Pardon my grammar.
I can't help but feel that this chapter is a bit dull for some reason. Like the characters' reactions are dull.
Anyway, Sorry about the delay! Working on other stories I would like to release before Summer courses begin in June.
FIXED: Misspelled word. Point them out for me so I can correct them, if you would be so kind.
One-Punch Man - Saitama vs Genos
"It appears we have another amusing world to watch." Said the Hosts as the screen flickered black and white. "Before we start this viewing, this world may be a bit of an oddity to our guests. A world where many things come and go, so to speak."
Yang raised an eyebrow, "Not sure I understood what you just said."
Ozpin chimed in, "I believe what they meant to say, in short… Anything goes."
"You are correct. In this world, lives a man named Saitama, the One-Punch Man. A human capable of defeating nearly anything with a single punch."
Marrow scoffed, "What kind of title is One-Punch Man?"
Harriet rolled her eyes, "It's pretty self-explanatory either way if you didn't hear our Hosts."
"I'm sorry, what?" Emerald cleaned out her ears, "With just a punch?"
"Correct."
"How does that work?"
"Anything goes." Mercury shrugged and leaned back in his seat. "They did say that this world is weird."
"Right…"
"That sounds awesome!" Nora and Yang gasped in excitement. "Enough talking, let's watch!"
"Very well. Let us begin." The room darkens and the screen flickers into life.
The scene opens up to a cyborg with spiky blond hair, black sclera that pairs with his yellow irises, facing off against his 'teacher' who is none other than Saitama. A goofy looking bald young man dressed in yellow, donning a white cape and red gloves.
It'll be a friendly spar. A practice match to gauge how Genos will fare against his master.
"Which one is Saitama?" Neptune asked, looking between the cyborg and the bald young man. "I would guess the blond-haired guy. He looks strong."
"Saitama is the bald one."
"What a disappointing choice in clothes," Coco commented about his awful choice of clothes. "Could have picked a better outfit."
"Really? Him?" Yang looked surprised, "I had my money on the other one."
"Don't judge a person by their looks." Tai lectured, having to drill this into his daughter's mind multiple times in the past. "Take Qrow for an example."
"Hey!"
"Ha! Fair enough."
"Thank you for agreeing to my unreasonable request today." Genos thanks Saitama as they readily up for their sparring match.
"Well, yeah I did promise to make you my disciple…" Saitama walked a lengthy meter away from Genos to give them the necessary distance. "Is right here good?"
"Yes!"
"So, we're just having a practice bout, right?" The bald hero double-checked with his disciple. "Not fighting for real?"
"So, they're sparring." Ren quietly mused, "I wonder how this will turn out."
"Baldie will win. One punch and it's his win." Nora stuffed her face full of butter salted popcorn.
"Don't talk with your mouth full."
"Yes, that's what I have in mind." Genos's expression hardened, "But I want you to go all out, so I too will give it my all." Saitama blankly watches as Genos's entire body started to glow bright orange. His entire body was emitting intense heat, sending steam into the air. Highlights of magma colored light decorated his expanding mechanical body, warming up his system for their fight. Genos clenches his fist and slides his legs a few feet from each other, ready to blast off. "Please grant me my request."
Saitama remains where he stands, unmoving, and slumping slightly.
"He's an android?" Penny quizzically asked the Hosts. From what Penny could gather, Genos appears to be fully metallic, save for his face and hair which could be artificial.
"That is Genos. A cyborg. A majority of his body has undergone cybernetic enhancements."
"Just like you," Qrow whispered to Ironwood. "Seems like he got the better upgrade than you Atlesian can ever come up with."
Ironwood eyed his colleague, "We'll see soon."
"Oh my." Pietro rubbed his chin, "That is quite an extensive amount of body modification. Perhaps it was out of necessity."
Mercury rubbed his neck, wondering what it's like having a near-full metal body. The one on-screen was more robot than human. "Sheesh, and I thought I had it bad."
"We'll be slowing the viewing a bit at certain parts for our audience to actually see what is occurring."
"They can't be going that fast." Marrow glanced at Harriet, "If I can keep track of Harriet, this shouldn't be much of a problem."
Genos's shoulder rocket boosters kicked into life into a blazing eruption of flames. Pillars of condensed firestorm coats the entire valley in orange before unleashing a blinding burst of an explosion as Genos rocket towards Saitama, melting the earth behind him in the process.
The seemingly unstoppable force that is Genos tore through the air at speeds many could not react. Despite standing there like a lost fool, Saitama is far from one of those people. The man of one punch bent his knees roughly 90 degrees back and dodge Genos's flying kick within less of a second. The field around them kicked up a storm with chunks of rocks and clouds of dust tossed into the air, yet neither combatants were fazed by that.
Everyone blinked twice at just how sudden Saitama dodged Genos attack.
