Chapter 3: Moving Down in the World
It was quite a rowdy morning for our favorite group of four. Genos had woken up extremely early to check his body once more to see if he sustained any damages that could hinder him in a future fight. He grabbed a screwdriver nearby and began tinkering with his body a bit. The sounds of metal twisting and clanging began echoing throughout the room. It worked like a charm to wake up Neo, who was obviously annoyed by the fact that her sleep was interrupted because of her pulling her blanket over her entire body to drown out the sound. Genos glanced over in her direction and shrugged, before he began smashing a hammer against his chest.
The smashing of the hammer against his chest only intensified the clanging noise. It worked like a charm to wake Roman up though. The bathroom door burst open, revealing Roman who had a tired expression on his face as his hair was all over the place. He glanced at Genos before making his way back into the bathroom.
"Mind keeping it down, cyborg?" Roman questioned in a croaky voice, turning the water on to brush his teeth.
"I don't think I will be able to keep it down," Genos answered, clanging the hammer even harder to make the noise louder.
Roman spat out toothpaste, "I'll be damned, the cyborg can make jokes."
Genos merely ignored Roman's remark while he continued hammering his body. He stopped after several minutes of hammering at his body to only find that he made a slight dent in the spot he was hammering away at. He cocked an eyebrow, before tossing the hammer away. Which was unfortunate for Roman because he had to catch the hammer that was tossed at his face unknowingly by Genos. He tossed the hammer off the balcony, a scream of pain in the distance being his reward.
"Sounded like Junior," Roman thought, walking out to the balcony and looking over the edge as he ruffled his messy hair.
Roman muttered something under his breath, turning back around to re-enter the hotel room. He didn't want to look down at the ground any longer, especially from the 20th floor of the hotel since for some reason, he had a strange feeling that someone was going to push him off of the building. Glancing around the hotel room, Roman noted that Saitama was still knocked out cold, judging by the snot bubble. Neo... well, she had an annoyed look on her face as her face stuck out from the bottom of her blanket while she glared at Genos. Speaking of Genos, Roman still had questions for him to answer.
He began to approach Genos, his feet sliding against the carpet every now and then. Genos immediately took notice of his presence getting closer and closer, so he turned around to face Roman. They came face to face, Roman with a calm look, and Genos with a look of suspicion. Roman walked over to the table and sat down on the chair as he gestured for Genos, with his arm, to sit down across from him. Genos glanced at Roman, before accepting the offer and seating across from him. The two could feel Neo's gaze on them, but they ignored it and proceeded with the agreement they made last night.
Roman took the opportunity to question first.
"What are you?"
"What could possibly make you ask that?" Genos inquired, eyebrow raised.
"It's my turn to question you, cyborg. Not yours."
Genos sighed, "Why should I give out sensitive information if he doesn't give out his own?"
"Classified."
Roman stared at him, taking note of how he was going to play the same game as him. He slowly extended his arm towards his cane, debating on whether if he should grab his cane and attempt to give him another beating, but he went against it after remembering what happened yesterday. Retracting his arm back to its original position, he laid it back down on the table and moved on to the next question.
"Which Kingdom do you hail from?"
Genos just winged it and said the first thing that came to mind, "Atlas."
"Then that must mean you're an Atlesian prototype, huh?"
"That is your choice to decide whether I am or not."
"I don't believe you're an Atlesian prototype though. You have many traits that Atlas isn't capable of producing."
Genos shrugged.
Roman moved onto his next question, "Why isn't the baldy renowned as a famous Huntsman or criminal for his strength?"
Hearing the same question from yesterday, Genos answered with another shrug after having given it some thought, "Sensei has always been misunderstood about his strength. People have believed that others weakened his opponents to the point where he defeated them in one punch. He has, most of the time, never been recognized for his immense strength, only by a few individuals who could see his true strength after having seen it up close, and sometimes, personal."
Roman glanced back at Saitama, "Huh, sucks for him."
Genos only nodded his head in agreement, remembering the times where the civilians back in their own world would jeer Saitama for being a cheater. Other heroes even participated in those obviously.
Roman took the chance to ask another question that had popped up in his mind with a mischievous smirk on his face, "Haven't you ever thought about how he has always been ridiculed by those who don't know his strength? What would happen if they were to see what he is truly capable of?"
