02 How it Started
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3 years ago~
"Ahhhh!!!! Another weird being appeared! Let's run away!" A shrill cry coming from a suited man.
As soon as the weird humanoid crab walk along the street, the people was strewn in chaos. Everyone, running for their lives from the crab monster. After all no one wants to die don't they?
"Kyaaaaaaaa!"
"Its a monster!!!"
"My bag!" A woman cried out as her bag, obviously, slipped in her arms because of the sudden panic.
"Forget it, let's just run!"
A schoolgirl fainted, "Miss, are you alright?!"
"Let's carry her!" a passing good samaritan helped on carrying her away from the carnage.
Everyone had already vacated the immediate area.
"Blub blub blub blub lol, how pathetic."
Well except for one person.
"Blub blub blub blub. Aren't you going to run like the others?"
The black spiky haired man just stared at him with lifeless eyes.
"From what I can see, I'd say that your a newly employed salaryman." The humanoid crustacean said.
"I am the great crabrante! And I look like this because I ate too many crabs that I went under a metamorphosis. Why haven't you started running. Do you want to die or something? Am I right or what?" he peers down at him with his googly eyes.
The man only continued to stare at him blankly.
"Yes, except for one thing. I'm not employed, I'm actually on a job hunt, this morning I just had a job interview but I got rejected. Now it feels like nothing matters anymore."
He continued "I don't really feel like running now that the great crabrante appeared. So, what happens if I don't run away from you?"
The question hanged in the air and the crab just smiled creepily.
"I'll let you off this time as a fellow guy with lifeless eyes. Besides your not my prey."
The giant crab left him be, walking away from the suited man.
"I am after a brat with a cleft chin and when I see him I'm going to cut him to pieces blub blub blub blub lol."
The well dressed man just stared ahead and shrug, walking away as if nothing really happened.
"SAITAMAAAAAA-NIIIIIIII!!!!!" a girl at the age of 12 came running straight towards the man in an admittedly fast phase, her long black hair in two low pigtails trailing after her like a miasma of black fog.
The newly introduced Saitama just stared and prepared from the impending tackle hug he is going to receive from his beloved sister. The tackle hug came as expected, even if he braced himself they both toppled over the street in a heap.
"Oof."
"Oh,sorrybrother.Iwasjustworriedaboutyou,thecrabcamethiswayright?Areyoualright?Didithurtyou?IswearifhedidI'mgoingtomakehimintoacrabsoupthenfeedittothe-"
"Haku, breathe." He stated calmly, prepping himself up in a sitting position, his sister still hugging him.
'Man, I can't believe I just thought of dying earlier, who else would take care of her if I'm gone. I shouldn't be so selfish, Kaa-san entrusted her to me, she is my responsibility and only family after all.'
Saitama hugged his sister, patting her back in the process, calming her down.
"Don't worry nii-san is here, your not alone, didn't I promised that I won't leave you?" He softly whispered.
"Ahmmm... Can you get off of me now?" The girl didn't answer, just continued burying her face into his neck even further and tightening her hold.
He sighed. "I guess it can't be help, let's go home shall we." He stood up, carrying his sister, bracing his arms to her thighs to keep her up. Unknowingly, he didn't notice the sweet smile his sister gave to him, she just knows that he would be keeping his promise from now on.
"Ahh, Sai-nii why didn't the crab attack you?" Haku ask her brother.
"Would you like it to?" he ask jokingly.
"No, of course not! Just asking since he tried to attack me earlier."
"It what!!!" the suited man blanched.
"Don't worry I'm unharmed. I just catapulted above it." she said reassuringly.
"But it just-"
"Nii-san calm down, I'm fine. Besides, I think he was going for the annoying shrilly guy who happens to be in front of me."
The man sags, "Oh, is that so."
"Yeah."
They lapsed into silence once again.
"Nii-san, aren't you going to tell me why the crab let you go?"
"Ahmmm..."
"Well?" Haku lifted her face to give her brother a questioning look.
"Ahhh... The crab let me go because he said that he sees himself in me." Well, that was technically true.
"Ahuh... And I'll believe that because?"
"I'm your brother."
"I don't believe you." She stated flatly.
"Can't you just-" He tried to defend himself but only to be interrupted.
"So, what happened to the job interview?"
He is very thankful for the change of subject, even if the very subject depress him. Better him than her.
"Ahh... About that I was rejected again. But don't worry, your Nii-san will find a job and support your schooling imouto." He said with conviction.
"Ahmmm... About that Sai-nii, you don't have to worry."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I mean, I have been hired to a new job. But don't worry it won't interfere with my studies, it's basically just being a food tester for sweets meant for kids. In every response to the product, I'll get ¥150, 000. Isn't that great?"
"Yeah, yeah I guess so." A depressed cloud loom above his head at the thought of his sister getting a job, while he still haven't found any.
