Crazy trouble with love part 6
Lin Lin and Saitama
Series: Onepunch Man
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Gouketsu walked onto the ring as the fighters looked at him with caution, fear, or nervousness as the audience ran out screaming in terror. "You… contestants and losers of this tournament, you are the lucky few." He said slowly.
"What makes you say that?" Asked Suiryu who was laid back compared to everyone else. "Who are you?"
"Gouketsu."
"Wait….Gouketsu? The champ?!" Spoke up the announcer in shock, blowing the others away hearing that and peaking Suiryu's interest. "But...that's not possible! He died fighting a monster!"
"No, I was captured and beaten, but I was given a chance to be reborn!" He said with a crazy grin. "The king gave me something that gave me more power than I could even imagine!"
All of them looked at him confused before he tossed several monster cells out in front of them.
"That's why even trash like you can serve a purpose to him. Eat these monster cells and you'll get power like you've never felt before."
"What's the catch?" Lin Lin asked slowly. "There's always a catch."
"Simple, you'll become a monster like me." He grinned making the fighters look at him in horror.
"Become monsters? He's mad." Lightning Max whispered to Sneck.
"Well, he IS a monster, he might have gone crazy." Sneck whispered back.
"Now then, who will go first?" Asked Gouketsu before seeing some look tempted but not move before he narrowed his eyes and landed on Lin Lin. "What about you woman?"
"W-What? Me? No thanks, I'm good." She said as she narrowed her eyes.
He didn't listen though and walked towards them while the crows kept them from running before reaching down and picked her up by the head while she screamed and started to squirm in his grip. "For a martial artist you're still a weak little woman, if you became part of the monster association you might actually become strong."
"I won't lose my humanity, I'll earn my power, not take a shortcut!" She said defiantly.
"Then I'll have to discipline you." He spoke before picking one of the cells up and moved it near her mouth while she went wide eyed.
"Enough!" called Max and Sneck who ran forward and took stances. "Put her down!"
"No, and you fools aren't even close to my power." He said with a frown. They lunged at him before he slowly kicked his foot out which caused them to get sent flying out of the stadium. "Hmm, did I kill them? All I did was tap them."
'All that power! It's unbelievable!' She thought in shock before he turned back to her.
"Alright, now it's time to take your medicine." He spoke pushing the cell against her mouth as she tried to keep it close, but couldn't stop him as the cell went in and was shoved down her throat, making her gag and start choking before it went down, making her gasp and look at her body in horror as she felt it start tingling.
"No, no, please no!" She groaned as he dropped her with a grin.
"Now all of you watch and see what you'll get if you listen." He said as Lin Lin's form began to change.
She started to grow golden brown fur all over her body as her hands and feet began to morph into paws, her teeth sharpened and a long tail began to grow out of her tailbone as her ears began to change. She let out a loud cry which sounded like a growl while her nose changed and her hair unraveled with the bells dangling from the ends before she fell on all fours and panted with wide eyes. "W-what did you do to me?"
"I made you better than you've ever been." He smirked as she looked at her claws and felt a sudden rush of bloodlust go through her mind as her body felt like it just went through her daily exercises and was fully rested, but ten times better. "You're now stronger, faster, better than your human self in every way. Now, it's time for the rest of you to join her."
Some were feeling the pressure, others were nervous, and Suiryu himself was more interested as Lin Lin stood up and started to feel like adrenaline was going through her veins.
"So much power….I feel it coursing through my veins…" She panted as she grinned insanely. She turned towards Rosie and suddenly appeared in front of him before kicking him straight up with a high kick which sent him flying through the air. "I barely used any power!"
"Yes, but the best part is that she is still weaker than me, than possibly all of you if you eat the monster cell." Gouketsu said with a grin, no one seeing a certain bald headed man walking into the stadium.
"We're doomed." Muttered Gatlin while Volten, Benpatsu, Hamukichi, and even Choze walked over and grabbed a cell each. "You can't be serious!"