Genos glared at Roman, "I already know where this is going, and the answer is no."
"Well, I'll give you some thought about it. Remember that you're known as criminals. It's only a part of a criminal's daily life," Roman stated, now staring at Genos, "That's all I have to ask... for now."
Genos folded his arms. It was his turn now to ask the questions. Though he had a feeling that he was going to get the same answers he had always gotten the previous times he asked. It eventually brought him to the point where he should ask a different question and then gather information from there before asking the more sensitive ones again.
"What do you need Dust for?"
"Now now, you seriously don't think I'll tell you my intentions that easily, would you?" Roman taunted.
Genos ignored Roman's taunt, "Who is the person who called last night?"
"A bitch."
Genos pulled out a notebook and began writing in it, "Abitch was the person who called last night."
Roman didn't even bother to correct Genos as he glanced in Neo's direction only to see that her blanket was shaking slightly. She was definitely laughing silently underneath there. He blew his messy hair out of his face, watching Genos finish writing in his notebook. Genos put away his notebook by shoving it in the pockets of his suit. He stared at the surface of the table as he folded his arms, thinking of the next question to ask Roman.
He nodded his head, "What is an aura?"
"Read a damn book. Here's some facts for you though: Physical manifestation of one's soul, and serves like a second skin."
Genos absorbed the information like a sponge, "Manifestation of one's soul? Serves like a second skin? This 'aura' is quite interesting. I'm positive Dr. Kuseno would be thrilled. Next question then..."
"Why would you commit the atrocities that you have done in your life?"
Roman sneered, "It was to survive. This world is cruel. It is cold. I do what I must to survive."
Genos nodded his head, "I see. I guess that will be all for my questions... for now."
Roman huffed while sitting up from his seat. He walked back to the bathroom to fix up his appearance, leaving Genos - who was still sitting - alone at the table. It was at this time that Saitama decided to get up. He sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes before getting up and heading to the bathroom. He stopped in front of the bathroom door only to hear the sound of the shower running. Saitama scratched the back of his head, walking away while grumbling something under his breath.
Saitama stopped dead in his tracks when he passed Genos, "Ah, Genos. You think you could make breakfast?"
"Gladly, sensei!" Genos exclaimed, bursting out of his seat and dashing into the kitchen with a look of pure determination on his face as he had left a trail of fire behind him.
"The carpet..." Saitama muttered, looking down at what used to be the carpet. It was nothing but a trail of ash after the fire magically extinguished on its own.
A few minutes haven't even passed before Genos came back from the kitchen, another trail of fire behind him. He had a look of pure horror on his face as he stopped in front of a confused Saitama.
"Sensei! I forgot we had no ingredients to make any food! Forgive me!"
"Genos, it's gonna be okay," Saitama started as he pumped his fist into the air, "we still have those magical buildings called restaurants!"
"Yes, sensei!" Genos agreed, pumping his own fist into the air.
Meanwhile, Neo peeked from under her blanket, a look of confusion visible on her face. She let out a silent yawn while pushing the blanket off of herself and getting out of bed. She stretched her arms, the sounds of cracking resonating within the room. She looked down at herself, realizing that she hadn't changed into her sleeping attire. She took off her jacket and tossed it onto her bed. Walking to the bathroom, which was still occupied by Roman, she gained a playful smirk on her face as she was about to barge in before Genos stopped her by putting his arm in her way.
He shook his head, "You might be blinded for life."
She nodded her head, the playful smirk disappearing by the thought of being blinded permanently. A disgusted look soon marred her face after she had deciphered what Genos meant. She nodded her head sideways, before walking over to the refrigerator and taking out ice cubes. Then she grabbed a cup before pouring water into it and then dumping the ice cubes in. She showed it to Genos; and pointed to the bathroom door.
Genos understood what she meant. So he nodded his head with a smile on his face. He opened up the door slowly, and allowed a smirking Neo to walk in. He closed the door and turned to face Saitama with a serious look on his face.
"Sensei, what do you think we should do now?"
Saitama rubbed his eyes, answering in his usual tone, "I don't know. Wing it?"
Genos' eyes lit up, literally, "Sensei! As usual, more words of wisdom come from you!"
