Tank-Top Girl had arrived just outside the apartments, ready to judge Saitama and see if he was either a fraud that the public claimed he was, or the real deal like all the monsters said he is.
"I wonder where Jet Nice Girl is." she wondered aloud as she walked up to the right floor. "Probably just running late. Let's see...ah! This is his apartment." She knocked on the door, but nobody answered. She waited for a moment, but no one answered. "Don't tell me he's out again." she said with an angered frown before knocking again. "Hello? Saitama? Genos? Anyone home?!"
"Come in~"
She paused mid-knock at the unknown male's voice that came from the other side of the door.
'Was that Saitama?' she thought as she slowly opened the door. She looked inside and...
Her mind went blank at what it had just tried to register. She could only watch in numb silence as her brain slowly came to terms with what she was seeing.
Fact 1. The apartment was a lot bigger on the inside than she thought.
Fact 2. The apartment was actually one giant bedroom, seeing as the only thing she could see past the door was a giant bed that could sleep quite a lot of people.
Fact 3. The bed was currently occupied by both Captain Mizuki and the monsters she'd met yesterday when she and Jet Nice Girl went to confront Saitama.
Fact 4. Each and every one of them was nude.
Fact 5. They were all kissing, caressing, fondling, giggling, and so much more upon the oversized bed.
And fact 6. Saitama, his serious yet grinning face, was lying underneath them all.
When she pieced it together, she muttered the only conclusion that came to mind.
"It's a harem!"
"You say that like it's a bad thing." Vaccine Woman giggled from where she lay next to Saitama, a moan escaping her lips when the hero reached around her and began to massage one of her breasts. "Oooh, Saitama~"
A blush began to creep up TT Girl's face as she watched the brazen display. She shook her head vigorously and turned back towards the door.
"I'm gonna come back later!" she quickly said as she made for the open door.
SLAM!
She stopped when the door suddenly slammed closed, trapping her inside.
"H-Hey! What gives?!" she yelled as she tried to open the door.
"The door is secured, Master Saitama!" came Genos's voice from the outside.
"Thanks Genos." Saitama answered before eyeing TT Girl. "Where are you going?" he asked, his smile returning as he gestured her towards the bed with his hand. "There's plenty of room on the bed." He then spread his legs. "Like right here."
She took one look at him, the implications hitting her like a train, before she did the most logical thing in a situation like this.
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!" she hollered at the top of her lungs, her fists banging against the door to the point that her knuckles were threatening to bleed. She finally stopped when two strands of kombu wrapped around her wrists.
"Nice lungs." she heard the one called Midori giggle. "I bet she's a screamer." She was forced to face them all when the seaweed turned her whole body around, allowing them to see her terrified expression.
"TANK-TOP MAS-MMPH!" Her cry of help was muffled by another strand of seaweed gagging her.
"Such a naughty girl." Ki scolded as she got off the bed and approached the Class-B Hero, her hair replacing Midori's as she took over in restraining her. "Trying to call others here. That would be bad."
"Yeah." Kogane picked up. "The Hero Association would take us away. Or kill us."
"I don't want to go." Nori whined as she hugged Saitama's head, her breasts squishing up against his face.
"Don't worry. None of you will be going anywhere." Saitama reassured her with a smile. A smile that held a hint of malice when he turned back to the struggling hero. "None of you."
'He's not a fraud!' TT Girl thought as Ki's hair began to wrap around and her, stripping her at a slow pace for Saitama's pleasure. 'HE'S A FUCKING PERVERTED MANIAC!'
"Don't fight it, Tank-Top Girl." Mizuki cooed from her spot under Saitama's other arm. "You'll learn to love being under Master Saitama." She smiled as he gently kissed her forehead before lying down on his shoulder. "I certainly do."
"Maybe she needs a little...persuasion." Ki suggested, her hair slowly engulfing her in a familiar hairball. "May I, Master?"
"Go ahead." he said with a wave of his hand while Newtina found herself planted before Saitama's legs.
"I'll keep this spot warm until you can take over." she giggled as they watched the naked TT Girl being slowly pulled into the ball of kombu, the strands tracing up and down her body while doing so.
"MMMMMM!" she cried, tears streaming down her face before her world went dark. The moment she couldn't see anything, she felt the kombu vanish, allowing her to flail and kick. "GET OFF OF ME, YOU SICK FUCKS!" she roared as she fumbled around to get away, only to stop when she fell over and hit the floor. She quickly bolted up, her head on a swivel as she tried to understand what just happened. She winced when a ray of sunlight hit her eyes, causing her to flinch and bring her hands up to shield her eyes. "Wha...?" she muttered as she brought them down and finally got a good look at the room.
"This...is my room!" she realized as she looked around more carefully. Her room. Her stuff. Her messy bed with the sheets tossed everywhere. A massive sigh whooshed out of her when she realized what had just happened. "What a nightmare." she said as she just sat there on the floor, sweat still pouring out of her as she hugged her shivering form.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!
