Saitama was inside of Newtina's room and was sitting across from Nori, Newtina, and a monster that looked a little like Newtina, but had on a different outfit and pattern on her skin. He just sat there while the three monsters all had different expressions. Nori looked guilty, Newtina looked nervous, and the new monster looked red, her expression a mix of angry and embarrassed.
Finally, Saitama spoke.
"So what's the deal? Why'd you clone yourself, Newtina? You drink fertilizer too?"
The new monster just looked at him like he'd lost his mind while Newtina and Nori snickered.
"What are you talking about?" the monster asked.
"Sorry." Nori spoke up. "One of us drank fertilizer and split into more. I'm one of them."
"So you're not made of fertilizer then?" Saitama asked.
"No!" the monster snapped with a glare. "Are you the one called Saitama?"
"Yeah." he nodded before looking at Newtina. "Who is she, Newtina?"
"Who the fuck is Newtina?!" the monster yelled.
"Um...me?" Newtina said with a nervous smile.
"What are you talking about, Raptora?" the monster asked.
"Who's Raptora?" Nori asked.
"...Me?" Newtina repeated.
"What?" Saitama asked, earning sigh from her.
"Sorry. I didn't fully trust anyone, so I gave a fake name. My real name is Raptora." Newtina, now named Raptora, explained before gesturing to the other monster. "And this is my older sister, Reptera."
"And who exactly are you, Saitama?" Reptera demanded before growling at him. "I saw all those monsters outside. Are you keeping my sister hostage alongside them?"
"No. I-" Saitama began before she interrupted him.
"I bet you're a sick pervert who collects monsters who look like they do to do lewd things to them! That's why you're out here in the abandoned zone!" Reptera accused, making Raptora, and Nori.
"What?" Saitama asked with a confused look.
"I bet that's it! This is your little private hub of debauchery and sex, isn't it?!" she yelled while standing out of her seat.
"I wish, sister."
"SHH!"
"They'll hear us, Ki!"
All four of them looked at the door before Saitama walked over and opened it, revealing all the others listening in.
"...Hi." Midori said with a smile.
"What are you all doing?" he asked, causing them all to start giving answers at the same time. He just rubs his forehead, which caused it to shine for a moment before he raises his own voice. "One at a time!" That shut them all up as he looked at them all before stopping at the Subterranean Queen. "Why are you all out here?"
"We were curious about the monster that looked like Newtina, or Raptora as she's now calling herself, so we were listening in from outside." she explained. "To think that they were sisters."
"Well since you're all curious, come on in." Saitama said before realizing something. "Well those of you who can get through the door."
After a moment, the Beast Queen, Subterranean Queen, and Deep Sea Queen all stayed outside while the rest got inside and made themselves comfortable.
"So how exactly did this happen?" Saitama asked.
"It was shortly after I tried to talk to you earlier." Nori began.
-Earlier-
"...n...NOTHING!" Nori yelled before she took off. She ran down the stairs and just kept on running until her legs got tired, leaving her somewhere in the abandoned zone. After getting her breath back and seeing she was alone, she took a moment to calm herself...
"AAAAAHHHH! I CHOKED!"
...before screaming in frustration, tears in her eyes.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! WHY COULDN'T I GET THE WORDS OUT?!" she yelled while pulling at her hair. "I MANAGED TO ASK LAST TIME! WHY NOT THIS TIME?!"
She just stood there and yelled and screamed before breaking down into sobs as she found a little spot to curl up in.
"I'm never gonna have any alone time with Saitama!" she blubbered as she sat there and cried while hugging herself.
"Here." Newtina said while offering her a little blanket.
"Thanks." Nori sniffled before taking it and cuddling with it, the soft feeling and warmth putting her at ease a little. She smiled before her eyes opened and she looked up to see Newtina smiling down at her. "Newtina?"
"Saw you running past with a miserable look on your face." she explained before she sat next to her. "Saitama turn you down?"
"No. I didn't have the guts to ask." Nori lamented. "I just stood there like an idiot, then ran off."
"It's alright. I can tell you get nervous around your crush." said Newtina.
"Vaccine Woman doesn't have that problem and she likes him too! Ki told me that Saitama even hugged her back when she hugged him!" Nori explained before looking at the ground. "I wish I had that kind of courage."