Neo then came out from the bathroom with Roman trailing on behind her with a towel wrapped around his waist, and ice cubes visible in his hair. Roman seemed a bit pissed from Neo's prank as he re-entered the bathroom to dry himself off and get dressed. He then came out of the bathroom after several minutes with a smirk on his face.
It was... quite the fast change in attitude he had.
He walked towards the table in the room, grabbed his cane by the table, and placed it firmly down on the carpet.
"Gentlemen... and lady. I have plans for us on this wonderful day," Roman announced.
"I don't recall you ever being able to make plans for us since we forced you to come with us," Genos deadpanned.
"Shut it, cyborg," Roman responded, his smirk disappearing while he pulled out a cigar and then putting it away after he realized that they were still inside the hotel room.
Roman was about to speak before his scroll vibrated in his pocket. He pulled out his scroll, and read the contents of the message that was sent to him. He let another smirk make its way onto his face at the contents of what he just read. He looked over to Neo, who looked back at him with a questioning look on her face.
"We got work to do, Neo," Roman said, walking towards the door, only to be stopped by Genos' hand on his shoulder.
"Where are you going?" Genos demanded.
"To work," was Roman's simple reply.
"You're not going anywhere."
Roman removed Genos' hand from his shoulder, and turned around to face him, "You know it's rude to hold up a man who's just trying to do his job."
Genos glared at Roman, "A criminal's job."
Genos wasn't just going let Roman and Neo leave just like that. They were criminals. Real criminals. Both he and Saitama might be marked as criminals by the authorities of this world, but in their world, they are heroes. The job Roman mentioned, had an extremely high chance of innocents dying and leaving places in ruins. He wasn't a criminal for nothing.
Though he couldn't help but reconsider the offer that Roman suggested.
"How about you come with us, gentlemen? Who knows... you might just meet her," Roman said.
Genos turned around to face Saitama, "Sensei! What do you think of his offer?"
Saitama - who wasn't listening as usual - was just looking around the room with a blank look on his face. He turned to face Genos, a questioning look on his face, "Huh?"
"Sensei, do you think we should go along with them on their job? There's a potential chance of us meeting the person who called last night. I personally feel like we shouldn't since it might involve a lot of casualties."
Saitama stared at Roman, who merely stared back.
"We could always put a stop to them," Saitama stated plainly.
"Sensei! You're right!" praised Genos as he turned around to face Roman, "As for your offer, we accept. Just take note that if there are any potential casualties: We will stop you."
Roman looked at Genos, "It won't involve any casualties. It's the type of job I'm quite good at. Besides, the job doesn't begin until about a week or two... or three."
Genos glared at him, "Then why'd you try leaving?"
It was at this moment that Roman knew... he fucked up.
"Escaping isn't going to work," Genos informed Roman.
Roman and Genos just continued their stare down until Saitama spoke up, "Can we go get breakfast at a nearby restaurant?"
Everyone present soon realized that they actually hadn't eaten breakfast yet. It was a good thing that Neo was there too, or else they probably wouldn't be able to get breakfast peacefully in the first place. She disguised them all as the people who checked in last night, except for Saitama since he was yet to use the bathroom after Roman had exited it.
He entered the bathroom and closed the door behind him. The sounds of him brushing his teeth and turning on the shower were heard clearly through the wall. They waited for about twenty minutes until Saitama came out of the bathroom all dressed in his black suit and red tie. He really needed his hero uniform back. He glanced at Neo, who then disguised him as the person he entered the hotel with.
Unfortunately, he was still bald. Neo tried giving him hair for his disguise, but it just disappeared with the sound of shattering glass. She had also tried using a wig, but it upped and disappeared to wherever. So she just left him bald, deeming it was impossible for Saitama to have hair in her mind. Saitama was thoroughly affected by not being able to have hair.
They then left their hotel room, with Saitama leading in the front and them following on behind him. Exiting through the doors of the hotel, they explored the area in order to find a restaurant they could eat breakfast at. It didn't take them that long to find their destination, until they came upon a familiar restaurant. The restaurant they came upon was the "Achievement Diners" restaurant. It had been the first one Saitama and Genos visited in this world, and it was also the one that lead them to their fate of being deemed as criminals. Honestly, it hadn't been that long since they were last here.
