A/N: Before you begin, I'd like to give a shout out to IcySnowSage and All Hail Lord Megatron for their Star Vs. The Forces of Evil fanfic called Burden of the Mighty. Also, Newtina is the name we gave to that female monster in chapter 97 of the manga. That is all.
Dr. Kuseno was working hard to repair and replace Genos's damaged and destroyed parts. He had been worried when the recovery drones had brought him back in such a state. Bits and pieces melted by acid. And what hadn't been melted had been torn from him, like both his arms, as the cyborg had claimed when asked. He jotted down some notes on his computer while running a diagnostic check on Genos, a thoughtful hum escaping his lips.
"While I'm glad to know more about how strong this new material is, I wish it didn't have to come from after you've nearly being destroyed." the old doctor sighed. "At this rate, I'm going to need more from this source of yours to allow for continued upgrades." He waited for the young cyborg to say something, only to be met with silence. He turned to Genos to see a solemn look on his face. "Genos?" he spoke up, garnering the cyborg's attention. "You've been strangely quiet today. Is something wrong?"
"I am...conflicted, doctor." Genos said. "My master turned the people against him to keep them from doubting the other heroes. He even asked them to take care of the other heroes so he could take their credit later on."
"I see." Kuseno mused. "Perhaps he only cares about saving people, not reputation."
"I will not interfere with his choice, but I find it a little sad. If not for that one voice of doubt, my master would not have done such a thing, and would have the respect he deserves." Genos sighed.
"Perhaps that is what a true hero is. One who only wishes to do a good deed." Kuseno guessed with a smile. Genos's eyes widened at Kuseno's words, wondering if that was what his master was truly like.
'I must remember to write that down later!'
-Meanwhile-
"Hoo boy. You're a mess." said a doctor as he was looking over the wreck that was Jet Nice Girl, who was being kept alive via many tubes inside the Hero Association Hospital. "Both your organic and inorganic parts are in need of serious repair. I'll call the ones who turned you into a cyborg for assistance, but it's gonna be a while before we can discharge you."
"I...understand." she grunted, the act of speaking those words looking to be quite painful. All she could do now was stare at the ceiling and think. Think about her fight with the Deep Sea Queen. About her being ripped apart by the monster. And especially about what she had heard as she lay on the ground, her circuitry keeping her conscious as it sent out a distress signal.
The other heroes going down.
Sounds coming from inside the shelter that sounded like fighting.
A hole being blown through the wall in the shelter.
Genos about to be killed.
Mumen Rider standing up to the Deep Sea Queen.
The Class-C hero's speech.
An unknown hero taking down the Deep Sea Queen with a stupidly powerful punch.
Someone saying how titles don't mean anything to heroes.
The unknown hero claiming he came late and took the credit.
And finally...
"Master. Captain Mizuki, the Subterranean Queen, and the Beast Queen are still in the city. They traveled underground and are nearby. The Deep Sea Queen...mentioned the Subterranean Queen."
"They mentioned monster names." she whispered to herself. "Why?"
"Did you say something?" the doctor asked.
"I said I need to look up a hero when I get repaired." she said out loud.
-The Next Day-
The world was abuzz with the news of the Deep Sea Queen's defeat at the hand of an unknown hero, with many different people had different reactions to it.
-Mizuki-
"Captain Mizuki! Please get back in bed! You're still injured!" a nurse pleaded.
"No time for rest! Gotta train!" Mizuki grunted as she continued doing squats.
After the battle, Captain Mizuki had passed out due to her injuries and was delivered, discreetly, to the hospital by one of the Subterranean Queen's subjects. She hadn't known how she got their, but that didn't matter when the events of yesterday came to mind.
She and her friends being beaten like little ragdolls by the Deep Sea Queen.
When that flashed through her mind, the first thing she wanted to do was check on them, but that proved very difficult with how her everything ached. She sighed and decided to rest until her injuries-
"Even when I was spitting up blood, I toughed it out!"
Her eyes widened as she remembered Saitama telling her about his training days when she had asked. How he said his legs wanted to give out when he did squats. How his arms made weird clicking sounds when he did push-ups. How he never gave in no matter how tired or hurt he was!
She scowled at her moment of weakness before jumping out of the hospital bed and began to do her daily training. She dropped to the floor, did one push-up...and had to bite her tongue to keep from screaming.
'Arms...feel like...broken glass!' she mentally whimpered as she lay on the floor.
"Even when my arms made weird clicking sounds, I still did push-ups!"
"...Two...Three...Four..." she grunted as she fought through the pain and continued to do push-ups, her arms throbbing the whole time.
'It hurts, but so what?!' she thought as she went on, her pained grimace morphing into a steely determination. 'Master Saitama did this all the time. He started at nothing, and became so strong. I won't let him down! No matter the pain, I will push through it and become stronger!'
Her eyes hardened as a strange shine came to them for a moment as she kept training, even with the Hero Association Hospital Staff trying to get her to stop. Finally, after her 100 sets, the doctor in charge put his foot down.
"Captain Mizuki! If you don't stop this nonsense, we'll have no choice but to strap you to the bed!" he threatened. She merely pouted before grinning at them. "What are you-" the doctor began before she suddenly sped past him. "HEY! GET BACK HERE!"
"NO CAN DO! I'VE STILL GOT MY RUN TO DO!" she yelled back before she shoved her way past the doors.
"Why are heroes so bad at listening to their doctors?!" the doctor yelled in frustration as he threw his clipboard on the ground.
-Tank-Top Army-
The Tank-Top Army were listening to the two bigot brothers as they laughed about being right about Saitama being a credit stealing fraud.
"That guy's finished!" Tank-Top Tiger guffawed as he looked at the newspaper.
"It's his fault for cheating anyway! I bet the Hero Association's gonna strip him of his Hero title after this!" TT Black Hole grinned.
Others in the TT Army were nodding in agreement, thinking that Saitama was indeed a credit stealer. Hard to deny when people claimed to have heard him say that himself.
"Hey." Tank-Top Mask asked as he fanned himself. "What about Captain Mizuki? If she's his disciple, won't her reputation tank or something?"
"Oh crap! You're right!" Tank-Top Al Dente yelled in panic through his pasta. "What do we do?!"
"I'll go."
Everyone turned to Tank-Top Girl as she headed for the door.
"Why?" Tank-Top Vegetarian scoffed. "If she was dumb enough to turn us down for that faker, it's her own fault." His words were ignored as she stepped out and make a beeline for the train station. "What's with her?"