"Now, that's a kick," Mercury said in awe. "I would kill for jet boosters to be installed on mines."
Clover has his full attention on the screen. "He must have an extremely strong body to suddenly bend on his legs like that." He doubts anyone here can perform the same dodge Saitama just did without falling over. "And within a split of a second, none too late."
Genos reexamined his options as he zooms past Saitama, stopping his rocket boosters and blasting off his hand cannons to stop his momentum. Turning his entire body, Genos continued to fire a burst of his armaments and spun in the air to deliver a fierce spin kick that was nonchalantly dodged by Saitama.
Seeing that his attack failed, Genos shot off to the side while Saitama smiled in anticipation.
"Holy crap, nice usage of velocity on the kicks."
"You're starting to creep me out, Merc." Emerald hit her partner on the shoulder. "Don't start taking your arms off for robotic ones. I won't be your surgeon."
Mercury snorted, "I wouldn't trust you to be my surgeon."
Cinder ignored her underlings' bickering and continued to watch the spar with curiosity.
The cyborg zipped around the desolate terrain, using the explosive burst of his hand cannons to guide his way. He made several turns before blasting into the sky with a spectacular discharge of his armaments, leaving a molten crater in his wake. Soaring high into the sky, Genos hoisted one of his legs into the air, arcs of electricity dancing around them. Activating his jet booster, Genos barreled towards Saitama with an axe kick.
Emerald had to cover Mercury's mouth to prevent him from filing any more compliments.
"Kick addict." She muttered.
Just as the kick was meters away from making direct contact with Saitama, the bald superhero blurred out of view, in time to dodge the devastating impact of Genos's kick that leveled the entire area into the air, along with Saitama who decided to ride the current.
"Whoa! Where did he go?!" Ruby squeaked, "Did he teleported?"
"No. Saitama can be move quicker than what a person's mind and eyes can perceive."
"He's faster than me." Harriet's eyes widen, "Barely caught a glimpse of him before he took off."
"Hard not to see why." Vine said calmly, "Each of his attacks is like an explosion going off. What strength."
Elm nodded, "Puts me to shame."
From the debris still continuing their flight to the plethora of smoke and dust where Genos landed, Saitama surveyed the area high in the sky, quickly noticing a bright orange light that was building up from the smokey crater. A large beam of intensive heat shot towards Saitama from Genos's hand cannon that now had its full armaments displayed.
Saitama blurred between the rocks still flying into the air, vanishing from sight as the concentrated beam punch through the cliffs, destroying whatever was unfortunate enough to be around the area. The intense orange light quickly died down with the laser beam, reverting the area back to normal color.
"That was close…" Saitama said with concern. He landed down onto the still brunt ground that's partially alight with embers. "My clothes could have got burn up again."
"I would be more concern about getting cremated than worry about my clothes burning," Yatsuhashi said bluntly. "No offense, Coco."
"Hey! Even I know people have to be alive to enjoy fashion."
"Whoooooa! Did you see how many weapons were put into his arms?!" Ruby squealed, "And the giant laser beam! It went vhooooosh!"
"We saw, Ruby." Weiss cautiously answered her team leader, hoping the crimson reaper doesn't get any outlandish ideas in 'upgrading' her weapon.
Behind the bald superhero, Genos still had his weapons trained on Saitama, but acknowledge that even at this range, he won't be able to land a single hit on his master. Collapsing his hand cannon, he breathed out a large puff of smoke and began kicking his system into overdrive, sparks of electricity arcing around his entire body.
'I need more speed!' He slammed his hand onto the ember ground. His arms crackling with electricity, highlights glowing brightly than before.
Genos started levitating. Immense heat flowed out of his hand into a steady stream of lightning, roaring pillars of flame from his shoulder, taking the cyborg a few feet off the ground. In a blink of an eye, Genos flitted through the area at speeds that most cannot perceive.
The speed in which Genos was going ripped the air and ground, forcing Saitama to effortlessly match it.
Sun gulped, "I thought you said you're slowing down the viewing."
"Apologies. Our perception works against us at times. Let us readjust the speed."
The two covered the vast valley with blistering speed, taking to the air for a quick dogfight with Saitama not bothering to strike out against his disciple. Instead, Saitama prefers to dodge all of Genos attack that streak by in billows.
After evading several of Genos attack, Saitama dived down towards the ground while being pursued by his disciple. Each time the two crossed paths, the ground explodes from the impact, ripping chunks of rocks from the ground. Their spar continued to the cliffs, with Genos letting out a short battlecry as he overclocks his arms for a barrage of punches.
Explosions after explosions.
The cliffsides suddenly found itself with numerous craters made from the blistering barrage of punches as Genos tried to keep up with his master, barely even nicking his white cape. The endless destruction continued to snake through the cliffsides, turning rocks into dust.
"Holy. Shit." Yang's jaws dropped. "Look at him go."
