"Where do we look?" Saitama asked her when they walked into her father's study. She got set down and she walked to a spot of carpet.

"Here. Look. The edge of the carpet comes up…" she said and pulled up a cleverly hidden seam in the lush carpet. Genos and Kamikaze pulled it away carefully, and Rendor was able to pull the hidden safe out with Tatsumaki's help. Bane was watching with Sweet Mask, and even the board members were there to keep taking carefully, documented notes. They were now shown her father's letter. They were astounded and floored at what it said.

"I've never heard of this 'Secret Skins' group," the first board member frowned. "But…if they are all monsters…"

"And if it's Fan Dancer that can reveal them…" the third board member said. "I mean…no one else can!"

"Hidden monsters. Right under our noses!" the second board member grimaced. "What else don't we know?"

"We just have to be more diligent," the fourth board member nodded.

"We need to remember that the phrase 'job well done' is their way of knowing who the other is," Sweet Mask said. "We have to listen for that to be said. That will reveal them."

"Do we need to break this open?" Saitama asked when Mitsumi approached the floor safe. She smiled and shook her head.

"Father and I made a game out of the code," she chuckled. "I start with none, and skip three times. I jump back two and skip four more."

"So cute!" Inichi grinned when the safe opened. Now she saw the fans and her heart raced when she took them out. She moved to an open area in the study and was quick to inspect them. What she didn't expect was for the other three fans to start vibrating. It was as though they, too, were overflowing with joy.

"The fans! They…they're moving!" she gasped.

"What?" Saitama asked and now moved to stand with her.

"I…feel…something…I think…" she frowned. Inichi was now floating over to help her sense what she needed to know.

"Can you hear them?" Fubuki asked Inichi.

"A bit…so…it does appear that they are sentient when together. Amazing! They…can help find where the other missing ones are. They were one. Now they are apart. Hmm…" Inichi frowned and tried to put the pieces together. "They…do recognize Lady Mitsumi as their new 'owner' in a sense. They are highly pleased. And…they are grateful to not be used as weapons of destruction. Oh, ah, Lady Mitsumi, please bring all the fans out."

"Okay," she nodded and set all five closed fan sets next to each other on an empty study table. He focused on them to lift them all up and cleared his throat.

"I vow, on my name of Inichi, even my human name of Junpei, that I will not inform any of the secrets you bestow to me to give to Lady Mitsumi. I understand it will be strictly to help you communicate with her to teach her through me to let her use you all effectively," Inichi said solemnly.

"Your human name was Junpei?" Rendor chuckled. Sweet Mask found himself laughing. Now the other board members figured it out and gasped with shock that they also knew who Inichi was from his human years.

"Ah. Yes…I had to do an intense vow. Just…don't say that name out loud. Let me do that to avoid confusion. I know I can trust all here with the knowledge of my old name. Hopefully," Inichi said while glancing at Zenchu's grinning form. Then Saitama came up to the fans to hold out his gloved hands to show he meant them no harm.

"My name is Saitama. I plan to marry Mitsumi. I will also guard your secrets. Three of you saw what I can do now. So, eh…I will deal the killing blows. You just tell me where to punch. Also…I don't think the blades, eh, your blades, that is, can hurt me. If you want to test it, we can," Saitama said calmly. The fans seemed to go quiet from their vibrating.

"They say no need. They already know when Lady Mitsumi tried to attack Iaian for insulting Tacki before that they cannot hurt you. You caught the blades with ease. They trust you completely," Inichi nodded. "The ones with her know how you are with her. You protect her. So they will protect you."

"Good. Also, I'd like to try doing dual attacks with her," Saitama grinned. Now the middle fan set in the group of five gave a strong vibration before going silent. Inichi was highly amused.

"We need another fan set to unlock a partner duality attack, it seems. You can fling Lady Mitsumi around with all six fan sets out with their three fan counterparts around. You can make a blade vortex with her!" Inichi blinked at this. Zenchu's jaw dropped and he whooped at this. "You could do so now with what she has, but it will be far more effective with six and more."

"Awesome! So, with you five, what can she do now?" Saitama asked. Now all five vibrated together in response.

"She can glide! As though on crane wings!" Inichi said with amazement. Then the two fan sets she used to test with before vibrated. "Ah! They said with me using her like I did to clear the land was something they never experienced before. They would like to try again at some point with all five out. But, we can wait. They know we have something else to do. Another monster to bring down. They are ready. But, Lady Mitsumi, are you ready?"