"If you have time to gripe about this hero, you have time to train." Tank-Top Master said as he continued doing squats.
-Meanwhile-
"Alright. Your systems are all repaired and fully functional." said a man as he finished his diagnostic run on Jet Nice Girl's body.
"Good." she said as she got off the table and made for the door of the hospital.
"Wait! I've been working on some upgrades, and-"
"Later. I have somewhere to be at the moment." she interrupted before leaving and heading for the train station. "Time to get some answers."
In another city, a certain Class-S hero was lazing about in her home and was flipping through the TV for anything good to watch with her breakfast.
"Boring...boring...dull...trash...boring...ugh! Why is there nothing ever good on?!" Tatsumaki complained before sighing and turning off the TV. She then used her powers to hold the paper before her, hoping that there was something worth reading there. The first thing she saw an image of a dead monster, it's eyes popped out of it's sockets. "'Unknown Hero Snatches Victory.'" she read aloud. She read through it as she enjoyed her eggs before finishing both up. "So some random newbie from City-Z took the credit after a bunch of other heroes wore it down, huh? Pathetic." She stretched and got into her usual clothing and was about to fly out the door...before stopping at the doorway. "Wait a second...isn't City-Z supposed to be where that hero one of Fubuki's underlings mentioned lives?" She mulled the thought over before blinking as another thought came to her. "If he's a fraud...then could he have been waiting for Fubuki and her dumb friends to weaken that fan monster to kill it for himself?" She scowled before pulling out her phone and dialing a number. She heard it ring twice before the line connected.
"Hello?" came her sister's voice on the other end.
"Hey sis." Tatsumaki said.
"Oh...hi." she heard her sister grumble. "Calling to tell me to quit being a hero...again? Or are you gonna tell me to abandon subordinates...again?"
"While I would like that to happen, I'm calling for something else." Tatsumaki huffed, wondering where he little sister had the gall to speak to her like this.
"Oh? This is new." she heard her sister say in surprise. "And that something else is...?"
"You hear about that Hero from City-Z they call a fraud?" asked the esper.
"How can I not? It's all over the paper. My group wasn't even mentioned anywhere in the paper, despite our recent victory!" she heard Fubuki rant. Rolling her eyes, she continued.
"Well, one of your dumb friends, some weakling with glasses, said that a hero showed up and destroyed that fan monster you all encountered." Tatsumaki explained.
"Glasses left our group." Fubuki grumbled before continuing in a more shocked tone. "Wait! Fan monster? But didn't you destroy it?!"
"Apparently the thing put itself back together after we left. That weakling said some Class-C hero from City-Z came in and destroyed it like it was nothing." Tatsumaki went on. "I'm calling to say that if you see that hero while doing hero work, tell me."
"Um...okay? Why?" Fubuki asked, confusion in her tone. Tatsumaki's only response was for her power to flare, a green glow surrounding her form.
"Because if there's a hero waiting for you to be in over your head before they do anything, I'm gonna have a little talk with them." she growled before hanging up.
-Tank-Top Girl-
The Class-B Hero was standing on the train as it made several stops on it's way towards City-Z. The ride over gave her some time to think.
'What am I going to say to Captain Mizuki about that master of hers? I mean, she's had to have heard the news about him stealing the credit. But she was adamant about training under him. How can I convince her to leave him? And there's also the fact that she's said that the new Class-S Hero, Genos, was also training under the same master.' She rubbed her head as she felt a headache coming on.
"I don't know what to do." she muttered as the train came to a halt at the nearest station. She watched as peopled walked out and in the train before the doors closed and left for it's next stop. "Just a few more stops until City-Z."
"You're heading to City-Z as well?"
The only female member of the Tank-Topper Army looked up to see a certain female cyborg looking at her while standing next to her.
"Oh! You're Jet Nice Girl." Tank-Top Girl said.
"That's right." nodded the cyborg. "You said you were heading for City-Z?"
Tank-Top Girl's expression hardened at the question.
"That's right. I'm going to try and convince Captain Mizuki to leave that Class-C hero since he himself said he was a credit stealer." TT Girl explained. "Why do you ask?"
"I'm heading that way as well." JNG answered, her gaze shifting to look out the window at the passing city. "I've got some questions to ask them about certain...acquaintances that they know of."
"Acquaintances? Such as?" Tank-Top girl asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Best not to say for now, just in case I'm wrong." Jet Nice Girl deflected. TT Girl blinked at the answer, but let it drop as the train continued onwards.
-City-Z, Bang's Dojo-
"I'll see you tomorrow, Master Bang!" Midori said with a bow and wave of her hand, her body clothed to hide her appearance from the world.
"See you tomorrow, Midori." Bang chuckled as he and Charanko saw her off. The two of them went back inside the Dojo, leaving the monster woman to walk back towards the apartments by herself. The moment she got to the bottom step, she let out a long tired sigh.
"Hooooly crap! Everything hurts!" she whined, her muscles throbbing after a day of training. She wanted to learn martial arts, but she didn't think that it would be this difficult. "I thought I'd be able to start learning all those cool moves already! Can't believe he has me doing chores! Plus, no use of my hair?! What's with that?! Ugh, maybe this wasn't such a good idea." She sighed and continued to walk through the streets of City-Z in silence, watching as the people went by living their lives. She spotted a couple walking, laughing and smiling while holding hands. For a moment, merely a few seconds, she saw herself and Saitama walking like that. She then chuckled to herself and kept walking. "Like that'd ever happen." Despite her denial, she couldn't help but slowly clench her hands together, a sigh escaping her lips.
"Hey there."
She stopped and looked over her shoulder to see a man approaching her. She immediately deadpanned at the man's appearance. Ripped jeans. Greasy hair. Punk jacket. A cigarette hanging out a pair of smirking lips.
'Oh great. If this guy ain't a sleazebag, I'll eat my own hair.' she thought as the man approached.
"How's it hangin' babe?" the man chuckled, his eyes slowly trailing her up and down. "Whatcha doin' out here by your lonesome?"
"Walking." was all she said as she kept walking, a scowl forming under her cap as the man walked beside her.
"If you're out for a walk, why don't I join you?" the man said, his smile still in place.
"I'm actually heading home." she said.
"Why don't I escort you there?" the punk grinned. His grin stayed in place when she stopped and stared up at him, her eyes shadowed by her hair.
"I already have someone I like." she growled, her hands clenched into fists.