"They didn't have the courage at first either from what I've heard. Just go at your own pace and you'll finally find the courage one day." Newtina said with confidence.
"But what if the reason he starts showing an interest isn't for us, but for our bodies?" Nori asked. "Look at the others. At my sisters!" She then lifted her large breasts up. "Look at me and these things!" she demanded before dropping them, making them bounce before gesturing to Newtina. "Look at you!"
"What about me?" Newtina asked.
"That outfit of yours is showing off almost all your skin! I've seen him take peeks at you from time to time!" she confessed.
"He...He does?" Newtina asked with a small blush and stunned look.
"Yes!" Nori confirmed.
"B-But I thought he'd be turned off by my fangs, or my tail, or that I look like the offspring of a human and a lizard!" she said, a little flustered.
"Look at the rest of the women! He's sneaking peeks at them too!" said Nori. "And not just us monsters! He's looking at Mizuki that way too! Maybe Lin Lin as well! And there was that Blizzard woman too! Did you see her?!"
"Yeah. She's the leader of all those heroes in the suits." Newtina said, an image of Fubuki coming to mind. She blushed before shaking out of it when she heard Nori sniffle, her eyes full of tears. She frowned before giving her a friendly smile and gently patting her head, making her look up at the larger monster. "But so what? She may have all those looks, but she's not as cute as you are."
"Really?" Nori asked while wiping her eyes.
"Yeah." Newtina nodded. "Don't worry about it. After all, we know Saitama isn't one to judge based on looks. He sees us as...well, like people, despite being monsters. And you're probably one of the kindest monster-"
That was all she got out before she found herself before embraced by a pair of arms and a dozen strands of kombu hair.
"Thank you." Nori said, her voice tearful and full of gratitude. Newtina was wary at first, but smiled and returned the hug.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!"
Without warning, something smashed into Nori, causing her to release Newtina before being pinned to the ground face down.
"I'm going to enjoy watching you rot from the inside-out!" Reptera said with a grin as she aimed a poison laced blade at Nori's back.
"Reptera?!" Newtina yelped in shock.
"Hey sis! Hang on! I gotta deal with this weed!" Reptera said with a friendly smile.
"That's what you think, bitch!"
Both sisters blinked before Reptera became entangled by kombu and lifted into the air.
"Wh-Hey! Let go of me!" she demanded as she tried to cut the kombu, only to have it bounce off.
"That's not going to work." Nori said as she got back to her feet, a crazed smile and look in her eyes.
"Nori! Let her go! That's my sister!" Newtina yelled, only to be entangled herself. "What are you doing?!"
"Your sister, huh?" Nori asked as she brought the two of them together. "I can see the resemblance."
"You better put me down before I-" Reptera began to say before Nori's hair tightened around her.
"You're in no position to make threats." Nori said with a glare before grinning when she had her hair start to wiggle and slither around the both of them.
"AAHH! QUIT IT!" Reptera yelled as she felt the kombu start to feel her up.
"NORI! STOP!" Raptora yelped. Both sisters were fighting while their faces went red.
"LET ME GO, YOU LITTLE PERVERTED-MMPH!"
"Would you shut up?" Nori asked before stuffing her hair into Reptera's mouth. She then slowly started push her hair down her throat, making her eyes go wide.
"NORI! CUT IT OUT ALREADY!" Raptora yelled before she managed to grab the hair tendrils that went for her mouth.
"Give me one good reason why." Nori chuckled.
"If you keep this up, then forget losing your hair! Saitama's gonna take your head!" Raptora grunted.
"WHAT?!" Nori yelled, her insane expression replaced with one full of fear as she let the two go. Taking the chance, Reptera grabbed one of her blades before cutting the hair that was in her mouth, allowing her to swallow what was there before coughing and hacking on the ground.
"You*cough* crazy plant thing!" she cursed as she and Raptora got to their feet.
"...What? Wait. What just happened?" Nori asked while rubbing her head.
"You...I'm gonna-" Reptera began as she gripped her blades.
"Hold it! Hold it!" Raptora begged, keeping her sister from attacking again. "You saw what she just did! We're no match for her! Besides, she was just hugging me!"
"With her hair?! It looked like she was about to choke the life out of you!" Reptera snapped. "And who the heck is Saitama?!"
"...Nobody?" Raptora answered with a nervous grin, which Nori matched. They slowly fell when Reptera just glared at them. "Not buying it?"