The pour hero nearly jumped out of her skin when her alarm went off, causing her to scramble to her feet in a panic.
"Oh! Oh...alarm." she wheezed, clutching her chest before shaking her head vigorously. "Pull it together!" she self-chastised before heading off to start her day. And what better way to start it than with a cold shower.
A cold as an iceberg shower.
-Later-
After getting herself fed and dressed, Tank-Top Girl found herself on a train heading for City-Z, the last place she wanted to go at the moment.
'Why am I going back there?' she thought, her fingers digging into her seat. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake that nightmare out of her head. Her skin crawled at the thought of being anywhere near that group of monsters. It was so bad, she could practically feel one of them grabbing her shoulder, shaking her in an attempt to...wait...
"Hey!"
"WAH!" Tank-Top Girl shrieked as she jumped in her seat, earning several stares from the other passengers. She got defensive as she looked at who was touching her, only to relax when she saw it was Jet Nice Girl. "Oh...hi."
"Sheesh! I've been trying to get your attention for a the last few minutes!" Jet Nice Girl huffed as she sat next to her.
"S-Sorry." Tank-Top Girl apologized, her head hung in embarassment, a blush creeping up her face.
"What's with you?" asked the female cyborg.
"Um...nothing?" TT Girl tried to say with a straight face.
"Then why are you blushing like mad?" JNG asked while crossing her arms over her chest. TT Girl merely squirmed in her seat, her face getting redder with every passing moment. She glanced to her left, then to her right, and finally back at Jet Nice Girl. She motioned her closer to whisper in her ear. The cyborg complied and leaned in, letting Tank-Top Girl whisper what exactly the problem was to her. The cyborg's face shifted a few times as she listened. Curious switched to shock, which switched to a dropped jaw, and finally a shudder with a blush. "Holy crap!" she whispered herself as TT Girl finished.
"And now we're heading back there to confront the baldy! And I really don't want to!" TT Girl stated while hugging herself. "No telling what he's truly like."
"With a dream like that, I'm afraid to know." Jet Nice Girl gulped. She opened her mouth to continue, only to close it when she noticed that people were still staring. "Let's talk later."
"Right." TT Girl nodded, leaving the two of them in silence for the rest of the trip.
-Abandoned District, Apartments-
"Whatdowedowhatdowedowhatdowedooooo?!" Nori rambled as she paced back and forth in the Kombu room, her hands furiously running through her hair.
"Will you calm down?" Ki grumbled.
"How can I calm down when those two heroes are gonna return?!" Nori yelled in panic. "What if they've already blabbed to the Hero Association?! What if they're bringing an army?! WHAT IF THEY BRING ALL OF CLASS-S TO OUR DOORST-"
Her rant was cut off when she was suddenly pulled into a hug.
"I'm scared too." Ki told her in a quiet voice.
Nori did nothing for a moment before hugging her sister back and softly cry. Ki sighed as she gently rubbed her back before pulling her back to see the smile on her face.
"Don't worry. Saitama'll convince them." Ki assured her. "The two heroes, and the two new monsters. I mean, Captain Mizuki and Genos are leaving after Mizuki's run to go get some crabs for a celebration for him getting into Class-B. They're not worried."
"Y-Yeah. You're right." Nori nodded as she wiped her eyes. "I'm sorry for worrying."
"Don't be." Ki said as the two hugged again, which hid her smile morphing into a frown.
'I know it's selfish to put everything on your shoulders, but don't let us down, Saitama.'
-Bang's Dojo-
Midori grunted in pain as she picked herself off the Dojo floor, her body hurting after being thrown by Bang. She was wearing a traditional martial arts Gi like Charanko, and her hair had been pulled into a ponytail to keep it out of her face.
"Your movements are sluggish." Bang spoke up, gaining her attention. She turned up to see him standing before her, hands behind his back in a relaxed stance. "Not at all like how they were during our first sparring match."
"S-Sorry, Master Bang." Midori apologized as she stood up and bowed before him.
"Is something the matter?" the old martial artist asked in concern. "You've been spacing out since you arrived."
"It's...well..." Midori sighed out, not knowing how else to word it. "The others and I may be in trouble."
"What kind of trouble?" asked the old hero. A few minutes of explaining later had Bang sighing. "Quite the problem."
"Yeah. And now we've put our freedom on the line, and Genos and Mizuki are putting their titles as heroes as well. If Saitama can't convince them, we're history." Midori finished miserably, her head hung low.
"Well, if it's a show of strength, then I sure that he'll be able to convince them easily." Bang said with a smile.
"But what if they don't care? What if they go back on their word and call anyway?!" Midori replied in a panic. "I mean, Mizuki believes in Saitama because she saw him before meeting us!" She looked back at the ground, tears forming in her eyes. "I don't know what to do." She silently sobbed as her mind ran through the worst case scenario if the two heroes ratted them out. She flinched when she felt a hand rest atop her head.
