A/N: The description that F-ckthesystem125 and IcySnowSage are using for the Deep Sea Queen is from an artist called Dr. Bug. Credit is to go to them.
Five heroes stood outside in the rain as they awaited the arrival of the Demon level monster.
Class-S: Genos.
Class-A: Sneck.
Class-B: Jet Nice Girl.
Class-C: Bunbunman and All Back Man.
The two from Class-C were visibly nervous, Jet Nice Girl was running a self-diagnostic to make sure she was at 100%, Sneck was tense, and Genos had his weapons primed. He tensed as well when his scanners picked something up.
"It is here." he said in a low tone, setting the rest of them on edge. They nearly jumped when a cloud of dust kicked up in the distance in front of them.
"So many have come to greet me? I feel honored!" came a female voice as a rather large figure walked out of the dust cloud. Most of the heroes remained at the ready, though some couldn't fight the blush creeping up their faces. After all, monster or not, it would be hard not to blush at a giant, practically naked woman walking towards them. Some of them shook their heads before readopting their battle stances as the monster stopped before them all.
"You are one of the Sea Folk. Correct?" Genos said, his voice holding no emotion.
"That's right. And you are-"
"Here to eradicate you!" Genos interrupted before suddenly rocketing forward. Next thing the Deep Sea Queen knew was a massive force slamming into her face, followed by a searing hot pain as her body was enveloped in flames. Flames which blasted her away while also leaving a path of scorched land behind.
"Holy crap!" All Back Man muttered in awe. "So that's the difference between us and Class-S."
"I'm just glad he's on our side side." Jet Nice Girl commented.
"Was that the last of them?" Genos asked the four of them.
"Yeah. She was the last." Sneck confirmed.
"We should let the citizens know that they're safe to come out of the shelter now." Bunbunman suggested, earning a nod from the others.
"Yes. That would be-"
"BASTARD!"
CRACK!
The other heroes gaped for a moment as they tried to register what they'd just seen. One moment, Genos was speaking. The next found him being punched, sending him crashing through the evacuation shelter.
"That hurt!" a familiar voice rumbled murderously, causing the heroes to fumble back in shock and fear.
"N...No w-" was all All Back Man got out before he and Bunbunman were slammed together, knocking them both out and leaving them a broken heap. The sound of metal and wires being ripped apart mixed with screaming as Jet Nice Girl's cyborg body was violently ripped in half, letting bodily fluid and oil spill onto the ground. Sneck managed to dodge the first punch thrown at him, but the follow-up spinning elbow sent him through a lamp post and out cold.
"I know I said I wanted to enslave humanity." Deep Sea Queen snarled. Her body had been shrunk by the massive amount of heat from Genos' attack. The side of her face that Genos punched showing a hole, exposing her teeth inside. "But I think I'll make an exception with that little asshole!"
-Shelter-
People stared in horror at the sight of Genos struggling to stand after being blindsided by the monster. His body was sparking in places, half his face was gone, revealing the metal underneath, and his movements were sluggish. His head jerked up when the citizens yelped in fear as the Deep Sea Queen walked towards Genos, her face showing no trace of damage at all.
"Those of you who can walk, leave the shelter now!" he called out to the citizens. "I do not know if I can win! Run while I keep her busy!"
None of them hesitated as they rushed for the exit, leaving Genos to fight the Deep Sea Queen one-on-one.
"They didn't need to run." she said before rushing at him. "BECAUSE THE ONLY ONE I'M THRASHING IS YOU!"
Genos charged his thrusters and launched himself at her, a kick colliding with her face at the same moment her punch smashed into his face. After that was just a blur of punches being thrown and blocked as the two faced off. The fight tipped in Genos's favor when one of his punches knocked her back, allowing him to smash her through the roof with an uppercut, followed by a stream of fire engulfing her.
"GYAAAH!" she yelled before flexing her muscles and dispelling the flames. She looked up when she heard Genos speak above her.
"LIGHTNING EYE!" he shouted, a bright light emitting from his working eye.
"AHHH! I CAN'T SEE!" the Deep Sea Queen shrieked before an axe kick sent her plummeting towards the roof of the evacuation shelter, her body stuck in place as Genos descended towards her.
"MACHINE GUN BLOWS!" roared the cyborg as he unleashed a flurry of high-speed punches upon her body, sending them both through the roof and inside the building.
"What's with humans and combo attacks?" Deep Sea Queen wondered aloud, not a care in the world of her body being mercilessly pummeled. The two crashed into the middle of the crowd of people, who scattered when the roof collapsed, as the two seemed to be in a deadlock.