"And there's also a cosplay convention me and my friends are going to partake in, they said they would enter me as Hatsune Miku, the dark version since I already look like her according to them."
"Aren't your friends all boys?" he ask suspiciously.
"Yeah, is there something wrong?" The girl just gave him a confused look at that.
'I know what those boys are planning, they just want to see my cute little sister in a cute outfit.'
He just look exasperatedly at his sister.
'Why does she have to be so smart yet so dense in those things! I guess it's what kept her innocent this whole time.'
"Earth to Sai-nii, earth to Sai-nii, can you here me?" He was jostled from his thoughts by the insistent hand waving on his face.
"Sai-nii, you don't have to be depressed that you don't have a job, I'm here. You don't have to shoulder it alone, I can always help you ya know."
Haku stared at her brother intensely as if challenging him that if he disagreed he would be so stupid. And he doesn't want to be called stupid so, he shut up.
"Haa, Sai-nii is it the reason why you didn't run away from the ugly crab?"
He looks away and didn't answer, knowing his sister has already got the picture of things. Sometimes he wished that she wasn't so perceptive, it would certainly make his life a lot easier.
Moments later~
'Brat with a cleft chin'
'Cut him to pieces'
Those words kept ringing and ringing in his head as he stare at the not so cute boy with the ridiculous cleft chin playing with a soccer ball.
"Ah, nii-san is something the matter with him?" the girl he is still carrying ask him.
"Ahmmmm..." The girl leaned closer and whispered.
"I know that his chin is interesting, but can you please stop looking at it. He might take it as an insult."
"H-hey it's not tha-" what's with him getting interrupted today.
"What are you looking at?" The boy asked, he had noticed that the man kept on staring at him funnily (is he mocking him, he knows that his chin is interesting to look at, but why does he do it so obviously and gaping) and he also noticed that the man was carrying a cute girl, is he kidnapping her? (So that must be the reason why he is staring, he doesn't want witnesses that he kidnap the cute girl)
"Hey kid, did you happen to come across a crab person?" Saitama ask while putting down his sister to the ground, getting a confused look from the said girl.
"Eh? Him? I draw nipples on him with permanent markers while he was sleeping in the park. What of it?"
'IT'S REALLY HIM!' His face considerably paled at the thought.
Maybe I can hide him somewhere whilst I still have time. But that could be dangerous, should I leave him to his faith?'
"Huh?"
'But man, this kid is not cute at all, that thing isn't a cleft chin, it's more of a butt chin. Anyway, who cares I've already told myself that I don't give a damn anymore.' He look at his sister. 'Aside from her.'
"Nii-san the-" His thoughts was interrupted when a giant shadow loom over him.
"FOUND YOU!" He didn't know why but his body move on it's own, diving towards the kid and saving him.
"HAH!"
"NII-SAN!"
"Kid ran away! the crab's after you!"
"But my soccer ball." The boy pointed at the round object which is near the crab.
"FORGET THE DAMN BALL AND RUN ALREADY! DO YOU WANNA DIE OR WHAT?!" He tried to reason to the kid but he won't move.
"Hey you. What are you doing? Don't tell me your trying to save that little shit." The crab step forward.
"Wait, wait think about this crab. Your going to kill this kid because of a stupid child's prank. Come on man, think it over."
"Blub LOL, to late. I've already butchered some on the way here. And I will kill anyone who makes fun of my appearance blub blub blub blub lol."
And the crab became hysterical.
"Look at what that shit, did to my gorgeous body, he drew nipples on it! What's more he drew it with a permanent marker! And I can't really scratch that hard with this claws!"
The crab pointed at him with his pinchers.
"I HAVE NO MERCY FOR HIM YOU HEAR ME! AND IF YOU GET IN MY WAY YOU WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GO JOB HUNTING AGAIN!"
As the crab finished his spiel, Haku immediately stand right in front of his brother, arms spread wide open.
"If you dare lay one claw on my brother your going to turn you into crab soup and I'll feed it to the needy. Hopefully, you'd taste better than you look." She taunted.
"Why you-"
"Hehehehe" at the ridiculousness of her threat, Saitama started to laugh. Not once worrying about his sister, since she could follow through every threat that she makes, and besides she has that ability.
"Hahahahahahaha" The spiky haired man just continued to laugh at the situation and that he also remembered something funny.
"Why the hell are you laughing?!"
"Nii-san?"
"Sorry, it just came to me that you look just like the villain in an anime I used to watch as a kid." The crab stared at him blankly and in one swift motion he swung one giant pincher to the laughing man, causing him to fly across the playground
"NII-SAN!" The crab turned to the girl.
"Well aren't you going to turn me into a soup? Blub blub blub blub lol."
"Why you!" In a spur of the moment, Haku wasn't calm this time, knowing that her brother got hurt. Nobody just hurts her family and walks away with it, not if she says so.