"Have faith." she heard Bang say. "After all, if he can convince a monster to give up on destruction and destroying humanity, then convincing two more heroes that they're no threat should pose no problem." She looked up at him to see him giving her a kind smile. She wiped her tears away before returning the smile.
"You're right. I'm worrying over nothing." she said.
"By the way," Chanranko spoke up from where he was scrubbing the dojo floor, an action he was forced to do for losing to Midori in a spar. "Who exactly are the heroes that found you guys out?"
"Tank-Top Girl and Jet Nice Girl." Midori answered.
Bang and Charanko said nothing as they processed the names before casting side glances at each other.
-Deep Sea Queen-
The undersea ruler groaned as she stirred awake. Her eyes fluttered open before slamming shut.
"Urghhh, what's with all the light?" she groaned as she slapped the pillow over her head.
"It's called the sun." Vaccine Woman snarked as she got dressed.
The Deep Sea Queen blinked at the purple monster for a moment before groaning as she laid back down.
"Oh yeah...I'm here on the surface." she muttered.
"Morning." Subterranean Queen greeted as she dropped something on the Deep Sea Queen's stomach. The sea monster looked down to see an oversized pair of shirt and shorts lying on her in confusion.
"What are these?" she asked as she looked up at the Sub Queen covering herself in magma, which soon hardened on her body.
"Saitama doesn't like us running around in the nude, so he asks that we cover ourselves." explained Sub Queen.
"He doesn't?" DSQ asked in surprise. She held her chin between her thumb and forefinger for a moment before turning back to them. "Is he gay?"
"Nah. He's not into dudes." Vaccine Woman answered. "He's just a decent guy."
"Just try not to hydrate yourself." Sub Queen playfully warned. "We don't have anything bigger than that."
"Must I?" the Deep Sea Queen pouted.
"You want to incur Saitama's anger?" Sub Queen asked with a smile, which shifted into a smirk when she noticed DSQ's whole body twitched before scrambling to put the clothing on.
"S-So, when does Saitama prove himself?" Deep Sea Queen asked, a nervous smile in place.
"Not much longer." Sub Queen answered before chuckling, earning a confused look from the sea monster.
"What's so funny?"
"I just remembered that Beast Queen was responsible for watching Newtina, and she and the other two are on their run." Sub Queen answered with a grin.
-Meanwhile-
"YAAAAARGH!" screamed Newtina as she tried her best to keep up with Kogane. A feat made only possible by the strand of golden kombu dragging her by the waist. "WOULD YOU SLOW DOWN ALREADY?! I CAN'T RUN ANYMORE!"
"C'mon! It's not much longer now!" Kogane called back with a laugh.
"WHY COULDN'T I RUN WITH THE OTHER TWO?! EVEN THE HUMAN IS BETTER THAN THIS!"
"That's because my hair is keeping you upright so that I'm not dragging you!" Kogane explained as she continued running. "And it's also keeping you from running off."
"SOMEBODY, HEEEEEEEEELP!" Newtina screamed, comical tears flying out of her eyes as they passed by two figures.
"...I'm scared again." TT Girl whimpered.
"Can't turn back now." Jet Nice Girl groaned as they trudged on towards Saitama's apartment. After a few more minutes of walking, the two found themselves outside his door, TT Girl's hand poised in a pre-knock position. "Well?"
"I...can't...move my arm." TT Girl whimpered, her nightmare slamming into the forefront of her mind.
"Ugh. I'll do it." Jet Nice Girl sighed before raising her arm...and letting it hang there.
"Not so easy, is it?" TT Girl muttered at her nervous companion. Jet Nice Girl opened her mouth to retort-
Click!
-before both heroes jumped back when the door suddenly opened up.
"We've been expecting you." Nori said with a smile. Her smile faded when both of them paled in terror. "What?" she asked at their expressions.
"N-NOTHING!" they both yelped with forced grins before noticing what she was wearing.
"U-Uhm...that sweatshirt..." TT Girl began, unable to draw her eyes from the 'OPPAI' sweatshirt she was wearing. Nori looked down before groaning and rubbering her eyes with one hand.
"Don't you start too." she grumbled as she shot them a glare. "It's bad enough that the others keep the shirts large enough to hide these dumb things away from me, but they somehow convinced Saitama to let me borrow this when he's not using it." Her scowl slowly faded as she looked down at the sweatshirt, the sleeves just long enough to cover her hands. "Well, at least it's warm." she sighed as she closed her eyes and brought her hands up to her face. A subtle coughed snapped her out of her thoughts before she shook her head and looked over her shoulder. "Saitama! Those two heroes are here!"