"I wanted to go over the pictures I drew for my father real quick," she said. The fans vibrated and went silent. Inichi set them back down to nod to her to gather them up. "Also, how is the restaurant?"

"Hmm…so far, everything is fine. Kamiko reports no foul play," Inichi nodded. "Same with Tsuruga."

"I just realized something. This is how Mami Ito was able to let the fans sort of move on their own around her. It's because…they can!" Mitsumi gasped with surprise. "I can handle two sets on my own just fine. But three or more? I wondered why the third one moved on its own to join the other two. I had no way to control the third one for the reflective shielding. I think, now that I know the fans are 'alive', a single fan set can easily move on its own for me now while I dance. I'll have to test it when I have the time."

"Oh! That's…amazing!" Saitama beamed.

"I'm a little creeped out by all this," Kamikaze admitted.

"I think it's good," Rendor chuckled and regarded Mitsumi. "It does make me wonder if the fans can talk to the one residing in me."

"Huh!" Mitsumi smiled at the thought. She did take out one fan set, though, to flick it out in both hands. He moved his muzzle up to one of the fans held and sniffed it. A small vibration was given in response. Then he purred rather loudly. A small back and forth of vibrations and purrs was done now.

"That was…a very interesting conversation…" Rendor said when he stood up tall again. "Apparently…the one within me never met the ones with fans. But they can communicate! They want to talk more later."

"I was able to get most of it through you, Rendor," Inichi chuckled. "Those fans knew of you. But they never met you. Intriguing!"

"I have no idea," Saitama said and threw up his hands with confusion when Kamikaze looked at him with an odd expression. Genos now had an idea and began to tap out morse code to the fans. Now the revealed fans definitely responded with vibration in the same pattern to talk.

"The fans know morse code!" Genos gaped.

"Okay, enough!" Saitama said. "This is freaking me out a bit! Let's just look over the drawings, see what kind of messed up thing we're dealing with and go kill it. I mean, we know how messed up it is, but we need more proof."

"I'm sorry…" Mitsumi grimaced and set the fans back respectfully. Now Saitama blinked and was quick to pull her close.

"I love you," he said and kissed her softly. "This is just…new for me. Much like how things happen to you that freak you out, this is something I need to get used to. Those fans will let us do something awesome together. I know this. Them being alive is just…a bit to take in right now. Let's just…a little at a time?"

"Okay," she smiled and kissed him back lovingly. "I love you, too."

Inichi paused when he sensed one of the fans now. He ran a small hand over his face and looked at Mitsumi. "You…need to go to a restroom. Now."

"Why?" she frowned. Then she coughed when a pain hit her. "What?! Ah…no! I mean…ugh…"

"Mitsumi?!" Saitama frowned.

"If you recall a female's…cycle…something that Kamiko mentioned before…" Inichi sighed hard.

"Ah…okay. Everyone be very nice to her for the next couple days!" Zenchu grimaced. "She may have been getting ready for this when the snake bit her first. Is there anything we can give her right now?"

"What's going on?!" Saitama asked.

"Saitama…we'll come back here. But…I need the bathroom. Now!" she gasped and leaned into him. "I have medicine in there. Good medicine. My room! You'll see when we get there!"

"She's on her period. Isn't she?" Fubuki winced.

"It just started. Her fans sensed it. Being around females…they know," Inichi cringed. "Of course, this would mean they know when there is a pregnancy, too. So…no pregnancy this month."

"What?!" Saitama gaped. "All those times?!"

"Recall the snake venom," Inichi said.

"Saitama!" Mitsumi snapped with irritation. Now the room went quiet with slight shock. Zenchu pursed his lips together and looked at the ground.

"Ah! Right! Your room!" Saitama said and lifted her quickly into his arms to bolt out. "Don't touch the pictures!"

"Okay," Kamikaze said with a nod. "Damn…makes me wonder how Tacki would be if she's like this…"

"Kamiko will check Mitsumi when we meet up again," Genos said. All through the elevator ride up to Mitsumi's room, she was wincing and cringing from each rolling cramp now. Saitama ran straight to her room and found the bathroom door. Luckily, nothing was touched in here. She thought of what she needed, and Inichi was able to tell Saitama exactly where to look. A bottle of water was located next for her to take the small capsules.

"What next?" Saitama asked. When she pulled out the sanitary napkins, he blinked. "Ah…what…?"

"They…catch the bleeding. I have to change it out now and then," she sighed. "I'd rather bleed than go through the pain. Wait out there so I can set one up."