They walked up to the doors of the restaurant and entered.
The sound of shattering glass resounded as they entered the restaurant.
Ruby Rose was starting to get a bad feeling when she heard Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy, announce that the rumors of teams being formed were indeed true with Glynda confirming it as well. She didn't mind it, because that meant she could be on the same team as Yang! It was the last part he mentioned that sort of scared her; he stated that the first person that they make eye contact with will be their partner for the next four years! She couldn't help but feel like everything shattered right before her eyes.
Taking her position on the pad, Ruby heard Jaune begin to ask Ozpin some questions. First one being about what a landing strategy was, with Weiss being launched into the air in the background. Second being if they were being handed parachutes, with Nora Valkyrie, a playful and energetic girl, being launched into the air with a whoop of excitement. In the middle of his third question, he had already been launched into the air right behind Ruby.
"What exactly is a landing strategyyYYYY?!"
Maneuvering herself in midair, Ruby passed by Yang. Yang saw her and pulled down her black aviators to wink at her little sister before boosting herself forwards with a blast from her weapon, Ember Celica. She flew away from Ruby with a shout of excitement, leaving behind a mildly surprised Ruby as she looked at her surroundings for anybody that she could potentially partner up with.
As every second passed, she got closer to the ground.
With the ground just several dozen feet below her, Ruby maneuvered her way through trees, and latched onto nearby branches to slow down her descent as she landed down on the ground with a soft thud. She ran forwards, thinking to herself.
"Gotta find Yang. Gotta find Yang. Gotta find Yang. This is bad! What happens if I don't find her? What will I do if someone finds her first? I could always go with Jaune... he's a funny guy. He doesn't seem like the one to be able to fight though. Blake would work, too! She likes books and we could talk about books... but holding conversations would be hard... and I could also go-"
Ruby came to a halt as she stopped dead in front of Weiss whom turned around at the exact moment she came to a halt.
Their eyes met.
"-with her maybe?"
Meanwhile, in Ozpin's office he was overlooking the progress of the students. He took a sip of his coffee as Glynda approached him, her scroll in her hand as she too watched the progress of the students unfold.
"It appears that Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee have partnered up."
"It appears so," Ozpin replied, taking another sip of his coffee as he glanced out the window.
Glynda fixed her glasses, still staring down at her scroll to watch the students. She saw Pyrrha Nikos and Jaune Arc partner up as they made their way through the Emerald Forest, dodging and killing Grimm along the way to their destination. She narrowed her eyes at the sight of Jaune flailing his sword around sloppily, and missing every swing he made at a Beowolf. Pyrrha had to help him many times to help kill the Grimm they encountered, but she looked like she didn't mind it.
"Ozpin, are you sure that Mr. Arc is ready for this level of combat?"
Ozpin closed his eyes and took another sip of his coffee, "I believe that Mr. Arc has potential to grow to be a fine Huntsman one day. Just like Ms. Rose."
"I hope you are right," Glynda responded.
"I've made more mistakes in my life than most people have lived, and this is not one of them," Ozpin assured.
Glynda nodded her head in understanding, her scroll vibrating in her hand to show her a new notification. She checked it before showing it to Ozpin, who had to lean forwards in his seat to read it. After reading the message Glynda received, he leaned back in his chair before his own scroll vibrated. He checked his, and sure enough, it was the same notification Glynda received.
"Those criminals again," Glynda spoke in her usual stern tone, "They've been spotted with Roman Torchwick and an unidentified figure. Should we send Huntsmen to capture them immediately?"
Ozpin shook his head, "No. We need to gather information on these two new criminals. The bald one especially."
"And once you do?"
"We will send a team of Huntsmen or Huntresses in training to capture them alongside a qualified Huntsman or Huntress."
"May I ask why you're deciding to send Huntsmen and Huntresses in training to capture with what could possibly be a group of dangerous criminals?" Glynda inquired, not really approving Ozpin's decision on his part.
He took another sip of his coffee, "It will be a learning experience. They can't just be told about these experiences in their classes, they must experience it. To truly know, after they are full-fledged Huntsmen and Huntresses, what to expect and what it means to be one."