Everyone was too stunned to make a statement, save for a few. Even Glynda and Tai, who would normally rebuke her for using such foul language, didn't even acknowledge anything that was in the theater room.
"So fast!" Harriet blinked, trying to keep up. Her semblance allows her to move very fast, and that requires good perception least she trips or slams into something. The speed at which Genos is going is too much even for her.
Penny's eyes dilated, trying to analyze Genos's attack. "His punches are like that of a fully automated weapon with the destruction of compacted explosions."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Nora flailed her arms around, trying to mimic the explosion from Genos's punches. "Haha! So many explosions!"
The barrage of obliteration ceased when Genos discovered that he was punching at nothing. Wherever his master is, he's definitely not in the blacken cliff cavity he just made.
'He's gone?! Have I been chasing his afterimage this whole time?'
"Are you sure you didn't punch him out of existence?" Raven sarcastically and fearfully asked.
"I think he already did..." Vernal mumbled.
Genos turned his head and activated cybernetic eyes to scan the entire area. His yellow crosshair surveyed the valley while his interface status had Saitama listed as 'Target Lost' until finally catching a glimpse of a figure running miles away. A quick biological analysis and reaction listed the figure as Saitama.
'There!' He instantly locked onto his target and chased after his master.
Pietro hummed, "A targeting and bioanalysis assistant interface. The latter has yet to be developed as profound as his. I wonder who designed and created this technology."
"Can that be replicated, Doctor Pietro?" Ironwood asked the scientist.
"At our current state, I'm not sure. It'll require a lot of research and testing."
Saitama 'jogged' through the rocky terrain, arms and legs slightly blurring. If he were really trying to escape, Genos wouldn't be able to catch up at full power. Lo and behold, Genos immediately caught up to him with his jet boosters, landing in front of Saitama and prevented him from going any further. The bald superhero slowed to a skittering half, enough time for Genos to clasp his hands together to launch a powerful attack.
Mechanical sounds vibrated the air around him as his arm cannons merged together and extended all of its arsenals with glowing, dangerous-looking gun barrels and energy generators.
"No way!" Ruby gasped upon seeing them, "I need that on my baby!"
"Incinerate!" The air suddenly lit alight. An enormous roaring blast of flame immediately encompassed the half of the valley; cremating and melting everything in a blazing inferno.
Team RWBY and JNPR numbly snapped their heads towards Nora and Ruby, respectively. "You are not outfitting your weapons with anything remotely similar to that!"
"What? Why?!" The two wailed in protest.
Glynda leaned closer to Ironwood and Ozpin and whispered, "Should we start drafting weapon restrictions?"
"I'm tempted to say yes to that…" Ozpin said as he readjusted his spectacles. "If it exists."
Ironwood nodded, "Agreed."
'I got him this time.' Genos continued to keep up his intense blast, knowing that Saitama wouldn't go down that easy. 'Master will have to take me more seriously now…'
Vernal leaned back on her seat, swearing she can feel the immense heat from the screen. "Is he sparring or trying to kill him?"
"Why not both?" Roman numbly replied, "Unless that guy can take an attack like that…"
"Did someone turn up the heat?" Neo's sign read, "It's coming from the screen."
A red gloved hand reached out from behind him and gently pat Genos's shoulder, forcing him to turn around.
'Behind -!' Genos found his left cheek playfully squished by Saitama as he turned around.
"Okay, I win." Saitama cheerfully declared.
"He's not taking this seriously, which says a lot." Clover mused.
Qrow and Robin nodded, "No kidding."
"I can't even see traces of confidence in his eyes." Cinder frowned, "No arrogance… Only carefreeness. What a strange man. I suppose having power beyond his disciple leaves a lot of room for him to be laidback."
"I keep forgetting that this is a sparring match and not a deathmatch," Emerald muttered.
Genos immediately swung his fist, punching the air where Saitama was standing just a second ago. The cyborg briefly paused, trying to determine where Saitama was before faintly detecting him landing behind him, flailing around to regain his balance from his landing.
"Master."
"Yah?"
"Have you forgotten the rules of the bout?" The camera pans out to the decimated valley, showcasing their destructive powers had on the battlefield. "Dodge any attack you can dodge. Take it seriously, and no fooling around. Do not hold back." It cuts to Saitama looking at Genos blankly, mouth lazily agape. "And… Keep fighting until I am no longer able to fight."
"Fight till you can't move, huh?" Qrow took a small sip from his flask, "Certainly brings me back." It was brutal training like that which makes them stand out among the students back when he and Raven were students of Beacon. "Can't say it was pleasant."
Clover raised an eyebrow, "That so?"
"Eh. Old stuff. Made me a great huntsman at least."