"I...I KNOW YOU CAN BEAT IT!" yelled a retreating young girl.
"QUIET BRAT!" snapped the monster as she hocked an acid loogie towards the girl. The girl watched in horror as it came near her, but was suddenly blocked by Genos acting as a shield. The Deep Sea Queen blinked as the acid ate away at his clothes before approaching with a smirk. "Quite noble of you, even with the fact that that was only a warning shot." she chuckled before noticing something about Genos's body. Something...familiar. "That metal." she muttered to herself as more of Genos's body was revealed before bowing her head. The citizens were all watching her as she merely stood there like a statue.
'I must ask the Subterranean Queen for more of this metal later.' Genos thought as he looked down at the parts of his body not being melted away by the acid. He slowly turned his body around to face the Deep Sea Queen with whatever strength and functionality he had left before noticing her form trembling. 'Is she trembling from exhaustion, or-'
"Heh...hehehe..."
Genos' thoughts were cut off when he saw the Deep Sea Queen suddenly hunch over, the sounds coming from her growing with each passing second.
"Hehehehe...HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she cackled, tears streaming out of her eyes as she just kept on laughing. Everyone just watched as the Deep Sea Queen laughed and laughed and laughed, her hands covering her face.
The laughing stopped when she quickly reached down, grabbed both of the cyborgs arms, and slammed her knee into his chest. The action not only ripped his arms off, but sent his body flying into the wall. She dropped the arms and rushed him, sending him and much of the surrounding wall flying outside, where it now all lay in a heap of debris.
"I know that metal." she said as she jumped out into the rain and slowly walked towards her downed opponent. "I've seen it many times whenever the Sea Folk and Subterraneans meet. There's no way that a human could get their hands on them so easily. The only way would be for them to willingly give it to you. And that could only mean one thing." She now stood over his broken body, a snarl on her lips as she glared down at him. "You're the one that did it. The one who defeated my friend and forced her to be your slave!"
Genos turned his gaze up at her as he struggled to get up to fight, his body refusing to function how he wanted it to at the moment. She returned his gaze with an unimpressed look.
"If you had simply killed her, that would've been fine." she sighed before her hands clenched into fists. "But making her your servant is unforgivable!" A sinister grin spread across her face as she placed her foot on the cyborg's head. "I already gave her a beating for trying to protect the humans, but I won't see her as anyone's slave. So-"
"JUSTICE CRASH!"
The Deep Sea Queen merely blinked when she felt something hit her back before looking over her shoulder, an annoyed huff escaping her lips at being interrupted from killing her opponent.
"The bicyclist for Justice, Mumen Rider is here!" yelled the Hero.
'The top hero of Class-C?' Genos thought before he tried to warn him. "No...do not..." The hero, however, roared as he lunged at her.
"This is gonna be dull." she said before catching his fist. The man struggled to get his fist free before being kicked away, sending him skidding across the ground a good distance away. She looked down at the sleeve left in her hand for a moment before throwing it aside and turning back to Genos.
"Now that that little distraction's been dealt with, I can get back to killing you." she said before hearing footsteps approach.
"Justice...TACKLE!" Mumen Rider yelled as she rammed his body into her, doing his best to push her down. Sadly, his actions only did two things.
One: It put him with striking range of her attacks.
Two: It put his head right between her boobs.
"Hmm." she rumbled with a blush and a glare. Letting her tits touch someone's head was one thing. But somebody touching them, their head being squished and squirming between them, without her permission? Not a chance! Her body began to grow as she began to reabsorb the water around her, her frown morphing into an angered sneer.
"...No one expects much..." Mumen Rider began before being flung away by the monster woman. "...n-not...from me..." he continued as he struggled to get back on his feet. "They think a Class-C hero...won't be much help..." He slumped back down, blood dripping from his lips as he spoke. "I know that better than anyone! I'm not good enough...for Class-B...I'm took weak! I know that! I know that I have...no chance of beating you! No one has to tell me...ANYTHING LIKE THAT!"
"So why fight me?" asked a fully hydrated Deep Sea Queen. "Is it pride? Or stubborness?"
"I fight...because it's the right thing to do." he answered as he finally got to his feet. "IT'S NOT ABOUT WINNING! IT'S ABOUT ME, TAKING YOU ON RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW!" he roared out. The citizens, having been listening to his words the whole time, felt tears form in their eyes as they watched the whole spectacle.