Glynda merely nodded her head in understanding, bringing up a live feed on her scroll. She saw officers of the Police Department of Vale and Huntsmen and Huntresses chasing after Saitama, Genos, Roman, and Neo. They saw all the Huntsmen and Huntresses engage them in combat, Glynda took note of how Saitama was effortlessly weaving through and dodging every attack that the Huntsmen and Huntresses sent at him. Ozpin looked curious as he took out his scroll and watched the live feed.
They watched with mild surprise as Genos leaped up into the air and swung his leg down onto the ground, creating a large crater, and launching several officers, Huntsmen, and Huntresses back. At the same time. they saw Saitama pick Neo up, take her weapon, and continue to hold her up like a child as he weaved through dozens of attacks without launching one of his own. A Huntsman then ran towards Saitama in a burst of speed, he appeared in front of Saitama and swung his weapon, which was a large sword, at blinding speeds as it was to only knock him unconscious. Many would've expected for the attack to connect, but the attack looked like it phased right through Saitama.
Ozpin raised an eyebrow, curious at what Saitama just did, and the way he was moving his hand. It was like he was getting prepared to flick the guy. As soon as it seemed that the fight was going to reach its climax, the sound of shattering glass came from both Glynda and Ozpin's scrolls. They watched as the group of four disappeared in front of the eyes of many.
Ozpin put his scroll down and took a sip of his coffee, "Well, it seems that we found out a little bit of information... too bad we weren't able to see what he was going to do."
"Ozpin, may I voice my opinion?"
"You may, Glynda."
"I now believe that we should send several teams of full-fledged Huntsmen and Huntresses to capture those four," she fixed her glasses, "they have proved to be powerful enough to go against dozens of Huntsmen, Huntresses, and officers all at once. They also proved to be efficient enough to be able to escape from them in an instant, too."
"That doesn't seem like the right choice, Glynda," Ozpin responded, "Who knows what could possibly happen to those teams of full-fledged Huntsmen and Huntresses? If we were to lose them, then it wouldn't go so well with the battle against the never ending darkness, right?"
"You may have a point, but I am not so willingly going to let my students go on a mission that could possibly end their lives."
Ozpin sipped his coffee, "It is worth the risk. There are many pros, but there is also many cons to one's choices."
Glynda merely sighed in defeat, pulling up the live feed on her scroll to monitor the students back in the Emerald Forest. To say the least, she didn't expect them to be going up against a Death Stalker and a Nevermore at the same time.
Baldy-kun and friends...
The sound of shattering glass resonated within the restaurant as people stared at the group of four with wide eyes. Every single person in the restaurant seemed to recognize Roman, Saitama, and Genos, but they didn't recognize Neo. Then all of a sudden, every Huntsmen or Huntress present in the restaurant stood up with their weapons unsheathed.
"Neo, why did your illusion come off?" Roman inquired, raising his cane and aiming it at a team of Huntsmen.
Neo simply shrugged in response to his question.
"Okay, what the fuck is going on here?" came a familiar voice as Michael stepped out from the "Employees Only" area.
He spotted the group of four, before stepping back into the "Employees Only" area, his voice being heard, "Okay. I don't give a shit about what happens."
The Huntsmen and Huntresses in the restaurant took that as a cue to rush the group of four. Roman shot his cane while the four of them ran out of the restaurant with Michael's shout of anger reaching them.
"DAMMIT! LIKE SEVERAL DOZEN PEOPLE JUST PULLED A DINE AND DASH!"
As they had ran out of the restaurant, the group of four ran past a Vale Police Department branch, which some of the Huntsmen entered and informed them about their getaway. Officers immediately spilled out from the Vale Police Department branch in their vehicles and chased after the group of four. The combined might of Huntsmen, Huntresses, and police officers managed to chase them down to another branch of the Vale Police Department. It was then that the group of four decided to stop running and fight back. That meant only Roman and Neo were the ones fighting back. So far, Saitama and Genos were dodging attacks. Bullets harmlessly ricocheted off of Genos' metal body, and bullets flattened upon contact with Saitama's skin.