"Come in." they heard him reply. TT Girl swallowed nervously while Jet Nice Girl prepared to lash out just in case anyone tried anything. The both of them walked inside before flinching at the sight of of who inside the room. Genos was silently eating his own takoyaki from where he was sitting at the table across from Saitama, who was watching TV as he ate. Ki was lying on the floor in front of Saitama in a pair of shorts and a too-small tank-top, with Nori laying next to her and looking to be sleeping. And next to Saitama was a monster they hadn't met before. She looked to be a cross between a woman and a mosquito. Both had their focus on Saitama, who was casually eating some takoyaki as if nothing was wrong.
"There's another one!" TT Girl whispered to Jet Nice Girl not-so-subtlely, seeing as the two monsters turned their gazes towards them. Ki waved with a smile while Mosquito grew tense.
"Are they the heroes that you have to prove yourself to?" Mosquito Girl asked the bald hero, who took a moment to look over his shoulder at them.
"Yeah." he said before pointing the toothpick he was eating with at the many other boxes on his table. "Want some? It's fresh."
The two heroes slowly swapped their gazes between the hero and the takoyaki, their minds trying to work again.
"Wait, what?" Jet Nice Girl managed to say after getting her mouth moving again.
"Do you want some?" Saitama repeated. "It's too much for me, and I don't want it to go to waste." He didn't wait for an answer as he turned back to his own food and continued eating. "We can go when I'm done."
The two heroes slowly walked in and, keeping their eyes on the monsters in the room for any unwanted movements, the two each took a box and popped the top off, allowing the flavorful steam that had been building inside to escape and assualt their noses. They couldn't deny that the food smelled great, and they definitely couldn't deny that it was delicious.
"Do I smell takoyaki?"
Both heroes froze as another voice came from outside the door. They turned to see Vaccine Woman, the Subterranean Queen, and the Deep Sea Queen standing outside the door, smiles on their faces.
"I brought plenty for everyone." Mosquito Girl sai with a smile as Saitama handed them a few of the containers.
"Sorry, but-"
"Don't worry. We know." the Subterranean Queen sighed out with a smile. "Not enough room in there for all of us."
"I've never had this." Deep Sea Queen mumbled as she held up a tiny ball of takoyaki before popping it into her mouth. "Oh! It's octopus!"
"Afraid of commiting cannibalism?" Sub Queen asked with a smirk.
"Oh, shut up. Fish eat fish all the time." Deep Sea Queen grunted before eating some more.
"Tastes great, as usual." Vaccine Woman complimented.
"I thought you only ate high in fat monsters." Ki joked, causing the purple monster to sputter before glaring at her while the other two laughed.
"You know I'm gonna get you all for that, right?" Vaccine Woman threatened.
"Don't fight in here." Saitama spoke up, causing them all to shut it.
TT Girl and Jet Nice Girl still had trouble with seeing them all obey him so quickly. Then again, the slight trembling from some of them out of fear could be a big reason.
"Master Saitama! We're back!"
Everyone outside turned to see Mizuki, Kogane, and Beast Queen walking towards them all, with an exhausted Newtina still being dragged by a strand of Kogane's hair.
"Welcome back." Sub Queen greeted, her eyes drifting to Newtina. "How is she?"
"She's fine." Kogane waved her off with a smile as the female heroes looked out the door at her.
"...help...me..." she whimpered, comical tears pooling under her head.
"Did you seriously drag her the whole way?" Ki asked.
"No!" Kogane denied, her arms crossed as she turned away in a huff. "Just to keep her upright as I ran. And she stayed on her feet...most of the way." Some of the monster women couldn't help but snicker as Newtina crawled inside and actually began trying her best to hide under the table.
"I thought you hated humans." Nori yawned, having woken up but not moving from her spot on the floor.
"I do. But you all seem to listen to him." she said as she struggled to fit her tail under as well.
"Sounds like someone's had a busy day."
TT Girl and Jet Nice Girl turned back towards the door to see Midori walk in while pulling off the hat she wore to hide her hair.
"And it looks like everyone's here." she continued with a smile before noticing the food. "Where'd all that takoyaki come from?"
"I brought it." Mosquito Girl said while raising her claw.
"Dig in. There's too much for me." Saitama offered as he stuck another ball of takoyaki into his mouth.
"Thanks." Midori said before looking away nervously. "Um..."
"Something wrong?" Ki asked. Midori opened her mouth, only for a group of gasps to appear from those still outside the doorway.
"He wanted to come along after today's training. I'm sorry, Saitama." Midori apologized.
"He who?" Newtina asked. She and the others got their answer when another figure walked through the doorway.
"Forgive the sudden intrusion." Bang said with a hand raised in a small wave.
"Oh! Hey there Bang." Saitama waved. "Takoyaki?"
"Apologies. I ate before coming." he politely declined.
"I see. Well, alright then." said the bald hero before putting the lid on his empty container and standing up. "Alright. Let's get this over with."
"We will return later, Sensei." Genos stated before looking at Mizuki. "Are you ready, Captain Mizuki?"