"Those weaklings know there is no other way to survive, and that I offer them power beyond comprehension, so will you join us as well?" He asked as he looked at the others.
Before any of them, could answer, Sour Face noticed someone moving towards the arena and looked confused.
Lin Lin looked up and spotted Saitama and noticed something familiar about him, though the lack of hair might have something to do with it.
"Am I late?" He casually asked, making Gouketsu turn as the humans with monster cells momentarily halted before actually eating them.
"Who the hell are you? Have you come to join me or die?" He asked with a frown.
"Um, well I went all the way back home to get my costume, so I kinda expected a fight." He replied before Suiryu blinked.
"Hey, you look familiar."
"Oh, hi there." He waved.
"What happened to your hair?"
He blinked and covered his head. 'Crap! I forgot I was wearing a wig.'
"Wait… I know you, you're the one who beat Suiryu but got disqualified for wearing a wig!" Choze said as he narrowed his eyes. "You also beat me in one punch while yawning you bastard!"
"Huh? I did?" He rubbed his cheek. "I don't remember."
"Huh, you must be pretty strong...eat this and join the monster association, or I will kill you personally."
"Nah." Remarked Saitama casually without missing a beat. "They don't look all that tasty, plus I came here to beat you."
"Beat me? HA! Surely you must be joking, I am beyond the limits of normal humans, I am practically a god! What makes you think you can beat me?!"
"Well it'd be weird and off if I came all this way not to do some damage." He remarked rubbing his head while looking away.
'He's something, he's calm and not scared, it's like he doesn't see the power this guys showing.' Thought Suiryu who was a little impressed, but disappointed to see he was supposedly a hero.
"Tch, if you want to die, then don't beg for mercy in the other world." Gouketsu turned all the way to Saitama and suddenly lashed his foot out before it slammed where the hero stood and a huge dust cloud rose up with a shockwave felt by all the humans and monsters.
'Wow, such power! That bald guy couldn't have dodged or survived that!' Lin Lin thought in amazement.
"Man…..that was pretty powerful. I guess it's my turn now, huh?"
"Huh?" The large monster looked down to see Saitama standing, but just pushed a little bit away without any scratches or blood on him. "How are you still standing?"
"I wonder if you'll survive my punch?" He said to himself before seemingly disappearing.
"Hey, where'd he go?" spoke up Sour Face looking around before they saw Saitama reappear on the other side, but Gouketsu noticed and jumped into the air before swinging his fist down right on top of him, causing another huge shockwave with a crater forming.
'Not even he could have survived that.' Thought Suiryu who rotated his arms as Gouketsu stood up and looked down at the hole with nothing moving.
"Figures he was all talk and luck." He turned to the others, but heard some movement and turned around to see Saitama's head pop up from the hole and look around.
"Wow, this is the second time I felt like a bamboo shoot."
"How are you alive? Are you some type of monster?" He asked in shock as Lin Lin's eyes widened in shock.
'How powerful is he?!'
"Well, this is fun, but there's a sale later, so let's wrap this up." He said as he pulled himself out of the ground.
Gouketsu growled before his arms lashed out numerous times and slammed into him over and over with each hit making a loud boom that shook the air and blew the crows, Lin Lin, and fighters back while stunned at the sight.
'This guy is a human, but he's taking Gouketsu's punches like they're nothing!' Lin Lin thought as he yawned before he started to bring his arm back.
"Normal punch."
'Tch, he can try, but it won't reach me anyway.' thought Gouketsu who kept up his punches while seeing Saitama's fist swing at him, but it didn't reach and he smirked before suddenly felt a huge force that was like it pushed him back, not realizing until it was too late the upper half of him was just blown off.
Everyone stared in shock as half the stadium was painted red with the monsters blood, staring at the man who had killed him like it was nothing.