-Saitama-
"ACHOO!" the bald hero suddenly sneezed, nearly dropping the packaged seafood he was holding in the supermarket. "Did the pepper spring a leak in here?" he asked as he checked his grocery bags.
-Midori-
"Besides." she said as she started walking past him. "You're not my type."
"Is that so?" the punk said. "Well."
SMACK!
Midori froze as the man slapped her ass.
"You're definitely my type!" he laughed, hand still raised post-slap.
That did it.
"PERVERTED PIG!"
The man's body folded around the fist Midori launched into his gut, sending him flying a few feet back. The punk just laid there coughing as he tried to get his bearings back.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Midori looked around to see a crowd starting to form. She'd have been worried, but she was a little too angry to care.
"You...bitch!" the punk groaned as he cast a glare up at Midori.
"SHUT UP, CREEP!" she roared, ready to slug him again. "WHEN A WOMAN SAYS NO, SHE MEANS NO! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD, SLIMEBAG!"
"Wait? What happened?"
"I saw it! That guy slapped her ass and wouldn't leave her be!"
"Ugh! Perverted bastard!"
"Someone call the cops! Or a Hero on this guy!"
"OH NO YOU DON'T!"
Without warning, the punk shot to his feet, grabbed the nearest person, and drew a knife to their throat.
"IF I SEE SO MUCH AS ANYONE COME NEAR ME, I'LL KILL THEM!" he roared. Everyone stepped back as the man waved his knife around. "DON'T TEST ME! I'LL DO IT!"
"H-Help!" the woman whimpered.
"DROP THOSE PHONES!" the punk ordered when he saw some of citizens try using them. "NO HEROES! NO COPS! NO NOTHING! OTHERWISE, THIS BITCH DIES! YOU HEAR ME?! I'LL SPLATTER HER-
"JUSTICE CRASH!"
That was all the punk heard before something blindsided him, causing him to release the woman and crumble to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Everyone turned to the punk, then to the one who attacked him.
"Look! It's Mumen Rider!"
"Mumen Rider stopped that punk!"
Indeed, it was Mumen Rider. Though he was bandaged and still banged up from his fight with the Deep Sea Queen, he was still out and actively helping however he can.
"Is anyone hurt?" the hero asked.
"Just the punk." Midori snickered. "Nice entry, by the way." His only responsed was to give her a thumbs up before dismounting his bike and getting the punk onto his legs.
"Let's go!" Mumen Rider ordered as he started dragging him away, but not before the punk cast a hateful glare over his shoulder.
"You'll pay for this, you little bitch!" he growled at Midori. The only response he got was the finger before he was carted away.
"Ugh. Can't believe creeps like him are allowed to walk the streets." a woman grunted before turning to Midori. "Are you...where'd she go?" the woman asked when she found Midori had vanished. The crowd looked around for her while Midori snuck away in an alley and continued for the abandoned district.
"Okay. Bad idea!" she hissed to herself. "Can't draw crowds. Might get exposed, and then BAM! Heroes come in and find us! Ugh! All because some jackass decided to get fresh with me!" She shuddered in revulsion at the thought of hooking up with someone like that. "If I'm with someone, it would be someone a whole lot nicer than him. Someone like..." she paused mid-step, a smile coming to her face. "...maybe I could try that?" She continued on in silence, her mind beginning to run multiple scenarios about her and a certain bald hero before shaking her head. "What am I?! Ki?! Get your head out of the clouds!" she said before picking up the pace. Half an hour later, she found herself at the gate. A quick look around to see if anyone was looking before using her hair to lift herself over the gate before putting the hat back on, just to be safe. She continued onwards, her mind slipping back to thoughts of Saitama...
"Hey!"
Before jumping when a voice called out behind her. She turned towards the voice and saw two figures approaching her.
"You hear about that rumor too?" asked the shorter one with wild hair. "About monsters gathering here?"
"Oh? You're looking for the Monster Association?" Midori asked while removing her hat, letting her hang fall down to the ground.
"There's a Monster Association?! Holy shit! Can you take us there?!" she said while gesturing at the Deep Sea Queen, who merely gave a light wave.
"Well, I know where it is, so I can show you." Midori told them before walking onwards. "Follow me."
"And here I was thinking it was gonna be impossible to find in this place." Newtina laughed. "So, are you supposed to be this big bad monster that's rumored to live around here?" Midori couldn't fight the snickers from escaping her lips at the question.
"You wish. It's my master and friend, Saitama." Midori answered.
"Saitama? Who's that supposed to be?" Deep Sea Queen asked.
"As he would say, he's just an average guy who's a hero for fun." Midori recited.
"Average guy?" Newtina asked before catching the last bit of that line. "HERO?! YOU SERVE A HERO?!"
"Uh...yeah?" Midori said like it was nothing. Newtina scowled before drawing her sword and pointing it at Midori, who merely looked at the blade before directly a flat look up at her. "And what do you plan to do with that?"
"No monster worth their salt would work under a human, hero or otherwise." Newtina said, her scowl never faltering. "Come on, Deep Sea Queen. Let's thrash this little fern!"
"Deep Sea Queen?" Midori asked as she looked up at the taller monster. "The same Deep Sea Queen that ruled those Sea Folk that attacked City-J?"
"Yeah. Until some hero stopped her. Right?" Newtina said as she looked up at DSQ. She blinked when she noticed that Deep Sea Queen had gone pale, her body trembling as what had to be half her body weight of sweat poured out of her. "What's with you?"
"An...average guy...who's...a hero...for fun?!" she squeaked out, her expression a mixture of seeing a ghost and a deer caught in the headlights.
Newtina looked between Midori and the Deep Sea Queen. First in confusion. Then in realization. Then a deadpan at Deep Sea Queen.
"The human she's talking about is the same one that beat your ass, isn't it?" she asked, earning a terrified whimper from the Deep Sea Queen. She sighed before patting her leg. "Don't worry about it. We can take care of him soon enough."
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Midori asked, arms crossed over her chest.
"First, you're gonna take us to the Monster Association. Then we're gonna turn this place inside-out until we find this 'master' of yours and destroy him-"
"PFFT!" Midori snorted, tears building in her eyes from how hard she was holding in her laughter.
"What's so funny?" Newtina growled.
"You could bring both the Hero and Monster Associations together and still wouldn't even make him break a sweat!" she snickered. "It's just impossible! I mean..."
Her hair suddenly rose, her eyes locked on them with a massive grin.
