Tatsumaki suddenly wakes up, dazed and bloody on a floating rock debris surrounded in darkness with the only source of light which are tiny specks of light that represent stars. Coughing blood and sores that inflict all across her body, she could only crawl as her powers have been severely diminished over the concussion she has received. Tatsumaki begins to crawl forward, pulling herself up with her delicate fingertips that she has stabbed within the rock holes. She pulled her head over the tip of the rock before being blinded by an intense source of light that is shining on an individual that she swore could create an entire light show over the darkness that surrounds her. She could not pinpoint what it is, before squinting her eyes to concentrate further, even wiping the blood off her eyes to make it easier.
She could perfectly see what's in front of the shining individual, a mysterious being with a swirling gust of wind with scribbles that represent a built human. Each strand of line that represents that being is outputting a huge amount of light source, however, the shining individual is unfazed over the radiating light. Tatsumaki could not handle the light source any longer and tried to block parts of the light with her arm to see clearly over the individual before exclaiming happily.
"Bla-Blast?" As her face starts to lit up with joy and comfort.
The shining individual merely turned around over its shoulder to search for the source of the voice. As the shining individual turns around, the darkness behind the individual consumes a portion of its body to show clearly what the person looked like. As the mysterious being's light consumes the shining individual's back. A comforting yet thundered voice escapes its mouth.
"T-Tats? What are you doing here?!"
Tatsumaki could only rub her bloody eyes before staring directly at the shining individual who is slowly dimming down. The now dimmed individual has a shiny bald head that before radiated the huge amount of light source that the mysterious being is outputting. He has a lean build but with muscles that could be rivaled with Superalloy Darkshine. Parts of his outfit were torn to shreds, leaving his exposed muscles shining across the galaxy with parts of his blood white cape floating carelessly across the gust of wind that is being outputted by the mysterious being. Tatsumaki can sense the strength and justice that the individual is putting out before her realization of who the being was.
"B-Baldy? Who gave you the right to call me T...T-Tats!" Tatsumaki roared before a green glowing aura surrounds her as she begins to lift herself off the rock platform before collapsing back down.
"Tats! This is not the time to be snarky and return back befor-" Saitama retorted with a confused but worrying expression before being cut off by the mysterious being.
"Saitama! I could sense that she is very important to you!" The mysterious being questioned, "Reminds me of someone who I battled years ago that would not fight me before destroying their so-called partner!"
As the mysterious being finishes, the being lifts up the scribbled lines within him before building a hand which in an instant snaps its fingers. The shockwave of the snap shook the very surroundings around them with the rock debris that Tatsumaki is on being the first to crumble.
The mysterious being then opens up its makeshift mouth with its scribbled lines before blasting a long yellow beam towards Tatsumaki before announcing, "Saitama! This will allow you to fight me!"
Saitama, shocked, ran towards Tatsumaki at speeds that Tatsumaki couldn't see. In a race before time, Tatsuamki's perspective slowed down to the point where she could see the yellow beam heading towards her and Saitama running at full speed with a serious expression that she didn't realize he had. Time has slowed considerably, Tatusmaki could not move as her body has been paralyzed over her overuse of power. She stared directly at the yellow beam heading towards her as she contemplates that this will result in her death. As she slowly but surely blink…
Tatsumaki stood up with furniture crashing down from above around her. She was sweating profusely as she started rubbing her temple over the giant headache that she received. As she looked around, she could only lay back down realizing that she is still inside her bedroom apartment.
"Sigh, another dream," She exclaimed annoyed. "I usually just dream about the horrific experiments those scientists did on me, but this is different."
She wiped off the sweat with her arms, only to realize that she hadn't changed to her pajamas as she just collapsed to bed with her hero clothes on. She was sticky and sweaty and she knows it. Tatsumaki could only sigh over her recurring mistake of using her powers before being fully recovered. She then got off her king-size bed to put on her favourite bunny slippers and decided to just float towards the bathroom to get a well-needed bath.