"Damn it! One punch again!" He frowned looking at it while the humans holding monster cells dropped them and felt fear grip them at what would happen if they changed. "I was hoping he'd last much longer." He said before noticing Lin Lin. "Oh, I missed you, are you with him?" He asked as he turned to her.
She felt a cold sweat while the shock from seeing that snapped her out of her bloodlust and held her claws up. "N-No! No no no! No way!"
"Oh." he turned to the monster crows and pointed to them. "What about them?"
"T-They were with him." She said nervously. 'Oh god, he was ready to kill me! And now I'm a monster…. Every hero will try to kill me now! What am I going to do now?'
Saitama made his way towards the crows before Suiryu walked over and held his arm out.
"Let me handle them, they're not as tough as the other guy, so let me have them. Afterwards I'll want a rematch with you." He remarked casually while walking towards the crows. 'He's amazingly strong, maybe if I can go all out with him he'll see being a hero isn't all that cracked up to be."
"Ok." He casually said before turning to the others and noticed the monster cells. "What are those?"
"Nothing!" Cried out Choze who quickly stamped on them with a nervous sweat. 'Revenge be damned! My genes can't compare to him! I'll just have to be the ultimate human being without being a monster or he'll end me!'
"Oh, ok." He said casually as Lin Lin kept looking at him nervously.
'What am I going to do, what am I going to do?! My life is over, he's not an S class and he's this strong, how strong are the S class, how am I going to survive?'
He turned to her making her stiffen up and walked over. "If you're not with him, then are you working by yourself?"
"N-no, I'm not a monster! O-or, at least I wasn't, he turned me into one against my will." She stammered nervously.
"It's true, we all saw it." Spoke up Sour Face. "That's Lin Lin, she was the one who fought against Lightning Max and lost."
"Huh…. I think I remember that…. So you're a monster now?" He said casually as he looked her over.
She nodded while gulping. "So, what are you going to do to me?"
"Eh, nothing, you're not trying to fight me or hurt anyone so I won't punch you." He replied before turning to the other fighters. "I'd head to the hospital, I went by there and had to fight a bunch of monsters, so you should be alright on your own, I'm going to the other side of the city."
"O-ok, whatever you say." Benpatsu said nervously as they began to leave right as Suiryu finished destroying the crows.
"There, now, about our rematch." He said with a grin.
"Sorry, maybe next time." He replied while walking away before Lin Lin ran over.
"Wait! Don't leave." She spoke up. "If some heroes see me they'll attack first, you've gotta help."
"Well, if you stick close I might be able to keep an eye on you."
"Ok! Anything to avoid being killed!" She said as she got right next to the bald hero.
"It can't be that bad, if you got this far the rest probably ran off." Spoke Suiryu walking over nonchalantly.
"It never hurts to be sure." remarked Saitama.
"Yeah… so, where do you live? I need to find you someday for our rematch."
"Oh, well my address is-" He was cut off when a large figure crashed down behind him which caught Suiryu and Lin Lin off guard. "Heh? Who is that?" He asked as he turned around.
"Hahahaha! I found you!" Laughed the creature as it rose to reveal a large hyena with muscles and shorts while he towered over them all. "I knew if I followed your scent I'd find you and kill you for all the other monsters you killed."
"...who are you?" Asked Saitama with a blink.
"Who am I? I am the Laughing Killer, I am the perfect hyena hybrid, and I will be your doom, now prepare to join all the monsters you killed in th-" He was cut off when Saitama punched him, a frown on his face.
"You talk too much." he remarked while Lin Lin rubbed her eyes as the body fell down.
"H...How are you able to do that?! You...all you're doing is using a single punch."
"Simple, I trained." He said as he began to walk forward.
"Must have been pretty intense." Idly remarked Suiryu.
"It was." He said as they began to follow him. "It's actually the reason I'm bald."
"Really? Wow… it must have been really intense." Lin Lin said in amazement. 'I wonder if he's willing to give some tips, provided I survive.'