"How can you two hope to defeat him, when you can even defeat me?" she asked.
"And who says we ca-WAGH!" Newtina began before the both of them found themselves hanging upside-down by their ankles.
"P-Put me down this instant!" Deep Sea Queen demanded before finding herself being restrained by the multiple strands of kombu surrounding her.
"You better let go of us, or so help me, I'll-AUAUGHA!" Newtina began to threaten before her words became muffled by a mouthful of kombu. She glared at Midori before blinking when she walked closer to the two of them, stripping herself in the process.
"Saitama has this rule. No molestation of friends, or those living in the apartment." she said before brining a hand up to cup one of Newtina's breasts, her next words sending cold chills down both their spines. "And you two...are neither."
-Meanwhile-
The two Class-B heroes were making their way through the abandoned district of City-Z in the hopes of finding Saitama for different answers.
"You know, maybe I should've asked some of the other Tank-Toppers to come along." TT Girl said in an uneasy voice, hers looking around at the crumbling buildings and mangled light posts.
"Y-Yeah. And maybe I should've had those upgrades installed first." Jet Nice Girl added.
"And there's also that rumor that's been going around about this placd." TT Girl spoke up.
"About powerful monsters gathering here in secret?" Jet Nice Girl said weakly, her pace starting to slow.
"And how a single monster beat two Class-A heroes, along with a monster transportation vehicle?" TT Girl said.
The two of them slowed down until they finally stopped, their expressions frozen in nervous smiles.
"You know, I just realized I skipped breakfast to come here!" TT Girl said in a forced calm tone as the two turned around, heading back towards the exit.
"Mind if I come along? My body still needs food for the organic parts!" Jet Nice Girl explained as they turned a corner.
"Can't fight monsters on an empty...stomach..." TT Girl trailed off as she and Jet Nice Girl came face-to-face with a small monster.
Nori, dress in a shirt that hid her breasts but left her stomach exposed and jean shorts, stared up them, both parties starting at each other in shock.
"A MONSTER!" both heroes yelled, causing Nori to scream in fear before booking it.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Nori yelled back at them. The two heroes blinked before steeling themselves and pursuing her.
"If it's running, then it must be weak!" Jet Nice Girl said as they gave chase.
"Perhaps she just changed into a monster? Look at her clothing!" TT Girl suggested.
"Well, before she can figure out how to fight, let's take her down!" Jet Nice Girl yelled.
The two of them chased Nori for a few blocks, with her screaming the entire time, before finally cornering her down a blocked off alleyway.
"Nowhere left to run!" TT Girl declared as she and Jet Nice Girl prepared to attack.
"EEP!" Nori yelped before her hair shot around her, encassing her in a protective kombu hairball. "WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?! I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING!"
"It's only a matter of time before you attack someone! We're taking you out before that happens!" Jet Nice Girl stated before lunging at her. Her mechanized fist collided with the ball-
BOING!
-only to have it rebound, sending her flying back away from Nori.
"What just happened?" Jet Nice Girl asked as she got back onto her feet.
"Go away!" Nori begged, her eyes peeking out of the kombu. She yelped when she saw TT Girl running at her before closing the kombu again. She screamed when she felt her kombu ball being kicked away, only for it to hit the wall and come right back at her.
"OOF!" TT Girl grunted as it slammed into her, knocking the wind out of her while sending her skidding across the ground. She shook her head as she got to her feet before glaring at the ball of kombu. "This thing is tough."
"You know, I'm starting to wonder if this is the creature that Golden Ball and Spring Mustachio encountered." Jet Nice Girl pondered aloud.
"If it is, then either they're really weak for Class-A, or this creature's just acting...weak..." TT Girl trailed off, a sudden feeling of dread washing over her. The two heroes glanced at each other before slowly taking a few steps back from the ball of seaweed, their eyes not leaving it. Nori, noticing the end to the onslaught to her defense, peeked out to see what was going on. She blinked before saying two words that drained the blood from their faces.
"Hi Ki."
They didn't have time to process that before something smacked into Jet Nice Girl, sending her crashing into a wall, leaving TT Girl defenseless. She tried to call out to her, but found the action impossible with her mouth being covered by something, followed by everything going dark.
"And just what do you think you were trying to do to my little sister?" came a seductive voice from inside the darkness. TT Girl squirmed and kicked as she felt something slimy wrap around her arms and legs, causing her to scream in squeak in shock. "A couple of heroes looking to make a name for themselves by hunting a few monsters in the abandoned zone?" TT Girl heard a giggle before feeling a hand being placed on her stomach. Her breath hitched as it slowly glided up north, raising her tank-top in the process. She blinked when sunlight came in through a small hole in the top, revealing Ki's face as she slowly licked her lips. "Consider this a reward for your courage, and punishment for trying to kill Nori."
TT Girl looked like she was about to cry at the thought of what was to come, now truly regretting not bringing any back up.
"Um...Ki? You might want to stop?" came Nori's terrified voice, stopping all movement inside the ball.
"Why?" Ki asked. "Is that cyborg woman threatening you?"
"Ki."
Ki felt like she was drowning in an unending ocean of dread that was welling up inside the ball. With great trepadation, she slowly moved some of the kombu away, allowing her to look outside...and promptly stiffen in terror.
"Uh...hi?" she meekly greeted with a wave.
TT Girl blinked at her sudden actions before a lump of kombu shot out and bopped her in the head. The effect was almost instantaneous. The kombu receeded back to acting as just her hair while her body fell over, her blank eyes showing she was out cold. The hero, now free of her constraints, quickly pulled her top back down, a thank you on her lips ready to be said to whomever just stopped the crazy perverted plant monster. Her grateful morphed into shock and surprise at who it was.
-Midori-
Midori couldn't help but giggle in pleasure as watched her two captives squirm and writhe from the onslaught. Newtina was slowly losing strength, leaving her to only wriggle and gasp out whenever a strand of kombu flicked somewhere sensitive.
The Deep Sea Queen, however, was far more energetic.
"GET THESE...THINGS...OFF OF ME!" she yelled as she fought against the multitude of seaweed doing it's best to touch her everything. Normally, she'd have ripped these things to shreds and crushed Midori like an ant. However, certain factors prevented her from doing so.
1.) Her mind was battling the mental trauma of losing to Saitama.
2.) Her body was still in shock from the massive amount of damage she suffered from Saitama's punch, despite already being healed.