As the bubbles are floating around the bathtub, Tatsumaki could only contemplate over the dream. "That Baldy was there. It's the first time I dream about him, how is this possible?" She questioned before being attacked with another headache. Rubbing her temple as she sinks a portion of her head in the water, she exclaimed. "Am I thinking of him too often? I should just ask Sitch who the person is."
As she finishes cleaning herself up, she dressed herself with her hero outfits that she has hundreds of copies of and decides to leave her apartment after grabbing an apple. Tatsumaki begins to daydream over the dream as she floats down the hallway before crashing facefirst to a tipped-over dinner table that was blocking the hallway.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Tatsumaki interrogated as she floats up to see who's behind the table.
"Good morning Tatsumaki, I am moving to my S class apartment due to the request of my Sensei," Genos replied with a content but serious face, as he was carrying two suitcases.
"Are you serious? Why didn't you just move over-night instead of now?!" Tatsumaki roared as she smashed the table with her powers to support her opinion.
"That was an unnecessary waste of the Hero Association's money," Genos replied confidently, before announcing, "And to answer your question, it is because I don't want to forget anything that my Sensei needs when he arrives at his new apartment due to him passing out shortly after dinner."
Tatusmkai could only facepalm herself. As she's giving her own comeback, she got hit with another headache. Tatsumaki knows that if she keeps arguing with this tin-can, she would not even make it to the Hero Association building before collapsing; thus, it'll just be better to ignore him for now. Not to mention, she started to respect him to a certain degree for helping her push back Psykos before King escaped with the kid.
"Whatever! Just don't get in my way next time!" Tatsumaki stated before floating past Genos. Genos replied with a nod before entering the apartment with the suitcases.
Tatsumaki enters through the automatic glass doors in the Hero Association building with her arm crossed. She floats towards the receptionist's table before lifting all the papers that the receptionist was writing on.
The receptionist begins to shake as she recognizes the green aura that surrounds her work. She slowly but surely looks up at the presence of Tatsumaki who undeniably looks annoyed right now.
"Ms. Tornado of Terror, w-w-what can I do for you today?" She stuttered, still shaking from the surprise of Tatsumaki.
"I want to see Sitch now!" Tatsumaki barked.
"I-I can't, Sitch has a scheduled meeting with an investor and I can't override his decis-" The receptionist replied haphazardly, not understanding her mistake. Before being surrounded with a green glowing aura as she was lifted off her office chair.
"Which floor?" Tatsumaki roared as she stared directly at the receptionist's teary eyes with furrowed eyebrows.
"U-Uh 27th floor Ms. Tornado of Terr-'' She wailed before being tossed back to her seat. As she looked back at Tatsumaki, Tatsumaki tossed an apple at her and exclaimed.
"That wasn't that hard is it?" Tatsumaki questioned with a now fake-like happy expression, "I'm not hungry so here's a gift for your hard work."
Tatsumaki then floated towards the elevator to confront Sitch. As the elevator doors are closing, the receptionist decides to slowly place the apple back on her desk before calling her desk phone to inform Sitch of a visitor.
"What! She's here to see me?!" Sitch gulped before turning towards the new investor and exclaiming, "Sorry, could we take a break, There's a monster in B-City that needs my fullest attention."
The investor could not even reply before Sitch ran out the door before running face-first to Tatsumaki in the hallway who was now looming above him. Sitch yelped at first before returning to his composure while fixing his tie. He looked up at Tatsumaki's eyes before asking.
"Ms. Tornado of Terror, why are you here to see me today?" Sitch questioned.
"Hey Sitch, I need you to look up a baldy for me in the hero database," Tatsumaki replied.
"Darkshine? Is it because he's planning to retire?" Sitch retorted while pulling out his phone.
"No, you idiot! Not that baldy, I need you to look up one who is called Sa-Sai?" Tatsumaki retorted angrily before floating past Sitch, "I can't remember his name, let's just ask Bearded Worker."