"Yep! I'm right behind ya!" she said cheerfully before she and Genos walked out the door.
"Where are you two going?" Sub Queen asked.
"I have no doubts of Master Saitama proving himself to Jet Nice Girl and Tank-Top Girl." Genos started.
"And since we know he's gonna win, we're going out to get something for his victory dinner!" Mizuki finished with a smile. "See ya later, Master!"
"See ya." Saitama replied as he got on his boots. He and the others all began to leave for the area where he'd prove himself, only to stop when the Beast Queen noticed they were three short.
"Hey! You three coming or what?" she asked after sticking her head through the doorway of Saitama's apartment. The others joined her to see the three in question frozen where they were.
"Oh...don't mind us." Jet Nice Girl breathed out, her voice sounding as lifeless as the machinery on her body.
"We're just waiting for reality to stop being broken, that's all." Tank-Top Girl added as she wobbled on her legs.
"I'm dreaming. The third ranked Class-S hero is not out there. I'm just having a bad dream." Newtina muttered in a loop through a demented smile, her hands covering her eyes as she trembled under the table.
-Later-
After snapping the three out of their daze, the group all made it to the large area where Saitama and Genos sparred some time ago.
"Alright." Saitama said as he stood before the two heroes, with all the others on the sideline. "What am I doing?"
"Well...uhh..." Jet Nice Girl got out before looking at TT Girl with a neutral look. "I've got nothing."
"Maybe we should've thought this out on the train?" TT Girl chuckled weakly before scowling at the monsters all chuckling at her. "Oh shut up!" Everyone waited as the two heroes racked their brains for any ideas on how to see if Saitama was a fraud or not. After five minutes of pacing, Jet Nice Girl smiled and whispered to TT Girl, who nodded after she was done. "Alright! We've decided!"
"Huh?" Saitama blinked before pulling his pinky out of his nose. "You have? What am I doing?"
"Your test will consist of two parts." Jet Nice Girl announced. "The first part will have you retaking the physical exam that all candidates take when trying out for the Hero Association!"
"Okay. And the second?" Saitama asked.
"We'll tell you after we see if you can prove yourself in the first test." TT Girl explained.
"Alright! We'll do them in the order the Hero Association does, so side-to-side jumps first!" Jet Nice Girl announced as she set her internal clock to be a timer. "Ready?!"
Saitama bent over as he did during the test, his face going serious just before Jet Nice Girl called out "GO!"
Everyone watched as Saitama became a speeding blur, jumping over an imaginary line at high speed for thirty seconds straight.
"Quite fast." Bang said. "If he were this fast during our match, I believe he'd have been able to wear that helmet before I struck with the hammer."
"I can't see his legs." Midori chuckled while Nori blinked her eyes after failing to keep up with Saitama's movements. The women clapped after Saitama finished while the two heroes just stood in place, their mouths agape at the display of speed and precision.
"W-Well, that was just the first one!" Tank-Top Girl said after finally getting her marbles in order. "There's still more to do!"
"Next is the 1,500 meter run!" Jet Nice Girl called out.
"How long is that?" Vaccine Woman asked.
"Just run from here to the mountain and back!" Ki suggested.
"That will be fine!" Jet Nice Girl decided. "Ready?! GO!"
Most of them blinked as Saitama disappeared, a trail of smoke behind him as he ran for the wall of rock far in the distance, then reappeared before them in less than 5 seconds.
"Uh...okay?" Jet Nice Girl mumbled.
"Do it again! I wasn't looking!" Beast Queen laughed.
"Well, you're definitely fast." TT-Girl squeaked before shaking her head. "B-But how strong are you?! Next is weighlifting!"
"What's he supposed to lift?" Kogane asked with a tilt of her head.
"Why not just lift up a rock?" the Subterranean Queen suggested.
"Need to be a pretty big rock."
CRACK!
Everyone turned to see Saitama stabbing his hand into the ground before lifting...above him...
"Holy shit!" Jet Nice Girl.
Not much else to say when you see someone lift a chunk of earth three times as tall and five times as wide as his apartment complex. And all with one hand.
"This enough?" he called out. A slow nod came from the two heroes. "Okay." he nodded back before throwing the boulder back down from where he lifted it.
"S...Shotput?" TT Girl squeaked. Saitama reached back down at the ground, broke a rock the size of a baseball out, and hurled it towards the horizon.
"Going! Going!" Nori began.
"GONE!" Midori finished with a cheer.
"Well?" Ki asked, her arm resting on Newtina's shoulder as she looked at her, DSQ, and the two other heroes. "Has he shown enough proof as to why we listen when he says not to attack humans? Or are there any other tests?"
"I must say, I didn't quite expect that." Bang spoke up, a tiny bead of sweat on his brow. He may be an master martial artist and Class-S hero, but even he could tell when he was out of his league.