3.) Midori's kombu was far stronger than it looked.
4.) The kombu, though wet, didn't seem to be hydrating her body. All it felt was slimy and slippery.
It was because of all these that she was having a difficult time keeping herself from being violated by a monster that only reached up to her thighs in dehydrated form.
Still, she did have enough strength that Midori had to use practically all of her hair to keep her down.
"When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna pluck out every strand of your hair, shove it down your throat, hit you until you vomit it up, and then do it all over again UNTIL YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A-GYEEEP!" she shrieked, her death threat being cut off by a few strands of kombu squeezing her giant tits, the ends flicking her nipples.
"You say something?" Midori asked, holding a hand up to her ear. "Can't understand you when you squeak like that."
"St...st...stop..." Newtina wheezed, her muscles finally giving up the ghost as her body went limp. "I give up...please stop." Midori spared her a glance before looking back up at the Deep Sea Queen. She blinked as she looked behind her struggling form before releasing her.
"You're releasing me?" Deep Sea Queen asked, a scowl on her face. "You do realize that I'm going to kill you for your actions towards me, right?"
"Yeeeeah." Midori drawled out before a wicked grin spread across her face. "But I didn't release you for that reason."
Before she could question her words, the Deep Sea Queen felt something hit her on the back. When she looked down, she saw two black limbs wrap around her waist, with two equally black limbs wrapping around her neck.
"I let you go so she can have a turn!" Midori finished.
The Deep Sea Queen shrieked in renewed panic as her body was now being bound by yellow kombu, causing her to fumble around and try to stay on her feet.
"Hi Midori." came a voice from behind. The Deep Sea Queen looked over her shoulder to see Kogane resting her chin on her shoulder, a smile on her face. "Who're your friends?"
"This is Newtina. That's the Deep Sea Queen." Midori introduced. "Coming back from your run?"
"Yeah." Kogane nodded before registering her words. "Deep Sea Queen? You mean the fish monster that was attacking City-J?"
"Yeah. The same one that Saitama knocked a hole through." Midori snickered as her hair moved to encompass Newtina. "I'm gonna have a little fun with this one. Think you can handle her?"
"Sure." Kogane agreed, a smile coming back to her lips as her hands reached up and lifted the Deep Sea Queen's breasts, making her jump. "Although, it may take awhile~!"
"HEY!"
Both monster plants looked to see Beast Queen running towards them, her body recovering from her thrashing earlier.
"Sheesh! You and those long...legs..." she trailed off when she noticed that there were two others with them. "What the-?! Didn't Saitama kill your ass?!" she blurted out while pointing at the Deep Sea Queen.
"Guess she survived. I mean, Vaccine Woman was reduced to a little twerp from what I heard. Right, Kogane?" Midori asked as she lifted Newtina into the air.
"Right you are." Kogane nodded before smirking at Deep Sea Queen, who continued to try and free herself. "Now, what to do with you?"
"Glad it's not me." Beast Queen snickered sadistically as she from a good distance away, hoping to not get caught up what was to come.
"What's going on?"
Sadly, she'd never know what was to come as three words cut through her thoughts. Three words spoken in a voice that caused four of the five monsters present to freeze in utter horror.
"What's...going on?" Newtina slurred as she turned her head towards the newcomers. She blinked when she saw a few more monsters and humans approaching. A woman in a tank-top, two cyborgs, and a bald man holding another plant monster over his shoulder with one arm, leaving his free hand to hold yet another plant monster's hand, her hair carrying multiple grocery bags.
"Oh no! More of them?!" TT Girl gulped in fear, her eyes going to Midori and Kogane.
"AHH! THE DEEP SEA QUEEN?!" Jet Nice Girl yelled in terror. "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!" The monster in question was too busy staring at Saitama in horror, her body trembling at the mere sight of him.
"...eep..." was all she could get out.
"Oh hey." Saitama said, a hint of surprise in his voice at seeing Deep Sea Queen standing there. "You're alive." He then turned his attention to Midori and Kogane, his eyes deadpanning more than usual, if only slightly. "What are you two doing?"
"T-T-T-They're not a p-part of the group! Doing this isn't a-against the rules!" Midori stuttered in defense, with Kogane nodding frantically in fear.
"W-We were just having a little f-fun!" Kogane said before noticing the two new heroes. "Who are they?!" Saitama merely blinked before pinching the bridge of his nose, something about technicalities being muttered under his breath.
"Let them go for now. We have a lot of things to talk about." he sighed.
It took ten minutes of walking, ten tension filled minutes, before the group arrived outside just outside of the apartment building. The monsters were silent due to fear, and the humans due to either glaring or being glared at. What greeted them when they finally arrived was a box, and...
"Isn't that Captain Mizuki?!" TT Girl asked in shock, seeing a fellow Class-B hero lying face down on the ground before them.
"Hey!" Saitama called out as he and the others all hurried over to her form.
"Why is she here?! She should be at the hospital recovering!" Jet Nice Girl exclaimed as they turned her over.
"What'd you do?!" TT Girl demanded of Saitama, her face in his.
"Why are you blaming me? Genos and I have been at the supermarket." he said.
"Then why is she here?!" demanded the female Tank-Topper Hero. "She's a disciple of yours!"
"That is enough!" Genos growled, his arm glowing in preparation to roast her for her disrespect towards Saitama. "Release my master, or be eliminated!"
"You're no better! Your fellow student is lying there, on the ground, covered in injuries-"
"Sleeping."
"Shut up, monster!" TT Girl yelled at Beast Queen before turning back to Saitama and Genos. "Sleeping, and-wait, what?"
"She's sleeping." Beast Queen repeated. Everyone looked at Captain Mizuki, who was now being held in Beast Queen's arms, her chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm.
"Uh..." Jet Nice Girl was response before TT Girl returned her glare at Saitama.
"That still doesn't explain why she's out here lying in the street!" she yelled.
"T-Then why not ask her yourself?" Nori suggested, only to hide behind Saitama when she shot her a glare.
"Fine." she growled before releasing Saitama and approaching Captain Mizuki and gently shaking her arm. "Captain Mizuki! Hey, Captain Mizuki!"
"Mmm...huh?" Captain Mizuki groaned as her eyes fluttered open. She smiled when she saw Saitama and the others looking at her. "Hi, Master Saitama." Her smile dropped when she noticed who else was there. Namely, the two new monsters and fellow heroes amongst the group. "...uh oh."