Several scenes replayed in Genos mind of Saitama effortlessly dispatching his enemies. One of them had a naked Saitama splattering blood all over a building after obliterating a monster, another had Saitama extremely disappointed at just how easy he killed them. 'Even master Saitama himself cannot explain. The secret to his power…' The scene returns to the present day with Saitama, crossing his arms and tilting his head slightly. 'This fight may give me some insight into it.'
"My eyes!" Sun cried out, rubbing his eyes.
"I did not need to see that," Qrow grumbled and downed his entire flask.
Yang and Weiss quickly scrambled to cover Ruby and Oscar's eyes.
"A little bit of warning would be nice for the young and innocent." Weiss snapped at the Hosts.
"Yeah."
Raven snorted, "Let them grow up. They shouldn't be 'innocent' after watching several bloody viewings."
"Quiet, mom."
"Raven, come on." Tai disapprovingly eyed his former wife.
Genos's body started glowing, emitting a faint aura around his metal body. "Show me no mercy." His master continued to stand there; arms crossed. However, he tensed his foot, ready to move the. "Those were the rules, Master—"
In an instant, Saitama appeared in front of Genos startling the cyborg. Instinctively moving back, Genos used the small distance to kick his leg out but acted too slow. Already was Saitama behind him, making a fist and pulling his arm back to deliver a punch.
"Fast!" Marrow couldn't help but exclaim.
"And he's finally attacking instead of dodging." Said Robin.
Time seemed to slow down for Genos as he glanced back, "What the -?!"
The character death was painted red in front of Genos in the form of Saitama's fist, jetting towards him at a speed his cybernetic enhanced mind can only process seconds late.
But Saitama's punch stopped short from Genos's face, intentionally falling short of punching range. As he stopped, the wind finally caught up to his punching motion, surging towards the direction Saitama was punching like a tidal wave. Condensed dust and air particles swept up with the flow, pillaring out like a stream of an air blast. The air howled and fluctuated, caused by the tsunamic gust of wind that stems from Saitama's punch, finally ending after a good moment.
As the dust settles, Saitama lowered his arm and gently rap Genos's forehead with his knuckle. "I'm starving. Time for lunch." He bounced away with his two feet, leaving Genos stunned on the spot. "Let's grab some udon noodles."
There was a moment of silence before Yang jumped from her seat. "What a punch! How did he drag that much air with him on his punches?!"
"I would hate to see what would happen if that punch actually connected with someone." Ren shivered.
"No kidding." Jaune gulped, "That's like… Erased from the planes of existence."
"I can see why he's called One-Punch Man…" Said Pyrrha.
"That. Was. Awesome!" Nora cheered.
Genos stood where he was, hair ruffled from the gust of wind. His mouth was slightly open still trying to come to terms what had happened. All he managed to say was one word.
"Okay…" He watched his master happily marched away.
Roman couldn't help but take a jab at Genos. "Not so cocky, now are you?"
"Oh, hush you." Maria pointed her cane at Roman. "As if you would be any better against him."
Cinder smirked at Maria's retort. There's something about the old lady that just amuses her when she handles the others with her wisecrack.
'I am prepared to do anything in order to become stronger.' Genos slowly glanced behind him. 'But…' His eyes widen slightly. 'I can't picture myself even approaching master's power.'
What was left of the large landscape behind him? A very large gorge.
The audience went silent. Every single one of them froze for a second upon seeing the impact Saitama made without even being near the landscape. All of them were pretty certain there were kilometers of solid rocks and hard minerals that was behind Genos, now it's all gone.
"Guys. There was something behind him earlier, right?" Jaune asked everybody around him.
Ren numbly nodded, "Yes."
"I'm pretty sure there was."
Jaune continued, "And now it's gone, right?"
"Yup. It's gone." Yang closed her jaws and shook her head. "Completely gone. Cleaned off gone."
'Not at all…'
The screen darkens and the lights return to the room.
"Hang on a minute!" Coco raised a hand, "Wait, wait. Let me just gather my thoughts on what had happened."
"Is this what looking up to power creep feels like?" Neptune questioned himself, feeling significantly small. It wasn't just him, some of the powerhouses of the audience felt the same thing. They may be able to do some impressive feats, but none of it can match up to what Saitama just did.
"Some time to gather our thoughts would be nice." Weiss nodded, glancing over when she felt a slight tug on her sleeves. It was Oscar. "Something wrong?"
Oscar pointed to Ruby, who's hand flitted across her drawing paper that would put her own semblance to shame. "Are you going to stop her?"
"Ruby! What did we say?!"
"You're not stopping your team leader from upgrading her weapons!"
"And me as well!" Nora unhelpfully jumped in.
"Very well. A brief break before we start out next viewing." The Hosts left the audience to their own device as Team RWBY and JNPR struggled with their respective team members.
The Raid 2 – Rama vs Hammer girl and Baseball Bat man
Another unexpected winner for the next chapters lottery.
Pardon my grammar.