"W-Well...there was still...vertical jumping...whack-a-m-mole...and a pu-pu-punching machine test." Jet Nice Girl stammered, almost as if her robotic parts were having a malfunction.
"No moles, no machine, and if he jumps he'll go into space." Midori deadpanned.
"Why punch a machine when he could level that mountain from here?" Nori asked, her finger pointed out at the wall of rock in the distance.
"Alright! I call bullshit on that!" Tank-Top Girl yelled. "You may be strong and fast, but there's no way you can-"
Her words were cut off when Saitama appeared right in front of her, causing her to jump back in shock.
"What the-?" she began before he disappeared again. "Where'd he-"
"BEHIND YOU!" Jet Nice Girl roared in panic.
"Behind-" was all she got out as she turned around before...
DEATH
That was all that she saw in that moment. All that she felt. Her mind, her body, her soul. It could all feel it encompass her as a red gloved fist came towards her. She didn't even register as it stopped just inches from her face. Didn't blink as the wind kicked up dust all around her. All she could focus on was that fist still in front of her, as if waiting for it to finish the job. Her mind finally started to catch up to her when she felt Saitama lightly poke her forehead, a smile on his face.
"Is that enough?" he asked her. Her eyes remained focused on him for a moment before they slowly shifted towards the group standing by. Most of them were sweating where they stood, even Bang, but four weren't. Jet Nice Girl, Deep Sea Queen, and Newtina were all on the ground, the foam bubbling from their twitching mouthes indicating that they'd fainted, while Mosquito Girl violently trembled in place, her mouth hung open in a silent scream, her eyes blank. She moved her eyes away from the downed group and back to those remaining conscious as they looked up at the sky behind her. A feeling of dread washed over her as she finally got her neck muscles to move, allowing her to turn her head to look over her shoulder and...
"...What are you?!" she croaked out in a voice so tiny, you'd barely even think she'd spoke, unable to look away from the devastation in the distance.
The wall of rock that had been in the distance...was almost entirely gone. No rubble. Not even any dust. Just...gone.
"...okay. You're not a fake." she muttered as her legs gave, causing her to fall on her ass.
"Hey, you okay?" he asked in concern as he held a hand out to her. "Here. I'll help you up."
"Uh...tha-" she began as she reached for the hand, only to freeze and stare up at him in horror. She sat there and trembled for a few moments before suddenly falling over, foam coming out of her mouth as well.
"HEY!"
Bang stared down at the table he was sitting at before looking around in mild amusement and wonder. Most of the monsters were working alongside Saitama to prepare the food for his victory meal. Of course, with them all pitching in with so much, there would be quite a meal at the end.
"Good thing we moved this to the roof." Midori commented as she, her sisters, and most of the others present kept working.
The Sub Queen had used the magma within her body to craft a makeshift kitchen station on the roof, making sure not to catch anything on fire in the process, before lying down to rest and recuperate from overuse.
Beast Queen was throwing hunks of meat into the air before slashing at them, leaving them all to fall onto the table in precision pieces.
Ki, Kogane, Midori, and Nori were busy prepping rice and vegetables alongside Saitama, their hair holding the cutting knives and making clean, even cuts. Midori stopped for a moment when she heard Bang give out a light laugh.
"What's so funny, Master Bang?" she asked.
"Oh nothing. I'm just glad that you're back to normal is all." replied the old hero.
"When has she been normal?" Ki joked, earning a light elbow in the side.
"Well, during her training today, she was rather down." he explained.
"Oh!" Midori said in realization. "You mean how I was worried if Saitama hadn't convinced those two heroes."
"Exactly." Bang nodded. "I was beginning to think that Charanko may have been a challenge with how distracted you were."
"Heheh. Sorry." Midori apologized while rubbing the back of her head.
"I guess we weren't the only ones worrying, huh?" Nori muttered to Ki, who nodded with a smile. She then directed her attention to Kogane. "Were you worried?"
"Nope. Not at all." she responded as she looked away...with a pout?
"What's with you?" Midori asked.
"Nothing. I'm just fine." Kogane responded, her eyes going back to her vegetables.
As they talked, the two Queens were having their own little discussion.
"Why can't we eat this raw?" Beast Queen bemoaned as she stared at the meat that was starting to cook on the makeshift stovetop, the Subterranean Queen expelling heat from her hand underneath.
"Because humans like most of their food cooked." Sub Queen answered as she tilted her head to look up at Beast Queen. "Besides, Bang and Midori brought back fresh fish after seeing Saitama win, so we're having sushi. Isn't that raw enough for you?"
"Eh, good point." Beast Queen shrugged before noticing the Subterranean Queen's melancholy expression. "You okay?"
"Well...we're not all here. Genos and Mizuki are getting crabs, and Vaccine Woman's watching the others sleeping downstairs in our shared room."
"Huh. Didn't know you liked big parties." Beast Queen said before looking up, her expression thoughtful. "When do you think they'll wake up?"
AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
CRASH!
"...3 seconds ago." Sub Queen deadpanned.
"They sound like whenever you four do something." Saitama said, his blank gaze on them.
"Why are you looking at us?" Midori asked, her expression as flat as his.
"It's not us this time!" Nori denied, her hands and hair in the air. "See?" The others followed her example, showing that their hair wasn't anywhere near the room the screams were coming from.
"What is-" Bang started before Beast Queen raised her hand to stop him.
"Don't ask." Beast Queen sighed while Saitama began descending the steps towards the room in question.
"I'll go see what's going on. You guys keep working on the food." he said.
"Okay." he heard them all say in unison. A moment later had him walking towards an open door, the sounds of screaming and arguing coming from inside.
"Will you calm down already?!"
"SHUT UP! GET AWAY FROM ME!"
"I'm with her! Why are we here?!"
"YOU SHUT UP TOO! ALL OF YOU STAY AWAY!"
"Why are you yelling at me?! I'm on your side!"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
"What's going on in there?" Saitama muttered as he walked up to the doorway and peered inside. The first thing he noticed were occupants. Vaccine Woman was facing away from him as she stood in the doorway. Clinging to the far wall were Jet Nice Girl and Tank-Top Girl, both looking freaked out and ready to fight, but only TT Girl was blushing like crazy. On a king sized bed, which took up a good amount of space in the room, were the Deep Sea Queen, Newtina, and Mosquito Girl looking at her in a mixture of confusion and annoyance.
"What's going-"
"AAAAHHH!"
SLAM!
He hadn't even finished his sentence when Deep Sea Queen and Newtina joined Tank-Top Girl and Jet Nice Girl, all four of them pressing themselves against the wall and looking at him in terror.
"Uh...what are you doing?" Saitama asked as he watched them all sweat bullets.
"YOU!" TT Girl barked as she frantically pointed at him. "WHY ARE WE ALL IN A GIANT BED?! WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
Saitama merely stared as she rambled off her questions before his eyes slightly widened in realization.
"Where did that giant bed come from?" he asked out loud.
"That's the first thing that you ask about in this kind of situation?" Vaccine Woman deadpanned.
"I like it. It's warm." Mosquito Girl giggled as she laid down on it.
"Scary baldy. Scary baldy. Scary baldy." Newtina whimpered on repeat, tears flowing out of her eyes like twin waterfalls.
"I think they're still shaken up from your earlier display of strength." Vaccine Woman spoke up. "And honestly, after seeing it myself the first time, I can't blame them."
"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Tank-Top Girl screamed. "WHY WERE WE ALL ON THAT GIANT BED?!"
"I don't know." Saitama shrugged. "After I carried you and Mosquito Girl here, the others said they'd take care of you until you woke up. Kinda freaked us out when you all passed out."
"Oh yeah? What would you have done if you just saw someone obliterate that much earth in one strike?!" Jet Nice Girl demanded.
"I'd fight them." Saitama answered with a small smile, causing Vaccine Woman to giggle.
"To answer your question." Vaccine Woman began after she got her giggling done and was now addressing Tank-Top Girl. "You were all there because it's the only bed of that size in the whole apartment, so we put you there instead of just tossing you on the floor."
"I don't think tossing all of us on top of each other on one bed is any better." Jet Nice Girl huffed.
"Would you rather we have gone with the alternative?" the purple monster asked, arms crosse over her chest.
"Alternative?" Newtina asked.
"Going with Ki and her sisters idea of leaving you to them." Vaccine Woman explained, a smirk playing on her lips at the sight of all the woman blush up a storm and frantically shake their heads.
"Yeah, that would've been a bad idea." Saitama deadpanned more than usual.
"Hey, wait a minute." Mosquito Girl spoke. "What did you mean by 'you carried us here?'"
"You passed out, so we had to carry you here." said Vaccine Woman before pointing at TT Girl. "You were carried in his arms." She then pointed at Mosquito Girl. "And he carried you on his back."
"Oh." Mosquito Girl blinked before looking away, a tinge of pink on her cheeks. "Well, thanks."
"Sure." Saitama said before looking at the others. "Are you done hugging the wall?"
"Two are scared because they know you're not a fake. The other two are scared because they know that neither they nor anyone or anything on this planet can top you." Vaccine Woman explained while cleaning her ear with her pinky finger.
"Oh." was all he said before turning away. "Well, if everyone's alright and nobody's trying anything funny with them, then that's cool. Anyway, aside from Genos and Mizuki, everyone else is on the roof preparing some food." He cast a kind smile over his shoulder at them before continuing. "You're all free to join. There's plenty for everyone."
They all stared as he left after inviting them to join them for a friendly meal, unable to fully comprehend his actions. Actually, they were having a little trouble comprehending anything at the moment.