"Captain Mizuki." TT Girl said, gaining the athletic hero's attention. "I'm only going to ask once. What. Is. Going. ON?!"
"That's what we want to know as well."
Everyone turned their gaze skywards to see Vaccine Woman and the Subterranean Queen looking down at them from inside the apartment.
"How many monsters are you hiding here?!" Jet Nice Girl blurted out.
"Why are you hiding monsters here?" Newtina asked.
A few minutes later had everyone split into three groups.
Saitama and Genos returned to Saitama's room to read the mail, which was what the box next to Mizuki had contained.
Mizuki, Tank-Top Girl, and Jet Nice Girl moved to the Kombu Sister's room to listen to Mizuki's explanation, while all the monsters moved to the Beast Queen's room to explain to Newtina.
"Alright. Why are Saitama and Genos hiding monsters here?" Jet Nice Girl asked.
"They're not really hiding them. Saitama used to be by himself before Genos decided to be his disciple. And before that, Saitama had let Vaccine Woman and the Subterranean Queen live here for different reasons.
"Okay...but why?" Tank-Top Girl said, arms crossed over her chest.
"Because the two of us got our asses beat by him." Vaccine Woman explained to Newtina and Deep Sea Queen. "I was weakened to the point that I wasn't even a threat to children, while Sub Queen here's following some ancient rule to serve the winner of a fight."
"Okay, so you lost to him in a fight." Newtina nodded. "But why are you two still alive?"
"I was terrified of death, so I gave up on destroying humanity to stay alive." Vaccine Woman sighed. "No point if I lost so easily to him. I tried hiding in this abandoned zone and ran into him, and I...begged him to let me stay until I got some of my strength back.
"And he merely knocked me out. He didn't attack after that, and I pledged loyalty." Sub Queen added.
"So he doesn't mind living with monsters?" TT Girl asked in disbelief.
"As long as they don't wreck anything or try to destroy humanity, yes." Mizuki nodded.
"But what about all the others?"
"Well, I was created to destroy humanity, since the doctor wanted humans to evolve as a species." Beast Queen said. "I got my ass kicked when I and the rest of the team were sent to bring him back for the doctor to study him."
"And after Saitama went and beat Carnage Kabuto, who was supposed to be invincible, the doctor gave up and told you to do whatever you wanted?" Deep Sea Queen asked.
"Yeah. So I decided to stay here." Beast Queen shrugged. The two new monsters nodded before glaring at the kombu sisters.
"And you four?" Newtina scowled, earning four different reactions.
"That's actually a funny story."
"You see, the Hero Association sent Golden Ball and Spring Mustachio to investigate the City-Z Ghost Town." Mizuki began. "And when they arrived, they spotted Vaccine Woman, who all heroes were told to be on the lookout for."
"I remember getting that order." Jet Nice Girl said. "So, what happened?"
"Well, they got her in the transport truck, but they got attacked by Ki." Mizuki explained.
"Who's Ki?" TT Girl asked.
"That would be me." Ki chuckled, causing them all to inch away from her and her sisters.
"So you stopped them from taking Vaccine Woman away in her weakened state, then pummled them all?" Newtina asked. "You must be strong if you can take down two Class-A Heroes."
"Actually, I'm stronger now than I was then." Ki mentioned with a wave of her hand.
"And where were the rest of you?" DSQ asked.
"Well, that's the thing..." Kogane began.
"They were all one monster at the time?!" Jet Nice Girl and TT Girl yelled in shock.
"Yeah." Mizuki nodded. "After freeing her, she told her that she was looking into that rumor about strong monsters gathering here. One thing lead to another, and she lost her hair to Saitama."
"But how did she split into those four..." TT Girl trailed off with a shudder as she hugged her body.
"Yeah. I don't blame you." Mizuki said, her own body shuddering at the memories before shaking her head. "Anyway, she asked to stay until she could find a way to get her hair back. Genos got her some liquid fertilizer to help her leave. Problem was, he got too much and too many brands."
"You mean she drunk it all and multiplied?" Jet Nice Girl guessed.
"It wasn't fun. Our body felt like it was splitting and ripping itself apart." Nori whined.
"Ki passed out, and we all woke up to find that there were four of us." Midori finished.
"With each of us possessing certain...physical qualities that we didn't have last time." Ki giggled.
"Plus a jungle of kombu sprouting from our heads before we had it cut down to size." Kogane added.
"I think we're getting off topic. Why hasn't he finished you all off?" Newtina asked.
"Well, he says that if they're not going to destroy humanity or hurt anyone, then why not leave them alone?" Mizuki answered. "And since they know they can't be Saitama, they won't try anymore."
The two heroes stared at her with blank expressions, which served to unnerve Mizuki. Finally...
"You seriously believe that?!" Tank-Top Girl demanded incredulously.
"You honestly expect those monsters-no, any monster to simply stop trying to kill humans?!" Jet Nice Girl snapped.
"Well, yeah." Mizuki answered with a smile.
"How can you simply give up trying to kill humans?! Monsters don't care about them!" Newtina stated.
"We didn't have a choice about giving up trying to kill them. If we tried again, Saitama would kill us." Beast Queen countered. Newtina merely groaned while rubbing her temples with one hand before her eyes shot open.
"Of course!" she said. "You're all so scared shitless, you think he can't be defeated!"
"Well...yes." Sub Queen confirmed.
"Well then, the answer is simple! We all join the Monster Association!" she declared.
"How did you come to that conclusion, and why?" Kogane asked.
"Because it's the perfect solution!" she said. "One-by-one he beat you all. But if you join together and rush him, you could win! Plus, if we join the Monster Association, we can get help in killing him! You guys would be free and he'd be dead!" She ended with her arms held out wide, a big smile on her face at the idea. The others all merely stared at her for a moment before looking at each other. Then...
"...snrk!"
That little muffled snicker set everyone off. From muffled giggles escaping through clamped lips to outright guffawing as they pounded the floor with their fists, every single monster besides DSQ and Newtina burst into laughter.
"Did she seriously just suggest that?!" Ki cackled.
"I c-I c-can't sto-stop la-ha-haaaughing!" Beast Queen chortled.
"Defeat Saitama?! YEAH RIGHT!" Midori guffawed.
It took Mizuki a few moments before her laughter subsided, allowing her to stare at the two dumbfounded heroes with a snicker.
"So-Sorry about that!" she said as she tried to get the last of her laughs out.
"What's so funny about the thought of them ganging up on Saitama and defeating them?!" Jet Nice Girl snapped.