As Sitch slowly drags himself to keep up with Tatsumaki going to each and every room searching for Bearded Worker, he quickly texts him for his location before Tatsumaki rips out the entire Hero Association building due to her temper.
"He's in his office in 29th A!" Sitch announced, echoing the hallway with his voice.
Tatsumaki floats back down the hallway to retrieve Sitch by surrounding him with a glowing green aura as she carries him towards the elevator door.
"Hmph! You should've told me sooner!" Tatsumaki grumbled, crossing her arms as she flicked her index finger to push the elevator button that reaches the 29th floor.
As they enter Bearded Worker's office, Bearded Worker starts to pull up monitors for Tatsumaki, in order for them to finish quickly.
"Hey! Help me find a bald person with incredible strength!" Tatsumaki ordered as she immediately let go of Sitch who was still floating in the air, landing him hard on his buttocks. "His name is S...Sa-Sai?"
"Saitama aka Caped Baldy, Ms. Tornado of Terror," Bearded Worker revealed.
"Yes, that!" Tatsumaki answered as she slowly uncrossed her arms to float towards Bearded Worker's desk to see clearly at his monitors.
"I understand why you're interested in him as his strength and power is definitely high class," Bearded Worker declared, as he is pulling up Saitama's statistics and data, "For me, I was able to get eye-witness testimonies and video footage over his strength and wins," Before pulling up his data over his success in defeating the Deep Sea King, Meteor, Alien Invasion and the battle of Garou and the Monster Association.
"He destroyed that meteor? I thought Bang and Genos destroyed it," Tatsumaki questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Not quite, as Bang and Genos tried to give all the credits to Saitama but couldn't," The Bearded Worker explained as he pulled up another report, "He was responsible of defeating Garou aka The Hero Hunter, and was requested by multiple S class heroes to increase him to S class before being vetoed by Metal Knight and Amai Mask,"
"Hmph! I could've defeated Garou while sleeping if I was at 100%" Tatsumaki boasted as she laid on her back while floating.
"I understand you could but it is undeniable that Saitama is definitely a powerful hero as he hasn't received any sustainable damages during any of the fights that are on the data report," The Bearded Worker explained, as he pulled up a video footage of the front entrance of the Hero Association building.
"Although Metal Knight blocked this from sharing us, Child Emperor bypassed it and revealed the security footage," He revealed as he pointed towards the monitor signaling Tatsumaki to pay attention, "The footage shows Saitama destroying all of Metal Knight's high-class robots drones with ease, even though, the drones were classified as A-B class strength using the Hero Association physical exam test."
As Tatsumaki is staring at Saitama's confused expression through the monitor, the entire system shuts down including all the electronics in the building.
"What is the meaning of this!" Tatsumaki roared before glowing green, surrounding all the furniture in the office with a green glow, beginning to raise them to the air.
As Bearded Worker and Sitch begin to calm her down, the power comes back to the building. All the monitors in the Bearded Worker's office starts back up again as Bearded Worker starts to sit back down in his office chair relieved. As he types back up his password to continue the investigation for Tatsumaki, his eyes widen.
"N-No!" He screamed, "The video footage and most of the important data regarding Saitama has been wiped clean!"
"What!" Tatsumaki snapped, shining bright green before the entire room was encased with a green aura that Sitch and Bearded Worker recognized too quickly.
"Calm down! Ms. Tornado of Terror, I will request Child Emperor to recover the data files immediately!" Sitch pleaded while pulling out his phone to call Child Emperor.
As Tatsumaki is glowing brightly with the walls crumbling and hinges popping out, Bearded Worker knows only one way to calm her down.
"There's free candy apples in the canteen!" Bearded Worker exclaimed, "It comes once every year and if you destroy the building then it'll all be a waste!"
Tatsumaki's eyes widened as she slowly dimmed down before landing feet first on the ground. She stared at Bearded Worker's scared eyes with furrowed eyebrows before exclaiming "Hmph" and decided to just leave the room.