"Bleeding is normal?!" he gaped and moved out of the bathroom. She chuckled before coughing from another cramp. "Why is this happening now?"

"I think…the venom sort of…made it so I didn't age a day further. So…for two years, I didn't have this," she frowned. "But…I'd rather go through this than the venom. I had forgotten…"

"Okay. How long for the medicine to kick in?" Saitama asked and cradled her close when she came back out to hug him to show everything was in place. She held up a hand for five minutes, and he nodded. "Um…you have that thing ready now? It's good?"

"Yeah. It is. And…yes…the bleeding started. It may be a bit heavy for the next three days before it lightens up after that. It only lasts about five days with me. Also…um…I'm sorry for…snapping at you…" she frowned.

"It's okay. You were in pain. I wasn't listening. I'm listening now. What else do you need?"

"I'm going to tell you something you won't like to hear," she said softly.

"Um…okay…?" he asked curiously.

"Because I'll be bleeding…I don't know if you'll…want to do anything with me. Unless it's in a bath," she said carefully. "It can get…um…messy…like that first time. Just to give you a small heads up on that…"

"Ah…craaaap…" he grimaced.

"It will just be for a few days, though," she smiled. "Once the medicine kicks in, I'll be back to normal in my usual moods. I'll just be bleeding."

"Why didn't I know about this? I mean…I was told, but…" he sighed hard.

"Well, if we have daughters, they'll go through the same thing when they come of age. It's something all of us go through as coming of age. I'm sure there's plenty of things boys go through, hmm?" she smiled.

"Ah…well…maybe…" Saitama said and rolled his eyes.

"So, you're telling me that you never had any interesting dreams?" she grinned. Now he looked at her to get her laughing at him.

"I don't wanna talk about those nights…" he grumbled to get her laughing even more before she coughed from a cramp. "Besides, those nights are over. I have you. Sooo…if we need to take a bath, then fine. As long as this isn't gonna be something I have to deal with all the time."

"Once a month, really. Unless I get pregnant," she smiled. "Although, I have heard that some women can still bleed while pregnant. It's rare, though."

"What?" Saitama gave a blank look at her to get her laughing softly.

"Okay. The medicine is working. Let me take a few more of these with me to set aside, though. Just in case," she sighed and packed up a small carry bag with more sanitary napkins and medication. "I'll need even more fan holders. Maybe I'll have Rendor make me a belt like yours to hold things…"

"We'll ask," Saitama nodded and scooped her up to carry her. "I guess I'll need to make a few adjustments for you. It's fine."

"Well…you're my first boyfriend. And I'm your first girlfriend…" she blushed. "We're both learning."

"You mean fiancée," he corrected gently and kissed her. "But, yes, let's go back to the study and look at the pictures."

"I love you so much," she sighed and pressed into him. "I don't like…being like this around you. I still feel bad for snapping at you like that earlier. You do so much for me…"

"Hey. I love you, too. You're in pain. You got my attention. I know you didn't mean it," he soothed and kissed her forehead. "You're also going through a ton of crap now. I know you're not like this. I can handle a few days of you being, eh…snippy. It won't bother me at all."

"Okay," she sighed and got kissed by him.

"If the pain comes back, tell me," he said seriously.

"It does help when I'm carried like this," she admitted. Now he looked at her and seemed to nod to himself. "On really bad days, I'd curl up into a ball and try to sleep it off."

"After we look at the pictures, you can sleep in my arms," he said calmly. "When we get to that thing for us to kill, I can wake you back up."

"I love you…" she whispered and found herself tearing up. He kissed her forehead and cradled her.

"I love you, too. Just rest," he muttered and walked with her in his arms back into the study. On seeing the others, he nodded and said, "The medicine is working. Yes, she's bleeding. We want to see the pictures. No, I'm not going to set her down unless she wants it. Being like this helps her. So, what do we have?"

"Let's see," Bane said and began to finally take the childhood pictures out of the safe to arrange them in a timeline. "It looks like they were carefully dated…"

"That would be my father," Mitsumi smiled. "Rendor? I need my belt to have pouches for the fans and…other things."

"Ah! Yes, I can help with that. Also, eh…if that medicine you have is really good…can we have some on hand for the other gals? I do love Tatsi…but…on seeing how you are when in that pain…" Rendor carefully inched around the subject with Tatsumaki being absorbed in setting up the pictures.

"I have plenty. Kamiko can help get more," Mitsumi nodded with understanding. Fubuki found herself hiding her face in her coat to laugh softly. "In fact, this place has a ton of it! Inichi?"