"Yep….I better hurry if I want to get to the sale in time." He said mostly to himself.
The three kept going with Suiryu bored with the lack of monsters, Saitama neutral, and Lin Lin just relieved no heroes were mistaking her as attacking the two males.
"So… why did you become a hero?" Suiryu asked out of boredom.
He stopped and turned to him with a serious expression. "Do you really want to know?"
"Yes, why become a hero when you could have been a martial artist?" He asked, noticing how serious Saitama got.
'It must be something huge.' Thought Lin Lin noticing it.
"Well….it's a hobby." He replied as his face returned to normal.
"A...hobby?" They said slowly, dumbstruck by his answer.
"Yep."
"You're...you're serious?" Spoke Lin Lin in befuddlement.
"Yeah, I wasn't good at anything until I started this, so it became kind of a hobby."
"Wait, then what about you going in the tournament?"
"Oh, well I decided to try and see what it was like since I heard about the hero hunter Garou and thought it might be a good chance to see other types of martial arts." He said before adding. "Plus I could have used the prize money."
"Wow… just wow… that was kind of a let down…"
Lin Lin nodded before seeing a large plant like monster up ahead with various vines crashing through buildings with the top opening up and having razor sharp teeth inside. "Look!"
"Huh, I guess there wasn't any heros to deal with this one." He said in boredom as he kept walking forward. "I guess I'll deal with it."
Lin Lin watched him before feeling something click and put a claw on his shoulder. "Wait, let me fight it."
"Heh? Ok, if you want to, just don't take to long, the sale ends at three."
"What's with you and sales?" Asked Suiryu.
"I have some coupons and the sale means the stuff I need to get will be real cheap."
"Man, you're like an old lady." He chuckled as Lin Lin approached the monster.
'Ok, I need to try and get use to this body if I'm stuck like this. Just don't lose control, use the muscles you had before.' She thought while taking a deep breath while clenching her muscles. She narrowed her eyes and began to run towards the monster, going faster than ever before she jumped up and aimed a kick at it.
The plant turned and let out a roar before the kick hit it's stem, causing it to reel back while she back flipped and lunged again before cutting into the body, making it roar out in pain.
"Heh, you're not so tough, are you?" She said with a small grin before she began to charge it again. She punched it against one of the petals and swung part of her hair with the bells on it against the side of it, which had more power than she thought as the plant cried out again. 'I don't feel winded or like I'm actually trying, this feels like some game.'
"Wow, she's pretty good, I guess that monster seed really improved her power." Suiryu said in amazement.
Lin Lin landed and swung her tail which gave a cut against one of the vines before her claws lashed out and diced several more up into tiny pieces without missing a beat. 'Die, die, die!' She thought as her new monster part began to take over.
"Hey Lin Lin, I think it's beat." Called out Saitama, making her slap herself and shake her head.
"Sorry, I got carried away." She said sheepishly.
Suiryu whistled at the remains of the creature which stopped moving. "Damn, you're pretty powerful now, this thing looks more like a salad now than a monster."
"How you feeling?" Saitama asked while she took more deep calming breaths.
"I… I feel like I just got of an adrenaline rush." She said. "I guess that's part of being a monster…"
"At least you're managing to keep your mind in tact." he replied while a small flower attached to the plant twitched near Lin Lin's feet.
"Yeah, I guess so, though I feel like I almost lost it during the fight." She admitted with a sigh. "If I lose it, and don't keep it together, can you...fix that?"
"How?" he tilted his head.
"You know, the same thing you did to Gouketsu."
"Oh… you want me to punch you?" He asked as the flower started to open up and lightly spray a pink mist from it. "You won't survive that, remember?"
"Yeah, but then what do I do if I lose control?" She asked as the mist began to slowly grow around, neither the hero's or martial artists noticing. "I could end up slaughtering innocent people, they'd want my head in an instant."