"Not a bit." she answered.
"I'm sorry." Raptora sighed before staggering to stay standing when her sister hugged her.
"...I missed you." she said, her voice sounding sad, yet joyful. "You up and disappeared weeks ago."
Raptora slowly smiled before hugging her sister back while Nori watched on with a smile of her own, thinking of her sisters as well.
"What're you smiling at?" Reptera asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Huh? Oh, nothing. Just thinking about my own sisters is all." Nori answered.
"I see." Reptera said before letting go of Raptora and looking her in the eyes. "But you still didn't answer my question. Who is Saitama?"
Nori and Raptora simply gave her nervous smiles once again.
-Present-
"After that, we brought her here, had her meet the others, and fully explained about you letting us stay here." Raptora explained before looking downcast again. "And I'm sorry for not saying my real name. I didn't exactly know who to trust at the beginning."
Saitama nodded at that while Nori sighed in relief, glad that Raptora didn't speak about Nori's feelings for him. She then looked at Saitama before squeaking in fright at the sight of him sending a tiny glare at her.
"W-What?!" she managed to say.
"Didn't I warn you of using your hair on others in such a way?" he asked, making her pupils shrink and her body to tremble in terror.
"Wait! It wasn't her fault!" Raptora spoke up. "She only retaliated because my sister attacked first!"
"I know that. Which is why this is only a warning." he said.
Suddenly, his hands blurred before pulling back, her hair now bundled up in a ball in his hands. Nori blinked before she reached up at her head and felt her hair had been shaved down to a pixie cut.
"When I say you can, you can have some fertilizer to grow it back. Got it?" he told her, making her tear up before nodding. He nodded as well before tilting his head. "Huh. Short hair looks good on you."
"Really?" Nori asked in surprise.
"Yeah." Saitama nodded before he walked towards the door. "Well, I'm gonna go on back to my place. I got to see what sales are going on." finishes Saitama.
Midori pipes up and goes, "Good. I have a friend here that needs some good old tender love and care." she says before holding up some ointment and looking at Lin Lin. "I don't think she wants you here for that."
"Of course not!" Lin Lin snapped with a blush.
"...Right." was all he said before he left.
"That's it? He just leaves us here?" Reptera asks.
"He's not our dad or our warden. We're free to come and go anytime we want." Ki answers before she and the others head for the door. "And we're going. Later." she says as the others all walk out, leaving the two sisters alone in the room.
"This has been one heck of a day." Raptora sighed before being pulled up by her sister.
"Come on. We're leaving." Reptera ordered before running out the door, with Raptora running to keep up.
"What are you doing?!" Raptora yelled as they ran, trying to get her arm free of her sister's grasp.
"I'm saving your ass is what I'm doing!" Reptera answered. "We have to get out of here before that hero kills you!"
"Would you...just...STOP!" Raptora yelled after finally pulling her arm free from her sister's grasp. "Where are we even going?!"
"We're going to a place where other monsters are gathering. It's called the Monster Association." Reptera explained, making Raptora's eyes widen.
"Th...The Monster Association?" Reptera asked.
"That's right. The same Monster Association you took off to find on your own." Raptora confirmed with a grin before pointing her thumb at herself. "And if you had stayed with me, you'd have become a member when I joined up!"
"You're...a member?" the younger sister asked, a bad feeling growing inside her.
"That's right. I was out looking for other monsters to join before I spotted you and that plant monster." Reptera said before releasing small burp and holding a hand to her stomach. "Still need to repay her for that. And that bald asshole of a hero when we all attack."
"NO! BAD IDEA!" Raptora yelped in terror while grabbing her sister's arms and shaking her.
"Whu?" was all Reptera said in confusion.
"Listen to me! You cannot, repeat, cannot, fight Saitama! He is far too strong for anyone to beat him! Even the Class-S heroes are no match for him! And I know! I've seen his strength firsthand!" Raptora ranted, her eyes wide with panic and terror.
"What are you talking about?" Reptera asked after getting her sister to let go of her. "How can you say that? Did you not see that guy? That blank face and attitude? He doesn't scream strong to me."
"That's because you haven't seen him when he's fighting." Raptora answered. "I've seen him punch a hole through a mountain without touching it!"
Her sister's eyes widened for a moment before they fell into a deadpan.
