Chapter 4

"So, why are we here?" asked Pac.

It was three days before the contest. Garou thought if the boys want to see some sparring, this would be the time to show how he trains. They were taken to the abandon district in City Z. It was the first time either one of the brothers had ever been to it. Pac was confused. "Wait, if it's abandoned, why are we here?" he asked.

They walked up the stairs of an apartment complex but paused at a door. Garou knocked and waited a moment. The boys were surprised to see it open, even more so that Genos answered. "Garou… oh…" Genos paused as he scanned the boys. "Pac and Hunter, you have grown a lot since I last saw you."

"You've seen us like this." Hunter said with a smirk.

"Yes, but you have grown since then too." He explained. "Are you looking for Master Saitama? He went grocery shopping a short while ago."

"Oh, is this why we brought that meat?" asked Hunter. "Seems like a waste if we are just giving it to two people."

There was a bust of wind that came out of nowhere, suddenly. Saitama appeared. "MEAT?!" he asked.

"His one weakness I can exploit." Garou whispered to his sons. "Yes, meat, which means…"

"SPARRING DAY!"

The boys were utterly confused as Saitama rushed into the apartment and changed into his hero's outfit in mere seconds. "Let's go!"

As Saitama led the way, Pac and Hunter kept exchanging a strange look between each other. "Dad… you said this guy is the only guy who has defeated you in monster form… I am starting to have doubts." Said Pac.

Garou smirked. "Oh you will see soon enough."

In the canyon outside of City Z

It was like a Wild West showdown, yet standing between Garou and Saitama was Genos. "We are going to start the match, the match will end when one contestant cannot continue…" Genos paused as he turned to Garou. "Are we going with until you are unconscious?"

"That's not fair to say, dad could win!" protested Pac.

"No… Genos is right on this, we go until I can't anymore. So far my record is 10 minutes."

His sons were confused. "Wait, dad, if you know you aren't going to win, why do you keep facing him?" asked Hunter.

"Despite how it looks and the fact I always lose, in that loss, I grow stronger. My body adapts and strengths the stronger my opponent is."

"But… will you ever be strong enough to defeat him?" asked Pac.

"Probably not. But I'm good with that."

"Trust me, you don't want to reach my level. It's not the least bit fun," warned Saitama as he picked his ear.

"READY!" called Genos. Garou took his stance, Saitama merely stood there uninterested. "BEGIN!"

CRACK!

The boys were blown back as the two fighters clashed in an instant. Both breaking the sound barrier! They moved nearly too fast to see, yet their eyes were quick to adjust. Hunter and Pac watched in aw as their father went all out, striking Saitama with everything he could. Every move he mastered and all the strength he possessed. Despite the fact there were many blows were Saitama was taken to the canyon walls, impounded into the ground and kicked into the sky, he always came back, no worst for wear, no blood split, not even a scratch on his body!

Saitama wasn't using any martial arts to combat their father either. It was just a series of punches and an occasional kick. Yet, when Saitama landed a punch, their father flew! There were sometime where he was able to stay on his feet after the blow, yet tore up the ground in an effort to stop. Other times he was thrown through the air yet stopped himself from hitting the wall just in the nick of time. But then, there were strikes that he couldn't get up from. One such blow sent him into the canyon walls, and made an indent a good 20 feet into it! It was that strike that brought it all to an end. Garou wasn't moving after the strike, he went limp and plunged to the ground shortly after!

"DAD!" the boys cried.

Genos would then call. "This match lasted 14 minutes and 56 seconds. A new record!"

The boys rushed to their father. He was battered and bloodied from the fight, yet, he came too and was happy! "Dad?" asked Pac.

"It's okay. I'm good. Man, I really have gotten stronger. I would have normally gone 50 feet into the rock!"

Saitama then rushed over, grinning from ear to ear. "He took a serious punch without exploding!" he said with great excitement. "This is amazing!"

"Dad… how strong is he?" asked Hunter.

Garou stood, he shook his head and said. "I don't think we will ever really know. But know this, if I turn bad again. He's the one to stop me."

"I doubt you would be turning bad again, your kids respect you far too much for that to happen." Said Saitama. But then, he turned to the sons. "Say… would you two be interested in sparring with me?"

"NO!" snapped Garou. Which stunned his sons. "Sorry… no… I don't think so."

"Aw, too bad, I thought it would be nice to have a few extra hands to help me train, and I can help them train too."

"You would push them to their limit with one blow… I can't have that," said Garou. He then took a deep cleansing of his throat before spitting out a wad of blood. "Good session today though."

"Yeah, you really are getting stronger. This has been fun you know!" Saitama said with a grin on his face.

Garou smiled back, they shook hands and announced to his sons it was time to go.

As they walked out, Pac kept looking over his shoulder. "Dad…" he said. "He really did beat you didn't he?"

Garou smiled. "Looks aren't everything. Saitama is the most powerful hero you or I will ever encounter… next to your mother… don't ever anger your mother."

"Did mom ever absorb his power too?" asked Hunter.

"No, I doubt she could either. But also look at him, Saitama is quite board with himself, he can defeat an opponent with one strike. I don't know about you, as much as I enjoy doing that myself. One strike ends everything in an instant. You don't learn anything, you don't grow, or adapt to something new. Wouldn't that just be a shame to live such a way?"

Hunter and Pac were stunned, but they understood. Power isn't everything, especially if one does not gain or learn anything from the experience they are trying to obtain.