"Ah…yes…" the blue monster nodded. "I shall have it gathered and ready to be transported back to our residence. Of course, I shall leave some here, too."

"I need to see the pictures," she said to Saitama. He nodded and carried her over to the table. "I…remember all of these…"

"Only seven main pictures, but…the first one shows a meeting?" Sweet Mask asked. "It looks like a meeting."

"Yes. Mother wanted me to start going to political meetings with her when I turned twelve. Father always made sure I stayed with him," she nodded. "He started to teach me the truth of what everything was about."

"Why does that one look like a guy?" Saitama asked on the second one.

"Mother…tried to arrange a marriage for me when I turned fourteen. Father said no…" she said. Sweet Mask now noticed that the figure looked like him, but he was wise to say nothing. This would explain why Miu came to me directly after Etsuji's death! As well as why I was warned away by him before he died! Even Inichi applauded him on the decision and could easily agree with his thoughts. Zenchu clearly recognized the likeness, but he said nothing with his own form of cautious decision.

"That one…ah! It's the fans!" Fubuki smiled.

"Yes. When I started to learn the fan dancing at sixteen," Mitsumi acknowledged.

"Looks like another meeting," Zenchu frowned at the next picture.

"Yes. Mother was trying to get me to follow in her footsteps to take over meeting events. Father stepped in to shield me from that quickly," she nodded. "Whenever she insisted I go to an 'important event' Father refused to let me stray far from his side. He ensured I knew who each person was with their full intention of what they wanted and 'promised' to people."

"Another man…?" Saitama frowned at the fifth picture.

"Yes. When I turned seventeen, there were a lot of men trying to get my attention. One of them wouldn't leave me alone until Father forced him away. No, it wasn't the one that tormented me. But all they wanted was my beauty. Nothing else," she winced. Saitama kissed her forehead and looked at the next picture. He frowned that it was yet another random man. "Yeah. Another guy that wouldn't leave me alone. He kept sending me gifts. I actually sold a few of his things when I was running away."

"How many of his things do you have left?" Saitama asked.

"A pearl ring, a dress and a jeweled bracelet. I can sell them all now," she nodded. He glanced at Inichi to get it done.

"I will have Kianna take care of that," Inichi agreed. "When we are done here."

"Now…this last one…" Sweet Mask frowned. "That's clearly your mother and father having an argument."

"Yes. This is the picture that may have the most relevance. While mother would urge me into marriage, father always said no. I know he'd approve of Saitama, though," she chuckled and got her cheek kissed by him. "But…this was the night the fight happened. The argument. Look at the back of the picture."

"Okay…oh! You wrote down…what was said…!" Sweet Mask blinked.

"She vowed to kill him for what he did with the will and the inheritance. That she would bring an end to the Takashi family name…" Inichi said softly while reading it. "And your father responded with the simple statement that what's done is done and will never be changed. That he…knew what she was!"

"When the argument was over, Father found me crying in my room. He knew I heard it. All of it. I was so scared for him! He had me draw this out. Told me to write down everything I could on what I heard. He told me he'd keep it safe, but…I had forgotten all about it until I read his letter," she admitted.

"Your pain is gone?" Saitama asked her.

"It is," she nodded. "If not completely, it's to a point that it won't affect me. So I know I can focus again."

"Okay. We need to go hunting. I think the board members should go back to the association. It will be under five minutes for Mitsumi and I to go in and lay her out flat. Then we'll head to the restaurant," Saitama smirked confidently.

"Five minutes?" Rendor asked.

"Recall how he can punch," Kamikaze smirked to get Rendor grinning a touch wickedly. Tatsumaki seemed to roll her eyes, but she kept quiet.

"We should go to keep being witnesses," the first board member said.

"I can go with him as a representative for the Hero Association," Sweet Mask said calmly. "You four will need to be kept safe and to see if delegation of security personnel will be needed to surround the house in City L. We have the proof. We have testimony. We have everything we need to bring her down. She is clearly a monster living in human skin. I also know that if I show up to confront her, she will show instant hesitation."

"If we all go there, she'll flip her shit," Kamikaze snorted and grinned wickedly. "Besides, if there's a group of these hidden skin things out there, we need to set an example by showing that we know of them now."

"Agreed," Inichi nodded. "I will send you four back now. After that, we will we will head straight to City L."

"Fine," the fourth board member nodded. Genos was quick to walk over while the four men were sent back, and he whispered to Saitama.