"Well." Vaccine Woman began after clapping her hands together. "You all are up, so I don't have to watch you all sleep anymore. See ya."
"Hold on."
The purple monster didn't look back, but stopped in the doorway, telling the others that she was listening.
"Why didn't he kill any of us?" Deep Sea Queen asked, her hand drifting to her midsection. "Even after he learned we were still alive."
"He'd probably say something about a true hero not killing those that surrender." Vaccine Woman answered with a shrug. "Anything else?"
"...Why do you all stay here?" Deep Sea Queen asked after a moment of hesitation. The others all looked at Vaccine Woman now, also curious as to why they stay. "Does he force you to live here?"
"No. We're free to leave at any time." Vaccine Woman answered in a calm and even voice.
"Then why?! Why stay under the same roof of someone that...that..." Deep Sea Queen trailed off, looking like the next word would cause her pain.
"Terrifying?" Newtina finished, earning a nod and grunt from the fish monster.
"We...have our reasons." Vaccine Woman said.
The others merely stared with raised eyebrows before TT Girl noticed the subtle shift in color of her ears.
"I'm probably gonna regret asking, but here it is." she sighed before steeling herself. "Do any of those reasons involve having feelings for Sai-"
"GET YOUR FOOD AND LEAVE!" Vaccine Woman shouted before slamming the door, leaving cracks in the frame around it. The five women in the room slowly opened their eyes after wincing from the sudden motion before glancing at each other.
"Well...that answered that question." Jet-Nice Girl coughed uncomfortably.
"But raises sooo many more." Newtina added before noticing Mosquito Girl heading for the door. "Where are you going?"
"Uh, to eat with the others?" she said like it was obvious.
"You're willingly putting yourself closer to them?!" she yelped in shock.
"If they wanted to kill you, they would've by now." she deadpanned before walking out and shutting the abused door, leaving them all in silence.
"...Should we go up there, or leave?" Jet Nice Girl asked. Tank-Top Girl opened her mouth to reply-
Grrrrrrroooooowwwwlllll!
-before a deep rumble interrupted her. The two heroes and Newtina looked over towards the Deep Sea Queen, who had a faint blush on her face before regaining her composure.
"Human or monster, both get hungry." she huffed before walking out, followed hesitantly by the others as they headed for the roof. The four stuck their heads up just enough to see what everyone else was doing, a little bit of fear in each of them.
Everyone on the roof were calmly sitting around the table and enjoying the food that had been made. Bang was smiling as Midori told Beast Queen and Sub Queen about her training, her hands moving around in practiced motions. Nori was shyly offering Saitama some sushi, who smiled as he accepted. Ki was slowly eating her food while shooting half-lidded eyes at Saitama, not caring that he didn't see. Mosquito was flying next to Kogane, wondering why the tallest monster was pouting and looking away from her.
'They look like they're actually having fun.' Tank-Top Girl thought.
'It's so strange to watch humans and monsters get along.' thought Newtina before Deep Sea Queen walked towards them, making their presence known. For a while, nobody on either side said anything, even when Newtina and the female heroes joined the fish monster. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, the Deep Sea Queen released a sigh.
"Room for us?"
-Later-
The group were now laughing as they finished the last bits of their first course, the food having been stretched thin with how many were there.
"So, the doctor's finally gonna give you that operation?" Beast Queen asked as she picked her teeth with one of her claws.
"Yep. Afterwards, I'll be able to help out in public instead of hiding all the time." Mosquito Girl answered with a giddy smile. "I'll still technically be a monster, but I won't have people screaming that when they see me."
"Which means that you can go out and serve food instead of just delivering it to us?" Sub Queen asked, earning a nod from Mosquito Girl.
"Speaking of food, where's Genos and Mizuki with those crabs?" Midori asked.
"With the number of people here, it could be a little difficult transfer them." Bang guessed out loud.
"Maybe they ran out at the store and they're trying to find some elsewhere?" said Nori.
They began to ramble off some more guesses to why Saitama's disciples were late before one in question made their presence known.
Slumping towards them from the top of the staircase was Mizuki, her head down, her arms limp, and her breath coming out in sad sighs. She merely sat down on the edge of the roof while facing them, but didn't look up.
"Hey." Beast Queen spoke up first as she sat next to her. "You okay?"
"We were starting to get worried." Kogane added.
"And where's Genos? He and you left for crabs some time ago." said Ki. Mizuki merely let out another sigh before looking up at Saitama, her eyes radiating disappointment.
"I'm sorry, Master Saitama. We failed to get the crabs." she informed.
"Really? So they were out at the store?" he replied. "Must've been a lot of people waiting on that sale. That kinda sucks."
"No. Genos-senpai and I got them from the store. But along the way..." she trailed off, her head being propped up with her hands. "They were destroyed by the bomb."
"BOMB?!"
A/N: We're leaving it there because we feel like making you all squirm. Aren't we just a buncha rotten dicks?