A moment later she was already right in front of the crab, dodging in time for the incoming pincher attack and when the crab arm was still extended to the ground, she initiated her attack.
She kick where it really hurts, decided that the crab in front of her used to be a man and seemed to retain that one part.
So kicked him in the balls. Hard.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!"
At that the crab fell to his knees rolling in the sheer pain of it all.
"I'll g-get you for this!"
She scoffed, "Yeah right."
Haku turned her back from her opponent and quickly scramble towards her brother, but before she could get away, "Watch out!" she was suddenly above ground and flying.
As she, flew she saw strands of black hair and saw her hair tie along with a lot of chopped hair. A thought came to her at the sight of it.
'How am I going to cosplay now that I have short hair, surely buying a long wig would be pricey.'
She righted herself to a tuck and roll in order to soften the landing. Good thing that she takes gymnastics.
The crab now stand in front of the petrified boy one claw raised above his head, preparing to crush the boy with it.
Bonk.
A rock hit the great crabrante's head stopping him. He turned around to look at the beaten and bloodied Saitama, and he seems to be pretty pissed off at him.
"Hold it right there. Do you think I would forgive you for hurting my sister?!"
"Ahmmm... I'm alright I used a-"
"Quiet you! I can't just sit back and watch a kid get killed in this age of declining birth rates. You know, I just recalled something, when I was a kid I never dreamed to be a salaryman, what I've always dreamed that is to become a Hero!" He stood up and took his neck tie off. "A hero, that can defeat the stereotypical villains like you..." He stood up and clench his fist.
"With just One Punch!" Saitama threw his suit overhead in a very shounen-esk fashion that looks totally cool.
"I'M DONE WITH JOB HUNTING! COME AT ME CRAB!" then the man ran towards his opponent with valiant determination.
SMASH!
Only to be smack right after with a hard claw.
"You! A hero?! Don't make me laugh! You don't stand a chance against me!"
"NII-SAN!" The younger sibling was about to step in, but her brother stopped her with a look.
And before the crab knew it, Saitama's necktie was slung over Crabrante's one googly right eye.
And with one mighty pull, the crab's insides were gushing out of his eye socket and a rain of crab juice covered the ground.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" With the crab down, there was a still silence only with the sound of the beaten man's panting.
"That was, that was-" the boy spoke up.
"Awesome! Nii-san that was really cool!" And was interrupted by a giddy preteen.
"Haha, is that so?" The man scratch his head sheepishly only to wince when he saw blood.
'This stain, is going to be a bitch to take off.'
He took a step forward, only to fall down because of his shaking legs, the adrenaline crush finally getting into him.
"Nii-san! are you alright?!" The other raven head rushed to his side immediately, after the moment he has fallen. He really needs to toughen up starting now.
"I'm alright sis, no worries just a little shaky and beaten is all."
"A little! Your bleeding! Let's get you to a hospital quick and once you recovered, I'm going to smack you in the head for being idiotic." Even though she was spouting threats, she has already supported the man's body in her small frame the best she can. It was difficult, but she could do it. It's not her first time doing it after all.
"*sigh I guess that I won't be able to enter as Miku-chan with how short the crab cut my hair. I guess, I should probably cut it since it's already uneven." She twirled a tuft of uneven hair in her fingers, looking forlornly at it.
"You'd still look cute for me... even if you have short hair."
"Yeah... just shut up and rest nii-san while I carry you,blubbering doesn't help the situation." The man promptly shut up. And so the girl started to turn away and trudging towards the direction of the hospital.
"Ahmmm..." The girl stopped and turn around to the boy that's still lying on the ground.
"Sorry-" she bowed "but we must be going now, see you around." She straighten her posture then smiled wanly (causing the boy to blush a bit) and promptly turn around trudging towards the hospital in a faster phase. The boy with a cleft chin (butt chin) stared at their figure until they were only specs in his eyes.
"Oh yeah... I forgot to ask their names."
Present time~
"Nii-san stop day dreaming already, your scaring people." A bland voice interrupted his thoughts of the past, his probing gaze (much to the civilian's relief) dropping to his sister that is walking beside him carrying a bag of grocery.
"Hmmm?" The short haired girl sighed.
"What's in your mind anyway?"
"Oh, I thought you already know, since you could read minds."
"Yes I can, but I don't want to use it in crowds, it gives me a headache."
"Oh..."
"So what were you thinking about?" The girl continued blandly yet again.
"I was just thinking how all of this started."
"Ah, you mean the crab?"
"Yeah, and butt chin kid." The girl just nodded.
"Speaking of crabs, does crab soup sounds good for dinner? I got a discount from a really nice lady today and I think we have the ingredients for it."
Saitama look ahead and walk a bit faster, liking the idea of crab soup.
"Yeah... Crab soup sounds good."
A/N: Another update, hope ya guys like it!~