"I admire your will, but that won't save you." she responded with a respective smile as she prepared to strike again.
"YOU CAN DO IT!"
Both hero and monster listened as a young child's voice shouted from the evacuation shelter.
"MUMEN RIDER! YOU CAN DO IT! YOU'RE THE CYCLIST FOR JUSTICE! YOU CAN BEAT HER!"
Mumen Rider felt his lip quiver at the sound of the child encouraging him to win.
"BEAT THAT WEIRD MONSTER! BEAT HER! I BELIEVE IN YOU!" the child screamed. Silence for a moment. Then...
"THAT'S RIGHT! BEAT HER!"
"FIGHT, MUMEN RIDER!"
"YOU CAN DO IT!"
The whole shelter was cheering for him, each of them placing their hopes on his shoulders.
"Hnnnn...GGGGGRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" roared Mumen Rider as he charged at her, putting everything he had into one shot.
POW!
The cheering ceased as the crowd watched with pale expressions as their final hope was crushed, their hero being swatted through the air like an insignificant bug.
"Valiant, but futile~!" she giggled before she saw him be caught by another.
"Nice fight, man. Should be proud of yourself." Saitama praised the unconscious hero with a smile as he gently set him on the ground.
"Hmm? Another's stepped up to try and stop me?" the Deep Sea Queen asked. Saitama didn't register her question as he noticed Genos lying in a broken heap nearby.
"WHOA! HEY GENOS! ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!" the bald hero yelped in a rare moment of panic.
"...mas...ter..." the cyborg got out, causing Saitama to sigh in relief.
"Good. Hang on a second." the bald hero ordered as he stood back on his feet. "I've gotta pound this Sea Freak, or whatever she's called."
"I HEARD THAT!" she yelled as she appeared behind him and smashed her fist against his skull so hard the rain stopped falling for a moment. Saitama did nothing as his head smoked before shooting an annoyed glare over his shoulder. "Well, that's new. You're still on your feet after one of my punches. You're clearly a lot stronger than all those other surface dwellers I've faced."
"Actually, your punch didn't have any power behind it at all." Saitama rebuttled, causing her to growl at him.
While they spoke, the people inside the shelter were having their own conversation.
"Who is that? A hero?"
"That head. I know him. He's a Class-C Rookie."
"Class-C? For real?"
"So we're still gonna get killed? Just perfect!"
"But...that punch didn't hurt him at all."
"That's crazy. You saw how many heroes got blown away by that thing's punches."
As the citizens spoke, the Deep Sea Queen, in both respect of Saitama's ability to stay standing after one of her punches and irritation that he said she was weak, began to do what many others would do: Monologue about their victory-to-be.
"I am the Deep Sea Queen, ruler of the seas! For years, you humans have treated the ocean as your personal dumping ground for your garbage, littering the sea floor with your wastes. The streets. The homes. My family's palace! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DISGUSTING IT IS TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND FIND GARBAGE LITTERING THE ROYAL CORAL GARDEN?! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT BULK OF THE GARBAGE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE MAIN BEEN BLOODIED MONSTER CORPSES!" she ranted while running her claws down her face, the nails digging into her flesh and healing moments later.
"Um...whoops? That's...probably my fault." Saitama said, a sweatdrop blending in with the rain. All Deep Sea Queen could do was release her tension in one explosive sigh.
"You're not the whole problem. Just one tiny part of it." she grumbled before glaring back down at him. "In any case, you humans should be glad that I decided to enslave you all instead of outright killing you, like my brother wanted to do. Can't force you thoughtless humans to clean up the ocean floor if you're all dead."
"Well, I'm glad you're not trying to kill everyone. Still, I can't just let you enslave humanity." Saitama told her.
"You may have been able to stay on your feet after one of my punches, but that doesn't mean you're stronger than me." she boasted. "My people have always been superior to you humans since the beginning-"
"Can we get to the fighting already?" Saitama sighed while cleaning his ear. "It's raining, and I wanna go home."
Okay. Now she was pissed!
"RRRAAAAAAGHHHH!" she roared as she swung her fist at Saitama, ready to take his head off. Too bad she was in over her head. Before anyone knew what had happened...
POOOOW!
Everything just stopped. The Deep Sea Queen's attack. The people watched. The rain. All of it. Then, movement. The Deep Sea Queen fell to her knees as she reached her arms at the gaping hole that was once her stomach, her eyes that had popped out danging from their sockets twitching to try and look at him.
