Nars: The original idea for this was to make it a triangle with Genos, Kagome and Saitama but then I decided it was too basic so nah (besides... Saitama is mine).

Genos' monologue is paraphrased from the original scene in the anime.

Word Count: 601

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners—Rumiko Takahashi and One.

"So you can actually defeat anything with a single punch?!"

"It gets boring, man." said Saitama morosely.

Kagome furrowed her brows, "Not really, that's amazing!" She knew a handful of people who could utilize that to the fullest... both for good and bad. InuYasha would particularly love that ability. The fact that Saitama was a hero meant that the world dodged a bullet. If he had been evil, well... perhaps there would be no Z-City or any cities left for that matter! "You must be really popular!"

Their table at the café went completely quiet. Over her latte, she bit her lip. "Hit a sensitive spot there?"

"It is preposterous!" hissed Genos, slamming a fist down on the table. Saitama's cake flew into the air which the bald man quickly snatched up, angrily biting into. "Sensei deserves to be an S-ranked hero. The Association does not know what they are doing."

Just how many ranks were there? "So then what rank are you?"

"...C."

"Wait, really?! That's kind of stupid." For someone who could end it all with one measly punch, Saitama sure was discriminated against. Granted, she knew next to nothing about this entire business, but still.

"So what's your rank?" said Saitama as he slurps on his coffee.

She groaned, anger rising to the top of her chest. "I'm not a hero!"

"Eh? Really?" He squinted, "You shoulda said so earlier."

Kagome's finger twitched, dangerously close to hitting him with something. Instead, she forcefully took a languid sip of her latte. "So, what, did you guys just fly over here as soon as you heard about an attack?"

"No. We were grocery shopping." replied Genos. "There was a sale that Sensei had learned of."

"Yeah, good deals." He nodded.

The puzzle pieces began to fit together, much to Kagome's dismay. "You mean... you guys live here?"

Saitama nodded emphatically. "In an apartment building a couple miles from here. Rent is crazy cheap."

That probably meant that there was a significant chance she ran into them more often and Kagome was not too thrilled about that. She glanced at her watch, raising a brow. How had two hours already gone by since she told her family she was stepping out? They were probably extremely worried about her. "I should get back home, my family is waiting."

"Kagome." Genos called, before she could duck out of there. "I will be at your shrine on Tuesday. Do not forget."

A part of her felt a little bad to have to skive off on 'teaching' him her ways. It wasn't something she could explain easily (not that she wanted to) or train to do. "Uh, look, about that, Genos–"

"You learning her arrow trick?" wondered Saitama with a wolfish grin. "Doesn't seem like your style, Genos."

"If I can emanate even a fraction of your strength, Sensei, I will do anything I can." He said grimly, "I do not believe you are familiar with my story, Kagome. You see, four years ago when I was fifteen and still a normal human being, a crazy cyborg attacked our town. He had completely lost his mind likely due to his brain being damaged during its transplantation into his cyborg body. He left after destroying everything in the town including the parks, the schools, the buildings, my home. My family did not survive, but I was miraculously spared. However, as I was only a boy–"

Saitama lurched forward, slapping a palm over Genos' mouth. "Run." He told Kagome, eyes brimming with tears. "Save yourself!"

And so she did.

The cyborg truly did speak far too much.

Nars: I don't really understand FF but I posted a chapter and it never showed up as updated recently so? Explain FF, explain.

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