"Snrrrk!" Mizuki muffled through her clamped hands, which only served to irritate the other two.
"Will you stop laughing?!" TT Girl yelled.
"Then stop making me laugh with those kind of jokes!" Mizuki countered through her laughs.
"You honestly think he's that strong?" TT Girl scoffed.
"If you don't believe that he is, th-then why not challenge him yourself?" Mizuki breathed out, having gotten over her current bout of giggles.
"That's..." Jet Nice Girl started before cupping her chin in thought. "Actually, that may be a good idea."
"Why?" TT Girl asked in confusion.
"If he's really a credit stealing fraud that everyone says he is, then this is the best way to prove it." Jet Nice Girl explained as she got to her feet. "I'm going to challenge him! You?"
"Sure." TT Girl nodded, her mind a little ways away as they all left the room. 'Then after that, I need to call Tank-Top Master to help me with the monsters.'
The three heroes stopped just short of reaching Saitama's door when they realized that the monster group had arrived as well.
"Finished explaining it them?" Mizuki asked.
"Yep. And them?" Beast Queen asked as well.
"Uh-huh." she nodded with a grin. "They thought you guys could kill Saitama if you rushed him."
"That's what Newtina said!" Nori giggled, sending the others into snickering fits.
"I still say you can! Now challenge him!" Newtina ordered indignantly.
"That's a coincidence! They want to fight Master Saitama too!" Mizuki stated.
"Oh, this is gonna be fun." Midori grinned as Ki knocked on the door. Almost instantly, Genos answered.
"Have you finished your talks?" he asked them.
"Yeah. They want to fight Saitama before they start believing us, though." Vaccine Woman explained.
"I'm afraid that won't be possible at the moment. Master Saitama has been called to the Hero Association." Genos informed them.
"Wait, what? Why?" Mizuki asked.
"He was asked to come in his promotion papers." Genos said. The group didn't respond for a moment before Mizuki's smile threatened to split her face.
"No way." Jet Nice girl whispered.
"If he's Class-C Rank 1, then..." TT trailed off.
"Then what?" Sub Queen asked.
"When a hero rised to the top rank of any class, they are given the opportunity to rise to the next rank.
"So he could be in Class-B now?" Nori asked.
"Yes." Genos answered with a smile.
"YAHOOOO!" Mizuki yelled as she jumped for joy-
BONK!
-then instantly regretted it when she jumped and hit the ceiling with her head, causing the others to laugh.
"So what now? We just wait for him?" TT Girl asked, arms crossed over her chest.
"Indeed." Genos said, his smile dropping as he eyed the four newcomers. "Now then, you four. Why are you all here?"
"We came because we had questions for Saitama." Jet Nice Girl answered.
"Like why he stole the credit for her defeat." TT Girl accused while pointing at the Deep Sea Queen.
"Stole the credit?" said monster blinked. "He didn't steal anything. He..." she trailed off, her head hanging in shame. "He defeated me like I was nothing."
"That's a lie!" TT Girl denied. "He even said that he won because he was late, and that the other heroes wore her down!"
"You've got it backwards! Saitama won because he was stronger!" Mizuki defended.
"I don't know most of what you're speaking of, but all the others I fought before him barely did anything. The only ones to do anything were this one and another that liked to strip bare to fight." Deep Sea Queen spoke up.
"Even if I believed that, which I don't, then why is Saitama in Class-C?!" TT Girl asked.
"Master Saitama was put in Class-C because he got a bad score on the written exam." Mizuki sighed in a despondent tone. "Because of that, they had no choice but to put him in Class-C, despite how strong he is."
"...That makes way too much sense." TT Girl deadpanned before shaking her head. "But still, it's the job of any hero to destroy a monster! That's the rules of the Hero Association!"
That just set them all of as they kept bickering between Saitama being good, bad, fraud, and other things. Finally, one of them put their foot down. Hard!
"ENOUGH!" Genos roared, silencing them all. He then stuck his arm out towards Newtina and Deep Sea Queen. "You two shall await Master Saitama, or I will elminimate the both of you!" Newtina gulped while Deep Sea Queen scoffed, but said nothing. He then turned to the two heroes. "I ask that you give Master Saitama a chance."
Neither hero budged from their decision as they simply glared, arms crossed in defiance.
'They are not budging. This is bad. I may have to stop them by force!' Genos thought.
'Oh no! They're gonna tell and we'll all be taken away from Saitama! They'll kill us, or use us as a kombu farm!' Nori mentally cried.
The other monsters were having similar thoughts as well, if the worried expressions they bore were anything to go by.
"I'll quit!"
Everyone blinked as they tried to process the words that were just spoken, and who had spoken them.
Mizuki was looking at them both with steel in her eyes, a look of determination on her face.
"Quit?" TT Girl asked in confusion.
"If Master Saitama can't convince you, then I'll quit being a hero!" she declared.
"WHAT?!" almost everyone yelled in shock.
"I believe in Master Saitama! He's a good man with a kind soul! And these monsters are my friends! If they say they've given up on destroying humans, then I believe them. I trust them all! That's why I'm staking my title as a hero on the line and siding with them!" she explained in a confident tone.
The two Class-B Heroes stared for a second before Jet Nice Girl got her voice back. "Well then...I guess that you'll lose the right to be called a he-"
"I will put my title on the line as well."
The Class-B cyborg choked on her words as the Class-S cyborg spoke up.
"I only joined the Hero Association because Master Saitama did. If you cause his expulsion, then I shall leave as well." he said in a cold tone, his eyes shining as he glared at them.
"T-Then...the Hero Association can make do-"
"I'll turn myself in!" Vaccine Woman shouted. Everyone turned to her as she stepped forward. "The Hero Association is looking for me! Why they want me so bad, I don't know! And frankly, I don't care! But if Saitama can't convince you, then I'll turn myself in to them! They can do whatever they want with me!"
The two Class-B Heroes opened their mouths...but nothing came out. They were drawing absolute blanks to her words.
"That goes double for me!" Ki declared as she stepped forward, followed by her three sisters.
Soon after, all the monsters besides Newtina and Deep Sea Queen offered to turn themselves into the Hero Association. The two heroes just gaped at them all, unable to comprehend what they were hearing. The tension mounted for a full minute before TT Girl released a heavy sigh.
"...one chance."
They girls erupted in victorious cheers at her decision while Genos merely smiled.
