top Army wants me?" she asked.
"That's right! I recommended you to Tank-Top Master because of your performance, and he sent me to invite you. So what do you say?"
"Hmm. I don't know." Mizuki hummed as she examined the tank-top.
"If you're hesitation comes from the other members, I won't blame you. Aside from Tank-Top Master, the rest are a bunch of weirdos."
"Not the reason I was thinking of." Mizuki chuckled. "I'm actually wanting to make a name for myself without the help of someone well known like Tank-Top Master."
"Oh, I see." Tank-Top Girl said with a frown before perking up. "Well listen. The offers open, so come down to where we train when you've decided. Okay?"
"Okay." Mizuki nodded with a smile.
-Present-
Mizuki was staring at the tank-top she'd been offered, lost in her own memories.
"Well, if it isn't Captain Mizuki!"
"Decided to ditch that fraud and join the real heroes, huh?"
She was broken out of her thoughts by the last two people she wanted to see at the moment.
"Good riddance to that cheater! Am I right?" Tank-Top Tiger laughed.
"I still need to pay him back for crushing my hand!" Tank-Top Black Hole scowled as he held up his bandaged fingers. "Probably had something in that glove of his that gave him that strength!"
Mizuki stood perfectly still as the two kept insulting Saitama, though her anger could be seen on her face. The more they spoke, the more prominent the vein on her forehead became.
"So what it is that he's using to blackmail you?" Tank-Top Tiger asked.
"I bet it's a bunch of fake evidence of you cheating to get those medals on your neck, right?" TT Black Hole scowled. "The dirty little-"
"That is enough." Tank-Top Master interrupted, causing both heroes to go silent. When it was clear they wouldn't talk again, he turned back to Mizuki. "So what is your decision, Captain Mizuki?"
"I've decided." she began as she held the tank-top out to Tank-Top Master. "Thanks, but I must refuse."
Tank-Top Master gently took the tank-top from her, which earned a round of disappointed frowns from the rest of the Tank-Top Army.
"I'm glad that I was invited, but I won't leave Master Saitama." she said.
"I understand." Tank-Top Master replied.
"I don't!" TT Tiger spoke up.
"He's a Class-C fraud! What do you see in him?!" TT Black Hole asked incredulously.
That seemed to be the last straw as Captain Mizuki glared at them.
"First off, stop calling him a fraud! I've seen his strength, and it's legit! And it's also the reason I asked to be his disciple!" she snapped as she got into their faces. "And second, his name is Saitama! Use it!"
Both brothers, as well as the rest of the Tank-Toppers, were stunned at her sudden outburst before she turned around and addressed Tank-Top Master again.
"Thank you for seeing me. Goodbye." she said before turning and quickly walked towards the exit.
"Hey, hold on!" Tank-Top Black Hole yelled as he tried to stop her-
CRUNCH!
"GYAAAH!"
-only to have his uninjured hand crushed under her grip. The moment she realized that it was her hand crushing his, she released him and walked out, leaving the man to wail at his broken hand.
"Where'd that come from?" Mizuki asked herself as she stared at her hand while flexing and clenching her fingers. "Maybe Master Saitama's training is starting to pay off."
"Captain Mizuki! Wait!"
Mizuki turned to see Tank-Top Girl running out the building towards her.
"Are you here to ask me to apologize?" Mizuki asked.
"N-No. I was wondering how you did that!" she said, her voice full of bewilderment. "Were you always strong enough to do that?"
"I don't know." she responded as she looked at her own hand again. "Truth is, I think Master Saitama's training is paying off."
"Who is this Saitama guy?" TT Girl asked. "I mean, all I've been hearing about him is from those two back there. And all that comes out of their mouths are 'fraud' and 'cheat' and so on."
"He's a Class-C hero, my and Genos-Senpai's Master, and a really great guy." Mizuki explained.
"Genos? The new Class-S hero?! I thought that was just a rumor!" TT Girl said in shock.
"Nope." she denied with a shake of her head before turning to leave. "If you want to know more, you'll just have to meet him. He lives in City-Z's abandoned district. Later!" And with that, Mizuki left a stunned Tank-Top Girl standing there.
"City-Z, huh?" Tank-Top Girl muttered to herself, a thoughtful smile slowly coming to her lips.
-Later. Mizuki's P.O.V-
Mizuki was running through the streets of the abandoned streets of City-Z after finishing the 100 exercises alongside Beast Queen and Kogane, a smile on her face. She felt good about refusing the Tank-Topper Army's invitation, and, although she wouldn't say it out loud, it felt satisfying to crush Tank-Top Black Hole's hand, even if it was an accident. The only thing that would make this better is if Kogane and Beast Queen didn't slow their pace to stay behind her.
"Would you look at that? She finally got ahead of us!" Beast Queen laughed.
"Maybe she's been doing extra exercise behind our backs?" Kogane giggled.
"Maybe you two should get a haircut, like Ki did!" Mizuki shouted back. "All that hair's probably weighing you down!"
That got a laugh out of her as the other two nearly stumbled before they caught themselves and smirked at her, making her a little uncomfortable.
"Think you can stand guard for a bit after the run?" Kogane asked, her hair raising a little as she grinned. "I think Mizuki could do with an after exercise 'massage.' Don't you think?"
"Sure!" Beast Queen grinned at the sight of Mizuki sweating, which had nothing to do with the exercise. "How long you need? An hour, maybe?"
"KYAAAAA! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" she shrieked in terror as she ran as fast as she could, with the other two right behind her.
'Not again! Not again! Not again! Not again!' she mentally ranted, her arms covering her breasts as she ran. She could practically feel the kombu wrap around and fondle her body, causing her to blush like a tomato.
"AAAAAIIIEEEHHHHH!"
She stopped as the sound of a pained cry hit her like a train, causing her to stop and look behind her at the two monster women, her blood running cold at the sight before her.
-Bang P.O.V.-
Bang was truly puzzled. It had been quite some time since the whole incident with the meteor, but the event was still fresh in his mind. The giant rock hurtling towards City-Z, Genos and Metal Knight attempting to destroy it, and most of all, the mysterious hero that appeared at the last moment and somehow smashed the meteor with one strike. All of this information prompted the old martial artist to set out with one goal: Recruit the bald hero into his dojo.
'To think that someone with that much strength existed.' thought the old man as he made his way through the abandoned district of City-Z. 'And what's more, Genos, the newest Class-S Hero, called him Master. I must learn more if I'm to-'
"KYAAAAA! STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
His eyes widened at the sudden cry and looked down the street to see a woman running at full speed away from two monsters.
'Who was that?!' he thought before quickly following. He quickly caught up and lunged for the two, ready to strike them down. 'Best to ask after dealing with these two first.'
A/N: For those who haven't read the latest chapter, we personally recommend it. For those who have, another potential hero has appeared. Do you want us to consider her, or not?