"Is he drugging you all to follow him?" she asked.
"YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!" Raptora snapped.
"I am listening. Listening to you spout utter nonsense!" Reptara snapped back. "You know as well as I do what humans think of monsters! We used to be humans ourselves!"
"I know that! I know the dangers! But...but..." Raptora began before trailing off and looking at the ground.
"But what?!" Reptera asked.
"...They're my friends. Both the monsters and Saitama." she answered.
"Friends?! With a human?! And a hero as well?!" Reptera growled while glaring at her sister.
"That's right. They're all my friends." Raptora stated firmly, meeting her sister's glare with her own.
"I thought you were the smart one, but I guess I was wrong." Reptera huffed before poking her sister in the chest. "You listen, and you listen good. Humanity's days are numbered. When the Monster Association gathers enough strength, they're going to enact their plan."
"Whatever their plan is isn't going to work." Raptora interrupted.
"You're only saying that because you haven't seen the strength of the Monster Association's Cadres." Reptera said in growing anger.
"And you're only saying they'll win because you haven't seen Saitama's strength. He could wipe out both Associations and then complain about how weak we all were." Raptora explained while swatting her sister's hand away. Reptera's response to that was to grunt in fury and run her fingers down her face before throwing them up into the air.
"Fine! Have it your way! Stay with those human huggers and that bald hero! See if I care!" she snapped before turning and storming off. She stopped when she was a good distance away before turning and yelling. "I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU TO WAKE UP AND JOIN US!" she said before she turned and continued walking.
"And I'll be waiting for you to realize your mistake." Raptora said to herself before walking away, tears starting to form in her eyes. She kept on walking before feeling like she wasn't alone. She looked up to see Nori giving her a sad look. "Nori? What are you...wait. Were you listening?" she asked, earning a nod from the short haired monster. "...How much did you see?"
"Enough." Nori answered. "I saw you two running off and wanted to apologize for...whatever I did before. I heard you two screaming and how she's a member of the Monster Association."
"Please don't tell anyone else." Raptora said while holding her hands together in a begging pose.
"I won't." Nori answered before stepping forward and giving Reptera a hug. "I hope you two can fix this."
"Me too." Reptera whimpered before getting on her knees and embracing the smaller monster. "Me too."
"Stupid stupid stupid stupid STUPID!" Reptera muttered as she continued on her way. "There's no way that humans will ever accept monsters! And having a hero as a friend?! Is she nuts?! I cannot understand why she would choose them! Why can't she understand that?! Why can't she see that...that I'm trying to save her life?" she finished in a softer tone, her face downcast and her tears running down her cheeks. "She's gonna get killed over some dumb human...and the other monsters may not listen when if I beg them to spare her. I don't know mfmffph mffph...hmm?"
BOING!
Without warning, Reptera felt herself being knocked onto her back by two large and soft things.
"What the he-" she started with a growl before flinching when she stared up at the Subterranean Queen, who was glaring down as she stood over her smaller frame, a flaming sword in one of her right hands.
"So you're a member of the Monster Association?" the Subterranean Queen asked in a growl.
"Y-Yeah. Why? Who are you?" Reptera asked.
"How long have you been a member?" the Subterranean Queen asked.
"Huh?" Reptera responded before she stared at the sword that was now aimed at her throat, the flames almost licking at her skin. "W-Wait! Hold on!"
"I'm not going to ask you again! How long have you been a member?!" the Subterranean Queen demanded.
"I-I just joined up two days ago!" Reptera hastily answered. Her eyes widened when the Subterranean Queen brought the sword before thrusting it towards her, impaling the ground next to her head, the edge of the blade knicking her cheek while the flames seared it close.
"The Monster Association killed my people. Their current home is where we used to live." the Subterranean Queen explained to the frightened monster before she pulled her sword out and sheathed it. "The only reason I'm not killing you is because your sister is my friend. But that will only go so far. Heed my words. If you value your life, you will say nothing of what you saw today to any of them. Otherwise, Saitama shall descend upon you all and personally destroy every last one of you."
The two stared at one another for a moment more before the Subterranean Queen walked away, leaving Reptera to collect her composure and make her way back to the Monster Association, her body trembling and piss dribbling down her legs the whole way.
Short chapter. Don't worry. Next chapter will hopefully make up for it.