Roman and Neo were retaliating against the Huntsmen and Huntress forces, the police were all focused on Saitama and Genos. Neo leaped over a sweeping attack of a Huntsman as she took out her umbrella, preparing to stab him through the neck; but Saitama appeared right behind her in a burst of speed before he picked her up like a child, and took her weapon. Neo began to flail her arms to break out of Saitama's iron grips. That's when Genos leaped up into the air and smashed his leg down onto the ground, forming a large crater. The force from the kick launched Huntsmen, Huntresses, and officers back. Saitama stared at him.
"Genos, you didn't seriously injure anyone, right?"
"It will only be a minor injury, sensei. If not, no injuries at all from what I can tell from these so called 'auras'," Genos responded, remembering the fact that Roman told him about it being a "second skin."
Saitama continued staring at him with a blank look on his face, "Okay."
A Huntsman suddenly appeared in front of Saitama, his weapon being a large sword as he swung it at blinding speeds, Saitama dodged it effortlessly as he moved out of the way so fast that it appeared to have phased right through him. Saitama then prepared to flick the guy unconscious, but right before he was going to do so, the sound of shattering glass was heard as they appeared in the middle of a forest.
Saitama unintentionally let his flick loose with a bit more power than he intended.
To say the least, it was effective for making their way back since he nearly cleared half the forest with the flick alone.
Minutes passed after their sudden arrival in the unknown forest. Currently, they were all adapting to their new surroundings and recovering from the recent turn of events that had happened all too fast. Whereas Roman was trying to comprehend what just happened...
"Did he just clear half the forest with a flick?" Roman stated the obvious, twisting his cane into the ground as he said so. His outfit torn slightly from the earlier fight.
"I wasn't joking around with you about sensei's power," Genos replied, walking on the path that Saitama just cleared for them.
"This is just ridiculous," Roman muttered under his breath, following on behind Genos along with the rest of them.
They followed on the path that Saitama created for quite some time. It looked like it went on for miles because none of them could even see the end of it yet. Just where did Neo teleport them to? Roman looked around at his surroundings. He saw trees in the distance that weren't caught up in the shockwave of Saitama's flick. His attention was then averted to the ringing scroll in his pocket. Picking it up, he heard a voice he didn't want to hear again so soon.
"Roman, I saw the news."
"Oh, did you now, deary?" Roman asked as he stopped walking and saw Genos stare at him.
"It's all over the place. Wanted criminals escaping from dozens of Huntsmen, Huntresses, and officers during battle? You're going to be marked as even more dangerous than you currently are right now. You're lucky that we weren't in the middle of an operation."
"Well we weren't," Roman snarked.
"Watch your tone, Roman. I hope you can also bring those two back to me. I am very interested in them. Such speed... such strength... they could be put to good use."
Genos extended his arm out in gesture for Roman to hand him his scroll. He placed it in his hand.
"Abitch, I don't know what you're planning, but if you think you can use me, then you're surely wrong," Genos stated seriously.
"...Excuse me?"
"Are you Abitch or not?"
"...No."
"Then why are your voices the same?"
"Get Roman."
"Answer my question, Abitch!"
"Get Roman."
Genos clicked his tongue in annoyance as he handed Roman's scroll back to him. Saitama just stared at them with a blank look on his face whilst Neo - whom he held in one hand now - was still struggling in his iron grip. He walked over to Roman as he stared at his scroll. Having noticed Saitama in the corner of his eye, Roman tilted his head a bit to face Saitama.
"What do you want, baldy?"
"Oh? Is he there, too?"
"Can I talk to that person?"
Roman stared at him, until her voice answered for him, "Let him. I too want to talk to him."
Roman handed his scroll to Saitama.
Saitama grabbed his scroll and held it close to his ear, his mouth opened slightly as he continued to stand there and look off into the distance with a blank look on his face.
"Can we order any food? We weren't able to eat at the restaurant," Saitama complained all of a sudden, his stomach growling.
"Of course you can... that is if you come to me."
"I don't trust you. Nobody gives free food. Anyone who gives free food is a scammer and they're going to force you to pay for it later."
"I personally will promise you that I w-"
Saitama handed the scroll back to Roman, "Here. She's a scammer, she tried offering me free food. Probably going to make me pay for it later."