"w...w...who...a..are...y...y...you?" she wheezed out, the pain and shock making it hard to speak. Her mind went blank at his answer.
"I'm just a guy who's a hero for fun."
"..."
THUD!
Cheers erupted from the shelter as the Deep Sea Queen finally fell, signalling the end of the fight.
'Well, that was lame.' Saitama thought. 'Kinda got my hopes up.'
"ALL IT TOOK WAS ONE PUNCH! ONE PUNCH! JUST ONE!" someone cheered, causing Genos to give a small smile at hearing his master being praised.
"IS HE REALLY CLASS-C?!"
"NO WAY! HE'S TOO STRONG!"
"Or maybe...it's because the monster wasn't really all that tough." said a skeptical man with a smile, gaining everyone's attention.
"No way! You saw how many heroes it took out." a man denied.
"Whatever. That just means all those other heroes were a bunch of weaklings." the skeptic said.
"Well, maybe. When he took down that thing, it didn't look that tough." another hesistantly agreed.
"After all, a Class-C hero took it out with a single punch. What's that say about the heroes it beat? They may call themselves Class-A or Class-S, but it seems that their titles don't mean a thing!" the skeptic continued with a chuckle.
"Stop that! Those guys risked their lives for us!" another man yelled in anger.
"'Risked their lives?' Come on, anyone can do that. But a Hero has to defeat monsters. Meh, guess it all worked out in the end, so whatever." he scoffed before gesturing to the fallen heroes outside. "But I still find it a little annoying when people who are really just average joes try to save you. If you're gonna call yourself a hero-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU SMUG PUNK!" roared a man as he grabbed the skeptic by the collar of his shirt, his other fist reared back to slug.
"Relax! Why are you getting angry at me?!" the skeptic asked with a nervous smile as sweat coated his face. "The Hero Association is funded from our donations! As long as we pay for it, those clowns had better protect us! The fact of the matter is that bald guy pretty much took care of it all by himself! So in the end, all those other guys died for nothing! Anyone can come up with a way to buy a little extra time! When you get right down to it, those 'Heroes' didn't do anything heroic at all!"
"I said shut up!" the man growled.
"We were all saved. Just leave it at that."
"Yeah."
The crowd would've continued their little back and forth if not for the sound that hit their ears, silencing them all.
"...heh...hehehehe...HehehehHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!"
Everyone turned to Saitama, his back still to them as he spoke in a loud voice.
"Today's my lucky day!" he said. "The other heroes wore the monster down, so beating it was child's play! A piece of cake!"
Genos gasped as his master's words hit his ears, unable to believe what he was hearing.
"Good thing I was late! I barely did anything, and now I get to take all the credit! HEY!" Saitama called out over his shoulder at the citizens. "Go spread the word about this! I'm the one who beat the monster! IT WAS ME! IF ANYBODY SAYS THE ONLY REASON I WON IS BECAUSE I GOT HERE LATE, I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!"
"What's he talking about?"
"The monster was already weak?"
"Hang on a second. That's Saitama!"
"Saitama?"
"Ever heard of him? He's a hero from City-Z that everyone calls a cheat!"
"A cheat?! Really?!"
"I've heard of him! He came out of nowhere and climbed the ranks super fast!"
"They also say that he's got dirt on other heroes to force them to be his underlings or something like that!"
"Sounds pretty fishy."
"Hey guys!" Saitama called back up to them with a smile. "Mind watching over the fallen heroes for me? Can't cash in on their work if they die. Am I right?"
That set the crowd off as they began to simultaneously praise the other heroes and curse Saitama's name, leaving the bald hero to stare up at the sun shining through the parting clouds.
"Hey. It stopped raining." he said with a smile before gently picking up Genos. "Come on. Let's get you fixed up."
"Master." Genos whispered silently so that no one else could hear. "Captain Mizuki, the Subterranean Queen, and the Beast Queen are still in the city." he informed the bald hero. "They traveled underground and are nearby. The Deep Sea Queen...mentioned the Subterranean Queen."
"Oh? Alright then." Saitama said as he began walking in the direction Genos pointed out, leaving the crowd to keep yelling at him. They ignored them and continued onwards deep into the city before finally noticing three figures walking towards a hole in the ground. "Hey." he called out, gaining their attention.
"Master! GENOS?!" Mizuki called back, first in joy, then in horror.
"Seems the Deep Sea Queen...did a number on you." Beast Queen grunted.
"Judging by that shockwave earlier, plus the lack of rain, I'm guessing you won?" Sub Queen asked with a smile.