"You sure?" Jet Nice Girl whispered to TT Girl.
"Not really, but they weren't budging." she whispered back before turning away. "Tell Saitama that we'll be back tomorrow." she said in a louder tone as they prepared to leave.
"Wait a second!" Jet Nice Girl yelped in realization as she turned around. "Why were you on the ground earlier, Captain Mizuki?"
"Huh?" the athletic Hero blinked before realizing what they were talking about. She smiled while scratching the back of her head. "I was training and ran out of the hospital before coming here...then passed out after running non-stop." The two heroes gaped while the others laughed at her answer before they had enough and left.
-TT Girl-
The female Tank-Topper returned to the gym the rest of the Tank-Toppers hung out in, immediately catching the attention of the other Tank-Toppers.
"Welhum 'ack!" Tank-Top Al Dente mumbled through his spaghetti.
"So? What'd you find out about that faker?" Tank-Top Black Hole asked.
"He didn't do anything to you, did he?" Tank-Top Tiger growled.
"He wasn't home. The Hero Association called him in." she replied.
"HA! I bet they want to personally kick him out!" TT Black Hole laughed.
"No. They called him in regarding his promotion to Rank 1 of Class-C." she said.
"About time that fra-WHAT?!" TT Tiger's good mood vanished the moment he realized what she'd said. "YOU MEAN THAT FAKER IS ON HIS WAY TO BEING PROMOTED TO CLASS-B?!"
"I never said that." she deadpanned before leaving the room to escape the ranting raves of the Tank-Top morons. She ran her hands down her face with a huff as she sat alone. She was so tempted to just tell them everything she'd just seen. She would've too, if not for the fact that every time she thought about it, she'd see an image of everyone defending Saitama.
"One chance." she muttered to herself. "Then, I'll tell the others."
-Jet Nice Girl-
"Ah! You've returned!" said the engineer with a smile. "So, are you ready to discuss the upgrades I've been thinking up?"
"Let me see them." she said. A few glances later had her nodding with a smile. "How long will it take?"
"2-3 days tops for them all." he answered.
"Hmm. It'll have to be day after tomorrow. I've got somewhere to be tomorrow." Jet Nice Girl informed them.
"Oh? Something important?" the engineer inquired.
"You could say that." she shrugged.
-Back at the apartments-
With the two Class-B heroes gone, the rest were now left to deal with Newtina and Deep Sea Queen.
"So, we're holding them here until tomorrow?" Beast Queen asked.
"Yes." Genos said.
"And what makes you think we won't just break out of here?" Newtina scoffed.
"Simple." Ki said with a smile, her eyes holding nothing but mischief. "Because you two are bunking with us until further notice."
Newtina and Deep Sea Queen looked over her shoulder at Nori, Midori, and Kogane, their hair raising into the air as they smiled, causing the new monsters to pale in horror while instinctively covering themselves.
"No!" Sub Queen snapped while bopping the four with each of her hands. "We'll be having none of that!"
"Aww. You're no fun!" Midori whined as she rubbed her aching head.
"This one'll bunk with me tonight." Beast Queen said with a smile as she rested her hand on Newtina's shoulder.
"What about you, Deep Sea Queen?" Sub Queen asked. "You can always go back to the ocean floor."
"I advise against letting her leave." Genos spoke up.
"What's she gonna do? She knows she's no match for Saitama, so there's no point in trying anything again." Vaccine Woman deadpanned.
"Either way, the choice is yours." Sub Queen said in a gentle tone. The Deep Sea Queen merely stared at her before sighing.
"I don't know." she finally answered. "I was so sure I was the strongest creature in the world. If I were to return, It'd be in shame."
"That's because none of them would know what you faced." she said. "The only reason my people don't sneer at me is because they've seen Saitama's strength as well. It's also the reason they're ready to beg for their lives if they see Saitama again." She muttered the last part while glancing to the side.
The Deep Sea Queen managed a weak laugh at that last part before a small smile came to her face. "You mind if I bunk with you?"
"Of course." Sub Queen nodded before leading her away. The others followed her lead and walked away, with Newtina being dragged away by the Beast Queen, to their own rooms.
-The Kombu Room-
The moment the four sisters entered their room, Ki locked the door as they gathered around Midori.
"Alright. Show me what you took." Ki demanded while holding out her hand.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Midori responded innocently.
"We're not stupid. We know that there's a clump in your hair that wasn't there before." Nori pointed out. "What did you take from Saitama's room?"
"And before you try denying anything, know that if you do lie, we'll be practicing our technique on you from now until the time Saitama convinces those Heroes and monsters out there." Kogane warned, her hair raised alongside the other two. That got a yelp out of Midori before she sighed and brought a strand of her hair out, the seaweed wrapped around something.
"I remembered that Genos said about that box being mail from the Hero Association." she explained as she brought the bundle of opened mail forward. "I saw one had Saitama's name on it, so I snagged them to read. Genos said that they're like fan letters."
"Saitama's got fan letters?!" Nori practically squeeled in joy.
"Let me see! Let me see!" Kogane grinned as she and her sisters each got a few letters.
"I don't know. If he finds out we're reading these, he's gonna-"
"No one cares about you, you cowardly...cheating bastard?"
All of them turned to Midori, who was holding one of the letters before her with a stunned expression.
"W-What?" Nori asked.
"She's right." Kogane spoke next, her voice tiny and full of disbelief as she read her letter aloud. "'You filthy, credit stealing jackass!'"
They soon read more aloud, each letter as bad as the last one, or worse.
"I bet you're milking credit for the two heroes you've got under you, who I bet are being blackmailed, aren't they?!"
"I hope the Hero Association wises up and fires your ass!"
"Die, you asshole!"
"The real heroes should throttle your worthless hide!"
"WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?!" Midori roared, moments away from ripping the letters to shreds.
"This isn't fan mail. It's...hate mail!" Nori cried.
"I can't believe this." Kogane grumbled in anger before noticing one of her sisters having not said anything. She looked to ask Ki about her section, but found herself frozen at the sight.
Ki, the most mature of them, crying from the letter she was currently holding.
"That bad, huh?" the tallest of the quartret asked, gaining the other's attention.
"Ki?" Nori called up to her sister.
"To the Hero, Saitama. Thanks." she said as she showed them the letter, a smile on her face. The others read the letter as well, wondering if maybe she'd read it wrong, but slowly copied her smile as they read the same words she did. "I'm glad...someone out there knows that Saitama's a real hero."