Roman snorted before he held his scroll up to his ear. He had a strange feeling nagging at him that she was a bit thrown off by Saitama's behavior and Genos' assumption of her. He looked over at Neo; she was still flailing in Saitama's iron grip. Roman glanced at Saitama, nodding his head at him to release Neo from his grip. He let go of Neo instantly, dropping her onto the ground.
He then heard static come from his scroll, her voice barely audible, "We... White Fang..."
Then the call ended abruptly. Roman pocketed his scroll in the pocket of his jacket as he continued once more to follow the path Saitama made with his ridiculous flick. The rest of the group followed on behind him as all them had the same thoughts,,,
"Back there, didn't everything just escalate a bit quickly?" Genos questioned.
Roman swung his cane at an approaching Beowolf, launching it dozens of feet away from them, "That's Huntsmen and Huntresses for you. They're always armed and ready for combat at a moment's notice. Just be glad that there weren't any stronger ones than them around, it would've resulted in a lot more difficult fight than the one that we just had to unwillingly partake in."
That statement was specifically directed at a smirking Neo. She merely nodded her head sideways and shrugged off Roman's words of negativity. Speaking of negativity... because of Roman, he attracted some Beowolves to the area. They came out of the area where the trees had not been completely eradicated yet, since the area where the trees were completely eradicated had also eviscerated the residing Grimm.
Seeing the Beowolves approach, Genos stepped forwards, "So this is the 'Grimm' that I heard about during the first time we came to that restaurant... they truly live up to their description by humanity."
"Oh, for fuck's sake! You haven't even seen a Grimm either?!" Roman inquired as he swatted away a Beowolf, threw a Fire Dust crystal, and shot it. The result was the Beowolf being completely engulfed in the explosion of fire and disintegrating instantly.
After he had done that, Roman felt Neo tap him on his shoulder. He looked down at her to see that she was still smirking as she was moving her hands around frantically. She made a heart with her hands, then made a "Boom" gesture; she pointed to herself and began to act like she was sobbing desperately. Roman eventually decoded the message after several minutes of thinking and swatting away Grimm. He kept in mind that swatting away Grimm while in deep thought was not a good idea.
"I'm quite hurt. You're calling me a negative person?" Roman asked sarcastically as Saitama in the background backhanded an Alpha Beowolf to thousands of pieces before it dissipated.
Neo nodded her head in agreement, reaching for her weapon, before realizing that Saitama still had it. She looked displeased at the thought of not having her weapon, so she turned around and ran towards Saitama whilst evading and parrying away the Beowolves that approached her. When she approached Saitama, she saw how he completely demolished the Beowolves in a single punch. He punched the Beowolves with no effort on his part as his usual blank look remained on his face. She saw his fist make contact with the Beowolves that charged at him, and it resulted in either their upper half or lower half being blown to smithereens. His effortless punch was like a tank firing an explosive shell at a loaf of bread.
Neo watched, fascinated by the sight of the Beowolves being blown to pieces as she stood behind Saitama and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around to face her while about a dozen or so Beowolves rushed ahead to try and get him from behind, but they all had their upper halves blown off their bodies by Saitama, who backhanded them while looking down at Neo.
She pointed at her weapon in his hand.
"Ah, you want your weapon back?" Saitama asked.
She nodded.
"Okay."
He handed it back to her without batting an eyelash, and as soon as he did so, he averted his attention from her to the growing pack of Beowolves. The Beowolves came at him all at once, but Saitama obviously plowed through them in an instant. Their remains raining down on the ground and dissipating within seconds of each other. Feeling Neo's stare on the back of his head, Saitama turned around to face her again.
"What?" Saitama asked with a tilt of his head, slightly confused as to why Neo just stood there and looked at him. She unsheathed her weapon and held it close to her chest while looking around for any Grimm. She watched Genos incinerate a dozen of them in an instant while Roman blew every Grimm that dared to approach him, to pieces.
Saitama noticed her looking around, "Ah, it's okay to be scared. You're just a child after all."
Neo glared at him. Didn't Roman go over this once already that she wasn't a child?! She shook her head sideways, sensing a Grimm approaching from her side, she swung her weapon; aiming for the nape of the Grimm's neck. She sliced the Grimm's head off with precise accuracy as its head rolled around before dissipating along with its body. She pointed at the Grimm, then to her weapon.