"Yeah. Really thought she'd be tougher with how strong everyone was calling her." Saitama said, disappointment in his voice.
"As much as I want to know what happened, we need to get out of here before any other humans show up." Sub Queen warned. The others all nodded before entering the tunnel and heading home.
-Later at Hero Association HQ-
Many high ups of the H.A. were discussing the recent battle of the Clan of the Sea Folk. They weren't happy with the end result because of the rumors, but they had no choice.
"For his victory over the Deep Sea Queen, Saitama will be promoted to Rank 1 of Class-C." said an executive. "We will need to set up an interview and call him in to see if he'd be interested in rising up to Class-B."
"It's appalling that a hero would do something like this." another sighed in frustation. "Taking credit for another hero's work."
"Still, there may be some truths to his ability to defeat it when other heroes couldn't. Such as the rumors of having two higher ranked heroes being his disciples."
"And let's not forget how he burst through every record on the fitness exam."
Other mutterings and nodding went around the room before one of their phones went off. The others watched as they answered the phone with a "Hello.", wondering who it was. They jumped when he suddenly shot to his feet, slamming his fist against the table in shock. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE DEEP SEA QUEEN IS ON THE LOOSE?!"
-Monitoring Room-
The room was going off with alarms as the workers inside scrambled to get a handle on the situation.
"We recieved an emergency broadcast from the team transporting her corpse!" a worker said in a panicked voice. "It seems she woke up and ran off on the way here to be disposed of!"
"HOW COULD SHE STILL BE ALIVE?! SHE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE A MASSIVE HOLE IN HER!" the executive yelled.
"W-Well sir, the team transporting her reports that the hole was closing up before she disappeared. They tried to follow, but quickly lost her trail!" the poor worker got out.
-Meeting Room-
"WELL FIND IT! NOW!" the executive yelled before hanging up his phone.
"This is not good. That creature was able to defeat two Class-S Heroes! And now it's out there somewhere!"
"Let us hope that it'll be too weak to fight whoever it encounters."
-Deep Sea Queen-
The Deep Sea Queen was staggering as her body continued to heal. She threw up another glob of blood as she moved through the area, making sure to stay out of sight of anyone she sensed nearby.
"I don't...believe it." she gasped out, images of Saitama punching a hole through her stomach haunting her as she moved. "A human possessing that much power?! It's unheard of!" She stopped to take a rest and let her body finish healing up, the hole nearly gone after a few hours of healing. "At least now I understand how the Subterranean Queen lost." She growled as she prepared to curse the bald hero...but found her trembling to be from fear instead of rage. "Fuck...FUUUUUCK!" she roared as she slammed her fist into the ground. She didn't move an inch as the images played in her head. She gripped her head in an attempt to dispel the images before her eyes shot open and she glared over her shoulder. "Who's there?!" she demanded.
"Sorry for sneaking up on you." said a cool female voice. Deep Sea Queen watched a monster woman approached, a smile on her face and a short sword in her arms. She wore a tight latex bra and skimpy bottom, revealing most of her body to the world. Her skin was smooth with spots all over. Her hair was long and wild. Her long, pointed ears had hooped earrings dangling near the bottom. Clawwed hands and spiked heels that seemed to be melded with her body. A long tail above her ass with spikes at the top. And finally, two long horns sticking out of her forehead a little above her eyes. "Just thought I'd say hello to a fellow monster."
"Hello." she greeted as she stood to her full height. "I am the Deep Sea Queen, ruler of the Clan of the Sea Folk."
"Newtina." said the woman before noticing DSQ's stomach. "Got in a fight recently?" Newtina expected a lot of reactions, but not the reaction DSQ gave. Her scales grew pale, her eyes widened in fear, and her breathing got all funny.
"Fight? No. That wasn't a fight. That wasn't even a scrape." she muttered, her body trembling again. "So many others fell before me. But he...he..."
"Let me guess. Thought you were a God level threat before having your ass handed to you?" Newtina chuckled. "I've been there before." she chuckled before getting an idea. "Hey! Why not come with me?"
"Come with you? Where?" asked the Deep Sea Queen.
"There's this rumor about monsters gathering in the abandoned district of City-Z. I bet they'll be other monsters like us there." Her hand clenched into a fist as she continued. "What we failed to do solo, we can achieve in numbers! How about it?"
"If it means never running into that...creature again, then yes." Deep Sea Queen nodded.
"Great! Let's go!" Newtina shouted as they began their trek to City-Z, neither expecting the changes about to happen to their lives.