Sitch, still shocked, slowly got up from the ground before plopping down on the chair in front of Bearded Worker's desk. He finally placed back his phone in his pocket before looking up at Bearded Worker with a sigh.
"Is what you said about Caped Baldy true?"
"Yes, I believe he is one of the most powerful heroes in our association even though his popularity within the society is low," Bearded Worker replied confidently.
Sitch could only raise his eyebrows curiously over the confidence of his fellow staff member before being replied with a confident nod. He sighed, "If what he said is true then it is always for the better than for the worse,"
Then a loud noise exits from his pocket. Sitch pulls out his phone and answers it before slowly putting it back down.
"What is it Sitch?" Bearded Worker questioned, worryingly.
"I-I just lost another investor," Sitch groaned.
Tatsumaki angrily begins to exit the two automatic glass doors to leave the building while rubbing her temple annoyingly. Tatsumaki went to the canteen and demanded candy apples, only to be given information that there weren't any candy apples in stock. She argued with the head chef for several minutes before being hit with another headache. Due to the headache she received, she snapped at the chef and began trashing the entire kitchen and the canteen and almost leaving the entire kitchen staff dead before leaving.
"I swear I will kill Bearded Worker for his lies," Tatsumaki cursed, before collapsing on the ground with another headache. "Dammit, next time, since I'm at my limit."
As Tatsumaki got back up to her feet to exit the building, she recognized a familiar old man who was carrying two large grocery bags. The old man in question senses someone staring at him and looks up before exclaiming,
"Ah, Tatsumaki, nice to see you here on this fine evening," Bang called, with a cheery-loving expression on his face.
Tatsumaki begins to float down the long staircase from the Hero Association building before facing down Bang.
"Bang what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be living in City Z? And what's with the groceries?" Tatsumaki questioned, with her arms crossed.
"Ah these, well, I am visiting a good friend of mine and I'm paying him back for the work he has done for the world," Bang announced with a bigger smile on his face.
Tatsumaki, with eyebrows raised and curiosity entering her line of thought, raised her finger to begin asking another question before Bang cut her off.
"I could sense that you want to know who it is?" Bang replied, before giving her a candy apple from his grocery bag and reaching it out for Tatsumaki to grab.
Tatsumaki immediately swiped it off his hands before he could change his mind and exclaimed, "Y-Yeah, who is this person that gained your respect, even for you to be a maid to that person?" Tatsumaki questioned while biting the candy apple, instantaneously flipping her depressed and angry expression to a relieved and cherry one.
"It'll be best for you to follow me and find it out yourself," Bang explained while walking past Tatsumaki.
Tatsumaki, puzzled, is still holding her candy apple in confusion as she wants to know who Bang was talking about but she wondered if it'll be worth it as her headache is still giving her problems and she needs to rest. Tatsumaki floated there in a daze before she got hit back to reality and immediately turned around to see Bang had already reached the apartment building and was getting scanned.
"Hey wait up!" Tatsumaki announced, before flying towards Bang.
Author Notes:
That was another chapter done. How is quarantine going on for you guys? I hope these fanfiction stories have kept you entertained over these terrible times as I have already read most of the fanfiction stories when I'm bored. Although it kept me doing all-nighters just by reading these stories, it has kept me entertained. Some questions I want to answer regarding my first language not being English. My first language is Cantonese if you're interested.
Spoiler question: Read at Your Own Risk
I have added some foreshadowing and random predictions in this chapter and was wondering if it was obvious, perfect or non-existence (four-plus lines). You could add your own theories if you want to but there are some hidden meanings behind some of the lines.
I'm having fun so far writing this fanfiction and would like to continue doing so. So depending on my motivation right now, you could be expecting a new chapter every other day. I also want to mention this again, give me some advice or improvements, for example, lines being confusing, non-existent, trash, etc. You got to remember, this is my first fanfiction so I would love some advice if you want to give some.
That's all I got to say and I hope you'll read the next chapter.
Goosey