"Master, I know certain things are needed for evidence. Do we keep one of the foul crates as evidence, too?" he asked.

"If you realized that Kamiko was being dissected and kept as a keepsake…would you want to keep it around?" Saitama asked with a sharp edge in his tone of warning. At this thought, Genos grimaced and cleared his throat.

"I'll take videos of it before destroying it," Genos muttered.

"Destroy the videos after they are not needed," Saitama muttered. "I want her to have as little to no memories of this event after we are done with it."

"Of course, Master," Genos said and now left quickly to incinerate the rest of the vile crates.

"We need to reach out to my uncle. Kiyoshi Takashi. It's requested in Father's letter, but I don't know his contact information," Mitsumi frowned.

"Huh. I have his number…" Sweet Mask blinked and went through his phone. "As a member of a political party, I had to call him on occasion for news and such. Hold on. I'll put him on speaker."

"Hello?!" an older man's voice called out. "Sweet Mask?! It's been some time. There's much to discuss."

"Yes, Kiyoshi. Before we get into that, I need to…have you talk to someone. Hold on…" Sweet Mask said and gestured for Mitsumi to talk.

"Uncle Kiyoshi! It's Mitsumi!" she said for him to hear her.

"Mitsumi?! What? How?" he asked.

"Father…he was murdered by Mother! I…I know everything!" she said quickly. "I'm going to be killing her at City L! She's hiding there!"

"I…that tone…you're being serious…" Kiyoshi paused in thought. "City L? Okay. I need to meet with you first. I have to. If you are reaching out to me now…how did you know to call me?"

"Father left me a letter in one of my books. I just found it…and it was written two days before he died according to the date…" she whimpered softly. He swore violently now and composed himself.

"Sweet Mask! You must bring her to me! I need to give her something and it must be done before she confronts her mother," Kiyoshi sighed with sadness.

"That's fine," Saitama said.

"Ah…who's that?" he asked.

"My fiancée, Saitama," Mitsumi said. "He's a hero in S class. And he's ranked at 3. You can even check the listings."

"Oh? Hmm…wait…what are you doing on there?!" Kiyoshi asked with shocked surprise.

"Mami Ito…she was not only a fan dancer. She was one of the last known members of the Wind Crane Clan. I…was her disciple in secret. Even I had no idea that I was secretly trained by her. I know her techniques. And I have been collecting the fans. They have accepted me," she said slowly. There was dead silence on the other side now. "Also…Saitama rescued me. He freed me from Ajito in full and killed him. Fumihiro…we had to kill him, too! He became like Mother did! He…he was lost…but we saved Himiko. Daiki is also okay. Atsuko is in custody right now. We don't really know how she is. But Fumihiro is dead."

"Fumihiro! I…okay…this is highly disturbing. As it stands, we need to meet. I'll give you my location," he said now. "Yes, you can bring your man, too. It's fine. If he protected you completely…it's fine."

"Also, I'll have friends and other heroes with me. My friends are monsters. Good ones. You may have heard of Neutral Grounds? The restaurant? That's mine," Mitsumi said with a soft chuckle.

"Ah! This is too much over the phone! Come and see me now! You're expected!" he demanded and gave over his address to Sweet Mask. The call disconnected soon after.

"The moment you are ready, we will go. There are security staff from the Hero Association arriving now to patrol the grounds and get the security measures back up to speed. I will keep a close eye on any thoughts for foul play," Inichi said calmly. "And your uncle is highly upset over everything. I can hear nothing but intense sorrow in his thoughts now. We must go to him first."

"Okay. Let's go. Pack up everything we need. Bring that last picture. We have medicine and her napkin stuff. Good. Let's go meet Uncle…what's his name?" Saitama frowned. "So bad with names…"

"Kiyoshi," Mitsumi giggled softly.

"Yeah. Him. Let's go," Saitama nodded and walked out to the elevator. Genos had just finished destroying everything with his flamethrowers before heading over to them to join them. Inichi had let him know of the conversation, and he was in full agreement.

"Okay, Uncle Kiyoshi. I want to know what you have for me," Mitsumi said with a small nod. Inichi sent a message to Lightning Max that they were leaving, but he was intent on fixing the security room. He gathered up Saitama, Mitsumi, Shenjou, Sweet Mask, Genos, Bane, Kamikaze, Fubuki, Rendor, Tatsumaki, Kianna and Zenchu to spirit away to their next location. As much as he wanted to peer into her uncle's mind, he wanted to be surprised. He decided to keep his thoughts to himself to see what would happen there.