Saitama understood, "You wanna fight, too?"
She nodded her head.
"Okay."
Hearing Saitama's approval, Neo let loose. She swung at every approaching Grimm's neck and swiftly decapitated them. There were quite a lot of Grimm around the area now. It was like an entire flock of them were attracted here because of a certain orange haired person's negativity. Speaking of Roman... he seemed to be the one run overrun by the most Grimm. He was handling himself well with that much Grimm, but he was being pushed back slightly by the sheer amount.
Neo decapitated another Grimm before rushing to Roman's side and aiding him in his fight against the swarming Grimm. She ran past Genos and saw the aftermath of his conflict with the Grimm. Her eyes narrowed slightly at seeing the scorched Earth that spread out for about a dozen yards as she arrived to Roman's aid.
She arrived at the perfect time to save Roman from being jumped by a Beowolf. That would've been a bad way for him to go. Good thing there weren't any Nevermores here, or else they wouldn't know what to do against it if it were to only be focused on Roman. She got a good look at the swarming Grimm around her; they were all Beowolves. Roman most likely attracted a large pack of them, but where was the Alpha Beowolf at?
A growl then came from their sides.
Ah, there was the Alpha Beowolf... wait a minute... is that a Goliath behind it?!
Neo tapped Roman on the shoulder. He turned around to face her with a look that questioned her what she was doing trying to talk to him in the middle of a battle. His look soon went up to only stare in the face of an Alpha Beowolf... and a Goliath.
"Oh wow."
The Alpha Beowolf let out a loud growl, which apparently appeared to have been an order to the surrounding Beowolves to charge the two. The Alpha Beowolf made a major mistake though.
It forgot all about Saitama and Genos.
Saitama appeared in front of Neo and Roman as he punched every single one of the charging Beowolves to pieces whilst Genos incinerated the Alpha Beowolf entirely. He then kicked the Goliath in the tusk, making it tumble backwards slightly; but the Goliath recovered and headbutted Genos, sending him flying several dozen feet.
"Genos?" Saitama asked as Genos flew past him in a comical manner. He felt drops of water fall on his face. Looking up, Saitama saw that it was beginning to rain.
The rain began to fall faster and faster until it eventually became a downpour. Saitama was drenched as he sneezed before rubbing his nose.
"Should've checked the forecast..." he muttered under his breath.
"Sensei! The giant Grimm is heading your way!"
"That giant Grimm is a Goliath, cyborg."
Saitama turned around to check if the Goliath was moving towards him. He only came face-to-face with it instead of seeing a moving Goliath. The Goliath swung at Saitama with its tusk, attempting to decapitate him, but Saitama stopped the tusk just by putting up his hand. His fist then became a blur before the Goliath's entire upper half was blown off of it.
The Goliath's upper half wasn't the only thing that happened. Saitama's punch had literally changed the weather. Looking up, he saw that the clouds had been spit into two separate clouds.
"I'm getting a strange sense of déjà vu," Saitama thought.
"Sensei! As always, your strength is as outstanding as your wisdom!" Genos praised.
Roman and Neo, on the other hand, were to say the least, shocked at Saitama's show of strength.
"Oh, don't tell me he just changed the weather with a god damn punch?"
A/N: I didn't expect so many of you to leave a review last chapter, it overwhelmed me! Just wow... I don't have any other words than just that. Though I do appreciate that one of you did in fact inform me that Roman did seem OOC. So now I can work on getting him in-character. Honestly, I'm quite surprised at how easily I portrayed Glynda and Ozpin's personalities.
The "Abitch" thing with Genos... ah man, you don't even wanna know how long I was planning to add that one joke in. Also, when I wrote the line: "As every second passed, she got closer to the ground." I couldn't help but laugh at how I accidentally referred to Shirou's infamous line: "People die when they are killed."
Anyways, the plot progresses! I reread the chapter and felt that everything progressed smoothly. I hope you can give your opinion on whether it felt rushed or it progressed smoothly. I would surely appreciate it!
Now, to answer the question about romance: Well... I really don't know. If I add romance in, I don't want it to be forced but for it to come naturally instead, you know? So I'm a bit iffy about it. Canon pairings? Possibly might be the same or changed somewhat.