"Ok… then I'll just tie you up until you come back to normal." He replied while she looked at him like he was nuts. "Maybe there's some scientists who can turn you back to normal."
"I don't think there is anyone who can fix… this." She said as she gestured at herself as the mist began to reach her chest. She breathed some of it and looked at him while her chest felt tingly. "You might be strong, but even you can't pull off miracles."
"But isn't it part of a martial artist's duty to not stop?" He asked confused. "If you don't try, doesn't that count?"
"Yeah, I guess so…. But I've never heard of a monster turning human." 'Wow, he really believes in me.' She thought as she kept staring at him with a small blush forming. 'He's pretty nice, even though I can't tell what he's thinking.'
"Hey, I think I'm going to head off and see if there's any monsters left to fight, you two ok on your own?"
"Um, maybe I should go with you." Spoke Lin Lin. "Just in case you need some assistance." She said as she walked closer to him. "I-if that is ok with you, there still might be heroes around."
"Works for me." He turned to Suiryu. "What about you?"
"I might go back to the stadium, I forgot to grab my prize, I'll find you later for our rematch." He remarked turning and walked off as Lin Lin felt a little satisfaction while feeling more warm.
'Yes, it's just me and Saitama-kun now…. Wait, why did I call him Saitama-kun?' She thought confused while her tail swished a little. "So… where are we going now Saitama-kun?" She asked as they began to walk down the street.
"Well things look clear for now, so I can make it to the sale, wanna come with?"
"S-sure." She said with a smile.
(Time skip)
Saitama looked at the store, which was half wrecked, and dropped his coupons while his eye seemed to twitch slightly.
"Um… Saitama-kun?" Lin Lin asked nervously. "Are you ok? You've been standing there for five minutes…."
"The sale is gone….and I saved up so much." He spoke before slumping his shoulders and let out a deep sigh. "Damn it, now I gotta wait till later when it's rebuilt."
"Well… half the stores still here... and no one is watching… we could help with the clean up by taking all this left behind food away?" She offered with a grin.
"No, then that's stealing." He replied before turning and walking down the street. "There'll be another sale, but waiting is gonna be boring."
"Oh…. I guess so." She replied while following and felt her body get more warm the closer she got to him. 'He's so patient and willing to wait, that's something not many heroes have nowadays.'
'Damn it, I guess I'll have to ask Genos to pick up some food, I hope none of the other stores got hit.' He thought before Lin Lin softly grabbed his arm and wrapped her arms around it. "Uh? Why are you holding my arm so close?"
"Um…. I just wanna make sure people know I'm with you?" She replied while trying to sound sincere.
"Huh, ok then." He said with a shrug. 'She must be worried about the other heros.'
'Wow, he feels warm.' She thought as she leaned into his arm as they walked, a smile on her face.
"Well, we're almost to my apartment, will you be ok getting back to your home alone?"
"Um, why don't I stick with you a bit more until it gets dark?" She said quickly as she tightened her grip on him.
"Huh… ok, if you want." He said casually as they began to enter the building. "It's kinda small so be careful where you walk."
"Ok." She said as she looked around. "It's kinda quiet in here, is there anyone else here?"
"Genos stops by whenever he wants since he likes to consider him my student."
'So there's no one else here… maybe I could move in with him.' She thought with a smile as he stopped in front of a door. He opened it up as they walked in and she looked around. "Wow… kind of small."
"Yeah, but it's cheap." He said as he walked in before noticing she was still latched onto his arm. "You can let go of my arm now."
"Oh, um… ok." She said with a frown as she reluctantly let go of him. "Hey Saitama-kun, just to be sure I'm safe, do you think I could stay the night?"
"Hmmmm…. Sure, the monster attacks are still happening so you could get mistaken for one." He said as he sat down in front of his tv.
'Yes!' She thought before sitting down next to him while not noticing her tail wagging.